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Date 1942, sorted by firsts, ascending

date event tags firsts
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] Edmonton, AB; Marcia Atwater; Muriel Warnicker; Vancouver, BC
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]
  • The Vancouver Bahá'í Archives has a photo of the first Bahá'í group in Edmonton in 1942 with Anne McGee, Lyda Martland, Milwyn Davies, Kay Rimell, Anita Ioas (later Chapman). This photo is Plate 30 in OBCC152.
 Anita Chapman; Anita Ioas; Anne McGee; Edmonton, AB; Kay Rimell; Lyda Martland; Milwyn Davies
1942 (In the year)
194-		 Four others joined the Faith in Edmonton in 1942. [Edmonton Bahá'í History] Conversion; Edmonton, AB
1942 Ridván
194-		 Canada's sixth and seventh spiritual assemblies formed in Halifax, NS, Hamilton, ON. [OBCC177] Halifax, NS; Hamilton, ON; Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Winnipeg, MB
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]
  • Lillian Tomlinson (later Prosser) had been the first Winnipeg resident to become a Bahá'í. [Bloodworth, Grains of Wheat p10]
  • For a phono see Worldwide Community of Bahá'u'lláh.
    		•  Beth Brooks; Ernest Court; Ernest Marsh; Helen Poissant; Lillian Tomlinson; Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Rowland Estall; Sigrun Lindal; Stella Pollexfen; Sylvia King; 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] Anne McGee; Calgary, AB; Doris Skinner; Evelyn Cliff; Sylvia King; Vancouver, BC; Winnipeg, MB
    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 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; OBCC269] First summer and winter schools; Paul Sala; Riviere Beaudette, QC; Summer schools
    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] Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Feasts first Feast held in Charlottetown, PE.
    1942 Summer
    194-    		 The first Bahá'í Summer School was held in Banff, AB. [BW10 1944-1946 p93] Banff, AB; First summer and winter schools; Summer schools First Bahá'í Summer School in Banff, AB
    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; Ottawa, ON; Toronto, ON; Winnifred Harvey First to enroll in the Faith in Ottawa after having learned of the Faith there.
    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] Conversion; Edmonton, AB the first Edmonton resident to become a Bahá’í
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