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This is the day that … George Cadbury was born in 1839, in Birmingham, England.
George’s father, John Cadbury, was a tea and coffee dealer. George’s mother, Candia, died when he was in his mid-teens and John’s health was poor. So George’s education was cut short by his need to work in the business.
At the age [...]

This is the day that … The Marechale was born, in 1858.
She was the second child of William and Catherine Booth … and she, too, was named Catherine (but usually called Katie).
At the age of 22, she was taken to Paris by her mother and left there with a small group of equally young women [...]

This is the day that …. Barclay Foxwell Buxton was born in Essex, England, in 1860. His father, Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet, was sole owner of Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co and an elected member of British Parliament for almost twenty years who helped found the Anti-Slavery Society and who was instrumental in [...]

This is the day that … William Penn died in 1718, at the age of 74.
His father was an Admiral in the British Navy, Admiral Sir William Penn, and so young William enjoyed “the favour of the king … he was admired at court, handsome in person, graceful in manners … expectant heir of a [...]

This is the day that … George Fox was born, in 1624.
Converted at the age of 19 – through the reading of the Scriptures – George Fox took off on an itinerant preaching ministry.
His spiritual journey involved two revelation experiences; one on his conversion where, he recounts, “I heard a voice which said, “There is [...]

This is the day that … Elizabeth Fry was born, in Norfolk, England, in 1780.
The Gurney family (Fry being her married name) were well to do Quakers who “did not wear the usual garb, nor practise the peculiarities … of that faith.”  On the contrary, they lived “in the gaiety of the world” (Doing Good, [...]