William Henry Kelsey
Birth Date
On 1830 November 21 (Born)
Death Date
On 1895 August 5 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1830 November 21
Mother
Ann Gibbons
Father
Edward Kelsey
Date Details
Occurred On 1830 November 21
Baptized by Thomas Barton
1843 February 16 (Age 12)
Married
Harriet Huggett
1852 September 27 (Age 21)
Traveled in
Sixtus E. Johnson Company (1861)
1861 July 14 – September 27 (Age 30)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Harriet Matilda Kelsey (Age 7)
Ellen Kelsey (Age 6)
William Henry Kelsey, Jr. (Age 4)
Harriet Huggett (Age 36)
Date Details
Started Between 1861 July 14 – 15
Joined Company
Ended On 1861 September 27
Company Arrived
Married
Esther Huggett
1862 July 26 (Age 31)
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1872 April 30 – 1873 (Age 41)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
51st
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr.
Location Served
Europe-Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1872 April 30
Set Apart
Ended Circa 1873
Released
Married
Laura Esther Street
1876 March 13 (Age 45)
Died in Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
1895 August 5 (Age 64)
Media
William Henry Kelsey (1830 - 1895) Profile
Sources
Person
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census.
Missionary Journal
Missionary Journal.
Saints By Sea
"William Henry Kelsey, Sr. ID: 17726", Saints By Sea.
Saints by Sea: Latter-day Saint immigration to America
Saints by Sea: Latter-day Saint immigration to America.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 30 April 1872, Vol. B, Page 25, Line 954.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 30 April 1872, Vol. A, Page 23, Line 954.
Pioneer
Johnson, Sixtus Ellis, [Journal], in David Ellis Johnson, comp., Leaves from the Family Tree of Sixtus Ellis Johnson [1955], 121-42
Johnson, Sixtus Ellis, [Journal], in David Ellis Johnson, comp., Leaves from the Family Tree of Sixtus Ellis Johnson [1955], 121-42.
Sixtus E. Johnson Emigrating Company journal
Sixtus E. Johnson Emigrating Company journal, July.
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