Ady, Merrill Steele, 1897-1982.

Dates:
Birth 1897
Death 1982

Biographical notes:

Merrill and Lucile Ady were Presbyterian missionaries in China and Hong Kong from 1923 to 1960.

From the description of Merrill and Lucile Ady papers, 1923-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702159677

1897 Dec 15 Born in Omaha, Nebraska 1917 1920 Served in armed forces, WWI 1920 BA Monmouth College 1923 BD McCormick Seminary 1923 Aug 3 Married Lucile Meloy of Evanston, IL who earned her BA degree cum laude at Monmouth and herMA at the University of Illinois. Children: Carolyn (b.1926), Robert (b.1927), Donald (b.1932) 1923 Sep 26 Arrived at Canton, China as Presbyterian Church in USA missionary for a year of language study 1924 1941 Evangelical work in countryside around Yeung Kong, Kwangtung, So. China 1925 Evacuated to Philippines when Sun Yat-Sen made his first foray into power from Canton 1928 Furlough - McCormick Seminary 1929 1936 Worked under Fifth District Association of the Church of Christ in China (Yeung Kong Station was turned over to CCC in c. 1928) 1936 1937 Aug Furlough in Evanston, IL 1941 1949 Appointed Executive Secretary, South China Mission of the Presbyterian Church (Canton) 1941 Dec 25 Interned by Japanese with Lucile and Donald; Stanley Prison, Hong Kong 1942 Jul Repatriated 1943 Attempted to get back to his station, but was stalled first in Lourenco Marques and then in Calcutta 1944 1945 Field agent in Secret Intelligence in the U.S. Army Office of Strategic Services in China 1945 1949 Worked with Kwangtung International Relief Committee (KIRC) 1946 Lucile and Donald arrived in Canton - Donald attended Shanghai American School 1949 Furlough 1950 1960 In Hong Kong, New Territories for the Sixth District Association of the Kwangtung Synod of the Church of Christ in China 1956 Furlough 1957 Organized First Asian Church Women's Association. Lucile taught at True Light Middle School 1960 1965 In Kowloon, Hong Kong as official representative for Presbyterian Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations (COEMAR) 1966 Retired to Duarte, CA 1982 Nov 2 Died

From the guide to the Merrill and Lucille Ady Papers, 1921-1971, (Yale University Divinity School Library)

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Subjects:

  • Presbyterian Church
  • Presbyterian Church
  • Missions
  • Missions
  • Missions

Occupations:

  • Missionaries

Places:

  • China--Hong Kong (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)

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