Jennie (Hamilton) Haley

Esther Jane “Jennie” Hamilton Haley
BIRTH 24 Jun 1877
Charlemont, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 29 Apr 1952 (aged 74)
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
BURIAL
Woodlawn Cemetery
Welland, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
PLOT Section E
MEMORIAL ID 169582433 · View Source

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Esther Jane (Jennie) Hamilton, was born in Charlemont, Ontario, June 24, 1877. She was the d/o Jacob Albin Hamilton and Annie Elizabeth Nixon. Jennie Hamilton joined John Wesley Haley in Africa in 1905 and they married on March 15, 1905 in Fairview, Natal, South Africa. Rev. J.W. Haley had sailed for Africa in 1902. They spent over 40 years as missionaries in Portuguese East Africa now called Mozambique, South Africa and Burundi.

On January 6, 1906, their first child, Florence, was born in …

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Jacob Albin Hamilton
1848–1936

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Anne Elizabeth Nixon Hamilton
1856–1945

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John Wesley Haley
1878–1951

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Rev. John Wesley HALEY
Free Methodist Missionary Statesman
1902-sailed to South Africa from Ontario
Evangelist, teacher, author, administrator
1905-Esther Jane HAMILTON, from Ontario,
sailed to Africa and married Rev. J.W.H.
Pioneer homemaker
Mother of Florence, Blake, Dorothy, Peace
1932 - at 53 years-made a trip north. Deut. 2:3
A man of vision, faith, prayer and action
1935 - Schools and churches started in
Ruanda-Urundi, Central Africa
By 1946 - indigenous principles were taught for
native teachers and preachers
Stations - Muyebe, Kibuye, Rivintare and Kibogora
1946-Rev. J.W. and Mrs. HALEY returned to Canada

Created by: Beverly Graham
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Find A Grave Memorial 169582433
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