Thomas Lorenzo Obray
Alternate Names
Thomas Lorenzo Aubray (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1821 July 23 (Born)
Death Date
On 1899 October 21 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1821 July 23
Mother
Eleanor Allen
Father
John Barnett Obray
Date Details
Occurred On 1821 July 23
Baptized by
William Henshaw
1844 July 25 (Age 23)
Called as President to
Malta Mission
1852 May 30 – 1854 March 22 (Age 30)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Location Served
Malta
Date Details
Started On 1852 May 30
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1854 March 22
Departed from Field
Traveled in
James Brown Company (1854)
1854 June 18 – October 3 (Age 32)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Louisa Shelton (Age 16)
Date Details
Started On 1854 June 18
Joined Company
Ended Between 1854 September 27 – October 3
Company Arrived
Married
Louisa Shelton
1854 June 24 (Age 32)
Married
Martha Shelton
1854 October 17 (Age 33)
Married
Caroline Brenchley
1857 August 2 (Age 36)
Married
Ruth Nuttall Bradshaw
1864 April 30 (Age 42)
Served in
British Mission
1881 October 10 – 1882 July 10 (Age 60)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Paradise, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Franklin Dewey Richards
Location Served
Wales
Date Details
Started On 1881 October 10
Set Apart
Ended On 1882 July 10
Released
Died in Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States
1899 October 21 (Age 78)
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Thomas Lorenzo Obray (1821 - 1899) Profile
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Person
Mission Certificate
Mission Certificate.
Mission
Malta Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1852-1855, Church History Library
Malta Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1852-1855, Church History Library.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1881, Vol. A, Page 56, Line 2406.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1881, Vol. B, Page 61, Line 2406.
Pioneer
Haddock, Edith Parker and Matthews, Dorothy Hardy. History of Bear Lake Pioneers, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Bear Lake Country, Idaho. 1974, c1968
"Bagley, John, Reminiscences", Haddock, Edith Parker and Matthews, Dorothy Hardy. History of Bear Lake Pioneers, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Bear Lake Country, Idaho. 1974, c1968, Page 53.
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Hezekiah Mitchell journal
Hezekiah Mitchell journal, June.
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Keeler, Eliza Shelton, Autobiography and journal, [ca. 1886-1898], 10-12
Keeler, Eliza Shelton, Autobiography and journal, [ca. 1886-1898], 10-12.
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Shelton, Charles, Autobiography, 1857-1882
Shelton, Charles, Autobiography, 1857-1882.
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