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Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith in Canada

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Date 1942-00-00-05, sorted by date, descending

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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]
  • From 1939 to 1940 she worked for the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and subsequently for the Department of Munitions and Supply until 1941 when she left for Toronto. Subject to racism in Canada she settled in Czechslovakia in the late 1940's after living in England and Germany. [OBCC152, 224]
  • For a photo see OBCC144.
 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.
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