Thorup, Herman Frederick Ferdinand, 1849-1929

Herman Frederick Ferdinand Thorup was born April 19, 1849 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He immigrated to Utah in 1869 and married Sophia Gustava Johnson on May 28, 1872 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sophia died October 3, 1878. From 1879-1881, Elder Thorup served an LDS mission to Denmark. Upon his return from Denmark, he married Annie C. Anderson on September 29, 1881. On December 21, 1882, he took a second wife, when he married Jensine Jensen. Herman Thorup worked as a florist and nurseryman in Salt Lake City. Throughout his life, Herman Thorup took an active role in the ecclesiastical activities of his local LDS ward. He was President of the 138th Quorum of Seventies; was a "home missionary" for five years; and was also a "block teacher." In his retirement he worked as a volunteer in the "Bureau of Information" on the "temple block" (LDS Temple grounds) in Salt Lake City. He died September 10, 1929.

From the description of Herman Thorup journal, 1879-1929. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 80758818

Herman Frederick Ferdinand Thorup (1849-1929) was a Mormon ecclesiastical leader in Utah. He served two missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Denmark.

From the description of Herman Frederick Ferdinand Thorup papers, 1880-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 461066976

Herman Frederick Ferdinand Thorup (1849-1929) was a Mormon ecclesiastical leader in Utah. He served two missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Denmark.

Herman Thorup was born in Fredriksborg, Denmark on April 19, 1849. He was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1916, serving his first mission to South Sjcelland, Denmark from 1867 to 1868. At the age of twenty, he arrived in Utah to live with the main body of the Saints in 1869. Three years later, he was ordained a seventy. He married to Sophie Johnson on May 28, 1872. She died six years later, leaving three children behind her. The next year, Thorup served a second mission to Denmark. Shortly after his mission, he met and married Anna Christina Andersen in 1881. A year later, he also married Jensine Jensen. In April 1901, Thorup was set apart as one of the Presidents of the 138th Quorum of the Seventies and was a Senior President for thirteen years and a Seventy for thirty nine years. Thorup went blind in his final years, dying on September 9, 1929.

From the guide to the Herman Frederick Ferdinand Thorup papers, 1880-1929, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)