Lauritz Nielsen Garff
Alternate Names
Louis Garff (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1853 January 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1902 July 21 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Egebjerg, Ugerlose, Holbæk, Denmark
1853 January 13
Mother
Marie Jacobsen (1820 - 1908)
Father
Niels Jorgensen Garff (1811 - 1857)
Date Details
Occurred On 1853 January 13
Traveled in
Matthias Cowley Company (1857)
1857 June 15 – September 15 (Age 4)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Christian Nielsen Garff (Age 9)
Niels Jorgensen Garff (Age 46)
Marie Jacobsen (Age 36)
Josephine Patrine Garff (Age 2)
Decan Westmoreland Garff (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1857 June 15
Joined Company
Ended Between 1857 September 13 – 15
Company Arrived
Baptized by A W Smith
1870 June 19 (Age 17)
Served in
Mexican Mission
1876 October 9 – 1877 October (Age 23)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Draper, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
George Quayle Cannon
Location Served
Arizona, Tucson and El Paso
Date Details
Started On 1876 October 9
Set Apart
On 1876 October 17
Departed from Home
Ended On 1877 October
Released
On 1877 December 5
Arrived at Home
Died in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States
1902 July 21 (Age 49)
Media
Lauritz Nielsen Garff (1853 - 1902) Profile
Sources
Person
1900 Utah Census
1900 Utah Census.
Mission
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 9 June 1885.
James Z. Stewart papers, 1873-1927, Church History Library
"Mexico Mission Calls October 1876", James Z. Stewart papers, 1873-1927, Church History Library, 5, Page 185.
Mexican Mission history 1874-1977
Mexican Mission history 1874-1977.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1876, Vol. B, Page 37, Line 1454.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1876, Vol. A, Page 34, Line 1454.
Pioneer
Garff, Louis, Reminiscences, 58
Garff, Louis, Reminiscences, 58.
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Pennsylvania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1800-1962
Pennsylvania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1800-1962.