Moroni Timbimboo, Sr.
Born
Died
Birthplace
Death Place
National/Ethnic Identity
Native American (Ethnicity)
Northwestern Shoshone (Tribal Nation)
Born in Washakie, Utah, United States
Joined Washakie Ward
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1960 November 20
Additional Information
Baptism
Confirmation
Ordination to the Office of Deacon
Married
Phebe Ann Shoshonitz
Start Date Details
Started Circa 1905 December
Notes
Phebe Ann Shoshonitz began appearing in Washakie Ward records with the Timbimboo surname in December 1905. As no civil record for this marriage has been located, it was presumably a Shoshone customary marriage.
End Date Details
Ended Circa 1908
Sustained as Sunday School President
1905 December 31 – 1929 December 31 (Age 17)
Start Date Details
Notes
Moroni Timbimboo began performing clerical duties for the Washakie Ward Sunday School in 1905 and later that year he was called as second Counselor to Ammon Pubigee in the superintendency. The exact date Moroni was set apart as superintendent is unknown, but he was first mentioned in the minutes as functioning in that role on 22 June 1913.
End Date Details
Ended Circa 1929 December 31
Notes
The exact date of Moroni Timbimboo's release as Washakie Ward Sunday School superintendent is unknown, but at the Ward Conference held on 31 December 1929 Jim John Neaman was sustained as superintendent.
Additional Information
Ordination to the Office of Elder
Performed By
J. Edwards Gibbs
Married
Amy Hootchew
Initiatory and Endowment
Sealing to Spouse
Called as Ward Clerk
1913 March 9 – 1929 February 6 (Age 24)
Start Date Details
Started Circa 1913 March 9
Notes
The exact date Moroni Timbimboo was called as Washakie Ward clerk is unknown, but the first time he was mentioned as taking minutes in that capacity was 9 March 1913.
End Date Details
Ended 1929 February 6
Additional Information
Ordination to the Office of Seventy
Performed By
Daniel D. William
Sustained as Bishopric First Counselor
1929 April 9 – 1939 January 22 (Age 40)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1939 January 22
Additional Information
Ordination to the Office of High Priest
Performed By
Thomas W. Richards
Set Apart as Missionary
1935 June 27 – September 13 (Age 46)
Start Date Details
End Date Details
Ended 1935 September 13
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
North Central States
Mission Qualifier
Short-Term
Set Apart By
Charles A. Callis
Set Apart as Bishop
1939 January 22 – 1945 March 4 (Age 50)
Start Date Details
Notes
Moroni Timbimboo was ordained as Washakie Ward Bishop by Elder George Albert Smith.
End Date Details
Ended 1945 March 4
Additional Information
Called as Bishopric Second Counselor
1948 February 29 – 1956 December 30 (Age 59)
Start Date Details
Notes
Moroni Timbimboo conducted sacrament meeting on 29 February 1948 and was identified for the first time as second counselor to Newell Cutler, the seventh Euro-American Bishop of the Washakie Ward.