William Griffiths Reese
Birth Date
On 1857 August 15 (Born)
Death Date
On 1938 October 13 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
2
Pioneer
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Born in Amroth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1857 August 15
Mother
Sarah Griffiths
Father
Charles Reese (1830 - 1904)
Date Details
Occurred On 1857 August 15
Traveled in
John Riggs Murdock Company (1861)
1861 July 4 – September 12 (Age 3)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Charles Reese (Age 31)
Sarah Griffiths (Age 28)
Charles Albert Reese (Age 1)
Date Details
Started On 1861 July 4
Joined Company
Ended On 1861 September 12
Company Arrived
Baptized by John Bloomfield
1866 June (Age 8)
Served in
British Mission
1882 March 4 – 1884 April 27 (Age 24)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Benson, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
Welsh Conference, Wales and Liverpool, Lancashire, and Shropshire, England.
Date Details
Started On 1882 March 4
Called
On 1882 April 29
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1884 April 27
Arrived at Home
Served in
Australian Mission
1906 October 19 – 1909 March 13 (Age 49)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
132nd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Benson, Cache, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
George Teasdale
Location Served
Sidney, New South Wales, New Castle, Queensland, Adelaide, SouthAustralia and Perth, West Australia.
Date Details
Started On 1906 October 19
Set Apart
Ended On 1909 March 13
Arrived at Home
Died in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
1938 October 13 (Age 81)
Media
William Griffiths Reese (1857 - 1938) Profile
William Griffiths Reese (1857 - 1938) Profile
Sources
Person
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census.
1880 Utah Census
1880 Utah Census.
1900 Utah Census, Cache County
1900 Utah Census, Cache County.
1910 Utah Census
1910 Utah Census.
1920 Utah Census
1920 Utah Census.
1930 Utah Census
1930 Utah Census.
Saints By Sea
"William Griffiths Reese. ID: 49041", Saints By Sea.
William G. Reese History
William G. Reese History, Karen Andrea Andersen Reese.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 29 April 1882.
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 2 March 1884.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 13 March 1882.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 3 April 1906.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 3 April 1906.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 17 March 1882.
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. A, Page 71, Line 3061.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. B, Page 77, Line 3061.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 19 October 1906, Vol. C, Page 249, Line 815.
The Journal of William Griffiths Reese, Welsh Mormon History
The Journal of William Griffiths Reese, Welsh Mormon History.
Thurston, Morris Ashcroft, ed., News from the Antipodes: The Australian letters of William Griffiths Reese (1906-1909) (Villa Park, Calif.: Memoir Mentor Books, 2014
Thurston, Morris Ashcroft, ed., News from the Antipodes: The Australian letters of William Griffiths Reese (1906-1909) (Villa Park, Calif.: Memoir Mentor Books, 2014.
