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Emily Isabel Penfold

16 January 1878–24 June 1968

Born 16 January 1878 in Center Creek, Wasatch County, Utah Territory. Daughter of John Penfold and Elizabeth Thacker. Set apart as full-time missionary in British Mission, 5 September 1900; assigned to Glasgow Conference as companion to Josephine Booth. Arrived in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 21 September 1900. Returned from mission, 27 October 1902. Married Frederick Morgan, 11 October 1911; one child. Died 24 June 1968 in Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho.[1]


[1] Emily Isabel Penfold entry, no. 502, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860–1959, Book C, 129, Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City (hereafter CHL); “Death of John Penfold,” Wasatch Wave (Heber City, UT), 3 Jan. 1902, 2; Josephine D. Booth, Journal, 21 Sept. 1900, Josephine D. Booth Woodruff, Journals, 1899–1901, CHL; “Mrs. Emily Morgan,” Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise), 27 June 1968, D2; Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911–1937, Filing no. 1868–4445, 14 Aug. 1912, certificate 3123, microfilm 1509277/DGS 4192435, FamilySearch Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City.