David LAPRAY
1880 Census Weston,Oneida,Idaho (FHL#1254173), p280C
LDS Church Records: Weston Ward, Cache Stake, Utah (FHL#7633)
1860 Census Berwick,Warren,Illinois (Ancestry.com), p613
New.familysearch.org, Mar 2011
Internet IGI, Mar 2011
Idaho counties were not required to records births until 1907. NOTE: Family Bible pages in possession of Claudette Nash Swainston.
IGI birth place: Oslo, Akerhsus, Norway. Her half-brother, Yeppa Benson, said he used to call her Yetta.
PRIESTHOOD: Ordained a Seventy, 7 Sept 1919 by George F. Richards. OCCUPATION: Sheep rancher; property manager.
PRIESTHOOD: Bishop: 12 July 1931 Sustained as bishop of Cederville Ward, Franklin Stake. Set apart as a bishop by John Wells and released 1 Oct 1933.
Information received from Claudette Swainston from the family records of Adelia L. Bingham, 2081 Jackson Avenue, Ogden, Utah, 57th Ward. Birth certificates, marriage ciertificates, death certificates. Also from Mrs. Vonzzaa Bingham Peterson, 3016 South Davis Blvd., Bountiful, Utah.
PRIESTHOOD: Deacon ordained 11 Feb 1903 by James Nielson, Elder ordained 28 Jan 1940 by Godfrey Schawartz. Ward Dayton, Oneida Stake. LDS Church Records of Membership, Dayton Idaho 1867-1948, film #7,437 BYU (received records from Cederville Ward, Idaho) maybe 1938. In 1920 Census Elsworth is living with brother John Lapray.
He married Henrietta Hoffman 8 Dec 1878 at Oneida, Idaho . Henrietta Hoffman was born at Christiana, Akershus, Norway 7 Mar 1853 daughter of Henry Hoffman and Hannah Mathea Hansdatter .
They were the parents of 5
children:
John David LaPray
born 8 Apr 1879.
Samuel LaPray
born 8 Aug 1881.
Albert LaPray
born 9 Sep 1883.
Sara Adelia LaPray
born 2 May 1885.
Elmer Elsworth LaPray
born 22 Jun 1887.
David LaPray died 2 Jan 1900 at Weston, Oneida, Idaho .
Henrietta Hoffman died 28 Jun 1887 at Weston, Franklin, Idaho .