Jack Boyd memoirs
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Source: Bahá'í Library Online (bahai-library.com), curated by Jonah Winters. Used by permission of the curator. Original citation: Jack Boyd, Jack Boyd memoirs, bahai-library.com.
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Jack Boyd memoirs

Jack Boyd

Gary Fuhrman, editor
Jonah Winters, editor

2004/2013

single page

chapter 1

Contents

Introduction

1.
Memories of Eileen:

Eileen Boyd passed away on 16 November 2004. This is Jack's tribute to her.

2.
Memories of Yellowknife:

An account of the Boyd family pioneering to Yellowknife, NWT from 1965 until 1969

3.
Pat Younger and Other Friends:

Some of young Jack's friends and adventures in Scotland (1953-57)

4.
The Final Ascent, and The Wedding:

Jack's experience climbing Ben Nevis in Scotland (1956), and marriage to Eileen (1957)

5.
Memories of Niagara Peninsula (1959-1965)

6.
The Six Nations Track and Field Club (1962-65)

7.
Eight Weeks Before the Mast:
Jack's experience working on an oil tanker (1957)

8.
Robbie Boyd (Jack's father)

9.
Arriving in Canada (1957-59)

10.
Kids Say the Funniest Things

11.
Chariots of Fire: The life of the Scottish runner Eric Liddell12.
Jim MacPhee: A Life Well Lived

13.
World War II, According to Me

14.
Memoirs: Mountain Climbing

15.
A Twenty Dollar Trilogy

16.
Athletic Experiences

17.
The Story of Us

18.
Eulogy, by Rob Boyd

Other memoirs:

1.
Memories of Hands of the Cause of God: Zikrullah Khadem, John Robarts, and Tarazullah Samandari

2.
The Road: Reflections on Scottish history

Chapter One: The Birth of Scotland

Chapter Two: Saint Patrick

Chapter Three: William Wallace

Chapter Four: Robert The Bruce

Chapter Five: Rob Roy MacGregor

Intro

Jack and Eileen Boyd came to Canada from Scotland in 1957, became members of the Bahá'í Faith in 1960, and immediately started pioneering: to Niagara Falls, Niagara on the Lake, and Yellowknife in the North West Territories, where they served from 1965-1969. After leaving their pioneer post for health reasons, the Boyd family settled in Sudbury, Ontario. While helping to build up the Bahá'í communities in that area, the Boyds also traveled to Cuba, Iceland, Gibraltar, Scotland, Madeira, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Malta in service to the Faith.

As the turn of the century approached, Jack (with Eileen's encouragement) started writing down some of their experiences while raising four children and teaching the Faith. He also wrote some historical vignettes, including some about the early years of the Bahá'í Faith, aiming to catch the attention of readers in a doctor's or dentist's waiting room. These memoirs and stories are not only informative but entertaining and inspiring, pervaded as they are with Jack's deep faith, generous spirit and canny sense of humor.

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