Margaret Peoples Shirer dating history

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Margaret Peoples Shirer (1897 – September 25, 1983) was one of the first American Pentecostal Christian missionaries to West Africa. With little formal education, at she traveled to Burkina Faso in 1919 at the age of 22, with the support of the Assemblies of God. She became the first known person of European origin to learn the language of the Mossi people. She translated portions of the Bible into the Mossi language, Mooré, and used Mossi stories in her preaching. After marrying a fellow missionary, W. Lloyd Shirer, the couple became the first to open an Assemblies of God missions office in Ghana. Shirer learned the Dagbani language in Ghana and translated the biblical books of Matthew, Mark, Acts, Ephesians, 1 Peter into the language. Shirer also served as a missionary for the Assemblies of God in Nigeria. After losing the sponsorship of the Assemblies of God (due to her husband's affair), the couple continued to preach the Pentecostal Christian message in other countries, including Congo and Haiti. After Lloyd Shirer's death in 1972, she moved to Springfield, Missouri, where she recruited others for the mission field.