Andrew was born in Green Bay, Ontario, Canada. He became an Educated Physician by vocation, stalwart convert to Mormonism, and became Mission President to France.
He fulfills prophecy given by Joseph Smith., "Missionary Not to Return." Elder Erastus Snow, in writing to George A. Smith on 3 September 1865, related that in 1839 the Prophet (Joseph) had uttered a prophecy as he pronounced a blessing upon Andrew L. Lamoreaux, who was about ro depart on a mission within the United States.
The Prophet "laid his hands on Elder Lamoreaux and blessed him, and prophesied upon his head, that he would go on a mission to France, learn another tongue and do much good." This did, in fact, occur when Andrew was called as the President of the French Mission on 15 September 1852.
But Joseph Smith also said something during this blessing that caused him great sadness. The Prophet stated that Andrew 'would not live to return to his family.' Upon saying these words Joseph wept, but he said that "it was pressed upon him and he could not refrain from giving utterance to it.
Elder Lamoreaux talked with his family about [the prophecy] when he left them in 1852, and endeavored to persuade them that this was not the time and mission upon which he should fall, but to believe that he would at this time be permitted to return again. When, he [Church periodical called the Luminary] brought the tidings of his death [on 13 June 1855 from cholera] they exclaimed, "Surely, Brother Joseph was a prophet, for all his words have come to pass.'"
Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saing Biographical Encyclopedia ( Salt Lake City: Deseret News press, 1901), 3:667.
Andrew Lamoreaux came with his family (included was my 2nd Great Grandfather, William George Lamoreaux) and emigrated to mountains of Zion in the Salt Lake Valley. They departed with the Willard Richards Pioneer Company on the 3 July and arrived there from 10-19 Oct 1848. There were 526 individuals in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Winter Quarters, Nebraska. Read Trail Excerpt: Richards, Willard, to Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball.
The following is a biographical experience of Dr. Andrew L. Lamoreaux on April 20th 1855 as departing on the ship Chimborazo from Liverpool to Philadelphia:
The ship Chimborazo, Captain Vesper, cleared on the 13th instant, with 432 souls on board, for the port of Philadelphia, of which number about 200 are passengers hence to Utah by the P. [Perpetual] E. [Emigration] Fund. Elder Edward Stevenson, late president of the Gilbraltar Mission, is president of the company, which consists of about 70 souls from the Channel Islands, in company with Elders A. L. Lamoreaux, late president of the French Mission; about 200 from the Principality.
His experience is noted in: The History of the Chimborazo Emigrating Conference: Organized April 12th 1855.
Friday, (April) 20th. A baby, named Mary Price, aged 2 years, daughter of Jeremiah Price, being nursed by her little brother fell off the hatchway on the deck. She fell on the frontal region of the skull just over the right eye. She was picked up [p.9] in an instant, and was bleeding profusely from nose and mouth--she seemed to spit the blood out to [KEEP?] from choking. Speedily her blood [face] was covered with blood, the skull over her right eye was very much swollen, and her little eye closed up. After having bled considerably in a sitting position Elder Lamoreaux came down, and promptly and energetically attended to the case as surgeon, stripped the child, washed the blood off, applied solution of camphor and bandaged the head--then laid her in a blanket, and placed her in the charge of a sister who volunteered to be nurse. The Saints sympathized much with the parents, and rendered every assistance necessary and possible. Elders Stevenson, Jeremy & Mills, administered in the ordinance of the gospel for the restoration of the child, Mills anointing and Jeremy sealing it. Elder Lamoreaux paid every possible attention to his little patient, which seemed to revive wonderfully. Indeed had not some extraordinary power assisted, she must have been killed.
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