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Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 208 Collections and/or Records:

John Patten, Sr. and John Patten, Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 128
Scope and Contents

Materials include papers of John Patten, Sr. and his son John Patten, Jr., early converts to the Mormon Church from Indiana. Papers of John Patten, Sr. include a land deed, ordination certificate, receipt, and genealogical records. Papers of John Patten, Jr. include a patriarchal blessing by Isaac Morley, receipts, and an ordination certifcate. Dated 1827-1900.

Dates: 1827-1900

Penrose family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232512522]
Identifier: MSS 6068
Abstract

Contains corrspondence, warranty deed, newspaper clippings, patriarchal blessing, and photograph negative of the Penrose family.

Dates: 1896-1938

Personal histories and life sketches of ancestors of Vera Price

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232480456]
Identifier: MSS 1560
Scope and Contents These manuscripts are biographies and autobiographies of ancesters of Vera Price. These individuals include Lewis Dunbar Wilson Jr. and Sr., John Lingren (autobiography), and James Brown (by Gladys Brown White). Most of the biographies are short (several pages) typescripts. There are biographies of 17 members of the Wilson family, 4 of the Price family, 3 of the Hunt family, and 2 of the Walton family. These individuals were Mormons, most of whom lived in Idaho. James Brown was a member...
Dates: approximately 1890-1978

Thomas D. and Florence T. Rees papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8851
Content Description

Collection contains materials relating to the lives of Thomas D. Rees and Florence T. Rees, especially their missionary service for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia. Includes four mission journals, photographs of family, friends, and missionaries, correspondence, typescripts of blessings, and certificates. Dates approximately 1904 to 1965.

Dates: approximately 1904-1965

Samuel William Goold reminiscence and journal

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2067
Scope and Contents Tells about his parents' conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales; his experiences during the 1850s and 1860s in the Abersychan branch of the Church in Wales; emigration to Utah in 1867, including experiences in the company of Brigham Young Jr.; and experiences while residing in St. George and Monroe in southern Utah. Several pages record LDS priesthood ordinances he performed from the 1890s to 1910s, including children's blessings; baptisms; confirmations; and...
Dates: 1901-1916

Reuben Gardner Miller collection of patriarchal blessings, 1857-1888

 File — Box 5: Series 8; Series 9 [Barcode: 31197232486495], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 418 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains the patriarchal blessings of Mary Jane Gardner Miller, James Robinson Miller, and Reuben Gardner Miller.

Dates: 1857-1888

Richard Benson papers, 1842-1965

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8555 Series 1
Scope and Contents

This series includes the personal papers of Richard Benson (1816-1895), such as his missionary journal and patriarchal blessing, mission letters, a journal from 1868, letters written to him over the course of his life, his business journal, his business papers, and a map of the railways of Great Britain and Ireland. All included papers and maps date between 1842 and 1965.

Dates: 1842-1965

Richard Marsh Butler scrapbook, 1933-1945

 File — Box 12: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239282319], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Consists of items found between the pages and inside the covers, etc., of Richard Butler's scrapbook. This includes headquarters bulletins to returning soldiers, German war comics, letters and maps, photographs, membership cards, notes, assorted small keepsakes, a copy of Richard M. Butler's patriarchal blessing, poetry, a lock of hair, Nazi Party stationery and emblems, ticket stubs, a three ruble note, etc. Materials dated 1933-1945.

Dates: 1933-1945

William F. Rigby papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345537]
Identifier: MSS 2864
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Also included is correspondence.

Dates: 1890

Russell family blessings, 1900 October 8

 File — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233277570], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 1 File 2
Scope and Contents

Contains patriarchal blessings for Lucy Pratt Russell (wife of Samuel Russell Sr., given by Joseph F. Smith and Daniel H. Wells) and Samuel Russell Jr. (given by Patriarch John Smith, October 8, 1900), and a missionary blessing for Samuel Jr. given by Rudger Clawson.

Dates: 1900 October 8