Timeline

1852	Born February 2nd at Killarney (Kenmare), Ireland into the Church of Ireland, which is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion operating across the island of Ireland, and the largest non-Roman Catholic religious body on the island. His father was George Smyth.
1876	Entered School at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
1880	Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Honors included being a double first-honors man, a triple-prize man, and a Senior Moderator on the Gold Medal list in Moral and Mental Philosophy.
1880	Bachelor in Laws (Trinity College in Dublin).
1880	Ordered Deacon (Anglican).
1881	Entered Priesthood (Anglican).
1881 -1883	Curate of Lisburn Cathedral, Dublin.
1883-1888	Curate of Harold's Cross, Dublin.
1884	Married Anne Josphine Ferrar on July 30th.
1885	Son, Will is born June 16, 1885 - Died August 20, 1901 - drowned in Ireland in front of his parents who did not swim
1886	Wrote How We Got Our Bible.
1887	Son, Charles is born June 8, 1887-Died December 31, 1940 got married to Winifred, had 2 children
1888	Bachelor in Divinity (Trinity College in Dublin).
1888	Bachelor in Laws (Trinity College in Dublin).
1888-1902	Incumbent of Christ Church Kingstown, Ireland.
1889	Daughter, Marjorie is born May 13, 1889-Died August 25, 1975 - married to Prof. H.A. Wilson, had 4 children
1889-1907	Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
1890	Wrote The Old Documents and the New Bible.
1892	Daughter, Kathleen is born September 12, 1892-Died December 11, 1893
1892	Wrote How God Inspired the Bible.
1893	Doctorate in Laws (Trinity College in Dublin).
1894	Daughter, Jessie is born September 19, 1894-Died November 10, 1971 - was married to a physics professor at Washington University and Los Alamos, had 3 children
1896	Wrote The Divine Library: Suggestions how to Read the Bible.
1898	Started the "Social Service Union" with the motto "Educate-Agitate-Operate". On April 25th, he read a paper on the subject at the Annual General Meeting of the Church of Ireland Temperance Society.
1900	Inaugurated the "Old Age Pension Scheme" because of his concerned about the fate of elderly ladies. Later, he inaugurated similar schemes at St Ann's and at Alexandra College.
1900	Wrote The Gospel of the Hereafter.
circa 1900	Wrote Social Service Ideals.
1901	Doctorate in Letters (Trinity College in Dublin).
1901-1908	Wrote The Bible for the Young series (included The Book of Genesis, Moses and the Exodus, Joshua and the Judges, The Prophets and Kings, and St. Matthew's Gospel of the Kingdom). Wrote Calendar I and Calendar III of the Church of Ireland Sunday School Lessons five calendar program. These calendars contained some of the material from The Bible for the Young series, except that Calendar III also included additional writing covering the book of Mark and the first 8 chapters of the book of Acts.
1902	Son, Larry is born April 3, 1902 - Died July 15, 1939 - became neurologist and psychiatrist, had one child who died at age of 2 of strep throat. Unfortunately Larry became addicted to morphine and together with his wife committed suicide.
1902	Master in Arts (Trinity College in Dublin).
1902-1907	Vicar of St Ann's, Dublin.
1902-1907	Professor of Pastoral Theology at Trinity College in Dublin.
1906	Honored with Canonry in Christ Church Cathedral.
1907	Moved his family to Montreal, Canada.
1907	Rector of St. George's Church, Dominican Square.
1907	Wrote The Preacher and his Sermon.
circa 1917	Wrote The Story of St Paul's Life and Letters.
1909-1926	Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Montreal.
1910-1914	Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal.
1913-1924	Archdeacon of St. Andrew's and Clarendon, Montreal.
circa 1914	Wrote Our Bible in the Making as Seen by Modern Research.
circa 1915	Wrote A Syrian Love Story and Other Sermons. In the sermon God’s Talents there is an example Dr. Smyth gives wherein he refers to having two sons. One of these sons apparently passed away prior to 1921 (see note on 1921 and on 1940).
circa 1915	Wrote God and the War and The Men Who Died in Battle.
1920	Wrote A People's Life of Christ . The dedication is “To My Boy in the Unseen”. This is an apparent reference to one of at least two sons that Dr Smyth had - in this case, a son which passed away prior to 1921 (See first circa 1915 note as well as the note on 1940).
1922	Wrote On the Rim of the World.
circa 1923	Wrote When the Christ Came - The Highlands of Galilee Considered Volume 5 in the The Bible For School and Home Series, which was renamed from the original The Bible for the Young series.
circa 1923	Wrote "When the Christ Came - The Road to Jerusalem" Considered Volume 6 in the The Bible For School and Home Series.
circa 1924	Wrote God, Conscience and the Bible.
1924-1926	Archdeacon of Montreal.
1926	Resignation from St George's on April 25th due to poor health.
circa 1927	Wrote Myself and Other Problems.
circa 1929	Wrote A Boys and Girls Life of Christ.
circa 1930	Wrote Marriage and Romance.
1932	Died February 14th (Age 80).
1940	Only remaining son, Geoffry Neville Paterson Smyth (age 39) and his wife, Carol Ross (age 30), died childless on July 12th.
1941	Wife, Annie Josephine Ferrar died October 13th (Age 77).
1988	Photographers Sonia Halliday and Laura Lushington used extensive excerpts from A People’s Life of Christ to Narrate their pictorial guide to places Jesus knew, named His Land.

Below are PDF files of historical documants pertaining to J Paterson-Smyth: