Joseph John Daynes Jr.

7 November 1873–19 September 1963

Born 7 Nov. 1873 in Salt Lake City.[1] Son of Joseph John Daynes and Mary Jane Sharp.[2] Baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John Cottam, 5 Apr. 1882.[3] Attended Deseret University, 1891–1892.[4] Married Winnifred Blanche Woodruff, 18 Dec. 1895.[5] Prominent business leader and the founder of a portfolio of diverse businesses dealing with music, financial services, mining, oil, and furniture, 1898–1922.[6] Served a mission to Great Britain with his wife, 1899–1901.[7] President of the Birmingham conference, 1901.[8] Met with EBW, 29 Oct. 1903.[9] First counselor in the bishopric of the Waterloo Ward, in Salt Lake City, 1905.[10] Staff member to two Utah governors, 1905–1910.[11] Pioneered the first recording of the Tabernacle Choir with Columbia Records, 1909–1910.[12] Accompanied a large U.S. congressional delegation to the Hawaiian Islands, 1915.[13] President of the Grant Stake, in Salt Lake City, 1924–1933.[14] President of the Western States mission, 1933–1937.[15] Receptionist on Temple Square, 1942–1961.[16] Died 19 Sept. 1963 in Salt Lake City.[17]

 

[1] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Salt Lake City Twentieth Ward (Old), Part 1, Segment 1, early–1912, p. 27, Joseph John Daynes Jr., CR 375 8, box 7113, folder 1, image 111/400 (limited access), CHL. “Endowments of the Living, 1893–1956,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake Temple, vol. A, 29 May 1893–28 Sept. 1900, p. 112, line 4010, Joseph John Daynes Jr., 18 Dec. 1895, microfilm 184067, DGS 5271181 (restricted access), FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 29 Dec. 2020), Joseph John Daynes Jr. (KWCN-LGL).

[2] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Salt Lake City Twentieth Ward (Old), Part 1, Segment 1, early–1912, p. 27, Joseph John Daynes Jr., CR 375 8, box 7113, folder 1, image 111/400 (limited access), CHL. 

[3] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Salt Lake City Twentieth Ward (Old), Part 1, Segment 1, early–1912, p. 27, Joseph John Daynes Jr., CR 375 8, box 7113, folder 1, image 111/400 (limited access), CHL.

[4] Annual of the University of Deseret 1891–92 (Salt Lake City: Deseret University, 1891), 86.

[5] Salt Lake Co., UT, Clerk, Marriage Records, 1887–1965, Marriage Licenses, vols. E–G, 1893–1897, p. 5423, Joseph J. Daynes Jr. and Winnifred Blanche Woodruff, microfilm 429056, DGS 4624216, image 465/782, FHL. “Endowments of the Living, 1893–1956,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake Temple, vol. A, 29 May 1893–4 Oct. 1905, p. 63, line 1123, Joseph John Daynes Jr. and Winnifred Blanche Woodruff, 18 Dec. 1895, microfilm 186206, DGS 5266109 (restricted access), FHL.

[6] “The Daynes Music Company Incorporates with a Capital of Ten Thousand Dollars,” Salt Lake Herald, 9 Nov. 1898, 8. “New Brokerage Firm,” Salt Lake Herald, 21 May 1909, 12. “Directors Elected by Salt Lake Banks,” Salt Lake Telegram, 12 Jan. 1916, 8. “Bullion Is Treating 75 Tons Ore Daily and Will Handle 150 Tons,” Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 3 Dec. 1916, 40. “The Ebert Home Furnishing Company Changes Its Corporate Name to the White House Drapery & Furniture Co.,” Salt Lake Telegram, 30 June 1919, 3. “Oil Company Formed,” Salt Lake Tribune, 8 June 1921, 17. “Articles of Incorporation of the Intermountain Building and Loan Association,” Tucson (AZ) Citizen, 24 Dec. 1922, 12.

[7] Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860–1959, vol. C, 27 Apr. 1894–16 Oct. 1906, p. 107, CR 301 22, box 2, folder 1, image 108/252, CHL. “Farewell Entertainment,” Salt Lake Herald, 30 Sept. 1899, 5. “Adieu to Mrs. and Mr. Daynes,” Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Sept. 1899, 5.

[8] Birmingham Conference General Minutes, 1851–1959, vol. 6, 1901–1902, p. 1, LR 736 11, folder 6, image 5/149, CHL.

[9] EBW, Diary, 29 Oct. 1903.

[10] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Waterloo Ward, Part 1, 29 Jan. 1905–1924, Joseph J. Daynes Jr., CR 375 8, box 7470, folder 1, images 4, 94/492 (limited access), CHL.

[11] “New Officers Are Sworn In,” Salt Lake Herald, 3 Jan. 1905, 8. “Governor Names Staff,” Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City), 23 Jan. 1909, 2.

[12] Richard E. Turley Jr., “Epoch in Musical History: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s First Recordings,” Utah Historical Quarterly 79, no. 2 (Spring 2011): 100–121.

[13] “Business Men Visit Islands,” Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 18 May 1915, 14.

[14] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Grant Stake, Officers and Statistical Reports, 1924–1955, pp. 87, 298, Joseph J. Daynes, CR 375 8, box 2596, folder 1, images 5, 87/579 (limited access), CHL.

[15] Colorado Denver South Mission, Manuscript History and Historical Reports, 1896–1972, vol. 5, 1931–1935, LR 10111 2, box 3, folder 1, image 129/219 (restricted access), CHL. Colorado Denver South Mission, Manuscript History and Historical Reports, 1896–1972, vol. 6, 1936–1941, LR 10111, image 64/280 (restricted access), CHL.

[16] “Oldster Hobbies: Busman’s Break Makes Hobby,” Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 1960, 10H. “Death Claims Co-Founder of S.L. Firm,” Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Sept. 1963, 11B. 

[17] “Utah State Archives Indexes,” database and images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov, accessed 4 Dec. 2020); Utah Department of Health Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death Certificates, series 81448, file no. 63185099 (1963), Joseph John Daynes. “Death Claims Co-Founder of S.L. Firm,” Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Sept. 1963, 11B.