175 Murray St. (Between George and Alymer) 705-745-4376
A History of Murray St Baptist Church 1846-1946 BA (Box 0-0334-pre99)
Murray Street Baptist Church 125th Anniversary - (1971) PPL, OGSK, BA (Box 0-0334-pre99), PCMA: 71-015
150th Anniversary 1846 - 1996. BA
Note: BA has very large holdings of the records of this church and its predecessor, Aylmer St. Only a tiny portion of these records are listed here.
Unless otherwise noted, all the material below is in BA.
Subscription Lists
numerous, from the 1840's and 1850's (81-203). These are in several files.
Membership List (alphabetical)
1846-1851 (Box 0-0334-pre99, 81-203)
1888-1911
1934 Jan, 1838 Feb, 1942 Jan, 1957 Jan (Box 0-0334-pre99)
Membership changes throughout the 1950's and 1960's (Box 0-0334-pre99)
Photo Directory 1971
Membership Roll Book 1888-1901
Members received by baptism (see Members received by letter) 1890-91
Members dismissed by letter 1889-91
Members died 1889-92
Membership List (alphabetical)
Officers 1890-91
Church Minutes (5 books) These include some lists of attendees.
1867 May - 1875 Jul
1875 Oct 13 - 1891 Apr 9
1891 Apr 9 - 1907 Dec 4
1908 Jan 15 - 1928 Feb 11.
1928 Feb - 1972 Feb 11
plus subsequent typed minutes
Marriage Registers (6 books)
1897 Jun 8 - 1928 Apr 18 (no index)
1928 Oct 10 - 1938 May 3 (there is an index in front)
1938 May 11 - 1943 Aug 10 (index)
1943 Aug 17 - 1950 Mar 11 (index)
1950 Mar 17 - 1957 Aug 3 (index)
1957 Oct 5 - 1967 Oct 7 (no index)
Sunday School Attendance Records
1885 Jan 4 - 1886 Dec 26
1889 Jan - 1892 Mar
1889 Jan - 1905 Apr
1902 Jan - 1910 Jan
1910 Jan - 1912 Dec
1908 Mar - 1915 Dec
1922 Jan - 1938 Sep
1884 Baptists purchase former Bible Christian church on Murray St. Previous congregation was Peterborough-Aylmer St.
1884 Jan 13 - 1886 Oct A H Munro
1884 Dec 28 first service in new building
1887 W J McKay (Eastern Ont Assn records, not mentioned in the church history)
1887 Nov - 1890 Dec Peter Clifton Parker (from 1888 Year Book)
1888 Aug Park St started as a mission
1891 Mar 1 - 1896 Jun John E Trotter
1895 May 8 Park St becomes a separate church
1895 Jun 17 Murray St recognized
1896 Dec - 1898 Jul A T Dykeman
1899 Feb - 1904 Jun Jonathon Bastow
1904 Nov - 1906 Dec Freeman J Scott (listed as settled in 1899 in 1904 Year Book, 1904 in 1906 Year Book)
1907 Jan - 1922 Nov John R Webb
1912 May 26 new church opened (the old church is now the Royal Canadian Legion on Murray St)
1923 Apr 15 - 1927 Feb Charles W Rose
1926 church damaged by fire
1927 Jul - 1946 Jan Joseph H Sutcliffe (the 1941 Yearbook lists “vacant”, but a check of the church’s Deacons Minutes and the Peterborough Association minutes indicate that Sutcliffe was there throughout 1941)
1946 Apr - 1955 Dec Ivan C Morgan
1956 May 8 - 1959 Harvey L Denton
1957 Janet Wolverton (student)
1959 - 1970 Daniel Young
1970 vacant
1971 - 1977 Donald B Stratton
from 1976 - 1982 there are two pastors
1976 - 1982 Mary Dunlop
1977 vacant
1978 - 1982 L Raymond Waldock
1983 - 1990 Clarence W Lohnes
1985 - 1988 Kathryn A Root (lic asst)
1989 - 1995 R W Samuel Breakey (lic 1989-91, asst)
1991 vacant
1992 - 1997 Philip J Brown
1998 - 2002 James W Smith
2001 - 2002 Angela Smith (lay)
2002 Karl Kuin