Baptist
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Church Minutes (1886 Jun - 1930 Jan 30) BA Names given of persons baptised.

            Members (in date order 1886 Aug 28 - 1890 Sep 7)

            Church Roll (1892, revised 1902)

Church Minutes (1930 Jan 15 - 1958 Dec 19) BA

            Check the last few pages for miscellaneous information, such as member changes in the 1950's

Marriage Register (1896 Mar 9 - 1976 Dec 11) BA Note first entry is out of date sequence.

Membership Roll Book. BA The book was set up in 1905 from earlier records back to 1886

            Members received by baptism. Alphabetic to 1905, by date afterwards to 1919 Jan 27

            Members received by letter. Ditto, to 1920 Jan 11

            Members received by experience. Ditto, to 1907 Apr 7

            Members dismissed by letter. Ditto, to 1909 Feb

            Members dropped. Ditto, to 1906 Jul 16

            Members excluded. One, on 1896 Jul 23

            Members died. To 1938. Many are undated.

            Members, alphabetic

            Office Bearers Roll (1886 - 1940 with many gaps)

            Page at back containing names of persons dropped 1895 May 7 and 1924 Jan 23

 

            1886 Jun                                 Rev Wm Peer of Campbellford and Rev A E de St Dalmas of Lakefield came to see if there were enough Baptists to start a mission, in connection with Warsaw which was already underway.

            1886 Jul 11                             W E Orton (student) preached the first sermon.

            1886 Aug 28                           Church organized (five members)

            1886 - 1887                            not listed

            1887 - 1895                            Warsaw attached

            1888 May 21                          Recognized

            1888 - 1891 Oct 10                 William Peer

            1888 - 1928                            Centre Dummer attached

            1890 Jan                                 Re-opened

            1891 Feb 1 - 1894 Jan 4         Wm H Stevens

            1894 Mar 25 - 1896 Jul 23     S S Weaver (ordained 1894 May 22)

            1896 Oct 1 - 1899                   Wm Peer (second pastorate)

            1900 May 13 - 1900 Oct 1      A W Torey (student)

            1901 Oct 1 - 1904 Apr 9         J E Hawking

            1904 May 3 - 1904 Oct 9       H A Reid

            1904 Nov 20 - 1908 Oct         James Desson

            1909 May                               Geo Rowland (student)

            1910 Nov - 1912                     G F Hurlburt

            1912 Jul - 1913                       W W Low

            1914 May - 1916 Sep             C Waddell (student)

            1916 Oct - 1920 Sep               J B McCormack

            1920 Nov - 1923 Jun              Thomas J Rich (student for first year)

            1923 Jul - 1929 Jun                J P McLennan

            1929 Sep - 1935 Oct               G E Downing

            1931 - 1968                            Indian River attached

            1936 Jan - 1940                      J U McIntosh

            1940 Nov - 1942                     Edgar Ferns

            1943                                        vacant

            1944 - 1947                            Arthur Homer

            1948                                        Robert Dick

            1949                                        vacant

            1950 - 1953                            William John Bingham

            1954 - 1957                            Thomas M Webb

            1958 - 1960                            James Lowden

            1961                                        vacant

            1962 - 1966                            Donald J Corbett (student 1962-63)

            1967                                        Garth J Duff (Int) – assume “interim”

            1968                                        Donald G Casselman

            1969 - 1977                            see Campbellford

            1970 Mar 1                             second church opened

            1978 - 1992                            Edward Potter (licensed)

            1992 - 1997                            Ralph Mann

            1998                                        vacant

            1999                                        Peter Moore

            2000 - 2001                            vacant

            2001 - 2002                            Ralph Mann