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Albert Orsborn (September 4, 1886 – February 4, 1967) was the 6th General of The Salvation Army (1946-1954). September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ...
1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ...
February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The officer elected to become the General is the supreme command of the Army throughout the world. ...
The Salvation Army is a Evangelist Christian denomination, a charity and a social services organization. ...
1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Born Albert William Thomas Orsborn, he became an Officer of The Salvation Army in 1905. Albert served as corps officer and in divisional work in the British Territory of the Army. In 1909, he married his first wife, Captain Evalina Barker. An officer of The Salvation Army is a Salvationist who is an ordained minister of the Christian denomination, having been trained and commissioned to service and leadership and given a quasi-military rank. ...
1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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In 1925, he was sent to to serve as Chief Side Officer at the International Training College. In 1933, he was farewelled to New Zealand as Chief Secretary. He then became Territorial Commander of Scotland and Ireland in 1936. In 1940, he became British Commissioner. 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Albert Orsborn's first wife, Captain Evalina Barker, was died in 1942. This was a very hard time for him. Two years later, in 1944, he married his second wife, Major Evelyn Berry. They were married for just a year when she died. This article is about the year. ...
1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In 1946, the High Council of The Salvation Army elected Albert to become the General of The Salvation Army. He married his third wife, Commissioner Phillis Taylor, in 1947. 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The High Council of The Salvation Army is the governing body made up of acting (non retired) Salvation Army Commissioners that votes in a new General of The Salvation Army when the job is vacant. ...
1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
General Orsborn served as General for eight years. He was the author of The House of My Pilgrimage. He retired June 30, 1954. The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ...
June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ...
1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
General Albert Orsborn was died at the age of 80 years and 5 months. |