Comments on: Joseph Fielding Smith

By: Elizabeth Lansing

Elizabeth Lansing — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:47:15 +0000

oops, another typo….he married Louise Shurtliff in 1898 not 1808; hope this helps.
Sister Lansing

By: Elizabeth Lansing

Elizabeth Lansing — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:44:13 +0000

addendum: Was “louie” a nickname for his wife? I assume it was or it is a ‘typo’. I see his wife’s name on the family pedigree chart is Louise.
Thanks for clarifying as I am adding this genealogical information on my combined pedigree chart I have been working on for some time now which contains almost every modern day prophet; it seems they may all have a blood line lineage back to the tribe of Ephraim from what I have been able to discover so far. I was fortunate enough to find out four bloodlines of my own connected to this same chart, the closest one being to Joseph Smith and to Lorenzo Snow and of course to Lorenzo’s sister Eliza R. Snow. I was so happy to find out that I am her cousin. Sister Lansing

By: Elizabeth Lansing

Elizabeth Lansing — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:39:11 +0000

Hello, I loved this article but if the pedigree chart on the Smith family is correct that is in the Church History Library where I serve as a part-time Church and Family History Service Missionary then Julina Smith was the name of Joseph Smith Jr.’s daughter not his mother; this is an easy mistake to make I guess as Joseph Smith Jr.’s mother’s name was “Julia” Lambson (her maiden name). I was delighted and pleasantly surprised to hear that Bruce R. McConkie’s father-in-law was Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. I also loved hearing about how this wonderful Prophet of God was so dedicated to the Lord since a very young boy. It is truly an inspiring story about an inspired man of God.
Thank you for sharing. Sincerely, Sister Lansing (Jan 9, 2012)