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    • Gender
      Male
    • Birth date, place
      8 December 1831, London, Middlesex, England
    • Death date
      9 June 1907
    • Baptism date
      8 August 1852
    • Baptism by
      Robert Till
    • Father's name
      William R. Teasdale
    • Mother's name
      Harriet Henrietta Tidey

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    George Teasdale

    British

    • Set Apart: 9 April 1868
    • Arrived In Field: 9 September 1868
    • Departed From Field: 28 July 1869
    • Mission type: Proselytizing
    • Marital Status: Married
    • Priesthood office: Seventy
    • Quorum: 42nd
    • Called From: Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
    • Set apart by: Erastus Snow

    Southern States

    • Set Apart: 11 October 1875
    • End Date: August 1876
    • Mission type: Proselytizing
    • Marital Status: Married
    • Priesthood office: Seventy
    • Quorum: 41st
    • Called From: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
    • Set apart by: John Taylor

    Indian Territory

    • 1883–1883
    • Age Called: Unknown
    • Served as Mission President
    • Start Date: 1883
    • End Date: 1883
    • Mission type: Proselytizing

    British

    • Start Date: February 1887
    • Arrived In Field: 30 November 1886
    • End Date: 29 September 1890
    • Mission type: Proselytizing
    • Priesthood office: Apostle
    • Notes: Although he arrived in November 1886, he did not take charge of the mission until February 1887.

    Stories and Documents

    Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, p. 10, line 420.

    Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, p. 31, line 1303.

    Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, p. 11, line 420.

    Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, p. 33, line 1303.

    First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877-1918, Church History Library.

    George Teasdale, "Once More," The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 48, no. 50 (13 December 1886): 792-95.

    He gives a brief summary of his life and missions as he returned to serve as president of the British Mission.

    Daniel H. Wells, "Farewell," The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 49, no. 8 (21 February 1887): 121.

    In his farewell address, Wells mentions that Teasdale has been appointed to replace him as mission president.

    George Teasdale, "Valedictory," The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 52, no. 39 (29 September 1890): 616-18.

    He wrote a farewell as he was released as mission president.

    Index to the British Mission history, 1841-1971, Church History Library.

    British Mission history, 1841-1971, Church History Library.

    See the index above for entries on his service.

    British Mission letters, 1887-1888, Church History Library.

    Letters sent by George Teasdale, president of the British Mission, to David Williams, president of the Welsh Conference regarding missionary activities in the Welsh Conference.

    Andrew Jenson, "Teasdale, George," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 1 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Company, 1901): 144-47.

    First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877-1918, Church History Library.

    Mentioned in a letter from Bro. Reynolds to Pres. Richards 8 May 1885 about visiting Mexico.