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| − | '''Mirza Ahmad Sohrab''' ( | + | '''Mirza Ahmad Sohrab''' (1893 - 1958) was a Persian-[[United States|American]] author and [[Baha'í Faith|Baha'í]] who co-founded the New History Society and the [[Caravan of East and West]] in [[New York]], and was [[Excommunication|excommunicated]] from the Baha'i apparatus in 1939 by [[Shoghi Effendi]]. |
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| + | This article should be cited as:<blockquote>"Ahmad Sohrab", by Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], at CountyHistorian.com, professional genealogist copyright 2007-8, all rights reserved.</blockquote> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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===Marriage=== | ===Marriage=== | ||
| − | It was while accompanying Abdul Baha in 1912, that Ahmad briefly met and began wooing Juanita Marie Storch, when she was brought by her father to meetings with Abdul Baha in Oakland and San Francisco in 1912. Juanita was the daughter of Hugo William Storch (1873-1917), an architect, and his wife Johanna Thee. Hugo had been born in Mexico of Bohemian immigrants, while Johanna was born in Germany. The family at that time was living in Oakland, Alameda County, California. Since Sohrab returned to Palestine, the wooing took place long-distance by means of "five hundred letters". The coming of World War I, put a temporary halt to the letters as they were apparently being confiscated or at least not allowed through the lines, but at the end of the war, the lovers re-made their acquaintance (see [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=8049&iid=NEWS-CA-OA_TR.1919_12_26_0018&rc=2758,1021,2891,1054;2910,1021,3043,1054;2942,1413,3071,1446;3412,800,3528,833;3671,1054,3810,1087;3416,1579,3530,1612&fn=&ln=Record+Juanita+Storch&st=d&ssrc=&pid=482240530 Oakland Tribune, 26 Dec 1919]). | + | It was while accompanying Abdul Baha in 1912, that Ahmad briefly met and began wooing Juanita Marie Storch, when she was brought by her father to meetings with Abdul Baha in Oakland and San Francisco in 1912. (A more full biography of Juanita is [http://knol.google.com/k/will-johnson/-/4hmquk6fx4gu/11#view "Juanita Maria Storch", by Will Johnson.]) Juanita was the daughter of Hugo William Storch (1873-1917), an architect, and his wife Johanna Thee. Hugo had been born in Mexico of Bohemian immigrants, while Johanna was born in Germany. The family at that time was living in Oakland, Alameda County, California. Since Sohrab returned to Palestine, the wooing took place long-distance by means of "five hundred letters". The coming of World War I, put a temporary halt to the letters as they were apparently being confiscated or at least not allowed through the lines, but at the end of the war, the lovers re-made their acquaintance (see [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=8049&iid=NEWS-CA-OA_TR.1919_12_26_0018&rc=2758,1021,2891,1054;2910,1021,3043,1054;2942,1413,3071,1446;3412,800,3528,833;3671,1054,3810,1087;3416,1579,3530,1612&fn=&ln=Record+Juanita+Storch&st=d&ssrc=&pid=482240530 Oakland Tribune, 26 Dec 1919]). |
| − | In the meantime, Juanita had moved to Santa Rosa, California. They were married | + | In the meantime, Juanita had moved to Santa Rosa, California. Both Juanita and Sohrab journeyed to New York City for the 12th Annual Bahai Convention (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=2A8YAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA208&dq=star+of+the+west+Vol+11+1920#PPA13,M1]). They were married there on 28 Apr 1920 (''[[The Oakland Tribune]]'', 27 Jun 1920, ''The New York Times'', 29 Apr 1920 [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=98587369&fn=&ln=Record+Juanita+Storch&st=d&ssrc=&pid=96112 here]). |
The story of their long and long-distance courtship, intercepted mail, and his many love letters which never made it to her, captivated a number of newspaper who made comment upon it. For example the ''Sandusky Star Journal'' (Sandusky, Ohio) on 29 Apr 1920 said : "New York - East met west here today with the marriage of Ahmad Schrab, former secretary to the Persian legation and Juanita Storch, Santa Rosa, Cal. Schrab could have a harem in his own town but preferred one American girl." | The story of their long and long-distance courtship, intercepted mail, and his many love letters which never made it to her, captivated a number of newspaper who made comment upon it. For example the ''Sandusky Star Journal'' (Sandusky, Ohio) on 29 Apr 1920 said : "New York - East met west here today with the marriage of Ahmad Schrab, former secretary to the Persian legation and Juanita Storch, Santa Rosa, Cal. Schrab could have a harem in his own town but preferred one American girl." | ||
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Although Sohrab wrote an Autobiography which covers his life up to when he joined up with [[Julia Lynch Olin|Mrs Julia Chanler]], he does not appear to mention his wife nor daughter, which is perhaps a bit odd. | Although Sohrab wrote an Autobiography which covers his life up to when he joined up with [[Julia Lynch Olin|Mrs Julia Chanler]], he does not appear to mention his wife nor daughter, which is perhaps a bit odd. | ||
| − | A | + | A site visitor tells me that : "Laila Storch, the daughter of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, has lived in Seattle for many decades, and has been a lifetime member of the Baha'i Faith. She is a retired music professor from the University of Washington (oboe). You can find quit a few references to her career online. She never knew her biological father, M.A. Sohrab, because her mother separated and divorced Sohrab before she was born or while she was still an infant. I have met Laila a number of times through the years and she really knows nothing about her biological father other than what everyone else knows from books, and she really prefers not to discuss him. The marriage of Laila's mother, Ms. Juanita Storch to Sohrab was written about and photographed for either Baha'i News or Star of the West magazine, I forget which. The late Juanita Storch also wrote memoirs about her meeting with 'Abdu'l-Baha (World Order, 25.1 ; Fall 1993)." |
A site visitor tells me that : "Laila Storch is married to violinist Martin G. Friedmann. Her daughter from that marriage is violinist Aloysia Cecile Friedmann who married pianist Jon Kimura Parker in 1998. (For a number of years, Laila went by the name Laila Friedmann so far as the Seattle Baha'i records show, but for about the past twenty years has gone by the name Laila Storch)." | A site visitor tells me that : "Laila Storch is married to violinist Martin G. Friedmann. Her daughter from that marriage is violinist Aloysia Cecile Friedmann who married pianist Jon Kimura Parker in 1998. (For a number of years, Laila went by the name Laila Friedmann so far as the Seattle Baha'i records show, but for about the past twenty years has gone by the name Laila Storch)." | ||
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| + | A site visitor tells me that : "Just to mention that Laila Storch has just this summer published (through Indiana University Press) a biography on her eminent oboe teacher at the Curtis Institute, "Marcel Tabuteau: How Do You Expect to Play the Oboe If You Can't Peel a Mushroom?" This book is the result of ten years of research and work, and I understand the first printing is close to selling out. Laila and her husband, retired Seattle Symphony violinist Martin Friedmann, live part of the year in Seattle and part of the year on Orcas Island off the coast of Washington, where she serves on the board of directors of the award-winning and highly acclaimed Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, which was founded by and is under the artistic direction of her daughter, Aloysia Friedmann. The Festival has just completed a wildly successful eleventh season with eight sold-out concerts. Aloysia is married to internationally renowned Canadian concert pianist Jon Kimura Parker, who solos with major orchestras and in recitals around the world and teaches at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston." | ||
===Interlude=== | ===Interlude=== | ||
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*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=519300522&fn=&ln=Record+Ahmad+Sohrab&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1369349 His obituary] published in Chicago in 1958 and extracted [[AhmadSobrab1|here]]. | *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=519300522&fn=&ln=Record+Ahmad+Sohrab&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1369349 His obituary] published in Chicago in 1958 and extracted [[AhmadSobrab1|here]]. | ||
| − | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll? | + | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi,&gsfn=juanita&gsln=storch&sx=&gs1co=1,All%20Countries&gs1pl=1,%20&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4;_80000002;_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-i&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&fh=0&fsk=&bsk=&rank=0&pgoff= Social Security Death Index] showing : IS this Juanita ? "Juanita Storch, born 23 May 1895, died Jan 1987, last resided in Seattle, King County, Washington. SSN Issued by California in 1958" |
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=CAdeath1940%2c&rank=0&gsfn=juanita&gsln=storch&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=0&recid=7102945&recoff=1+2 California Death Index 1940-97] showing: "Juanita Storch, born 23 May 1895 California, died 26 Jan 1987 Sonoma County. Mother's maiden name Thee" | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=CAdeath1940%2c&rank=0&gsfn=juanita&gsln=storch&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=0&recid=7102945&recoff=1+2 California Death Index 1940-97] showing: "Juanita Storch, born 23 May 1895 California, died 26 Jan 1987 Sonoma County. Mother's maiden name Thee" | ||
| − | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll? | + | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=people,&gsfn=juanita&gsln=storch&sx=&gs1co=1,All%20Countries&gs1pl=1,%20&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4;_80000002;_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-i&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&fh=0&fsk=&bsk=&rank=0&pgoff= US Public Records Index] showing : "Juanita Storch and Laila S Storch, 4955 Stanford Ave NE, Seattle, King County, Washington Record number 647925425 |
| − | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll? | + | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2000WP,&gsfn=laila&gsln=storch&sx=&gs1co=1,All%20Countries&gs1pl=1,%20&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4;_80000002;_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-i&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&fh=0&fsk=&bsk=&rank=0&pgoff= US Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002] showing : "Laila Storch, 4955 Stanford Ave NE, Seattle, King County, Washington, residence from at least 1998 to at least 2002" |
==Secondary sources== | ==Secondary sources== | ||
