Great Britain: 1900-1901
Germany: 1903
Australia: 1903-1909
Ernest Charles Henninges was born on 12 July, 1871. He became a Bible Student c. 1891. He married Rose Ball on 11 September 1897. He died on 2 February 1939.
He was a Society director from 4 January 1896 to 2 January 1909. During this time he was the secretary/treasurer of the Society on two occasions.
The first occasion was from 13 May 1898 to 12 February 1900. He then traveled to the United Kingdom to organize a branch there. He was in Britain from April 1900 to November 1901 (and can be found in the British census for 1901). Back in the States he again became secretary/treasurer from 2 February 1902 to 24 March 1903. He was then on his travels again, first to organize matters in Elberfeld, Germany, from June to October 1903, and then in Australia, arriving in Melbourne on 10 January 1904. His replacement as a director in January 1909 officially severed his relationship with CTR.
(Below) Group photo from first general convention
1893
(Below) Close up of Rose Ball and Ernest Henninges
sitting on the grass in the front row of group photograph
(With grateful thanks to Bernard who supplied most of the dates)
This man had probably the greatest accomplishments. He established three branch offices. And then he abandoned it all. I wonder if CTR supported his adopted daughter's marriage to this man.
ReplyDeleteErnest and Rose married in 1897, and it was as a married couple that they went to England, Germany and Australia on behalf of the Watch Tower Society.
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