George Wilcox BURRIDGE ²⁶⁴

  Burial Notes:

Grave Location: St. John Cemetery, North Section
Source: Connie Hickman
Comments: Bishop, Patriarch, postmaster, managed St. John Co-op Store.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Mission: in Malta & Scotland, 1 Jul 1854, , , , Scotland, Great Britain. ²⁶⁵ Excerpt from Deseret news 12-10-1854
[Millenial Star August 12]
The Malta Mission.
Malta, Floriunna, 55 Strada
Mercado, July 1, 1854

I am happy to learn also that several persons in Scotland have obeyed the gospel, in a great measure through elder Burridge who went from here. In all this we can discern the purposes of God rolling on, and coming about through various means.

2. Immigration, 1855. ¹⁷⁵ They left Liverpool England on 22 April with church leader Israel Barlow. Arrived 22 May 1855 in New York, New York.

3. Census, 1860, Clover, Shambie, Utah, USA. In 1860 he was a farmer.

4. Census, 1870, Saint John, Tooele, Utah, USA. In 1870 he was a farmer, estate worth $1000 personal $300.

5. Occupation: Agent for the Deseret News, 18 Apr 1883, Saint John, Tooele, Utah, USA. ²⁶⁶ Deseret News 18-4-1883 page 16
He was listed as an authorized Agent for the Deseret News for St. John's Utah.

George married Hannah Jane SHAW, daughter of John SHAW and Jane NORRY. (Hannah Jane SHAW was born on 27 Dec 1827 in Huntly, Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain,^267,268 died on 22 Apr 1909 in Saint John, Tooele, Utah, USA ^267,268,269 and was buried on 26 Apr 1909 in Saint John, Tooele, Utah, USA ^267,268,269.)