Postcards: Universities’ Mission to Central Africa – Pictorial Post Card II
Universities’ Mission to Central Africa
Pictorial Post Card II
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Roman Catholic Church Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus St Dominic de Guzman (c1173 – 1221) founded the Dominican Order (also known as the “Order of Preachers” – OP) in the early Middle Ages. Women were apart of the Order from the beginning. A convent of contemplative nuns was established in Prouille,…
Louis Winkleman Louis Winkleman was the General Manager of the Companhia da Zambezia in Blantyre. He was in charge of affairs for the company, north of the Zambesi. A formal branch building was opened c.1900. References Sessional Papers, Volume 92 (1900) FB
Madeline Ester Dixon 1897 – 1972 Madeline Dixon was born October 1897 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, daughter of George E. and Carrie D. (Tiantha) Halford. She taught violin for a year at the Berkshire Music School in Pittsfield following graduation from Middlebury College in 1919. In August 1920, she married Reverend Frederick R Dixon. That November,…
John Paden Dysart 1880-1959 John P. Dysart was born in Granville, Illinois in August 1880. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1906. In 1910, he graduated from the Oberlin Theological Seminary and was ordained. The following year, he married Bertha Fox and the couple set sail for Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) to serve as…
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