William Groesbeck
Birth Date
On 1847 January 17 (Born)
Death Date
On 1912 August 16 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
1847 January 17
Mother
Elizabeth Thompson (1820 - 1883)
Father
Nicholas Groesbeck (1819 - 1884)
Date Details
Occurred On 1847 January 17
Baptized by John Case
1855 June 15 (Age 8)
Traveled in
John Banks Company (1856)
1856 July 9 – September 22 (Age 9)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
John Amberson Groesbeck (Age 6)
Helen Melvina Groesbeck (Age 4)
Nicholas Groesbeck (Age 36)
Elizabeth Thompson (Age 35)
Nicholas Harmon Groesbeck, Jr. (Age 14)
Hyrum Groesbeck (Age 1)
Date Details
Started On 1856 July 9
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 September 22
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1882 October 24 – 1883 June 30 (Age 35)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
24th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Henry Smith
Location Served
England
Date Details
Started On 1882 October 24
Set Apart
Ended On 1883 June 30
Arrived at Home
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1912 August 16 (Age 65)
Media
William Groesbeck (1847 - 1912) Profile
Sources
Person
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Mrs. Groesbeck Sues", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (9 January 1913), Page 7.
"Leap from Auto and Meet Death", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (17 August 1912), Page 1.
Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946
Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 24 October 1882, Vol. B, Page 68, Line 2689.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 24 October 1882, Vol. A, Page 63, Line 2689.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"3rd Company of 50 reports (5th Ten)", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (July).