Olof Jonsson
Alternate Names
Olof Jenson (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1856 January 18 (Born)
Death Date
On 1939 April 29 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Östra Torp, Malmöhus, Sweden
1856 January 18
Mother
Ingar Andersson Jonsson (1822 - 1884)
Father
Lars Jonsson (1823 - 1896)
Date Details
Occurred On 1856 January 18
Baptized by Elder Greco
1865 (Age 8)
Traveled in
Peter Nebeker Company (1866)
1866 August 7 – September 29 (Age 10)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1866 August 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1866 September 29
Company Arrived
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1887 October 15 – 1889 September (Age 31)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
58th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Heber Jeddy Grant
Location Served
Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1887 October 15
Set Apart
Ended On 1889 September
Released
Died in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
1939 April 29 (Age 83)
Media
Olof Jonsson (1856 - 1939) Profile
Sources
Person
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Mission
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 18 September 1887.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 15 October 1887, Vol. A, Page 90, Line 222.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 15 October 1887, Vol. B, Page 97, Line 222.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"List of Passengers", Deseret News, (3 October 1866), Page 7.
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Olof Jenson family papers, 1960
"Jenson, Olof, Autobiographical sketch", Olof Jenson family papers, 1960, Page 3.
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