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1929 25 Dec
192- |
Willard and Doris McKay , then living in Geneva, NY, arrived in Montreal, the last stop on their first major teaching trip. They had visited Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Boston, Portsmouth, NH before arriving in Montreal by train.
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Willard McKay; Doris McKay; Travel Teaching; Gifts; Eddie Elliot; Emeric Sala; Rowland Estall; Rosemary Sala; Youth Group; Montreal, QC | first youth group in Canada |
1927 May
192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada drew up and published a 'Declaration of Trust' and 'By-laws of the National Spiritual Assembly'. [BW2:89, BW10:180]
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National Spiritual Assembly; Horace Holley; Mountfort Mills; Constitutions (Bahá'í); By-laws; Recognition (legal); Montreal, QC | The first document of this sort to establish a clear legal basis for the National Spiritual Assembly |
1927 29 Apr - 3 May
192- |
The nineteenth National Convention of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada was held at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal, the hotel where 'Abdu'l-Bahá stayed during His visit in 1912. [Bahá'í News No. 17 April, 1927]
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National Convention; Declaration of Trust and By-laws; Edwina Powell; Oglesby; Montreal, QC | |
1927 24 - 28 Apr
192- |
Just prior to the National Convention, the Bahá'í Community of Montreal organized a "World Unity Conference". It was attended by Louis Gregory. [OBCC90] | Race amity; Louis G. Gregory; Montreal, QC | |
1927 (In the year)
192- |
The second local spiritual assembly in Canada was elected in Vancouver. [OBCC125]
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Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; George Monroe; Stanley Kemp; Evelyn Kemp; Rhoda Harvey; Thursa Murwood-Clark; Christine Monroe; Isobel Seifert; Florence Sherborne; Katherine Warnicker; Vancouver, BC | |
1927 (In the year)
192- |
Ugo and Angeline Giachery spent two days in St. John's, NL on a stopover while on a cruise ship. | Ugo Giachery; Angeline Giachery; St. Johns, NL | |
1927 (In the year)
192- |
The formation of a Bahá'í Youth Group in Montreal, perhaps the first in the Western World. [OBCC78, 85]
...I urge them to study profoundly the revealed utterances of Bahá'u'lláh and the discourses of Àbdu'l-Bahá and not to rely unduly on the representations and interpretation of the Teaching given by the Bahá'í speakers and teachers.[MtC30-31] |
Youth Group; George Spendlove; Rowland Estall; Emeric Sala; Rosemary Sala; Teddy Edwards Alizade; Norman McGregor; Judie Blakely; Russell Blakely; Dorothy Wade; Glen Wade; Edward Dewing; Gerrard Sluter-Schlutius; David Hofman; Rena Gordon; Eddie Elliot; Montreal, QC | first Bahá'í Youth Group in Montreal |
1926 30 Oct
192- |
The visit of Queen Marie to Winnipeg en route to Minneapolis. No public mention of the Faith was made. [OBCC120] | Queen Marie of Romania; Winnipeg, MB | |
1928 28 Oct
192- |
The visit of Queen Marie to Ottawa. No public mention of the Faith was made. [OBCC77] | Queen Marie of Romania; Ottawa, ON | |
1926 27 Oct
192- |
The visit of Queen Marie to Montreal. She visited McGill University, Montreal College and a convent. No public mention of the Faith was made. [OBCC77] | Queen Marie of Romania; Montreal, QC | |
1926 26 - 27 Sep
192- |
The visit of Queen Marie of Romania to Toronto. She stated her allegiance to the Bahá'í Faith publicly in an interview given to the Toronto Daily Star (pub. 28 October, 1926). [OBCC104] | Queen Marie of Romania; Toronto Daily Star; Toronto, ON | |
1926 26 Sep
192- |
An article by Queen Marie of Romania appeared in the Toronto Daily Star. Its syndication carried it to newspapers around the world. [HEC76] | Queen Marie of Romania; Toronto Daily Star; Toronto, ON | |
1926 (In the year)
192- |
Green Acre came under the direct supervision of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada. [GAP118] | National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada; Green Acre, Eliot, ME | |
1925 Dec
192- |
"A Plan of Unified Action to Spread the Bahá'í Cause Throughout the United States and Canada January 1, 1926-December 31, 1928" was formulated by The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada in response to Shoghi Effendi's message to the annual National Convention. [BA86-89; BN No 10 February 1926 p1]
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- Teaching Plans; - Teaching Plans, National; National Spiritual Assembly; Canada | first teaching plan |
1925 4 Jul - 9 Jul
192- |
The Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada was held at Green Acre. [GAP117; SBR94]
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Alfred Lunt; William Harry Randall; May Maxwell (Bolles); George Latimer; Louis G. Gregory; Elizabeth Greenleaf; Mariam Haney; Keith Ransom-Kehler; Horace Holley; National Spiritual Assembly; First National Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; Green Acre, Eliot, ME | National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada was elected for the first time. |
1925 (In the year)
192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada was established. | National Spiritual Assembly, election of | first National Spiritual Assembly in America. |
1923 15 Oct - 4 Nov
192- |
The second visit of Jináb-i-Fádil to Montreal and Toronto accompanied by Dr Zia Bagadi. [OBCC76] | Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Zia Bagdadi; Montreal, QC; Toronto, ON | |
1923 12 - 26 Oct
192- |
Jináb-i-Fádil went to Montreal on October 12th as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Schophlocker, He spent a few weeks teaching in Montreal after which he journeyed westward, reaching Chicago about the middle of November. [SoW Vol14 Issue 8 November 1923 p248] | Travel Teaching; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Montreal, QC | |
1923 2 Jan
192- |
The Guardian's first letter to Canada sent in c/o the Spiritual Assembly of Montreal. [Messages to Canada, 2nd Edition p5] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Montreal, QC | |
1922 11 Dec
192- |
First formal Nineteen-day Feast held in Montreal (Feast of Questions) [OBCC159] | Feast; Montreal, QC | First formal Nineteen-day Feast held in Montreal and in Canada |
1922 10 Dec
192- |
The election of the first Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Montreal. [BW8:639, OBCC157; CBN No 82 November 1956 p2] | Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Montreal, QC | The election of the first Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Montreal.The first Spiritual Assembly in Canada. |
1922 (Winter)
192- |
Marion Jack lived in Vancouver for several months, soon a small, active community was formed. During this time Louis Gregory spent five days in the community while on his epic teaching tour in the USA. [TMW120]
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Louis G. Gregory; Marion Jack; Vancouver, BC | |
1922 (Summer)
192- |
Orcella Rexford entered the Yukon Territory from Skagway and via the White Pass Railroad arrived in Whitehorse. She held talks on the Faith to passengers aboard a stern-wheel riverboat as it travelled north. In Dawson City she lectured to some 550 people and received positive press coverage from the Dawson Daily News. [CBN No 117 Oct 1959 p1; Travel Teaching; Orcella Rexford; Skagway, AK; Whitehorse, YT; Dawson City, YT | ||
1922 (Summer)
192- |
Marion Jack visited PE to paint at the invitation of Isander Wanda Wyatt. [OBCC110] | Marion Jack; Isander Wanda Wyatt; Prince Edward Island, Canada | |
1922 22 Mar
192- |
William Edward Harris was a farmer who had homesteaded in the Gull Lake area (specifically Carmichael) where he and his wife (Annie E. Rehm b. 1869, Fedonia. Wis. m. 7 July, 1892, d.22 March, 1922, Carmichael, SK) had moved from North Dakota in 1908 or 1909. He was the first Bahá'í known to have lived in Saskatchewan. After his passing only his son, Edward W. Harris (b.13 March, 1902, Milwaukee, Wis. d. 17 February, 1981 Prince Rupert, BC) continued to operate the family farm with his mother. After the passing of his mother he abandoned the farm at what appeared to have been at a moment's notice taking only his clothes with him when he left. His next know address was Haysport, BC from 1950. He is believed to have lived his latter days in Prince Rupert and is buried there.
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Edward William Harris; In Memoriam; Gull Lake, SK | |
1922 5 Mar
192- |
Shoghi Effendi wrote that "in every locality where the number of adult declared believers exceeds nine" Assemblies should be elected. [BA37]
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Local Spiritual Assembly | |
1922 (In the year)
192- |
A school teacher, Mrs Dora Bray of Dawson, YT was the first Yukon resident and the first African Canadian woman to enroll in the Faith. She did so as a result of the visit of Marion Jack and Emogene Hoagg. [OBCC123] | Dora Bray; Marion Jack; Emogene Hoagg; Dawson City, YT | the first Yukon resident to enroll in the Faith; the first African Canadian woman to enroll in the Faith |
1921 (In the year)
192- |
Helen F Grand became a member of the Bahá'í community in Toronto. [FF123]
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Helen Grand; Toronto, ON | |
1920 Jun
192- |
The first Regional Teaching Committee in Canada was appointed by the Executive Board of the Bahá'I Temple Unity. The members were May Maxwell, Elizabeth Cowles and Mabel Rice-Wray Ives of Detroit. [SoW24Jun1920] | May Maxwell; Elizabeth Cowles; Mabel Rice-Wray Ives | first Regional Teaching Committee in Canada |
1920 (Summer)
192- |
The arrival of well-known Bahá'í scholar and travel teacher Jináb-i-Fádil accompanied by Ahmad Sohrab. They travelled with Marion Jack and Martha Root and visited Saint John, NB, Montreal, QC, Gagetown, PE, Woodstock, NB, Brockville, ON, Toronto, ON, Vancouver, BC and Victoria, BC. [SoW20Aug1920, OBCC193] | Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Marion Jack; Martha Root; Ahmad Sohrab; Saint John, NB; Montreal, QC; Gagetown, Prince Edward Island; Woodstock, NB; Brockville, ON; Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC; Victoria, BC | |
1920 (in the year)
192- |
This is considered the date of active participation in the Bahá'í Faith in Canada in Vancouver, the second centre of activity after Montreal. [CBN No 82 November, 1956 p1] | Statistics; Vancouver, BC |
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