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| 1930 (In the year) |
Marion Jack departed Canada for pilgrimage in Haifa and then settled in Sofia, Bulgaria. [OBCC307] |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Marion Jack; General Jack; Pioneering |
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| 1931 Apr |
Marion Jack arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria, to begin her pioneering service. |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Marion Jack; Pioneering |
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| 1954. 25 or 27 Mar |
The passing of Marion Jack (General Jack) at her pioneer post in Sofia, Bulgaria at the age of 87. She was born in Saint John, NB on December 1, 1866. [BWNS385, Never be Afraid to Dare p. 227; BW12p674-677]
She first learned of the Faith from Mason Remey while she was in Paris during her student days.
Marion Jack was one of the first to respond to the call of the Divine Plan performing pioneer service in Alaska and teaching in Toronto, Montreal and may other places. She also spent a good deal of time at Green Acre.
In 1930 or 1931 she returned to Haifa where she had been in 1908 and following the visit went to Sofia. During the early years there she attended the German summer school and made teaching trips to Vienna and Budapest.
She remained at her post until her passing encountering untold hardship due to poor health, the lack of money, the privations of the war and the subsequent communist rule.
See the Guardian's tribute dated the 29th of March. [CBN No52 May 1954 p1]
She was buried in the British Cemetery in Sofia. [CBN No 54 July 1954 p1]
A tribute to her was published as an insert to CBN No 63 April 1963.
See CBN October 1979 for tributes as well as a photo of her gravesite.
For her biography see Never Be Afraid to Dare by Jan Teofil Jasion published by George Ronald, 2001.
See also Marion Jack: Immortal Heroine by Jan Jasion.
See Bahá'í Chronicles. |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Marion Jack; General Jack; In Memoriam; Jan Teofil Jasion |
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| 1957 Oct or Nov |
At the request of the National Spiritual Assembly, the Department of External Affairs arranged for the British Legation in Sofia, Bulgaria to have a monument erected over the grave of Marion Jack in the British Cemetery. A photo of the grave and Shoghi Effendi's tribute of 29 March, 1954 were printed in the Canadian Bahá'í News. [CBN No 96 January 1958 p5] |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Marion Jack; In Memoriam |
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