Membership Roll (this is not a standard Baptist Roll)

            1902 Sep 3 - 1958 Dec 7 with gaps.

Minute Book

            1902 Sep 3 - 1935 Sep 13 BA.

            1936 Jan 30 - 1965 May 30 Note that the 1964 Annual Meeting minutes are in a separate file.

New Baptist Chapel apparently taken from a newspaper article, dated 1902 Sep 24 AO GS815599

Historical Sketch of Indian River Baptist Church BA:VF - Indian River. There are some differences between the typeset and typed versions. The typed copy is also at AO GS815599

BA also has several vertical files, including a photo of the 1902 church.

            1899 - 1900                            T H Cornish (student)

            early services were held in a school at the NW corner of Hwy 7 and Indian River Road

            under the auspices of Peterborough - Park St

            1900                                        listed as “no report” in the 1901 Year Book

            1901                                        not listed

            1902                                        Organized (as per 1906 Year Book)

            1902 Sep 3                              first meeting of “a number of the people who habitually worship in the Indian River church” “for the purpose of organizing into a regular Baptist church” The 21 people are named.

            1902 Sep 21                            church opened

            1902 Sep 24                            recognized (clipping from Canadian Baptist, 1902 Oct 23)

            1902 Nov 2>                           A Dewar (Minute Book) Also has Warsaw

            1903 May 10 - 1903 Oct 1      A A Kelly (Minute Book). Also Warsaw. Kelly went back to school.

            1903 - 1930                            Warsaw attached (the Minute Book shows a relationship from 1902 Sep 3)

            1903                                        vacant

            1903 Oct 1 - 1904 May 8       student supply (Minute Book)

            1903 - 1904                            H Shaw

            1904 May 8>                          W J Griggs (Minute Book)

            1904 Oct 28 - 1907 Dec 1      L S Steedman

            1907 Dec 1 - 1908 May 15     vacant

            1908 May 15>                        McNaughton (student)

            1908 Oct                                 M McLeod

            1909                                        vacant

            1911 Jan - 1912                      W H Wood (student)

            1912 fall                                 tower removed and church moved to Indian River village

            1913                                        new church opened

            1914 May - 1919 Sep             Percy H Roberts (student)

            1920 May - 1921                    S Vose (student)

            1922 Jun - 1924 Sep               F L Chorley (student)

            1925 May - 1926                    E O Pinkerton (student)

            1927 May - 1928                    A Eikenaar (student)

            1929 Jun                                 E G Walling (student)

            1930 May                               J R Simpson (student)

            1931 - 1942                            see Norwood

            1943                                        listed but no minister given

            1944 - 1968                            see Norwood

            1965 May 30                          new church opened

            1969 - 1971                            see Lakefield

            1972                                        closed