Hayes, Paul G.

Chronology of Paul G. Hayes

• 1890 Sep 1: Born at 558 N. Queen Street, Lancaster, PA. Son of Zachariah T. Hayes (1849 Sep 17-1901 Apr 1) and Emma Amelia (Goodman) Hayes (1857 Mar 17-1919 Oct 23). One sister, Rhoda Amelia Hayes (1892 Sep 7-1973 Sep 25, never married)
• 1904 - 1910 : Dropped out of public school to help support mother and sister. Worked as office boy, then bookkeeper, Lebzelter Bending Works, Lancaster, PA
• 1907: First attended the Gospel Mission in Lancaster (predecessor to Union Gospel Mission and Water St. Mission); made decision to dedicate his life to Christ
• 1910 - 1911 : Union Missionary Training Institute, Brooklyn, NY
• 1911 - 1913 : Franklin Marshall Academy, Lancaster, PA
• 1913 - 1917 : Franklin Marshall College, Lancaster, PA: B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Marshall oration (highest honor)
• 1915 - 1917 : Superintendent, Water Street Mission, Lancaster (reorganized, with others, 1915; started rescue services with Herman Molin, 1917)
• 1916 - 1917 : Student pastor, Ross Street Methodist Church, Lancaster (founded, with others, 1916)
• 1917 Sep 8: Married Mary Elizabeth Zwally (died 1918, 'flu epidemic)
• 1917 - 1918 : Student Pastor, Linden Methodist Church, Malden, MA
• 1917 - 1920 : Boston University School of Theology, S.T.B.
• 1919 - 1920 : Student Pastor, Fremont Congregational Church, Fremont, NH
• 1920 - 1921 : B.U.S.T. graduate studies toward Ph D.
• 1921 Aug 10: Sailed for China on the Korea Maru from San Francisco, under the auspices of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Met Helen Mae Wolf, Reformed Church missionary, aboard ship
• 1921 - 1922 : Nanking Language School at the University of Nanking
• 1922 Jun 13: Married Helen Mae Wolf (1896 Nov 8-1988 Jul 19). Children: Elsie Rhoda, born 1923 Jun 22 at Kuling, on Lushan, Kiangsi, China and Lois Anne, born 1931 Nov 8 at Wuhu, China.
• 1921 - 1926 : First term in Wuhu, Anhwei, China
• 1926 - 1928 : Furlough
• 1926: Union Theological Seminary grad. studies
• 1927: Hartford Seminary Foundation, cont. studies toward Ph.D.; completed all but dissertation; took materials to China to write dissertation, but never had the time. Summer pastor at Clinton (CT) Methodist Episcopal Church
• 1927 - 28 : Served at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Windsor Locks, CT
• 1929 - 1935 : Second Term in China
• 1929 - 30 : in Chinkiang
• 1930 - 35 : in Wuhu
• 1935 - 1936 : Associate Pastor, Simpson Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN
• 1936 - 1941 : Pastor, Calvary Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN
• 1941 - 1949 : Pastor, McCabe Methodist Church, Bismarck, ND; Member Board of Ministerial Training, Board of Missions, North Dakota Conference, Dean Summer School Ministerial Training, 1947, 1948
• 1949: Honorary Doctor of Divinity, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, with which Wesley College, Fargo, affiliated
• 1949 - 1955 : Pastor, First Methodist Church, Albert Lea, MN
• 1955 - 1961 : District Superintendent, Minnesota Southeast District
• 1955 - 1966 : Directorates of Rochester Methodist Hospital, Rochester, MN; Paul Watkins Memorial Methodist Home, Winona, MN (founded, with others, 1958); Old Frontenac Point Camp, Frontenac, MN; Fellowship Methodist Church, Austin, MN (founded, with others, 1958); Methodist Hospital, Minneapolis (1963-1966)
• 1961 - 1970 : Associate Pastor, Lake Harriet Methodist Church, Minnneapolis
• 1970 - 1977 : Associate Pastor, Hamline United Methodist Church, St. Paul, MN. Retired to work on memoirs (1977)
• 1987 Feb 11: Entered Walker Methodist Residence Health Care Center
• 1994 Mar 1: Died at Walker Methodist Health Care Center

Consolidated from a chronology compiled by Elsie H. Landstrom, 1987 Oct 30. (See: Box 33, Folder 429)

Chronology of Helen Wolf Hayes

• 1896 Nov 8: Born in Bethlehem, PA. Seventh of fourteen children of Samuel Fackenthal and Ida (Bryan) Wolf.
• 1920 - 1921 : Lehigh University Extension Courses; taught public school in Nazareth, PA Missionary training courses at Hartford Seminary Foundation
• 1921: Helen Mae Wolf Missionary Society was formed to support her work in China through the efforts of friends in the St. Andrews Reformed Church in Allentown, PA, where Helen was an active member
• 1921 Aug 10: Sailed for China on Korea Maru from San Francisco, under auspices of the Board of Missions of the Reformed Church in the U.S. Met Paul G. Hayes, Methodist missionary, aboard ship.
• 1922 Jun 13: Married Paul G. Hayes (1890 Sep 1-1994 Mar 1). Children: Elsie Rhoda, born 1923 Jun 22 at Kuling, on Lushan, Kiangsi, China and Lois Anne, born 1931 Nov 8 at Wuhu, China.
• 1922: Transferred to Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• 1921 - 1926 : First term in Wuhu, Anhwei, China
• 1921 - 22 : Studied Chinese at Nanking Language School, University of Nanking
• 1926 - 1928 : Furlough
• 1926 - 27 : Studied at Columbia University Teachers' College
• 1927 - 28 : Studied at Hartford Seminary Foundation
• 1929 - 1935 : Second Term in China: In China, Helen taught English in the Wuhu Primary School for one year, in the Chinkiang Girls High School for one year and in the Wuhu General Hospital School of Nursing for several years. She held teas and Bible study classes for groups of local women, and conducted a small school for missionary children in her home using the Calvert system for six years. She served as Adviser to the interdenominational Women's Club of Wuhu and helped them open an orphanage, The Hole in The Wall, for girl babies of poor families who otherwise would have been allowed to die.
• 1929 - 30 : in Chinkiang
• 1930 - 35 : in Wuhu
• 1935 - 1941 : Northern Minnesota Conference
• 1935 - 36 : Simpson Methodist Church, Minneapolis
• 1936 - 41 : Calvary Methodist Church, Minneapolis
• 1941 - 1949 : North Dakota Conference
• 1941 - 49 : McCabe Methodist Church, Bismarck
• 1949 - 1961 : Minnesota Southeast Conference
• 1949 - 55 : First Methodist Church, Albert Lea
• 1955 - 61 : Southeast District, based in Rochester
• 1961 - 1970 : Lake Harriet Methodist Church, Minneapolis
• 1970 - 1977 : Hamline United Methodist Church, St. Paul: In these Conferences of the Methodist Church, where Paul held a number of pastorates, Helen played an active role in his ministry and church life. She entertained in their home, sang in the choir, did youth work, taught church school and gave talks on China. She held leadership positions in the Minneapolis Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Women's Society of Christian Service, United Church Women and in the PEO and DAR. She served as Secretary of Missionary Projects and of Spiritual Life.
• 1987 Feb 11: Entered Walker Methodist Residence Health Care Center
• 1988 Jul 18: Died at the Walker Residence, Minneapolis, MN

Chronology of Elsie Hayes Landstrom

• 1923 Jun 22: Born at Kuling, on Lushan, Kiangsi, China, first daughter of Paul G. and Helen Wolf Hayes
• 1923 - 1935 : Spent first 12 years of life in China; tutored at home by mother according to the Calvert plan
• 1935 - 1941 : Attended public schools in Minneapolis, MN; 1941 honors graduate of North High School
• 1941 - 1945 : Attended Hamline University, St. Paul, MN as Drew Scholar . B.A., magna cum laude, 1941. English teaching major, Social Science Psychology minors
• 1945 Jun 16: Married Harry V. Hines (divorced 1951)
• 1945 - 1946 : Worked in publications research and production at a research bureau in Philadelphia, and briefly on a dictionary compiled at the University of Pennsylvania
• 1946 - 1952 : Writer/editor for American Friends Service Committee (Quaker relief and service agency) in Philadelphia
• 1952 - 1953 : Writer/editor of non-technical materials for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory
• 1953 Jan 21: Married Norman Landstrom (1913 Dec 8-1989 Oct 17), attorney. Children: Peter S. (born 1954 Apr 21) and Ruth H. (born 1956 Nov 7)
• 1953 - 1976 : Continued writing on a volunteer basis, while devoting the majority of her time to her family. Her projects included writing a monthly newsletter for 7 years, writing and publishing about 50 poems, and providing editorial assistance to others. She taught "First Day School" in the Wellesley Friends Meeting and was a member of the Wider Quaker Fellowship and the Friends Committee on Religion and Psychology. She designed and supervised the building of their home in Conway, MA
• 1976 - 1980 : Senior Editor, The Word Guild, Inc.
• 1981 - 1991 : Devoted time to many writing projects, including editing the memoirs of her father and Dr. Hyla Watters

From the guide to the Hayes Family Papers, 1888-2005, (Yale University Divinity School Library)