Neville's father distributes equal business shares to all his children

Neville's father gave equal shares of everything to his nine sons and one daughter in 1939 — as war broke in Europe and because West Indian law required a man to outlive his gift by five years to avoid tax — then lived twenty more years until 1959, confident his children would return it all if he ever needed it.
Date (happened)
between 1939 and 1959
unresolved
  1. between 1939 and 1959 stated · preferred
    Source The Potter's House ¶28"in ’39 ... lived until 1959", told in The Potters House (Unresolved ASR Witness) (nid 3992)
  2. 1939 stated
    Source The Potter's House ¶28passage 556670 (lecture nid 3992), "in '39, when the war broke in Europe... he gave to his nine sons and his one daughter equal shares of everything he had"
    Reasoning Neville states directly that the distribution happened in 1939; this is the event's own date, distinct from the corpus's existing 1939-1959 between claim, which spans the distribution together with the father's later 1959 death rather than dating the distribution act itself.
  3. 1939 stated · probable
    Source The Potter's House ¶28passage 556670 (lecture nid 3992), 'he gave it in 1939 and lived until 1959' / 'in ’39, when the war broke in Europe'
    Reasoning Neville states the year twice in the same telling, tying it to the outbreak of war in Europe as a memory-anchor; this is his own account of when the division of his father's holdings happened, not when he told the story.
Place
Barbados
Persons
Neville Goddard
Told / reported
  1. 1971 estimated
    Source The Potter's HouseLecture 3992 has a supported certain year-level delivery claim for 1971.
    Reasoning The testimony occurs in passage 556670 of lecture 3992, whose internal chronology establishes delivery in 1971 at year precision.
Sources

Source

  • The Potter's House ¶28 (And so, in ’39, when the war broke in Europe, not knowing the outcome, he gave to his nine sons and his one daughter equal shares of everything he had, and then outlived it by twenty years.)