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She was born in Portugal Cove, Newfoundland but moved to Ontario with her parents in 1882.
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Emma Churchill
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Churchill was in Toronto when two converts from England introduced General William Booth"s ideas there. In 1885, Emma and Charles went to Newfoundland on their honeymoon. On September 3, 1885, at the Methodist church in Portugal Cove, they held the first Salvation Army meeting ever to take place in Newfoundland.
Because of the success of this meeting, the Young Men’s Christian Association in Saint John"s asked the Dawsons to hold similar meetings there.
This engagement extended their Newfoundland visit to five months. The Dawsons then contacted Canadian Headquarters in January 1886 requesting that officers be assigned to continue conducting the meetings
That same month, four female officers arrived in Saint John"son The Dawsons later returned to Ontario where they established a series of prison ministries through the Toronto"s Prison Gate Home, which opened in 1890, and at the Guelph Reformatory.
Emma Dawson died on 16 May 1957 in Guelph, Ontario, and was buried on 18 May 1957 in Woodlawn Cemetery in Guelph.
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