Joanna C. Homer (b. Churchill) (1864-1935) was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, and died in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. In 1878, she married Fitz H. Homer, a confectioner, in Yarmouth. Along with George E. Crowell, Fitz started a confectionary manufacturing business called Crowell & Homer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the 1880s. While in Cambridge, Homer became involved with Christian Science. The couple eventually returned to Nova Scotia. Homer joined the Church of Christ (Scientist) in March 1886 and later joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, in June 1906. She continued practicing Christian Science until her death.

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