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| 1960 1 Jul |
Ben and Louise Whitecow (early Peigan believers) married in Calgary, Alberta, were the first Bahá’ís in Canada to have a legally recognized Bahá’í marriage. [BW13:687] |
Calgary; Alberta; Canada |
Weddings; Recognition; Firsts, Other |
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| 1934. (In the year) |
The first talk on the Bahá'í Faith was given in Calgary. May Maxwell had arrived by train at the Palliser Hotel situated at 9th Avenue and 1st Street West where she spoke to a women’s Peace Club meeting. Her husband, William Sutherland Maxwell was the architect of the hotel.
[The Distance Traversed a presentation by Bev Knowlton and Joan Young 2022] |
Calgary, AB |
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| 1939 Apr |
Jean Doris Skinner became the first Bahá'í to settle in Calgary, AB. She had become a Bahá'í in Vancouver in 1936. She left Calgary in 1949 to pioneer to NL. [OBCC184] |
Calgary, AB; Vancouver, BC; NL |
Doris Skinner; pioneering |
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| 1941 Jun |
Dorothy Sheets became the first Bahá'í to enroll in Calgary, AB. [OBCC184] |
Calgary, AB |
Dorothy Sheets |
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| 1942 c. Mid-year |
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] |
Calgary, AB; Vancouver, BC; Winnipeg, MB |
Evelyn Cliff; Anne McGee; Sylvia King; Doris Skinner |
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| 1947 Oct |
Noel Wuttunee (Eagle's Tail Feathers) a Cree from Calgary was the first Indigenous Canadian to join the community. [Bahá'í Canada Site; OBCC153]
Mention in CBN No38 Feb 1953 p6, "Gerda and Noel Wuttunee are at present residing in this community at 10958 - 84th Avenue and will remain in Edmonton for the winter."
In 1950 he served on the "Prairies Indian Committee". [CBN No 15 September 1950]
He may have been a resident of Winnipeg originally. [OBCC209-210, 227]
See OBCC144 for a photo.
See BW12p793 for a photo of Noel and his wife.
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Edmonton, AB; Calgary, AB |
noel wuttunee; Eagles Tail Feathers; Prairie Indian Committee |
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| 1947 Nov |
Noel Wuttunee and Gerda Chrostopherson, both who had recently moved from Calgary, accepted the Faith and were married in Winnipeg. [Bloodworth, Grains of Wheat p19] |
Winnipeg, MB; Calgary, AB |
Noel Wuttunee; Gerda Chrostopherson; Marriage |
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| 1949 (In the year) |
Local Spiritual Assemblies were formed in Calgary and Veron, the 16th and 17th to be established. [CBN No 46 November, 1953 p2] |
Calgary, AB; Vernon, BC |
Local Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1953 Jun |
Hand of the Cause Siegfried Schopflocher made a tour of Western Canada to inform the friends of his trip to Haifa, his talks with the Guardian and his plans for the Ten Year Crusade. Stops were made in Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary and Edmonton. [CBN No 43 August, 1953 p2] |
Winnipeg, MB; Regina, SK; Saskatoon, SK; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB |
Hand of the Cause Siegfried Schopflocher; Travel teaching |
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| 1953 Oct |
Florence Mayberry of Santa Paula, California made a tour of Western Canada with stops in Victoria, Vernon, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Calgary, Regina, Moose Jaw and Brandon. [CBN No 47 December, 1953 p4] |
Victoria, BC; Vernon, BC; Saskatoon, SK; Winnipeg, MB; Calgary, AB; Regina, SK; Moose Jaw, SK; Brandon, MB |
Florence Mayberry; travel teaching |
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| 1957. 2 Feb |
Dr Donald Kidd and Mary Campbell, both of Edmonton were married in a Bahá'í marriage ceremony in Calgary. It was the first Bahá'í wedding to take place in the province of Alberta. [CBN No87 April, 1957 p3]
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Calgary, AB |
Marriage; Don Kidd; Mary Campbell |
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| 1960 1 Jul |
Ben Whitecow and Louise Many Guns were married in the first Bahá'í marriage legally recognized in Canada in a Bahá'í service by the Spiritual Assembly of Calgary, Alberta. The Canadian Bahá'í News article noted the significance that it was a First Nations couple who had this honour in this unique event. “Thirty people attended from Edmonton, Lethbridge, Regina, Piikani First Nation (Peigan Reserve), AB, and Calgary. This event was unique in that it was the first legally recognized Baha’i marriage in Canada. It is significant that a First Nations couple should have this honour [Canadian Baha’i News 1961]. |
Calgary, AB |
Ben Whitecow; Louise Whitecow; Louise Many Guns; Bahai Marriage, Legal recognition |
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| 1978 Apr |
Dorothy Francis (b. 22 March 1912) was named to the Order of Canada for her outstanding service to the Aboriginal population of Western Canada. From the Saulteaux tribe she was born on the Waywayseecappo First Nation near Russell, MB and she and her husband became Bahá'ís in 1960 in Calgary. She helped found the first Friendship Centre in Regina and in Winnipeg. The preservation and the enrichment of First Nations culture and tradition led her to spearhead the organization of several First Nations Cultural Clubs. She received her metal of the Order of Canada in Ottawa and was the subject of a 30 minute film during the presentation. [BW17:103; VV29; BW20p990–991]
For a picture see BW17:103.
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Waywayseecappo First Nation; Calgary, AB |
Dorothy Francis; Order of Canada |
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| 1982. 20 Jan |
The passing of Mabel Harriet Pine (b. 1882 Bristol, England) in the Norword Auxiliary Hospital in Edmonton. [Bahá'í Canada Vol 4 No3 July/Aug 1982 p46]
As a young woman born into a privileged class she was a suffragette and a reformer. She worked as a nursemaid and governess then moved to Algiers and then Chile. After returning home she decided to emigrate to Canada and lived first in Vancouver and then in Edmonton where she trained as a nurse and married.
After loosing one child and almost loosing a second, in 1925 they moved to Armstrong, BC where she first heard of the Faith. They didn't stay long in Armstrong but moved back to Alberta for work. It was while she was visiting England the following year that she stayed with Claudia Coles and became confirmed in the Faith.
After living in Scollard, AB (1926-1927) and Vermillion, AB (1928-1941) they moved to Edmonton where they stayed for a year for the education of their daughter, Allison. She joined Mary Fry who had been there since 1940, the first Bahá'ís to live in Edmonton since Esther Rennels (1911-1917). They lived in a few more small towns in Alberta and in 1947 she and her husband separated and she moved back to Edmonton. [OBCC122, 186]
In about 1952 she pioneered to Vernon, BC.
She moved to Calgary to help form an Assembly in 1953 and left in 1954 to return to Edmonton. [CBN No 56 September 1954 p5]
1975 she was living in New Westminster and her daughter moved her back to Alberta to care for her.
In her honour the Edmonton Community has established the Mabel Pine Bahá'í School for the spiritual education of children. [Bahá'í CanadaVol 16 No 1 May 2003 p14]
[With thanks to Allion Stecyk for her tribute to her mother Mabel Harriet Pine: Unsung Heroine of Canada and to Joan Young for her research assistance.]
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Edmonton, AB; Scollard, AB; Vermillion, AB; Calgary, AB; Armstrong, BC; Vernon, BC; New Westminster, BC |
Mabel Pine; In Memoriam; Mabel Pine; Claudia Coles; Allison Stecyk; Joan Young; Mary Fry; Esther Rennels |
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| 1997 March |
The passing of Noel Wuttunee. Mr. Wuttunee was the first Native Canadian to accept the Faith in Canada. He passed away in Seattle, WA. He was well-known in the mid-fifties and early sixties for his evocative artwork and his ability to teach the Faith to his people. He was taught the Faith by fellow artist Gerda Christofferson, whom he later married. Mr. Wuttunee had lived in the United States since the mid-sixties. [BC vol 9 issue 3 Sept 1996 p27]
Gerda Christofferson passed away in Calgary 14 July 2012. [Calgary Herald] |
Seattle, WA; Calgary, AB |
Noel Wuttunee; Gerda Christofferson |
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