Robert Aveson
Birth Date
On 1847 August 22 (Born)
Death Date
On 1939 December 17 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1847 August 22
Mother
Ann Fawcett
Father
Thomas Aveson
Date Details
Occurred On 1847 August 22
Baptized by John Scott
1866 March 25 (Age 18)
Traveled in
Joseph S. Rawlins Company (1866)
1866 August 2 – October 1 (Age 18)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1866 August 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1866 October 1
Company Arrived
Married
Mary Ann Rawlings
1869 July 26 (Age 21)
Served in
British Mission
1893 April 14 – 1895 May 6 (Age 45)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
4th Quorum of Seventy
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Francis Marion Lyman
Location Served
Great Britain
Date Details
Started On 1893 April 14
Set Apart
Ended On 1895 May 6
Arrived at Home
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1939 December 17 (Age 92)
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Robert Aveson (1847 - 1939) Profile
Robert Aveson (1847 - 1939)
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Person
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)
"Aveson, Robert", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 1, Page 679-681.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 14 April 1893, Vol. B, Page 137, Line 81.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 14 April 1893, Vol. A, Page 128, Line 81.
Pioneer
Aveson, Robert, "Apostasy, It's Cause and Effect," 1
Aveson, Robert, "Apostasy, It's Cause and Effect," 1.
Aveson, Robert, to Robert H. Cowley
Aveson, Robert, to Robert H. Cowley, 8 August 1938.
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Deseret Evening News
Robert Aveson, "Reminiscences of Long Trip from Old England to the Latter-day Zion Fifty-Three Years Ago", Deseret Evening News, (26 July 1919), Page 8:VIII.
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Robert Aveson, "Reminiscences of the Long Journey from England to "The Valley" in the Sixties", Deseret Evening News, (3 January 1920), Page 4:VI.
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Deseret News
Robert Aveson, "Leaves From the Journal of a Boy Emigrant", Deseret News, (12 March 1921), Page 39.
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"List of Passengers", Deseret News, (3 October 1866), Page 6.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Robert Aveson, "Ox-Team Pioneer Recalls Joys of Long Trek", Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, (22 July 1922).
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Salt Lake Telegram
"Pioneer to Speak", Salt Lake Telegram, (29 December 1934), Page 21.