Julia Lynch Olin
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She first married in Dec, 1902 to [[J. Philip Benkard]] (1873-1929) and had two daughters [[Phyllis Benkard|Phyllis]] and [[Elsie Benkard|Elsie]]. In Dec 1920, while she was in Paris, they divorced and she then married, in May 1921 in Paris, to [[Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler]] (1869-1942), the ex-Lieut. Gov. of New York. Lewis was a descendent, through both sides of his family of John Livingston, Rector of Ancrum (d 1672), and through his mother a member of the wealthy Astor family of New York, who had come from Germany. | She first married in Dec, 1902 to [[J. Philip Benkard]] (1873-1929) and had two daughters [[Phyllis Benkard|Phyllis]] and [[Elsie Benkard|Elsie]]. In Dec 1920, while she was in Paris, they divorced and she then married, in May 1921 in Paris, to [[Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler]] (1869-1942), the ex-Lieut. Gov. of New York. Lewis was a descendent, through both sides of his family of John Livingston, Rector of Ancrum (d 1672), and through his mother a member of the wealthy Astor family of New York, who had come from Germany. | ||
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| + | Sometime after her return from France, Julia attended some lectures about 1925 or 1926 and through these joined the Baha'i organzation. | ||
In the Dec 1929 engagement notice of her daughter Elsie, it mentions that Julia was living at 132 East Sixty-Fifth in New York City. Her daughter Elsie married [[Charles H Clarke]] in 1930 in "...a Bahai ceremony presided over by [[Ahmad Sohrab]]." and this couple resided at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_Bay,_New_York Oyster Bay, New York]. | In the Dec 1929 engagement notice of her daughter Elsie, it mentions that Julia was living at 132 East Sixty-Fifth in New York City. Her daughter Elsie married [[Charles H Clarke]] in 1930 in "...a Bahai ceremony presided over by [[Ahmad Sohrab]]." and this couple resided at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_Bay,_New_York Oyster Bay, New York]. | ||
| − | + | Her association with Ahmad Sohrab led to the creation of the New History Society and the Caravan of the East and West. Her house in Manhattan was christened the "Caravan House". The New History Society published a number of works. Caravan was an organization to introduce young people to the Baha'i religion, a sort-of youth core, before joining the main body. At one time Caravan boasted of having tens of thousands of members all over the world. | |
Sohrab and Julia were ordered to submit to the New York Baha'i organization, to be under their aegis and they refused. For this Sohrab was excommunicated from the religion in 1939 by Shoghi Effendi, the then-head of the religion. Later the Baha'i organization sued Sohrab to try to stop him from using the name Baha'i for his efforts. The organization lost this case, setting the precedent that the name Baha'i, standing for a religion, may be used by anyone. | Sohrab and Julia were ordered to submit to the New York Baha'i organization, to be under their aegis and they refused. For this Sohrab was excommunicated from the religion in 1939 by Shoghi Effendi, the then-head of the religion. Later the Baha'i organization sued Sohrab to try to stop him from using the name Baha'i for his efforts. The organization lost this case, setting the precedent that the name Baha'i, standing for a religion, may be used by anyone. | ||
