George Albert Smith

1870 - 1951  (81 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	George Albert Smith
  Birth	4 Apr 1870	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Gender	Male
  Initiatory (LDS)	3 Sep 1891	MANTI
  FamilySearch ID	KWNJ-8T5
  Death	4 Apr 1951	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Burial	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I87438	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	John Henry Smith,   b. 18 Sep 1848, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States d. 13 Oct 1911, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Sarah Farr,   b. 30 Oct 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 4 Feb 1921, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	20 Oct 1866	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F19064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy Emily Woodruff,   b. 10 Jan 1869, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 5 Nov 1937, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1892	Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Children	1. Emily Smith,   b. 20 Nov 1895, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 28 Feb 1973, Socorro, Socorro, New Mexico, United States (Age 77 years)   2. Edith Elliott,   b. 10 Nov 1899, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 13 Jun 1977 (Age 77 years)   3. George Albert Smith, Jr,   b. 10 Sep 1905, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 11 Oct 1969, Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F29533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Apr 1870 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 3 Sep 1891 - MANTI Marriage - 25 May 1892 - Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States Death - 4 Apr 1951 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Burial - - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  LDS Prophet George Albert Smith - 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  
  

• Notes

  8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With the death of Heber J. Grant, Smith became president of the churc h o n May 21, 1945. When World War II ended, Smith helped send supplies t o Eu rope and was also known for his efforts to revitalize missionary wor k. H e publicly denounced the activities and political influence of the A meric an Ku Klux Klan. Smith dedicated the Idaho Falls Temple on Septembe r 23 , 1945. Over his lifetime, he traveled approximately a million mile s fulf illing church assignments.[35] Smith was the first church president to visit Mexico while in office . H e went there to complete the reconciliation of and return to the chur c h a group of apostates in Mexico known as the "Third Conventionists". [ Al so during his presidency the first translation of the endowment cere mon y was done. The translation was done by Antoine R. Ivins and Eduard o Bald eras, with the approval of the First Presidency.