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Kearl, Christopher James, 1883-1918

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1883 - 1918

Biographical History

Christopher James Kearl (1883-1918) was missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England.

Christopher James Kearl was born to Christopher Columbus Kearl and Jane Ann Robinson Kearl in Bear Lake County, Idaho in 1883. After he turned 23, he was called to serve as a missionary in Bradford, England between 1906 and 1908. After coming back, he attended Brigham Young college as he lived in Smithville, Utah and, in two years, he married Melvia E. Daines on June 21, 1911. After his three children Beatrice, Barbara, and Sarah were born, he died in a roller mill accident on February 27, 1918.

Citation:
Ancestry.com, October 31, 2016 (Kearl was a student of Brigham Young college in 1909, married Melvia E. Daines in 1911, served as a missionary in Bradford in 1906-1908, and died in an accident in a roller mill shaft in 1918)

Find A Grave, October 31, 2016 (Kearl was born to Christopher Columbus Kearl and Jane Ann Robinson in 1883 in Bear Lake County, ID; had three children: Beatrice, Barbara, and Sarah; d. Feb. 27, 1918)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Christopher James Kearl diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239236190]
Identifier: MSS 8926
Scope and Contents

Four handwritten mission journals from Christopher James Kearl's mission to the British Isles. Materials dated 1906-1908.

Dates: 1906-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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