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Hoffman, Frank
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- Hoffman, Francis
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Dates of existence
1877–1958
History
Frank Hoffman was a Presbyterian and later United Church minister and missionary to Hungarians in Saskatchewan. He was born in Hungary, in 1877, the son of a Calvinist pastor. He taught agriculture and assisted the Hungarian Lieutenant-Governor until World War I, when he became an officer in the Hungarian National Guard. After being captured by the Russians, Frank Hoffman escaped to Canada. He studied at Manitoba College and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1922. He served as a home missionary to Hungarians in Saskatchewan from 1925 to 1945, then retired and moved to Vancouver Island. He died in October 1958.
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SCNUCSC
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Draft
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Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2017: drafted for SAIN.
2021: revised in MemorySask.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
UCC Archives (Toronto), "Frank Hoffman", in Archeion database (Archives Association of Ontario); Douglas Walkington, United Church Ministers 1925-1980, p.331.