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| 1939 (In the Year)
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The first pioneer in El Salvador was John Eichenauer. [The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America:Some Remembrances by Artemus Lamb] | El Salvador | The first pioneer in El Salvador was John Eichenauer | |
| 1939 (1939 - 1940
193- |
The first believer in El Salvador was Sra. Angela Ochoa Velazquez. [The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America: Some Remembrances by Artemus Lamb] | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; El Salvador | First believer in El Salvador: Sra. Angela Ochoa Velazquez | |
| 1939 (In the year)
193- |
The first Bahá'í of Paraguay, Maria Casati, of Formosa, Paraguay, became a Bahá'í in Buenos Aires. Her teachers were Frances Stewart and Sra. Franchia. She died in 1940. [BW7p352; The Bahá'í Centenary 1844-1944 p196] | Argentina; Maria Casati; Paraguay | first Bahá’í of Paraguay | |
| 1939 Date uncertain
193- |
Miss Janet Whitenack, relocated from New York to Alaska, became the first person to declare in Alaska. She had studied the Cause previously in New York. The young woman was a graduate of Syracuse University. [Bahá'í News No 131 November 1939 p4] | Alaska, USA; Fairbanks, AK | First Alaskan Baha'i | |
| 1939 Date approximate
193- |
Honor Kempton opened a bookshop lending library, calling it "The Book Cache". [Bahá'í News No 131 November 1939 pg3] | Alaska, USA; Anchorage, AK | ||
| 1939 (In the year)
193- |
Amelia Collins continued to support the spread of the religion in Iceland as she supported the publication of the first translation of Baháʼí literature, John Esslemont's Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era, in Icelandic in 1939. [CBN No 93 Oct 1957 p2 Collins, Amelia: The Fulfilled Hope of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Richard Francis] | * Publications; * Publishing; Amelia Collins; Iceland |
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