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The Salvation Army founders, Catherine Booth and William Booth. The Salvation Army was founded in London's East End in 1865 by one-time Methodist Reform Church minister William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth as the East London Christian Mission, [1]: 21 and this name was used until 1878.
The Christian Mission becomes The Salvation Army (May 1878). Salvation Army Social Campaign (1890) by William Booth. Having been founded as the East London Christian Mission in 1865, the name The Salvation Army developed from an incident in May 1878.
Catherine Booth (née Mumford, 17 January 1829 – 4 October 1890) was co-founder of The Salvation Army, along with her husband William Booth.Because of her influence in the formation of The Salvation Army she was known as the 'Mother of The Salvation Army'.
In 1917, five years after the death of the founder of the Salvation Army William Booth, his son, General Bramwell Booth, inaugurated the Order of the Founder to recognise Salvationists who had rendered distinguished service, such as would have specially commended itself to the Founder. [1]
William Bramwell Booth, CH (8 March 1856 – 16 June 1929) was a Salvation Army officer, Christian and British charity worker who was the first Chief of Staff (1881–1912) and the second General of The Salvation Army (1912–1929), succeeding his father, William Booth.
Ballington Booth was the son of General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, and the couple served as officers with the Army in Great Britain. [citation needed] The Booths first moved to New York in the 1890s to assume command of The Salvation Army forces in the United States.
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Years later, while in the United States, Evelyne would be persuaded by Frances Willard, founder of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, to adopt the name 'Evangeline' as being more dignified and more befitting the commander of The Salvation Army in America. [1]