Fourth Generation

200. William King Driggs was born on 30 October 1885 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, USA. He lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah in 1900.^22,23 He was ordained on 18 December 1932 in Hawthorne Ward, Utah.²⁴ William died on 6 April 1965 in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was buried on 10 April 1965 in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA. He has Ancestral File Number 2HZ6-JN. How he received the name "King" is interesting. his parents' second child, Ella Olivia, died October 21, 1883, in her 23rd year. At the time she was betrothed to the man who later became Senator William King of Utah. On October 30, 1885, the 12th child, a son, was born to Benjamin Woodbury Driggs and Olivia Pratt Driggs and they chose to name him in honor of the man to whom their second daughter had been betrothed. Father and patriarch of "The King Family Show", William King Driggs organized a family orchestra called "The Driggs Family of Entertainers." He appeared on the nationally televised "The King Family Show",which he helped organize. The original "King Sisters" who were radio hits before WWII, are the daughters of William King and Pearl Caroline Driggs. They didn't think the name "Driggs" would click as a show business name, so they took their father's middle name and started singing!
William King Driggs attended the American Conservatory of Music at Chicago, and Brigham Young Academy. While at the academy, he was president of his class and wrote the class song. He was hired by the Church School System, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to teach music. He taught at Castledale, Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho, Snow College, Ephraim and at Payson, Utah. An established musician, he wrote "The Navajo Princess" and many other operettas. he composed "The Liahona" based on the Book of Mormon, which he presented in Salt Lake Tabernacle in June 1949. He was active in collecting genealogical material on the"Driggs Family" and some of his researched material was used in compiling this book.

William King Driggs and Pearl Caroline Mortensen were married on 22 August 1908 in Sanford, Conejos, Colorado, USA. Pearl Caroline Mortensen was born on 22 April 1889 in Sanford, Conejos, Colorado, USA. She died on 6 October 1970 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. She was buried on 10 October 1970 in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA. Pearl has Ancestral File Number 1FJ2-87.

William King Driggs and Pearl Caroline Mortensen had the following children:

+992	i.	Lars Karleton Driggs.
+993	ii.	Living.
+994	iii.	Living.
+995	iv.	Alyce Golda Driggs.
+996	v.	Living.
+997	vi.	Living.
+998	vii.	William King Driggs Jr..
+999	viii.	Living.
1000	ix.	Living (private).