Portage Ward (Utah)
congregation #8397
created 2019-01-21 by mpimport
official name: Portage Ward ( started: between 1869 and 1871? , started: 23 Oct 1877? ) assertion #3045482 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: Portage Branch ( ended: between 1869 and 1871? , ended: 23 Oct 1877? ) assertion #3045479 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): ward ( started: between 1869 and 1871? , started: 23 Oct 1877? ) assertion #3045490 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch ( ended: between 1869 and 1871? , ended: 23 Oct 1877? ) assertion #3045488 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
started: Nov 1867 assertion #3045477 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
ended: open assertion #3045478 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
religion: LDS assertion #3045475 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
location: 41°58'35"N, 112°14'18"W ( started: between 1871 and 1872 , approximate size: 10000-100000 m , accurate within: 1000-10000 m ) assertion #3300441 by bplewe on 2024-07-09: confidence 100%.
location: 41°58'35"N, 112°11'37"W ( ended: between 1871 and 1872 ) Section 4, east of current town
assertion #4024767 by bplewe on 2024-07-09: confidence 100%.
located at: Portage, Utah assertion #3045476 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 416 ( on: 1930 ) assertion #3045493 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
headquarters at: Portage Ward Meetinghouse entity #475353, assertion #3764335 by bplewe on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has part: Plymouth Ward ( ended: 27 Jan 1884 ) entity #1600370, assertion #3045093 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Malad Stake ( started: 12 Feb 1888 ) entity #500305, assertion #3045486 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Box Elder Stake ( ended: 12 Feb 1888 ) entity #504564, assertion #3045484 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
divided into: Plymouth Ward 1884
entity #1600370, assertion #3045095 by bplewe on 2024-07-09: confidence 100%.
divided into: Cherry Creek Ward entity #25119, assertion #3009177 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
in group: stake congregations assertion #3045516 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: Idaho/Utah Boundary entity #900536, assertion #3045492 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.75 assertion #3045495 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CDOL ( : 8397 ) Portage Ward created 23 Oct 1877 in Malad Stake
entity #800107, assertion #3045512 by bplewe on 2024-07-09: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members ( catalog entry: www.familysearch.org , source part: 1888-1944 Mem 026,363 ) entity #800111, assertion #3045499 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members ( catalog entry: www.familysearch.org , source part: 1907-1948 E 026,363 ) entity #800111, assertion #3045502 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CHL Local Records ( catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org , source part: LR 7113 ) entity #800110, assertion #3045509 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1873-03-19 19 Mar 1873: Portage, O.C. Hoskins, one of six "wards" under Presiding Bishop A. Nichols (same in directories through 1876)
entity #700282, assertion #3045514 by bplewe on 2024-07-09: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books ( source part: 1931:72 ) entity #800108, assertion #3045507 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Encyclopedic History ( image: archive.org , source part: 671 ) Portage settled 1867; branch Nov 1867; relocated across river 1871-1872; ward 23 Oct 1877
entity #800001, assertion #3045496 by bplewe on 2024-07-09: confidence 100%.
appears in: Box Elder 1877-08-18 18 Aug 1877: Portage Ward, Bishop Oliver C. Haskins (ordained October 23)
entity #700809, assertion #4024391 by bplewe on 2024-07-06: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1878-01-15 15 Jan 1878: list of wards and stakes; Bishop Oliver O. Hoskins, Portage
entity #700350, assertion #4008182 by bplewe on 2021-02-04: confidence 100%.
appears in: BY Office Files ( image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org , source part: letter to Oliver H Hoskins, 19 April 1871, Letterbooks, V.12, p.650 ) 19 Apr 1871: BY writes "Bishop Oliver H. Hoskins, Portage City" [acting bishop? ward?]
entity #700341, assertion #4024773 by bplewe on 2024-07-09: confidence 100%.
appears in: Deseret News ( image: newspapers.lib.utah.edu , source part: V.17 #7 (March 25, 1868), p.56 ) March 1868: Thomas Green presiding at Portage (apparently recently organized)
entity #800117, assertion #4024770 by bplewe on 2024-07-09: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books ( source part: 1892:15 ) entity #800108, assertion #3045505 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
notes: Between 1871 and 1876, Portage is frequently included in lists of "wards" and Oliver H. Hoskins is often called "bishop," but no evidence (yet) of an official ward organization prior to 1877 assertion #4024779 by bplewe on 2024-07-09: confidence 100%.
Leaders:
Bishop: Oliver Cromwell Hoskins FamilySearch: KWNJ-9GM Started: 1877
, Ended: 1888
assertion #4603 by on : confidence 0%.
