Who's Who at Brooklyn Gospel Hall Christian Assembly, NYC

• Brooklyn Gospel Hall, Brooklyn, NYC, NY (EB) +1878-1881; (KLC-eb) 1881-1974; (KLC-BGG-eb) 1974-current
  • additional Brooklyn assembly @ Williamsburg +1878-1880+

Early Correspondents

• Malachi Taylor +1878-1880+
  • @ W'burg 1880+
• E.G. Mauger +1878-1880+
• D.S. Veitch 1879+
• Dr. J. Young +1878-1880+
  • @ W'burg +1878-1880+
• James Carr @ Williamsburg +1880+
• E. Hamblin +1946+
• Samuel Eifel +1946+

Notable Families

Carr family

1880 @ 160 Walworth St. In 1878, he was a correspondent at the Williamsburg meeting.

• James Carr +1878-1880+

Hamblin family

1946 @ 315 Jefferson Ave.

• E. Hamblin +1946+

Ifill family

+1946-life @ 84 Hancock St. Misspelled "Eifel" in the 1946 KLC LoG. Samuel immigrated via Havana July 28 - Aug. 1st, 1922 on the USS Orizaba, which was used during both world wars as a Navy transport ship. Samuel was employed as a carpenter. He was residing in Brooklyn by 1926, and applied for naturalization in 1928.

• Samuel James Ifill +1946+ (b. 1880 St. James, Barbados)
• Rosalie "Rose" Boyee Ifill (b. 1883 B.W.I. - d. 1940)
  • Grover Ifill (b. 1909 Canal Zone, Pan.)
  • Lionel Ifill (b. 1910 B.W.I.). In 1923, Lionel traveled on the S.S. Cuba
  • Mabel Ifill (b. 1913 Canal Zone, Pan.). In 1940, Mabel was living at home and employed as a dressmaker.
  • Allan Woodrun Ifill (b. 1915 Canal Zone, Pan.). In 1940, Allan was employed by the U.S. Census Bureau, and residing at 1266 Columbia Rd. N.W., Washington, D.C. Wife (1941 @ Brooklyn, NYC): Ruby Gertrude Browne Ifill-Fulmer-Hardgrow (b. 1915 Cambridge, Jamaica), daughter of James Alexander Browne & Rosalie Louisa Barrow Browne. Ruby's other husbands were Bishop Clyde Oram Hardgrow (b. 1912 W.V. - d. 1983 Columbus, OH), son of William "Bill" R. Hardgrow (b. 1874 Campbell Co., VA - d. 1948 Gallipolis, Gallia, OH) & Mary Ann Hight Hardgrow (b. 1867 VA - d. 1939 Gallipolis, OH). In 1948, Clyde was in leadership with the AME Zion Church of Ridgewood, NJ.
  • Adolphus Ifill (b. 1917 B.W.I.)

• • Anita Louise Ifill Hairston (b. 1943 - d. 2021)

Mauger family

1880 @ 82 Fourth Pl.

• E.G. Mauger +1878-1880+

Taylor family

1880 @ 303 Putnam Ave. In 1878-1879, Malachi was a correspondent at the central Brooklyn meeting, and in 1880 @ Williamsburg. He was a Baptist pastor and author who started following JND's writings, and became PB. He officiated Elizabeth Monroe Richards Tilton's memorial in 1897. See Tilton family.

• Malachi Taylor +1878-1897+

Tilton family

Theodore Tilton was a civil rights activist. He and Elizabeth were both members of Plymouth Church until a highly publicized scandal between Elizabeth with Henry Ward Beecher, the pastor who married them, and she was excommunicated in 1878, and later joined the PB. Her memorial service was officiated by Malachi Taylor.

• Theodore Tilton
• Elizabeth Monroe Richards Tilton +1897 (b. 1834 Flatbush, L.I., NYC or Brooklyn, NYC - d. 1897 Brooklyn, NYC).

Veitch family

1879 correspondent.

• D.S. Veitch +1879+

Young family

1880 @ 279 S. Fifth St. Dr. Young was a MD. In 1878 & 1880, he was a correspondent of the Williamsburg meeting, and in 1879 at the central Brooklyn meeting.

• Dr. J. Young +1878-1880+

Sources

• EB LoG's