(8238854) GW, WG, JC, EC-SS orig
Four Prominent Early Overseers George Walker, William Gill, Jack Carroll, Edward Cooney All from Ireland. All were on the 1905 Workers List. Photo taken before 1928.

(1302867) Carroll, Bill, Maggie (1903) & Daughter May
Bill, Maggie & daughter May Carroll. William Charles (Bill) Carroll was the first Overseer of Victoria, Australia. Bill and his wife, Margaret (Hastings) Carroll were from the village of Rathmolyon, Ireland, located about 25 miles NW of Dublin. Bill Carroll was born August 15, 1876, at Newtown, Moynalty, Kells, County Meath, the eldest of 6 children. Margaret was born April 20, 1875. Bill Carroll and Maggie Hastings were married on June 6, 1901, in the Church of Ireland at Rathmolyon, County Meath and their daughter, May, was born in 1902. Bill and Maggie Carroll entered the work in 1903 and arrived in Australia in 1913. Maggie died in 1944 and Bill died in 1953. Bill's brother Jack and sisters May and Fannie were also workers until their deaths.

(1197985) 1899 Bicycle Boys Trip to Scotland
In October, 1899, William Irvine led an experimental group of 8 young men to Scotland to work a mission, putting into practice the Matt.10 instructions Jesus gave the 12 disciples. A notation on some copies of this photo reads: "Picture taken in Ireland before these men professed." The dates they entered the work, and the names of the men are printed on some copies of this picture: Gill-1900; 3. George Walker-1899; 4. John Hardy-1900; 5. Wm Ervin (William Irvine) pre-1899; 6. William (Bill) Carroll-1903; 7. Irvine Weir-1900; 8. Warren Hastings (no date given)." NOTE: According to the The Secret Sect by Doug & Helen Parker, p. 90, Sam Boyd accompanied William Irvine on his first mission trip to Scotland in 1899. Douglas & Hastings didn't enter the work.

(315831) ReadMeFirst

(184627) 01 1st Convention map April 2022
To enlarge the map, try 'Original' --(top left box)

(171624) 1906 Toronto Ontario both
1906 Toronto Convention List. This convention was the first convention in North America and was held in Toronto, Ontario in 1906. A 15' x 40' tent and a rented house were used. (Original and clarified copies)

(104010) Bill Carroll & Jack Carroll
Bill and Jack Carroll, brothers from Ireland. Bill Carroll entered the work in 1903 and was the first Overseer of Victoria, Australia. He died in 1953. Jack entered the work in 1904 and became the general Overseer of Western Canada and the west coast of the US until his death in 1957. The Western area consisted of everything in Canada from Manitoba west, plus the US states of Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Montana & Wyoming.

(93721) 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)

(93208) Christian Conv List, 1963
1963 Christian Conventions list

(86477) 1960 Canada Christian Conventions List

(84250) Christian Conv List, 1996
1996 Christian Conventions list

(77640) Grave - Bill & Maggie Carroll #1
Grave of William Charles Carroll and Margaret Elizabeth (Hastings) Carroll Located in the Presbyterian Section, Box Hill Cemetery, 395 Middleborough Rd, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia. Location is PNS570. Margaret was buried on 6 May 1942, Registration No. 17230. William was buried on 13 November 1953, Reg. No. 26725.

(76748) Bill & Maggie Carroll 1941
1941 Bill & Maggie Carroll

(68959) Tom Turner young-& older--300dpi
Tom Turner - younger and older Tom Turner as an older man. Thomas M. Turner comes from the North of Ireland; he was a school teacher in County Galway, when he heard the truth and also went forth in 1900 for a time in Ireland, and was one of the first to go to Australia. He wrote hymns 202,  236 and 265.  Regarding No.  236, at one Convention someone said that would be a good subject for a hymn —"The Approval of God" — within a short time, the next meeting or so, the hymn was produced and sung. Tom was 81 years old when he died April, 1959.

(64069) KY 1912 Lancaster or Bybee
1912 Lancaster KY Convention photo 2nd from left Sitting: William Irvine 3rd from Left Standing: Eddie Cooney 7th from Left Standing: George Walker 8th from Left Standing: Alfred Magowan 10th from Left Standing: James Fawcett