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- 1903 Ship Manifest
The first 3 Workers to go to America departed Glasgow, Scotland on Sept 5, 1903 on Ship Columbia, arrived Ellis Island, NY, Sept 14, 1903: William Irvine, age 40 yrs, Scotch (Passenger No. 18) George Walker, age 26 yrs, Irish (Passenger No. 19) Irvine Weir, age 25 yrs, Irish (Passenger No. 20) (SEE NEXT SLIDE) - Cooney, Edward - Grave
Edward Cooney's Grave. Cooney was 61 years old when he was excommunicated in 1928. He had been preaching in the Sect for 27 years. He died in 1984. - Galloway, Don & Myrna 2003
Don & Myrna Galloway were excommunicated in 1999 in Alberta, Canada The Workers who excommunicated them were Jim Knipe and Scott McChesney, who were under the oversight of Willis Propp. Photo taken in 2003. - Fawcett, James (Jim)
James Fawcett was a worker in U.S.A. but was from Northern Ireland originally. 1904 Fawcett, James (aka Faucett) - Born 1886 – Died Aug. 10, 1958, aged 72. He spent his last days in Tallassee, Alabama. and came from Fermanagh County, N. Ireland. He was the Uncle of George Walker. He is in a 1911 photo of Blossburg, Alabama, so he may have been the first worker to go to Alabama. During his last year, in 1958, he was trying to hold a few tent meetings without the help of a companion and it was when he passed away. Apparently he had done a lot of physical work on that particular day, and was sitting visiting with one of the friends on her veranda. He mentioned the manner in which his mother had passed away suddenly, and expressed the opinion that something like that would likely happen to him sometime... and at that moment, having spoken those words, he died. He wrote hymns (1951 ed) 173, 215, 221, 326, 239-Cease Not - 1903 Ship Manifest
1903 Ship Manifest - Workers in Red outline - John Long & Cherie Kropp 2004
Cherie Kropp visiting with John Long in his home in N. Ireland. Cherie is holding his father's journals. As shown in the photo the journals are long and comprehensive. Photo taken July 29, 2004 - Veitch, Keith & Mabel
Keith & Mabel Veitch, Alberta, Canada were excommunicted around 1999. - Irvine, William-Tasmania
William Irvine in Tasmania. Irvine is the fourth man from the left, wearing shirt with suspenders. - PEI McAllister, Willie & wife
The first workers to go to Prince Edward Island in 1907 were Willie McAllister from England and Willie Snedden from Scotland. Willie McAllister left the work and married Rebecca Ruth Allingham. - Head Worker- Wm Hughes grave
Grave of William Hughes, Overseer of New Zealand - Barkley, Barry & George Walker, Charles Steffen
Barry Barkley, George Walker, Charles Steffen. George Walker was the Eastern USA Overseer for many years. He was succeeded by Taylor Wood, who was succeeded by Barry Barkley around 2006. Charles Steffen was Overseer of Missouri, Illinois & New York/New England. - Jones, Sam
Sam Jones with Bert Cameron and G. Helms - Scott, Alexander (Sandy)
Alexander (Sandy) Scott. (1886-1968) He married Eva Scott (nee Idso, Iowa) and they preached in Italy after WW II ended. Sandy was from Scotland and went into the work in 1909. Reportedly, Sandy felt it was expedient to marry in order to reach more people with the gospel in Italy, and so he married Eva. His name is on Workers List for Italy in 1956. He labored in Scotland, USA and Canada. and also pioneered the work in Spain in 1933. Sandy wrote many of the hymns in Hymns Old & New as per hymn author booklet. Nos. 68, 73, 101, 127, 167, 188, 242, 245, 304, 323, 327, 335. (Re No. 245 this is sometimes mistaken for similar hymn by John Oxenham). He is buried near Chelan, Washington, USA. - 2007-08 Australia Conventions -
Australia Convention Locations for Year 2007-08 - 2015 Malcom Clapham's Letter re No More Phone Hookups - with preamble
2015 Letter from Malcolm Clapham to Brisbane Elders in Queensland, Australia about discontinuing the use of 'phone hookups' at Conventions. Note the letter includes the phrase " ... dangers that may lie in the shadows if such was handled unwisely...... - 1966 Korea Native Workers
1966 Native Workers in Korea L to R: Oah Ja Chung, Kison Ko, Kum Ja Whang, Chul Ho Shin - Seminiuks, John & Elizabeth
John & Elizabeth Seminiuk from Alberta Canada were excommunicated in 1999. - Minh Thanh in Sydney Australia
Minh Thanh in Sydney Australia - Hoan Xuan Nguyen
A Golden Friend married to Minh Thanh. - Hodgins, Polly & Frances
Polly & Frances Hodgins, Sisters in the work, from U.K. Helped to pioneered NZ. Their brother James died in 1907 in NZ, the first Worker to die in the entire world. - Hymn Authors (2004)
Hymns Old and New Concordance, Theme & Subject Index, Authors (August 2004 Revised Edition) - Vitzthum Herbert
Vitzthum Herbert was in charge of Spanish speaking area in the United States from mid 1930s until 1969--included workers in NM, TX, CO, AZ, and sometimes in NE and WY also. He helped pioneer the Work in Argentina. - South America Pioneers 1919
South American Pioneers They arrived in Buenos Aires on Dec. 19, 1919, after 28 days on a boat from New York. Jack Jackson was from Ireland but had been working in North America for a number of years, Glenn Smith [Nebraska], Herbert Vitzthum [Minnesota] Maurice Hawkins from Maryland] - Uncle Hoa's Motorbike
Uncle Hoa's Motorbike loaded, ready to go to the country. - Nichol Jardine and George Walker 2
Nichol Jardine and George Walker In 1903, George Walker was one of the first 3 men to come to America to preach. Nichol Jardine (1883-1954) was overseer in Minnesota and Wisconsin. - Hien & Chau, brothers
Vũ Trung Hiền and Vu Ngoc Chau, blood brothers sharing breakfast at a street vendor in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in April 2012. In 1957 all foreign Workers had to leave Vietnam due to government policy. At that time, (1957), Vu Trung Hien, the brother of Chau Ngoc Vu, became the Overseer of Vietnam from 1957 until 2010, when Canadian Overseers put him out of the work. They claimed that he owned a home (which his brother owned). He was allowed to re-enter the work as a junior Worker after the home was sold. - Cooney, Fred-Tombstone
Frederick (Fred) George Cooney was born Sept 3, 1869 in Fermanagh, Ireland. Died April 12, 1940, age 70 and is buried Rotorua Crematorium & Cemetary, Rotorua, New Zealand. Married Mildred Tatlow Aug 28, 1907. Immmigrated to New Zealand Sept 25, 1924. - Baptism Sketch #3
1904 "The Derry People" The first picture published in connection with the performance of the strange sect of "Dippers" or "Pilgrims" that has arisen in Fermanagh. The river in the picture is the Ballinamallard, is which the curious dippers perform their ablations. The snapshot from which the picture is drawn, was taken late in the evening, and just before the 'dipping operations' commenced. The people on the bank are sightseers waiting for the "dippers" to come on. October breezes are not favorable to the new cult, and many of the "Dippers" are now suffering from severe colds. - WA 1921 Milltown 4 Workers
1921 Milltown, Washington Convention. Prominent early Irish workers who became Overseers. L-R, Back row: Jack Carroll, Western North America (1904); George Walker, Eastern North America (1899). Front Row: Willie Gill, England (1900); Bill Carroll, Victoria, Australia (1903) - Darling Robert
Robert "Rob" Darling was born Sept 4, 1883, in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland and died in 1970. Robert Darling entered the work in 1905. He is buried in the British cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina along with Jack Jackson and two other Workers who are buried in the same tomb. Photo taken in 1913. - 2014 Uncle Hoa Arrives in Saigon
Uncle Hoa arrives back in Saigon in Jan. 24, 2014. - Minh Thanh Nguyen
A Golden Friend married to Xuan Hoan, daughter of Mr/s Nguyen Bau, the first couple to profess in VN. - Lyness, Tom & Annie
Tombstone of Tom & Annie Lyness, brother and sister workers in Montana USA - Darling Robert
Robert "Rob" Darling was born Sept 4, 1883, in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland and died in 1970. Robert Darling entered the work in 1905. He is buried in the British cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina along with Jack Jackson and two other Workers who are buried in the same tomb. Photo taken in 1913. - Hendrson suicides Australia
From the Age, Melbourne, Australia Shortly before she committed suicide last year with her younger brother, 15-year-old Narelle Henderson, of Kinglake West, wrote on her arm: "Kurt Cobain is a legend." A diary found later at Narelle's home included more references to Cobain, lead singer of the American band Nirvana, who had shot himself dead several months earlier. "Kurt you are so f lucky. I would give anything to be' where you are or with you." Narelle's obsession with the grunge rock hero was cited by a coroner yesterday as a contributing factor in her suicide with her 12-year-old brother, Stephen Henderson, in the Mount Robinson State Park at Pheasants Creek in November last year. Both had bullet wounds to the back of the head. But while Cobain's suicide was influential, the dread of attending a forthcoming religious camp was probably uppermost in the children's minds at the time they shot themselves, and the immediate motivation for their suicide pact, the coroner, Ms Jacinta Heffey, found. A suicide note found in clothing worn by Narelle said: "We want to tell (whoever finds us) not to make anybody go to Meetings or Church if they really hate it. "It destroys your life and we considered running away or other things but we were afraid we would be found and get in trouble and made to go back to our awful lives . . ." The children were due to attend a four-day religious convention either the night before or the day of the convention. Ms Heffey said in her finding: "It would seem clear that the imminent 'convention' was uppermost in the children's minds and was the immediate motivation behind the joint suicide." But Ms Heffey said Narelle was "also influenced to some degree" by the suicide of Cobain in April 1994. A letter found in Narelle's room, in which the text was written backwards, said: "Satan I need help, I want to serve you and be a devil worshipper. God is dead and no one cares. I am planning to kill myself on Tuesday. When I die let me be a devil or demon and destroy everyone who hurt me. I might have a seance and try and communicate with Kurt Cobain I love him, when I die can I meet him please I need to. Let me be a devil or demon." - Punke, Em & Ernst Reimann
Em Punke and Ernst Reiman Em Punke arrived in Germany in 1924-25. His first companion was Ernst Reimann. Ern Punke professed in 1913 and started in the Work in 1919. After five years in SA went to Germany with Olga Hasting and Frieda Schmidt in 1924. He spent several years prior to WW2 in Austria, then during the War (1939-1945) preached in Switzerland. He had difficulty getting permission to visit Australia after the War and returned to Austria. He married Finny who went into the Work with him. They spent several years in SA during the 1950s and returned to Germany in 1959 where Ern died in 1964. - Coleman, Elizabeth
"From Cult to Christ: The Church With No Name and the Legacy of the Living Witness Doctrine' By Elizabeth Coleman, 2015. Available on Amazon.com - Jackson, Jack (1901) & Will (1905)
Jack Jackson and Will Jackson were brothers. Jack entered the work in 1901 and William in 1905. William entered the work in 1905, died in 1951. He was a long time overseer of Illinois. Jack came to America in 1904 and pioneered South America where he was Overseer. He died in 1966 and is buried in Buenos Aires in British Cemetery. - Christian Conv List, 1996
1996 Christian Conventions list - Alvarez, Basillio
Basilio Alvarez lived in Argentina. In 1920 he became acquainted with a brother worker, Jack Jackson and learned English from him, and Jack learned Spanish from Basilio. Later Basilio professed and went in the work. In 1951, when Franco ruled over Spain, there was an opportunity to go to Spain if you were of Spanish origin. Basilio went to Spain to prea