looking for Mormon Church Records for Talmage Edward Dawson (1894-1974)

Brian Paul Kaess

Looking for Mormon Church Records for Talmage Edward Dawson (1894-1974) of Topeka, Kansas. He also lived in Salina & Concordia and Cloud County, Kansas. Family lore has it that he had an upbringing as a Mormon. His 1st Marriage was in the Baptist Parsonage in Minneapolis, Kansas (near Salina) in 1917. That may reflect a slant or his 1st Wife's religious leanings.

Regards,

Brian

Lawanna Dalley Casto

Wow, you've got a lot of info on this guy…https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2SM-9F8

From what I can see, he was not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but his sister Cora (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KW6M-F4X) joined in 1954.

Cora's 2nd husband was a member of the church and it looks like he and Cora raised her children in the church.

Brian Paul Kaess

Hello,

Do you know or can you determine if Charles Mann Dawson (1889-1962), Talmage & Cora's Brother, was a Mormon? He came to Salt Lake to become a prodigal child Musician. There might be some evidence here of his musical training, performances, more than just in the newspaper. Surely there must have also been a religious component as well. Such a component would have left records.

Brian

Lawanna Dalley Casto

Looks like Charles was not LDS (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GLVL-CVQ). You might want to reach out to the other contributors to his record. They might have more specific information that they haven't shared online.

sc wozniak

@Brian Paul Kaess Almost all Baptismal records for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are available on FamilySearch. I tried several variations to make sure, but could not find any record of his being baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Membership_Records_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#:~:text=Search%20for%20earlier%20recorded%20baptismal,%22Branch%22%20or%20%22Conference%22

1. Most early living baptisms have been captured via indexing and are now included (mostly) in the Family Tree.
2. Some branch records were never microfilmed and thus never indexed, so the original Branch membership records must be searched. Those few which have thus far been identified as not having been indexed include--about 25 branches in the City of Nauvoo; approximately 22 branches for Winter Quarters, Nebraska, and around 15 branches in the Missouri Valley; and one or some for possibly South Africa. Many saints passed through these places, and searches ought to be made in these records. They are usually available at the Church History Library and are in the process of being digitally scanned by the Church History Department.

I would say by the history of where your relative lived his records are not part of the missing records (which were mainly 1846-1869 during the "Mormon Trek" out of Nauvoo Ill to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah.