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Almy Ward

congregation #31534
created 2019-01-21 by mpimport
official name: Almy Branch   (started: Summer 1870, ended: between 1875 and 1876?, ended: 9 Dec 1877)
assertion #3000779 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: Almy Branch   (started: 16 Sep 1900)
assertion #3000793 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: Almy Ward   (started: 9 Dec 1877, started: between 1875 and 1876?, ended: 16 Sep 1900)
assertion #3000786 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch   (started: 16 Sep 1900)
assertion #3000817 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): ward   (started: between 1875 and 1876, started: 9 Dec 1877, ended: 16 Sep 1900)
assertion #3000810 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch   (started: Summer 1870, ended: between 1875 and 1876?, ended: 9 Dec 1877)
assertion #3000804 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
started: Summer 1870   (source: Almy manuscript)
assertion #3000775 by bplewe on 2024-06-24: confidence 100%.
ended: open   (source: Almy manuscript)
assertion #3000776 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
religion: LDS   
assertion #3000773 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
located at: Almy, Wyoming   
assertion #3000774 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
location: 41°20'53"N, 111°0'16"W   (approximate size: 10000-100000 m, accurate within: 100-1000 m)
assertion #3300776 by bplewe on 2024-06-25: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 75   (on: 31 Dec 1930)
assertion #3000821 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
headquarters at: Almy Branch Meetinghouse   
entity #475356, assertion #3764368 by bplewe on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Summit/Coalville Stake   (started: 9 Jul 1877, ended: 6 Jun 1898)
entity #500178, assertion #3000799 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Woodruff/Evanston Stake   (started: 6 Jun 1898)
entity #500364, assertion #3000802 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Bear Lake/Paris Stake   (ended: 9 Jul 1877)
entity #500070, assertion #3000797 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
in group: stake congregations   
assertion #3000846 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.82   
assertion #3000823 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: Directory 1878-06-21   
21 June 1878: list of wards and stakes; Summit Stake: James Bowns, P.E., Almy [Branch?]; previously listed with other wards
entity #700351, assertion #4008283 by bplewe on 2024-06-25: confidence 100%.
see also: CHL Local Records   (catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, source part: LR 10591)
entity #800110, assertion #3000839 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1907-1948 E 034,534)
entity #800111, assertion #3000830 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1872-1907 Mem 034,535)
entity #800111, assertion #3000827 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: LUHF   (source part: 86)
entity #800109, assertion #3000837 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CDOL   (: 31534)
Almy Branch created about 1 Jan 1870; ward 9 Dec 1877; branch 16 Sep 1900
entity #800107, assertion #3000842 by bplewe on 2024-06-25: confidence 100%.
see also: Encyclopedic History   (image: archive.org, source part: 13)
first LDS settlers Summer 1870, selected a presiding elder; branch by 1871; moved to Summit Stake 1877, ward organized 9 Dec 1877; reorg. as branch 1900
entity #800001, assertion #3000824 by bplewe on 2024-06-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Bear Lake 1875-01-09   
9 Jan 1875: Almy, Saml. Pike in list of "bishops in their wards"
entity #700787, assertion #4019810 by bplewe on 2024-06-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1873-03-19   
19 Mar 1873: Evanston alias Alma, Samuel Pike
entity #700282, assertion #3000844 by bplewe on 2024-06-24: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1873-05-14   
14 May 1873: Almy, Samuel Pike (first mention separate from Evanston in this series)
entity #800723, assertion #4019893 by bplewe on 2024-06-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Deseret News   (image: newspapers.lib.utah.edu, source part: V.27 #46 (18 Dec 1878) p.722 )
4 Dec 1878: "Since the organization of this ward, with James Bowns as our bishop," lists many organizational developments
entity #800117, assertion #4019838 by bplewe on 2024-06-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books   (source part: 1892:31)
entity #800108, assertion #3000833 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books   (source part: 1931:109)
entity #800108, assertion #3000835 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: FD Richards Journals   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: V.26 p.69)
10 Feb 1878: James Bownes ordained first bishop of Almy Ward, Summit Stake
entity #700791, assertion #4019923 by bplewe on 2024-06-25: confidence 100%.
notes: Sometimes listed with wards during 1875 and 1876, but not called a ward with a bishop on its own; Samuel Pike may have been an acting bishop.   
assertion #4019841 by bplewe on 2024-06-25: confidence 100%.