Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Jim Jones across 7 places, from 1942 to 1978.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader, preacher, and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Jim Jones was documented, and when
1942year
Richmond, Indianaattested“Jones went to see the Kennedy family in 1942 when they spent the summer in Richmond, Indiana.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
November 1948month
Bloomington, Indianaattested“Jones moved to Bloomington, Indiana in November 1948, where he attended Indiana University Bloomington with the intention of becoming a doctor, but changed his mind shortly thereafter.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
December 1948month
Richmond, Indianaattested“Jones moved to Richmond, Indiana with his mother, where he graduated from Richmond High School in December 1948 early and with honors.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
December 1948month
Richmond High School (Richmond, Indiana)attested“Jones moved to Richmond, Indiana with his mother, where he graduated from Richmond High School in December 1948 early and with honors.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1967year
Californiaattested“In 1967, Jones's followers coaxed another 75 members of the Indianapolis congregation to move to California.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
October 1971month
Indianapolisattested“Jones began to receive negative press beginning in October 1971 when reporters covered one of Jones's divine healing services during a visit to his old church in Indianapolis.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
January 1977month
Cubaattested“In January 1977, Jones travelled to Cuba with Carlton Goodlett in order to establish an import-export trading relation with Cuba for a San Francisco Bay Area company that he had founded.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
January 1978month
Washington, D.C.attested“Stoen traveled to Washington, D.C., in January 1978 to visit with State Department officials and members of Congress, and wrote a white paper detailing his grievances against Jones and the Temple and to attempt to recover his son.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
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Richmond High School (Richmond, Indiana)1 presence · 1948
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In each of these, a source puts Jim Jones and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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1951year
Indianapolismentioned“After attending Indiana University for two years, the couple relocated to Indianapolis in 1951.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1953year
Columbus, Indianamentioned“Around this time in 1953, Jones visited a Pentecostal Latter Rain convention in Columbus, Indiana, where a woman prophesied that Jones was a prophet with a great ministry.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1953year
Indianapolismentioned“In 1953, Jones began attending and preaching at the Laurel Street Tabernacle in Indianapolis, a Pentecostal Assemblies of God church.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1953year
Detroitmentioned“He was a guest speaker at a 1953 convention in Detroit.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1956year
Indianapolismentioned“Jones quickly rose to prominence in the group and organized and hosted a healing convention to take place June 11–15, 1956, in Indianapolis's Cadle Tabernacle.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1960year
Indianapolismentioned“In 1960, Peoples Temple joined the Disciples of Christ denomination, whose headquarters was nearby in Indianapolis.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1961year
Butler Universitymentioned“Jones took night classes at Butler University to continue his education, finally earning a degree in secondary education in 1961.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1961year
Indianamentioned“In 1961, they became the first white couple in Indiana to adopt a black child, naming him Jim Jones Jr.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1963year
Rio de Janeiromentioned“The family moved to Rio de Janeiro in mid-1963, where they worked with the poor in the favelas.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1964year
Californiamentioned“During 1964, Jones made multiple trips to California to find a suitable location to relocate.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
July 1965month
Redwood Valley, Californiamentioned“In July 1965, Jones and his followers began moving to their new location in Redwood Valley, California, near the city of Ukiah.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
15 July 1967exact date
Northern Californiamentioned“Possibly to distract Peoples Temple members from the issues facing their group, he told his Indiana congregation that the world would be engulfed by nuclear war on July 15, 1967, leading to a new socialist Eden on Earth, and that the Tem…”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1969year
Californiamentioned“By 1969, Jones increased the membership in Peoples Temple in California to 300.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
1970year
San Franciscomentioned“In 1970, Jones and 150 of his followers took a trip to San Francisco's Missionary Baptist Church.”source: Wikipedia: Jim Jones
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