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1933 Dec | The arrival the first resident Bahá'í to have lived in Newfoundland, Nova Scotian John Redden.
John was born in Martock, NS and is credited with being the first resident Bahá'í. After he attended university he worked at the Sydney steel plant in Cape Breton. His life at the plant was gruesome for his arm was caught in machine and cut off. He moved to the United States where he found the Faith some time between 1917 and 1922. He returned to Canada in poor health and settled in Windsor, NS. John left the province to take a job in Newfoundland as a representative of the Penn Oil and Steel in Newfoundland and died of a heart attack three months later. His body was returned to Windsor. [OBCC109-110] He is also credited with being the first Bahá'í to have visited Cap Breton. |
Pioneering; John Redden; Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Martock, NS; Cape Breton Island, NS; Windsor, NS | the first Bahá'í to have visited Cap Breton. the first Nova Scotia Bahá'í; the first resident Bahá'í to have lived in Newfoundland | |
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