Thurston Simpson
Alternate Names
Tosten Sebiornsen
Turston Sympson
Birth Date
On 1808 December 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1889 May 2 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Numedal, Nore, Buskerud, Norway
1808 December 11
Mother
Gunhild Gunuldsdatter
Father
Sebjorn Knutsen
Married
Mary Sophia Christensen
1841 March 31 (Age 32)
Baptized by Goddman Hougus
1843 January 25 (Age 34)
Traveled in
Heber C. Kimball Company
1848 June 7 – September 24 (Age 39)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Mary Jane Simpson (Age 9)
John Simpson (Age 6)
Mary Sophia Christensen (Age 30)
Date Details
On 1848 June 7
Joined Company
On 1848 September 24
Company Arrived
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1855 September 6 (Age 46)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Married
Sophia Pedersen
1859 October 23 (Age 50)
Died in Kamas, Summit, Utah Territory, United States
1889 May 2 (Age 80)
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Thurston Simpson (1808 - 1889) Profile
Sources
Person
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900, Item 3218, Page 859.
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
Mission
Millennial Star
"News from Utah and the United States", Millennial Star, 17, (10 November 1855), Page 712.
Pioneer
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), Page 1162.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 3 September 1855, Page 6.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1848: Page 15.
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