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Harold Blackmore

People

In the record

1916–2000

Harold Blackmore

Harold Woolley Blackmore (1916–2000) spoke in Salt Lake City on 2 October 1960, where the announcer introduced him as “our brother from Canada, Brother Harold Blackmore.”

The Church History Biographical Database and a WikiTree compiled profile record Harold Woolley Blackmore (also spelled Wooley), born 23 May 1916 in Alberta — compiled listings give Raymond, Alberta — a son of John Horne (also Horn) Blackmore and Emily Woolley, and died 17 December 2000 in La Verkin, Utah. He is buried at LaVerkin City Cemetery. A Memorial Mapper header also uses 17 December 2000, but the same listing has a line that reads “Death — December 16, 2000.” The 17 December date from the Church History database and WikiTree is used here; the 16 December variant is noted and is not dismissed, and a civil death certificate has not been consulted for this page.1

He bought land at Lister, British Columbia, in 1946, and later moved toward the Short Creek area.2 Compiled memorials name spouses; those later family details, including any question of whether the 1960 speaker Gwen Blackmore was his wife, are not settled on this page and are not treated as confirmed. How he was related to Ray Blackmore is also left open, because compiled accounts do not agree.

The 2 October 1960 recording from a Salt Lake City general meeting is labeled Harold Blackmore. The announcer introduces him as a brother from Canada. A second archive copy of the same talk is noted in the sources.3

Appearances

1960

  1. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 56:039:24

Sources

  1. Church History Biographical Database, entry for Harold Woolley Blackmore: born 23 May 1916; died 17 December 2000; parents John Horne Blackmore and Emily Woolley; Canadian Mission 1936–38; residence when called, Raymond Ward. WikiTree Blackmore-2504 gives the same birth and a death of 17 December 2000 at La Verkin, Utah, and cites a NUMIDENT record. Memorial Mapper lists burial at LaVerkin City Cemetery; its header uses 17 December 2000 and a detail line reads “Death — December 16, 2000.” Compiled Ancestry listings give the birthplace as Raymond, Alberta. These are compiled sources. The 17 December date is preferred here; the 16 December variant is recorded.
  2. Compiled accounts of the Lister, British Columbia, settlement record a land purchase by Harold Blackmore in 1946, and a later move toward the Short Creek area.
  3. Archive recording 1960-10-02-Harold Blackmore-SLC-General Meeting, catalog 3584143f015d, 9:24. 2 October talk. A second copy of the same talk is catalog 1e84b8d72f57, file 60-10-02-Harold Blackmore-SLC-General Meeting. The announcer introduces “our brother from Canada, Brother Harold Blackmore.” The text on the talk page is an automatic, unreviewed transcript; the recording is the source.