. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. VOLKER, John W. F., president ofthe Netherlands Mission from 1885 to1889, was born Aug. 5, 1859, at Am-sterdam, Netherlands, a son of JanWillem FrederikVolker and AnnaCatherina Scherre-witz. He was bap-tized March 6, 1877,by Peter J. Lam-mers, and filled twomissions to theNetherlands, thefirst one in 1882-1883. Elder Volker,on his second mission, translated Par-ley P. Pratts Voice of Warningand also the Book of Mormon into theDutch
. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. VOLKER, John W. F., president ofthe Netherlands Mission from 1885 to1889, was born Aug. 5, 1859, at Am-sterdam, Netherlands, a son of JanWillem FrederikVolker and AnnaCatherina Scherre-witz. He was bap-tized March 6, 1877,by Peter J. Lam-mers, and filled twomissions to theNetherlands, thefirst one in 1882-1883. Elder Volker,on his second mission, translated Par-ley P. Pratts Voice of Warningand also the Book of Mormon into theDutch or Netherlands language, thefirst book coming off the press in itssecond edition in 1889, the latter work. WEILER, Joseph, president of theNetheilands Mission from 1864 to1867, was born Nov. 17, 1836, in Ches-ter County, Penn.,a son of JacobWeiler and AnnaMaria Malin. Hewas set apart forhis mission April22, 1864, and land-ed in RotterdamOct. 31, 1864, hav-ing labored in Eng-land first. Withthe arrival of Elder Weiler, the Neth-erlands, which had theretofore formeda part of the Swiss and German Mis-sion, became a separate mission. (Seealso Historical Record, Vol. 5, )
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