Gainsford, Miss E. M.

- bn – d. 31 August 1965. N.Z.B.M.S. Missionary, India, 1904-1920. Home church Oxford Terrace. B.W.M.U. Secretary 1920-1948. N.Z.B.M.S. Administration Committee 1933-1937. N.Z.B.M.S. Executive Committee 1940-1948. B.W.M.U. President1950/51. N.Z.B.M.S. Council ?-1954. Miss Gainsford taught children in and around Brahmanbaria. After a return to New Zealand in 1907 due to ill health, she resumed mission work in Chandpur in 1909. After her return from the field she remained actively involved in mission via longstanding service within the home offices of the N.Z.B.M.S. and the B.W.M.U.. She is particularly remembered for her ministry of mercy during the years of the depression. Ref.: Obituary: NZB October 1965, 261.