 1884 - WFT Est 1885-1978 (93 years)
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| Name |
Madorah Elizabeth Smith |
| Born |
2 Jul 1884 |
Shanghai, China  [1, 4] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
WFT Est 1885-1978 |
Hawaii, United States [1, 4] |
| Person ID |
I277 |
Main Tree |
| Last Modified |
26 Dec 2009 |
| Father |
John Nicolas Bailhache Smith, b. 4 Jun 1854, Moro, Madison, Illinois, United States , d. 7 Mar 1910, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, USA (Age 55 years) |
| Mother |
Fannie Madorah Strong, b. 14 Nov 1858, Monroe, Michigan, United States , d. 6 Jul 1948, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States (Age 89 years) |
| Married |
14 Mar 1885 |
Peking, Hopeh, China [1, 5] |
| Family ID |
F152 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- BIOGRAPHY: [3991.ftw] [Brderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3991, Date of Import: Oct 25, 1998] Madorah Smith (1884- ? ) was the first child of John Nicolas BailhacheSmith (1854-1910) and Fannie Madorah Strong (1858-1948), and she was born in Shanghai, China. Her parents were missionaries there at that time and for some time afterward. Madorah has written a beautiful biographical sketch about her youth in China, and I will not a ttempt to reproduce it here because of it's length. It would also be unfair to abbreviate it so that it would fit, so I will simply state that if you want to learn about that portion of Madorah's life, locate her sketch in a document prepared by Mary LouiseSmith (Ormsby) which contains input from nearly all the children of Johnand Fannie. After the family returned to the US from China, and the children were growing up, Madorah was granted a scholarship in 1902 at Fargo College, a Congregational school located in Fargo, North Dakota. She graduated from that school in 1907, and when her father moved to Mt. Vernon , Iowa, she taught in rural schools in Iowa and Minnesota. After John, Madorah's father, died in 1910, Madorah took a position teaching in Walnut, North Carolina for a year. A friend offered Madorah a chance to go to China under the auspices of the Methodist Missionary Board, and since Madorah had been rejected in her bid to do the same thing for the Presbyterian Missionary Board, she decided to accept the offer. She arrived in Shanghai, supposedly on her way to West China, but since military conditions were unfavorable, she spent the first year of her stay on the East Coast of China. She arrived in Chunking in January,1913, where she was appointed to Cheng tu. She reached Cheng tu in late February, 1913, and remained there teaching in the school until early1917, when she returned to the US Madorah went to Iowa State University to study for her MA, and she gained that degree in 1918 . She taught in Colorado for the next three years,then returned to Iowa State for further study. She attained her PHD from Iowa State in 1925, then remained in Iowa City teaching for about two years. Madorah heard of an opening at the Normal School in Honolulu while she was in Iowa City, and decided to make application for the position. She was accepted for the position, and in 1927 she moved to Honolulu. Four years later the Normal School was absorbed into the University, and Madorah was one of the few selected to go with the school. She remained there, teaching Psychology and Education courses until her age and WorldWar II forced her to retire in 1943, and temporarily leave the islands. She returned to Hawaii after the end of World War II, and lived the remainder of her life among the many friends she had made, and in the paradise she loved so well. [phelps.FTW] so well.
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| Sources |
- [S19] World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, BrÃıderbund Software, Inc., (Release date: November 29, 1995), Tree #3991, Date of Import: Oct 25, 1998.
- [S20] Family Treemaker Tree #3991, Date of Import: Oct 25, 1998.
- [S21] World Family Tree Vol. 22, Ed. 1, BrÃıderbund Software, Inc., (Release date: June 8, 1998), Tree #0938, Date of Import: Dec 3, 1998.
- [S20] Family Treemaker Tree #3991, Tree #3991, Date of Import: Oct 25, 1998.
- [S24] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church., Search performed using PAF Insight on 02 Mar 2006, Fannie Madorah Strong; Female; Birth: 14 NOV 1858 , Monroe, Michigan; Death: 06 JUL 1948 Ceda, r Rapids, Linn, Iowa; Spouse: John Nicolas Bailhache Smith; Marriage: 1.
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