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1942 Sep
194- |
Ina Trimble, a widow, was the first Edmonton resident to become a Bahá'í (Edmonton Bahá'í Community 2012)." Shortly after in the same year, four people from Edmonton became Baha'is. [OBCC217; Edmonton Bahá'í History] | Edmonton, AB; Conversion | the first Edmonton resident to become a Bahá’í |
1942 Summer
194- |
A week-long summer school was held at the family farm of Paul Sala in Rivière Beaudette, QC with Dr Glen Shook as guest speaker. [TG84] | Summer schools; Paul Sala; Riviere Beaudette, QC | |
1942 c. Summer
194- |
A Winnipeg believer, Ernest Court, spent four months in Regina as part of Winnipeg's outreach program. He had frequent assistance from his home community. [BN 155 August 1942 p5] | Ernest Court; Regina, SK; Winnipeg, MB | |
1942 c. Mid-year
194- |
Evelyn Cliff of Vancouver found a teaching job in Calgary and moved there accompanied by Anne McGee, a member of the Vancouver Youth Group. In October Sylvia King relocated from Winnipeg to join Evelyn, Anne and Doris Skinner. [fBN155 August 1942 p5] | Evelyn Cliff; Anne McGee; Sylvia King; Doris Skinner; Calgary, AB; Vancouver, BC; Winnipeg, MB | |
1942 Ridván
194- |
Canada's sixth and seventh spiritual assemblies formed in Halifax, NS, Hamilton, ON. [OBCC177] | Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Halifax, NS; Winnipeg, MB; Hamilton, ON | |
1942 Ridván
194- |
The first Spiritual Assembly was formed in Winnipeg, the eighth in Canada. Members were: Beth Brooks, Ernest Court, Rowland Estall, Sylvia King, Sigrun Lindal, Ernest Marsh, Stella Pollexfen, Helen Poissant, and Lillian Tomlinson (later Prosser). [OBCC227]
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Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Beth Brooks; Ernest Court; Rowland Estall; Sylvia King; Sigrun Lindal; Ernest Marsh; Stella Pollexfen; Helen Poissant; Lillian Tomlinson; Winnipeg, MB | |
1942 (In the year)
194- |
Muriel Warnicker moved to Edmonton from Vancouver and Marcia Atwater moved to Edmonton from the United States.[ OBCC217] There were only a few isolated Baha'is living in Alberta. [A.Pemberton-Pigott Thesis p8] | Muriel Warnicker; Marcia Atwater; Edmonton, AB; Vancouver, BC | |
1942 (Early in the year)
194- |
Lucille C. Gisome, a civil servant, enrolled in the Faith, probably through her friendship with Winnifred Harvey. She was an African Canadian. She was a delegate to the 1942 National Convention. [OBCC186]
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Lucille Gisome; National Convention; Winnifred Harvey; Ottawa, ON; Toronto, ON | First to enroll in the Faith in Ottawa after having learned of the Faith there. |
1942 (In the year)
194- |
Charles Nealy Murray and Grace Geary, an early pioneer to PE, participated in the first Feast held in Charlottetown, PE. [OBCC117] | Feasts; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | first Feast held in Charlottetown, PE. |
1942 (In the year)
194- |
Four others joined the Faith in Edmonton in 1942. [Edmonton Bahá'í History] | Edmonton, AB; Conversion | |
1942 (In the year)
194- |
In the Baha'i group in Edmonton as in other groups, it was not uncommon to find women among the first believers or "pioneers." Although there was a Baha'i group in Edmonton in 1911, apparently the Bahá'í community has been in continuous existence only since 1940. [OBCC152]
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Anne McGee; Lyda Martland; Milwyn Davies; Kay Rimell; Anita Ioas; Anita Chapman; Edmonton, AB |
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