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1910 (In the year)
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A Bahá'í, Marielle C. Ladd, resided in Benson Siding until 1923, a settlement 35mi southwest of Nelsen, BC. [BFA2p157, OBCC122] | Marielle C. Ladd; Benson Siding, BC | First Bahá'í to reside in Benton Siding, BC |
1910 (In the year)
191- |
Mr and Mrs Henry Stark Culver, Bahá'ís from New York City, settled in Saint John, NB where they actively taught the Faith and became the second Bahá'í group in Canada in the "teens". [BFA2p157]
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Henry Stark Culver; Mrs Stark Culver; Saint John, NB | |
1910 5 Jan
191- |
On this date a contribution was recorded to "Temple Unity" from an unknown Bahá'í in Winnipeg. [Bloodworth, Grains of Wheat p6] | Winnipeg, MB | |
1911 (In the year)
191- |
The first Alberta Baha'i, Esther Rennels, is reported to have lived in Edmonton from 1911-1917. The Bahá'í community has been in continuous existence only since 1940. [OBCC152; History of the Bahá'ís of Edmonton] | Esther Rennels; Edmonton, AB | First Bahá'í in Edmonton |
1912 (In the year)
191- |
It is estimated that there were no more than two dozen Bahá'ís in Canada at this point. [BFA2p158] | Statistics | |
1912 Jan (Early)
191- |
Letter from May Maxwell to Star of the West... "Early in January we received a visit from Mirza Ahmad Sohrab who announced the coming of Abdul-Baha to America and spoke of his visit to England and France. Among those who heard this address was the leader of the Socialist party of Montreal and other Socialists, the editor of the leading newspaper of Canada and several people connected with public work. Later this paper published a very good article on the Bahai Message and the coming visit of Abdul-Baha." [SoW Vol 3 No 1 March 21, 1912] | Ahmad Sohrab; May Maxwell; Montreal, QC | |
1912 Jan
191- |
Letter from May Maxwell to Star of the West... A few weeks later another talk given by a Montreal Bahai, on the significance of Abdul-Baha's visit to the occident, which was shortly followed by an address by Mr. Honore Jaxon, of Chicago, who presented the Bahai Message from the standpoint of the working class movement. Mr. Jaxon had just returned from England where he had been doing a work of seed-sowing and preparation among the organized labor people and socialists, and in his very broad and comprehensive talk in Montreal he showed the vital connection between these world-wide movements and the Teachings of Baha'o'llah. Mr. Jaxon spoke to several bodies and societies in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Quebec in such a spirit as to arouse interest and establish ties of good-will and fellowship, which will no doubt be the means of opening wide many doors for the reception of Abdul-Baha and the all-embracing Truth. [SoW Vol 3 No 1 March 21, 1912] | Honoré Jaxon; May Maxwell; Montreal, QC; Ottawa, ON; Toronto, ON; Québec City, QC | |
1912 25 Jan
191- |
Regina, SK | ||
1912 C. 21 Aug
191- |
Ali Kuli Khan, a Persian Bahá'í diplomat posted to Washington,DC, visited Lethbridge to attend an agricultural conference leaving Washington during 'Abdu'l-Bahá'í visit to do so. [AY83; The Distance Traversed a presentation by Bev Knolton and Joan Young 2022]
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`Alí Kulí Khán; Lethbridge, AB | |
1912 30 Aug (Friday)
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Malden for Boston. He left Boston at 9AM by train for Montreal, arriving at midnight and was met by Sutherland Maxwell. He took only two of His attendants with Him, Mírzá Ahmad Sohrab and Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání, HIs chronicler. [239D:132; AB132; BW8:637]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Maxwell residence; Montreal Shrine; Malden, MA; Boston, MA; Montreal, QC | |
1912 31 Aug (Saturday)
191- |
His first act in the morning was to heal the sick child of a neighbouring family, the Birks. The nine year old had been an invalid all her life. Caressingly He laid His hands on her head and shoulders and then told the family that she must go out every day, in the middle of the day, on the ground, and that in time she would be entirely healed. Nine months later, she was perfectly healthy and strong. On leaving their home He went directly to their store and bought a number of watches and rings which He used as gifts on the rest of His trip. [ABC53]
"As only material education is imparted and only natural philosophy is taught, these universities do not produce highly talented scholars. When both the natural and divine philosophies are expounded, they will bring forth outstanding souls and evince great advancement. The reason for the success of the Greek schools was that they combined both natural and diving philosophies". [MD228] "Behold what eleven disciples of Christ have accomplished, how they sacrificed themselves! I exhort you to walk in their footsteps. When a person is detached, he is capable of revolutionizing the whole world. The disciples of Christ met together in consultation on top of a mountain. They pledged themselves to undergo all manner of hardships, to accept every affliction as a bounty and to consider all difficulties easy to overcome. 'He who is tied to a family, let him arrange to leave it; he who is not should remain single. He should forgo his comfort and his life'. Consulting thus, they descended from the mountain and each on went a different way and never returned. It is for this reason that they were able to leave behind such achievements. After Christ, the disciples truly forgot themselves, and not merely in word." [MD228-229]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Maxwell residence; Montreal Shrine; Reverend F.J. Griffin; Martha McBean; Eddie Elliot; Montreal, QC | |
1912 1 Sep (Sunday)
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk at the Unitarian Church, the Church of the Messiah, located on the corner of Simpson and Sherbrooke Sts in Montreal. (Architects: The Maxwell Bros. Built 1907, destroyed by fire 1937) [PUP297; ABC17-22; MD261]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; May Maxwell (Bolles); Sutherland Maxwell; Montreal, QC | |
1912 2 Sep (Monday)
191- |
On this day He and HIs companions moved into the Windsor Hotel where He rented three rooms. At the hotel He was able to accomodate much larger numbers of seekers. [HD237]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; May Maxwell (Bolles); Sutherland Maxwell; Montreal, QC | |
1912 3 Sep (Tuesday)
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá addressed Socialtists and Labour leaders of the day in Coronation Hall, 204 St. Lawrence Street. [ABC31-36, 48] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Coronation Hall; Montreal, QC | |
1912 5 Sep (Wednesday)
191- |
He was visited by the Bishop of Montreal visited Him and expressed his pleasure at the meetings being held and gratitude for "the address concerning the purpose of the Manifestation of Christ and the other holy Manifestations." 'Abdu'l-Bahá invited him to the talk in the Methodist Church later that day. [239D136]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, St James Methodist Church; - Film; Fred Rohani; Faramarz Rohani; Laylee Delaine; Montreal, QC | |
1912 6 Sep (Thursday)
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá had caught a cold the previous evening and so His departure was delayed for a few days. During this time He only went to the Maxwell home and many came to visit Him at the hotel. [MD247] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Montreal, QC | |
1912 7 Sep (Friday)
191- |
A group of people came to visit Him at His hotel. He explained that just as in the physical world, in the realm of religion there is a time of heavenly and spiritual springtime.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Windsor Hotel; Montreal, QC | |
1912 8 Sep (Saturday)
191- |
On His last full day in Montreal with the friends 'Abdu'l-Bahá said: "I have sown the seed. Now water it. You must educate the souls in divine morals, make them spiritual, and lead them to the oneness of humanity and to universal peace." [239D137]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Montreal, QC | |
1912 9 Sep (Sunday)
191- |
The hotel bill for $700 was paid and the party was taken to the railroad station. The chief officer at the Customs and his assistants passed the baggage through indicating that the baggage of the Bahá'ís did not have to be inspected.
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Montreal, QC; Buffalo, NY | |
1913 (In the year)
191- |
Esther R. Rennels was first recorded Bahá'í in Alberta. [Edmonton Bahá'í History; OBCC306; A.Pemberton-Pigott Thesis p23] | Esther Rennels; Edmonton, AB | first recorded Baha’i in Alberta |
1913 (In the year)
191- |
Edward W. Harris, a farmer who had homesteaded in the Gull Lake area, (specifically Carmichael) was the first Bahá'í known to have lived in SK. After his passing in 1922 his son, Edward D. Harris continued to operate the family farm with his mother and followed the Faith from 1934 to 1941. After the passing of his mother (Annie E. Harris b.1869 - d.20 October, 1941) he abandoned the farm taking only his clothes. Beatrice Magee, a neighbour who lived near the Harris farm, found an apple box full of Bahá'í literature and as a result become a Bahá'í in 1978. [OBCC121]
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Edward William Harris; Annie E. Harris; Beatrice Magee; Gull Lake, SK | first to have lived in SK |
1914 Jan
191- |
Mrs J. A. Clift (not a Bahá'í) gave a public talk on "Bahaism" ot the Current Events Club of the Ladies Reading Room in St. John's. The local newspaper carried news of this event and printed the text of the talk. [OBCC109] | Mrs J. A. Clift; St. Johns, NL | first. |
1914 30 Apr
191- |
The marriage of Dr Zia Bagdadi, an Arab from Syria and devoted companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Zeenat Khánum, daughter of Hasan Aqá Tabrízí, a personal attendant of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká. It was the wish that these two Middle-Eastern Bahá'ís should be married in the Maxwell home. It was the first Bahá'í marriage in Canada. [OBCC73] | Marriage; Zia Bagdadi; Zeenat Khanum; Montreal, QC | first Bahá'í marriage in Canada |
1916 Mar
191- |
Mrs Caroline Lehman (née Yaekel b.16 November 1846 in Prussia) was a resident of West Gravenhurst, ON in March of 1916. She was of German extraction, her previous religion was Lutheran and she had been taught by Isabelle Brittingham, Mother Beecher and Ali Kul Khan during a visit to New York City to visit her daughter. Notice of her passing appeared in the American Bahá'í News. [BN No 137 July 1940 p10; information from a message from Dr van den Hoonard to Heidi Lakshman 30 August 2000 Nine Star Solutions 19 Jul 2020]
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Mrs Caroline Lehman; West Gravenhurst, ON | first believer in West Cravenhurst, ON |
1916 (Summer)
191- |
Susan Rice spent her vacation in Alaska and during that time made a trip to Whitehorse and Dawson City. [SoW Vol 7 Issue 11 Sept 1916 p102] | Teaching; Susan Rice; Whitehorse, YT; Dawson City, YT | |
1916 Oct
191- |
The North American Bahá'í community began a teaching campaign aiming to teach the Faith in the many states named in the Tablets of the Divine Plan, and Montreal was designated the centre of the Northern Territory of the Campaign, which was assigned the responsibility of teaching the Faith in Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Mackenzie, Keewatin, Ungava, Franklin Island, and Greenland .[SoW Vol 7 No 12 16 October 1916 p112] | Tablets of the Divine Plan; Montreal, QC | |
1917 (In the Year)
191- |
Marion Jack and Rhoda Nichols travelled to PE and NS holding meetings in different villages with no visible results. [OBCC109-110] | Marion Jack; Rhoda Nichols; Prince Edward Island, Canada; Nova Scotia, Canada | first to teach in PE and NS |
1917 (In the Year)
191- |
Newfoundland was first visited by Marion Jack and Kate Cowan Ives where Jack visited her aunt and uncle, Elizabeth Neville and John Thomas. [OBCC109] | Marion Jack; Kate Cowan Ives; Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | |
1919 (Summer)
191- |
Mrs Dyar (formerly Wellesca Pollock Allen), named "Aseyeh" by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, spent the summer of 1919 on an extended teaching tour through Alaska and the Canadian North-west. [SBBH2p145] | Mrs Dyar; Wellesca Pollock Allen; Aseyeh; Aseyeh Dyar; Teaching | |
1919 26 Jul
191- |
1919 Sept - Marion Jack and Emogene Hoagg sailed from San Francisco for Alaska and the Yukon. They reached St. Michael at the mouth of the Yukon River on the 29th of July and continued by riverboat to Fairbanks, Dawson and Whitehorse. [CBN No117 Oct 1959 p1] | Travel Teaching; Emogene Hoagg; Marion Jack; Dawson City, YT; Whitehorse, YT | |
1919 28 Jul
191- |
1919 Sept - Marion Jack and Emogene Hoagg sailed from San Francisco for Alaska and the Yukon. They reached St. Michael at the mouth of the Yukon River on the 29th of July and continued by riverboat to Fairbanks, Dawson and Whitehorse. [CBN No117 Oct 1959 p1] | Travel Teaching; Emogene Hoagg; Marion Jack; Dawson City, YT; Whitehorse, YT |
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