{"id":1195,"date":"2017-11-23T02:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T02:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2019-01-16T18:09:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:09:59","slug":"check-out-the-early-mormon-missionaries-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/check-out-the-early-mormon-missionaries-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out the “Early Mormon Missionaries” site!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Early Mormon Missionaries Site<\/a>\u00a0contains a wealth of information – a lot of which has never before available to the general public. It reads: “During the century following the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830, almost 40,000 men and women served proselytizing missions. In their travels, they taught in 36 countries and spoke to millions of people. This database is a record of their service.”<\/p>\n

\"\"I had always heard that my grandfather, Orson Clark, had served for five years on his mission to the Hawaiian Islands. FIVE YEARS! I found it verified on this site, along with a black and white photo I had never seen. The photo features my mustached grandfather apparently as the director of a missionary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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mandolin group (band). Is this a great photo or what?!<\/p>\n

How grateful I am for this devoted missionary and for my grandmother, who he married after her mission to Hawaii. \"\"They had met each other before their missions, but my grandmother was “promised” to someone else. She and my grandfather became better acquainted on the long ship voyage to Hawaii from the mainland and saw each other a few times while serving their missions. She returned to Utah after serving two years herself (mostly teaching children), broke up with her boyfriend, and waited for Orson to return after three more years!<\/p>\n

My father was the youngest of four sons, all of whom were musical. My\u00a0grandparents loved the gospel and loved each other.\u00a0\"\" They desired for their posterity to have this same love in their hearts, and to carry on their legacy. They have truly given our family example to follow.<\/p>\n

Their oldest son, Arben, is one of the descendants\u00a0of Orson and May who learned to play the mandolin. He is pictured here playing it at \"\"age 95! He had become quite proficient at it and loved to play for sing-a-longs which the Clark family had quite often.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the\u00a0Early Mormon Missionaries Site<\/a>\u00a0to see what treasures you may discover about your missionary ancestors.\u00a0 For fun, add information from the Countries Page <\/a>of The Family history Guide, and use Google Earth<\/a> to get a closer look at the places your ancestors served.<\/p>\n

Here is what I found out about Orson and May on the Early Mormon missionaries site:<\/p>\n

Orson Clark<\/strong>
\nHawaiian (Sandwich Islands)<\/p>\n

September 1914\u2013August 1919
\nAge Called: 21
\nSet Apart: 24 September 1914
\nArrived At Home: 17 August 1919
\nDeparted From Home: 25 September 1914
\nMission type: Proselytizing
\nMarital Status: Single
\nPriesthood office: Elder
\nCalled From: Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
\nSet apart by: S B Young<\/p>\n

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September 1914\u2013July 1916
\nAge Called: 23
\nHawaiian
\nSet Apart: 24 September 1914
\nEnd Date: 23 July 1916
\nDeparted From Home: 25 September 1914
\nCalled From: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
\nSet apart by: S B Young<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ella would like to follow in her great, great-grandmother’s footsteps and serve a mission! Meanwhile,\u00a0 \"\"she dressed up like Grandma May, and we found out that there is definitely a resemblance!<\/p>\n

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