William Hoar

1857 - 1922  (64 years)

• Name	William Hoar
  Born	22 Mar 1857	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census	1865 1870 1900 1910
  Died	9 Jan 1922	Fanwood, Union Co, New Jersey, USA
  Person ID	I285	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	30 May 2013

  
  

  Father	John Hoar,   b. Dec 1832, Ireland Or Nova Scotia, Canada (Both Parents Born Ireland) ,   d.
  Mother	Elizabeth Keigan,   b. Abt 1831, Cape Breton Co, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. Bef 1901,  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F13918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Mason,   b. 23 May 1863, New York City, New York Co, New York, USA
  Married	25 Jun 1889	Brooklyn, Kings Co, New York, USA
  Children	1. Dorothy Hoar,   b. May 1890, New York, USA ,   d.   2. Helen Hoar,   b. Jul 1894, New York, USA ,   d.
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Immigration: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KD5P-KNJ Marriage Notice: New York NY Herald 1889 - 2697.pdf http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/New%20York%20NY%20Herald/New%20York%20NY%20Herald%201889/New%20York%20NY%20Herald%201889%20-%202697.pdf NY Times Article: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F03E5DB133EE033A25757C2A9639C946697D6CF Ancestry.com U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Record for William Henry HoarU.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Source of his date of birth, immigration year, and naturalization date and place. Stature: 6ft Forehead: High Eyes: Brown Nose: Regular Mouth: Small Chin: Firm Hair: Brown Complexion: Fair Face: Oval http://rsmd.net/tchase/articles/HOARWILL.htm Length: 380 words excluding bibliog. Status: second draft Hoar, William H. (1856-1922). Disciple of Abdu'l-Bah?a and one of the first Americans to become a member of the Bah?a'?i Faith. Hoar was born on 22 March 1856, probably in Nova Scotia, though one source gives his place of birth as Massachusetts. He heard of the Bah?a'?i Faith while residing in Chicago about 1894 or 1895; at that time he was married, had a daughter, Dorothy, and earned his living as a businessman. He is listed as having "received the Greatest Name" on 31 January 1896, making him approximately the eleventh American to become a Bah?a'?i, according to a membership list compiled in the fall of 1899 in Chicago. Hoar became a very close friend of Thornton Chase before moving from Chicago to Fanwood, N.J., in late 1897. From Fanwood, Hoar became very active in developing the Bah?a'?i Faith in greater New York City. In the fall of 1900 Mr. Hoar and his wife Anna, with Arthur and Elizabeth Dodge and Lua and Edward Getsinger, went on pilgrimage to meet Abdu'l-Bah?a. They remained in Akka from 25 September through 9 October. They ate breakfast with Abdu'l-Bah?a almost daily, which gave them the opportunity to ask Him about many controversial questions that Ibrahim Kheiralla had raised, such as the Bah?a'?i interpretation of biblical prophecies and Christian doctrines and whether the Bah?a'?i Faith accepts reincarnation. They were present for the commemoration of the Ascension of Bah?a'u'll?ah, which was celebrated on 4 October (according to the lunar calendar). They also received classes on the Bah?a'?i Faith from M?irz?a Abu'l-Fal. Returning home, Hoar was instrumental in forming the first Bah?a'?i consultative body for greater New York, the New York Bah?a'?i Board of Counsel, elected on 7 December 1900. Hoar served on the body, forerunner of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bah?a'?is of New York City, for many years. He was also an active Bah?a'?i speaker. At the first Bah?a'?i national convention in North America, on 23 March 1909, he was elected to the Executive Board of the Bahai Temple Unity, the American Bah?a'?is' national coordinating body; he served on it for three years. The passing of Abdu'l-Bah?a on 28 November 1921 was a grave shock to him because his love for Abdu'l-Bah?a was intense. His health, already bad, took a turn for the worse, and he died of chronic myocarditis six weeks later, on 9 July 1922. Bibliography. Little information has been published about William Hoar. Some facts are available in Robert H. Stockman, The Bah?a'?i Faith in America, Origins, 1892-1900, Volume One (Wilmette, Ill.: Bah?a'?i Publishing Trust, 1985. An obituary "William H. Hoar," by Hooper Harris, was published in Star of the West, vol. 12, no. 19 (2 Mar. 1922), 310-12. His death certificate is on file in the Fanwood, N.J. City Hall. Copies of notes of his pilgrimage to Akka, and notes by his wife, are located in the Green Acre Bah?a'?i School Library and in the Research Office, Bah?a'?i National Center, Wilmette, Ill. An account of the pilgrimage of the Hoars, Dodges, and Getsingers is available in Robert H. Stockman, The Bah?a'?i Faith in America, Early Expansion, Volume Two, 1900-12, chapter three (forthcoming). RHS ~ Death Notice: New York NY Evening Telegram 1922 Jan - Feb Grayscale - 0179.pdf http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%206/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram%201922%20Jan%20-%20Feb%20%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Telegram%201922%20Jan%20-%20Feb%20%20Grayscale%20-%200179.pdf He served two years as Councilman, and three terms as Mayor of Fanwood, New Jersey.