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Gravois Ward (Missouri)

congregation #300081
created 2022-02-21 by bplewe
official name: Gravois Branch?   (started: between 6 Oct 1856 and 1859)
assertion #3521027 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 50%.
official name: St. Louis 7th Ward   (started: about 6 Oct 1855, ended: between 6 Oct 1856 and 1859)
assertion #3521020 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: Gravois Ward   (started: 6 Apr 1855)
assertion #3521016 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: Gravois Branch   (ended: 6 Apr 1855)
assertion #3521012 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): ward   (started: 6 Apr 1855)
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is a(n): branch   (ended: 6 Apr 1855)
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started: 1847   (source: St. Louis 1847, source: Kimball 1973)
assertion #3521004 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
ended: between 7 Feb 1857 and 22 Dec 1861   (source: St. Louis 1847, source: Kimball 1973)
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religion: LDS   
assertion #3521002 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
located at: St. Louis, Missouri, United States   
assertion #3521003 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
location: 38°33'52"N, 90°17'38"W   (approximate size: 10000-100000 m, accurate within: 10000-100000 m)
assertion #3304370 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 50%.
membership/population: 65   (on: 13 Feb 1847)
assertion #3521042 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 134   (on: 1 Jan 1854)
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membership/population: 171   (on: 3 Apr 1853)
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membership/population: 201   (on: 5 Oct 1856)
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membership/population: 216   (on: 4 Nov 1854)
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membership/population: 243   (on: 6 Oct 1855)
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membership/population: 244   (on: 6 Apr 1856)
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membership/population: 261   (on: 6 Apr 1855)
assertion #3521058 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: St. Louis Conference (1850)   (ended: 4 Nov 1854)
entity #430178, assertion #3521029 by bplewe on 2022-02-21: confidence 100%.
part of: St. Louis Stake (1854)   (started: 4 Nov 1854)
entity #502936, assertion #3521031 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Western States Mission (1855)   
entity #2011503, assertion #3521033 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
absorbed: Dry Hill Branch   
entity #2027542, assertion #3514470 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
in group: mission branches   
assertion #3521084 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
claimed with confidence (0 to 1): 0.12   
assertion #3521077 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: St. L Luminary   
entity #800116, assertion #3521079 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: St. Louis Conf 10/1855   
6 Oct 1855: Gravois "or 7th" Ward, Bishop Jon Yates, 243 members
entity #700428, assertion #4010079 by bplewe on 2022-02-22: confidence 100%.
appears in: St. Louis Conf 4/1856   
6 April 1856: Gravois or 7th Ward, Bishop John Yates, 244 members
entity #700429, assertion #4010092 by bplewe on 2022-02-22: confidence 100%.
appears in: St. Louis 1852   (source part: p.72)
3 Apr 1853: Gravois Branch, 171 members, Pres. Thomas Bradshaw
entity #800516, assertion #4009920 by bplewe on 2022-02-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: St. Louis 1847   (source part: V.3 p.129)
22 Dec 1861: Conference Pres. Wareham has rebaptized a few saints in Gravois and organized them as a district of St. Louis Branch [so it was disorganized some time before this]
entity #800514, assertion #3521078 by bplewe on 2022-02-24: confidence 100%.
appears in: HS Eldredge   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: Diary 1857-1858 p.81)
20 Jan 1858: Gravois Branch, pres. Allen
entity #700431, assertion #4010203 by bplewe on 2022-02-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: St. Louis conf 10/1856   
6 Oct 1856: 7th Ward, Bishop John Yates, 201 members in Gravois, 58 in Dry Hill
entity #700430, assertion #4010119 by bplewe on 2022-02-24: confidence 100%.
appears in: St. Louis 1852   (source part: p.123)
1 Jan 1854: Gravois Branch, 134 members, President Thomas Bradshaw
entity #800516, assertion #4009954 by bplewe on 2022-02-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: St. Louis 1852   (source part: p.252)
6 April 1855: Gravois and Dry Hill Branches combined into Gravois Ward, Bishop John Yates, 311 members
entity #800516, assertion #4010022 by bplewe on 2022-02-21: confidence 100%.
notes: SW St. Louis, around Gravois Road and Gravois Creek; maybe north as far as Gravois Coal mines near Gravois Rd and Chippewa Blvd   
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notes: merged with Dry Hill Branch to form a ward in 1855   
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notes: Branch eventually became RLDS by 1870   
assertion #3521076 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.