https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joseph_Toronto&feed=atom&action=history Joseph Toronto - Revision history 2024-03-29T10:58:21Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.29.1 https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joseph_Toronto&diff=75880&oldid=prev Phicken: /* Descendants */ 2023-09-11T17:52:44Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Descendants</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:52, 11 September 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l16" >Line 16:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Joseph Toronto's grandson [[Wallace F. Toronto]] served as president of the Czechslovakia Mission in absentia for 25 years as well as serving once as a missionary and twice more as mission president in Czechoslovakia.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Joseph Toronto's grandson [[Wallace F. Toronto]] served as president of the Czechslovakia Mission in absentia for 25 years as well as serving once as a missionary and twice more as mission president in Czechoslovakia.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Toronto's great-grandson [[James A. Toronto]] was serving as a mission president in Italy in 2008 when the [[Rome Italy Mormon Temple|Rome Italy Temple]] was announced.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Toronto's great-grandson [[James A. Toronto]] was serving as a mission president in Italy in 2008 when the [[Rome Italy Mormon Temple|Rome Italy Temple]] was announced<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. He and his wife serve as president and matron of the Rome Italy Temple beginning in September 2022</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Notes==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Notes==</div></td></tr> </table> Phicken https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joseph_Toronto&diff=75879&oldid=prev Phicken: /* Descendants */ 2023-09-11T17:51:48Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Descendants</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:51, 11 September 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l16" >Line 16:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Joseph Toronto's grandson [[Wallace F. Toronto]] served as president of the Czechslovakia Mission in absentia for 25 years as well as serving once as a missionary and twice more as mission president in Czechoslovakia.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Joseph Toronto's grandson [[Wallace F. Toronto]] served as president of the Czechslovakia Mission in absentia for 25 years as well as serving once as a missionary and twice more as mission president in Czechoslovakia.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Toronto's great <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">grand</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">son </del>[[James A. Toronto]] was serving as a mission president in Italy in 2008 when the [[Rome Italy Mormon Temple|Rome Italy Temple]] was announced.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Toronto's great-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">grandson </ins>[[James A. Toronto]] was serving as a mission president in Italy in 2008 when the [[Rome Italy Mormon Temple|Rome Italy Temple]] was announced.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Notes==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Notes==</div></td></tr> </table> Phicken https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joseph_Toronto&diff=75873&oldid=prev Phicken: /* Biography */ 2023-09-10T02:10:35Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Biography</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:10, 10 September 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7" >Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah]] Territory and was the first Italian to set foot in the Salt Lake Valley. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the Great Salt Lake.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah]] Territory and was the first Italian to set foot in the Salt Lake Valley. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the Great Salt Lake.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the Church of Jesus Christ. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">R</del>. B. H. Stenhouse|Thomas B. H. Stenhouse]] to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign Magazine|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. In 1851, Snow and Toronto hired an Italian to translate the ''Book of Mormon'' into Italian, a project that was completed by 1852.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the Church of Jesus Christ. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[T</ins>. B. H. Stenhouse|Thomas B. H. Stenhouse]] to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign Magazine|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. 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In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the Great Salt Lake.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah]] Territory and was the first Italian to set foot in the Salt Lake Valley. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the Great Salt Lake.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the Church of Jesus Christ. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and Thomas B. H. Stenhouse to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign Magazine|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. In 1851, Snow and Toronto hired an Italian to translate the ''Book of Mormon'' into Italian, a project that was completed by 1852.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the Church of Jesus Christ. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[R. B. H. Stenhouse|</ins>Thomas B. H. Stenhouse<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign Magazine|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. 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Toronto abandoned sailing and moved to [[Nauvoo]], Illinois, in 1845 to join the main body of Latter-day Saints. He donated his life's savings — nearly $2600 in gold coins — to the building of the [[Nauvoo Temple]]; Toronto's donation enabled work to continue after it had stalled due to lack of funds.&lt;ref&gt;[[B.H. Roberts]] (ed.) (1930). ''Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News) '''2''':472.&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shortly after joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Toronto's ship collided with another, which almost resulted in Toronto's drowning. Toronto abandoned sailing and moved to [[Nauvoo]], Illinois, in 1845 to join the main body of Latter-day Saints. He donated his life's savings — nearly $2600 in gold coins — to the building of the [[Nauvoo Temple]]; Toronto's donation enabled work to continue after it had stalled due to lack of funds.&lt;ref&gt;[[B.H. Roberts]] (ed.) (1930). ''Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News) '''2''':472.&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah]] Territory and was the first Italian to set foot in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Salt Lake Valley<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Great Salt Lake<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah]] Territory and was the first Italian to set foot in the Salt Lake Valley. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the Great Salt Lake.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the Church of Jesus Christ. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and Thomas B. H. Stenhouse to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign Magazine|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. In 1851, Snow and Toronto hired an Italian to translate the ''Book of Mormon'' into Italian, a project that was completed by 1852.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the Church of Jesus Christ. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and Thomas B. H. Stenhouse to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign Magazine|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. In 1851, Snow and Toronto hired an Italian to translate the ''Book of Mormon'' into Italian, a project that was completed by 1852.</div></td></tr> </table> Phicken https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joseph_Toronto&diff=66850&oldid=prev Phicken at 22:23, 31 January 2022 2022-01-31T22:23:18Z <p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:23, 31 January 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l23" >Line 23:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 23:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ''2007 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2006)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ''2007 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2006)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Will Bagley, [http://historytogo.utah.gov/salt_lake_tribune/history_matters/102002.html &quot;From the Earliest Days, Italian Immigrants Have Left a Lasting Mark on Utah&quot;], ''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Salt Lake Tribune<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>'', 2002-10-20, p. B2</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Will Bagley, [http://historytogo.utah.gov/salt_lake_tribune/history_matters/102002.html &quot;From the Earliest Days, Italian Immigrants Have Left a Lasting Mark on Utah&quot;], ''Salt Lake Tribune'', 2002-10-20, p. B2</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ''LDS Church News'', 1981-06-20, p. 16</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* ''LDS Church News'', 1981-06-20, p. 16</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Mathew S. McBride, [http://deseretbook.com/mormon-life/news/story?story_id=619 &quot;Heroes of the Nauvoo Temple Story: Joseph Toronto&quot;], ''LDS Living'', 2002-06-26</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Mathew S. McBride, [http://deseretbook.com/mormon-life/news/story?story_id=619 &quot;Heroes of the Nauvoo Temple Story: Joseph Toronto&quot;], ''LDS Living'', 2002-06-26</div></td></tr> </table> Phicken https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joseph_Toronto&diff=66849&oldid=prev Phicken at 22:22, 31 January 2022 2022-01-31T22:22:41Z <p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:22, 31 January 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7" >Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah]] Territory and was the first Italian to set foot in the [[Salt Lake Valley]]. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the [[Great Salt Lake]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah]] Territory and was the first Italian to set foot in the [[Salt Lake Valley]]. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the [[Great Salt Lake]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the Church of Jesus Christ. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and Thomas B. H. Stenhouse to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(magazine)</del>|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. In 1851, Snow and Toronto hired an Italian to translate the ''Book of Mormon'' into Italian, a project that was completed by 1852.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the Church of Jesus Christ. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and Thomas B. H. Stenhouse to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Magazine</ins>|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. In 1851, Snow and Toronto hired an Italian to translate the ''Book of Mormon'' into Italian, a project that was completed by 1852.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Toronto died in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Toronto died in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory.</div></td></tr> </table> Phicken https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joseph_Toronto&diff=66848&oldid=prev Phicken at 22:21, 31 January 2022 2022-01-31T22:21:10Z <p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:21, 31 January 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(born '''Giuseppe Taranto''') (1818 – 1883<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-07-06</del>)&#160; was the first Italian convert to the Latter-day Saint movement and was one of the first [[Mormon missionaries|missionaries]] of [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</del>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</del>] in Italy.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(born '''Giuseppe Taranto''') (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">June 25, </ins>1818 – <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">July 6, </ins>1883)&#160; was the first Italian convert to the Latter-day Saint movement and was one of the first [[Mormon missionaries|missionaries]] of [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http://comeuntochrist.org </ins>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] in Italy.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Biography==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Biography==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[image: Mormon_Giuseppe_Efisio_Taranto.jpg|150px|left|alt=Mormon Giuseppe Taranto aka Joseph Toronto|Mormon Giuseppe Taranto aka Joseph Toronto]][[Joseph Toronto]] Toronto was born in Sardinia and was a sailor in the Mediterranean Merchant Marines and on trans-Atlantic freighters. While in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1843, Toronto met [[Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] missionaries, read the ''[[Book of Mormon]]'' (in English), and was [[Baptism|baptized]] by George B. Wallace.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[image: Mormon_Giuseppe_Efisio_Taranto.jpg|150px|left|alt=Mormon Giuseppe Taranto aka Joseph Toronto|Mormon Giuseppe Taranto aka Joseph Toronto]][[Joseph Toronto]] Toronto was born in Sardinia and was a sailor in the Mediterranean Merchant Marines and on trans-Atlantic freighters. While in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1843, Toronto met [[Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] missionaries, read the ''[[Book of Mormon]]'' (in English), and was [[Baptism|baptized]] by George B. Wallace.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shortly after joining the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>, Toronto's ship collided with another, which almost resulted in Toronto's drowning. Toronto abandoned sailing and moved to [[Nauvoo]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Illinois<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>, in 1845 to join the main body of Latter <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Day </del>Saints. He donated his life's savings — nearly $2600 in gold coins — to the building of the [[Nauvoo Temple]]; Toronto's donation enabled work to continue after it had stalled due to lack of funds.&lt;ref&gt;[[B.H. Roberts]] (ed.) (1930). ''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News) '''2''':472.&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shortly after joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Toronto's ship collided with another, which almost resulted in Toronto's drowning. Toronto abandoned sailing and moved to [[Nauvoo]], Illinois, in 1845 to join the main body of Latter<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-day </ins>Saints. He donated his life's savings — nearly $2600 in gold coins — to the building of the [[Nauvoo Temple]]; Toronto's donation enabled work to continue after it had stalled due to lack of funds.&lt;ref&gt;[[B.H. Roberts]] (ed.) (1930). ''Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News) '''2''':472.&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah]] Territory and was the first Italian to set foot in the [[Salt Lake Valley]]. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the [[Great Salt Lake]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah]] Territory and was the first Italian to set foot in the [[Salt Lake Valley]]. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the [[Great Salt Lake]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LDS </del>Church. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and Thomas B.H. Stenhouse to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign (magazine)|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. 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Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign (magazine)|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. 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Toronto]] served as president of the Czechslovakia Mission in absentia for 25 years as well as serving once as a missionary and twice more as mission president in Czechoslovakia.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Toronto's great grand-son [[James A. Toronto]] was serving as a mission president in Italy in 2008 when the [[Rome Italy Temple]] was announced.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Toronto's great grand-son [[James A. Toronto]] was serving as a mission president in Italy in 2008 when the [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rome Italy Mormon Temple|</ins>Rome Italy Temple]] was announced.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Notes==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Notes==</div></td></tr> </table> Phicken https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Joseph_Toronto&diff=62534&oldid=prev Phicken at 02:05, 11 August 2021 2021-08-11T02:05:27Z <p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:05, 11 August 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(born '''Giuseppe Taranto''') (1818 – 1883-07-06)&#160; was the first Italian convert to the Latter <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Day </del>Saint movement and was one of the first [[Mormon missionaries|missionaries]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(LDS Church) </del>in Italy.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>(born '''Giuseppe Taranto''') (1818 – 1883-07-06)&#160; was the first Italian convert to the Latter<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-day </ins>Saint movement and was one of the first [[Mormon missionaries|missionaries]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in Italy.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Biography==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Biography==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[image: Mormon_Giuseppe_Efisio_Taranto.jpg|150px|left|alt=Mormon Giuseppe Taranto aka Joseph Toronto|Mormon Giuseppe Taranto aka Joseph Toronto]][[Joseph Toronto]] Toronto was born in Sardinia and was a sailor in the Mediterranean Merchant Marines and on trans-Atlantic freighters. While in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1843, Toronto met [[Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] missionaries, read the ''[[Book of Mormon]]'' (in English), and was [[Baptism|baptized]] by George B. Wallace.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[image: Mormon_Giuseppe_Efisio_Taranto.jpg|150px|left|alt=Mormon Giuseppe Taranto aka Joseph Toronto|Mormon Giuseppe Taranto aka Joseph Toronto]][[Joseph Toronto]] Toronto was born in Sardinia and was a sailor in the Mediterranean Merchant Marines and on trans-Atlantic freighters. While in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1843, Toronto met [[Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] missionaries, read the ''[[Book of Mormon]]'' (in English), and was [[Baptism|baptized]] by George B. Wallace.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5" >Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shortly after joining the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], Toronto's ship collided with another, which almost resulted in Toronto's drowning. Toronto abandoned sailing and moved to [[Nauvoo]], [[Illinois]], in 1845 to join the main body of Latter Day Saints. He donated his life's savings — nearly $2600 in gold coins — to the building of the [[Nauvoo Temple]]; Toronto's donation enabled work to continue after it had stalled due to lack of funds.&lt;ref&gt;[[B.H. Roberts]] (ed.) (1930). ''[[Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News) '''2''':472.&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shortly after joining the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], Toronto's ship collided with another, which almost resulted in Toronto's drowning. Toronto abandoned sailing and moved to [[Nauvoo]], [[Illinois]], in 1845 to join the main body of Latter Day Saints. He donated his life's savings — nearly $2600 in gold coins — to the building of the [[Nauvoo Temple]]; Toronto's donation enabled work to continue after it had stalled due to lack of funds.&lt;ref&gt;[[B.H. Roberts]] (ed.) (1930). ''[[Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News) '''2''':472.&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Territory</del>]] and was the first Italian to set foot in the [[Salt Lake Valley]]. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the [[Great Salt Lake]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1848, Toronto emigrated as a [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneer]] from Illinois to [[Utah]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Territory </ins>and was the first Italian to set foot in the [[Salt Lake Valley]]. In Utah, he was employed as the keeper of the Church's cattle herds on [[Antelope Island]] in the [[Great Salt Lake]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the LDS Church. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and Thomas B.H. Stenhouse to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign (magazine)|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. In 1851, Snow and Toronto hired an Italian to translate the ''Book of Mormon'' into Italian, a project that was completed by 1852.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1849, Toronto was ordained a [[seventy]] in the LDS Church. In 1850, he traveled with [[Lorenzo Snow]] and Thomas B.H. Stenhouse to England and then on to continental Europe and became the first messengers of the restored gospel in Italy.&lt;ref&gt;James R. Christianson, [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&amp;locale=0&amp;sourceId=e716aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&amp;hideNav=1 “Early Missionary Work in Italy and Switzerland,”] ''[[Ensign (magazine)|Ensign]]'', Aug. 1982, 35.&lt;/ref&gt; Toronto and his associates met with little success, due in part to opposition from the Italian media and government. In 1851, Snow and Toronto hired an Italian to translate the ''Book of Mormon'' into Italian, a project that was completed by 1852.</div></td></tr> </table> Phicken