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Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 210 Collections and/or Records:

John T. Dorcheus memoirs

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1879
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography, 75 pages of John Nicolai Thueson Dorcheus, who lived in Gunnison, Utah, and later in Ashton, Idaho, and participated in the Black Hawk War against the Ute Indians in Utah. Also included are typed copies of patriarchal blessings of Dorcheus family members. Dated 1911.

Dates: 1911
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Edwards journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8367
Scope and Contents Materials include photocopies and transcriptions of John Edwards' journal written four years before his death. Included is Edwards' life history from 1831 to 1894. The autobiographical journal provides details about his joining the church in Wales, immigrating to the United States with his family in 1849 (as well as the deaths of his family around the same time), and his account of settlement and family life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Among other recollections, he writes about his faith,...
Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jean Eldredge papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6977
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence between Jean Eldredge and her Eldredge and Knecht family, as well as Jean's personal journals and two patriarchal blessings. Journals and letters discuss their daily life and their activity in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Materials are written primarily in different areas of Utah. Dated between 1930 and 2020.

Dates: 1930-2020
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Elisha H. Groves patriarchal blessing for Catherine Campbell Steele, 1854 January 11

 Item — Box 3: Series 6; Series 7; Series 8; Series 9 [Barcode: 31197233290656], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 7 Item 3
Dates: 1854 January 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Steele papers / John Steele church service papers

Elisha H. Groves patriarchal blessing for Catherine Campbell Steele, 1854 January 11

 Item — Box 3: Series 6; Series 7; Series 8; Series 9 [Barcode: 31197233290656], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 7 Item 4
Dates: 1854 January 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Steele papers / John Steele church service papers

Elisha H. Groves patriarchal blessing for John Alma Steele, 1854 January 11

 Item — Box 3: Series 6; Series 7; Series 8; Series 9 [Barcode: 31197233290656], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 7 Item 7
Dates: 1854 January 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Steele papers / John Steele church service papers

Elisha H. Groves patriarchal blessing for John Steele, 1854 January 11

 Item — Box 3: Series 6; Series 7; Series 8; Series 9 [Barcode: 31197233290656], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 7 Item 5
Dates: 1854 January 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Steele papers / John Steele church service papers

Elisha H. Groves patriarchal blessing for Mahonri Moriancumer Steele, 1854 January 11

 Item — Box 3: Series 6; Series 7; Series 8; Series 9 [Barcode: 31197233290656], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 7 Item 6
Dates: 1854 January 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Steele papers / John Steele church service papers

Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney papers, 1957, 1847-1885

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, a poem, and patriarchal blessing of Whitney, dating from between 1847 and 1885. Primarily relates to Whitney's life in Utah, including business and family affairs.

Dates: 1957; 1847-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers

Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney patriarchal blessing, 1855 July 5

 Item — Box 6: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233283990], Folder: 25
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Patriarchal blessing given by Isaac Morley for Whitney, received in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 8, 1855.

Dates: 1855 July 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Elizabeth Ann Smith Whitney papers

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