Anna Edith FREDERICKS [1883-1966]

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Names
Given
Anna Edith
Family
Fredericks
Sex
Female
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Newark, New Jersey
Birthplace (country)
United States
Died
Date
Died in (town, state)
Ocean Grove, New Jersey
Died in (country)
United States

Anna Edith Fredericks better known as Edith Fredericks was an American missionary who went to China in about 1916 serving the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kiukiang (Jiujiang) and Hong Kong.

Edith Fredericks was in Hong Kong during its capitulation in December 1941. She was interned and later repatriated to the United States in 1942. In 1944, Edith Fredericks was given public recognition for having worked for the Methodist Church in China for 38 years.

She returned to China in 1946.

Source

1, The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury.

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