Methodist Church of Canada
Bridgenorth Circuit


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Note: These registers also contain data for Curve Lake, Fairview, Lakehurst, Selwyn, and Wesley.

Baptisms

1912 -1949 with gaps. UCA: 2000.101L 9os-2 Note!! - Baptisms are not entered into this book in date order but blocks of dates (it seems the book filled up and later material was inserted wherever there was space). The blocks are given below with the page on which each appears in square brackets following. The page number is written in pencil in the top left corner of each pair of pages. (1912 Feb 4 - 1918 Jun 26 [1,2,3], 1923 Apr 22 - 1923 Aug 3 [4], 1925 Nov 18 - 1928 Jun 19 [5], 1929 Oct 31 - 1933 Jun 21 [6], 1933 Oct 24 - 1946 Jun 30 [6-14], 1946 Jun 30 - 1947 Oct 19 [3], 1948 Sep 15 - 1949 Sep 12 [4], 1949 Sep 16 [5], unknown - born 1938 [4])

            1950 Apr 9 - 1977 Jul 23 UCA: 2000.101L 1-2

1968 1979 UCA: 2000.101L 1-3 Stubs from a certificate book, not all filled out.

Marriages

            1896 Oct 20 - 1928 Nov 5, plus one undated UCA: 2000.101L 1-4

            1915 Aug 31 - 1959 Jul 4 UCA: 2000.101L 9os-2

1959 Jul 28 - 1980 Jun 21 UCA: 2000.101L 1-5 There is an name index in the front of this book

            1980 Jul 19 - 1987 Aug 1 UCA: 2000.101L 1-6

Burials

1911 - 1959 with gaps UCA: 2000.101L 9os-2 (1911 Jul 13 - 1915 May 5, 1915 Sep 21 - 1918 Jun 13, 1926 Mar 22 - 1927 Nov 4, 1929 Feb 15 - 1959 Dec 2)

Circuit Register 1892 - 1927 UCA: 2000.101L 1-7

Roll Book 1926 Apr 1 - 1953 Jun 30 UCA: 2000.101L 1-7

There is a brief history of Bridgenorth church in UCA: LCHF-Bridgenorth.

The UCA has much other information from this church.

 

            1889                                        Bridgenorth Circuit created from part of Lakefield Circuit

            1889 - 1891                            D Scott Houck

            1889 - 1891                            consists of at least Bridgenorth, Robinsons (Fairview), Selwyn, Zion (MMS) These four points were taken from the Lakefield Circuit.

            1892                                        George H Raley

            1892 - 1894                            consists of at least Bridgenorth, Fairview, Selwyn, Zion, Wesley, Mud Lake (or Chemong) (MMS)

            1893                                        Thomas Cleworth, James Batstone

            1894                                        George R Clare, S J Green

            1895                                        George R Clare

            1895 - 1897                            consists of at least Bridgenorth, South Ward, Fairview, Selwyn, Zion, Wesley, Chemong (MMS)

            1896                                        George R Clare, Allen J Terrill (Selwyn)

            1897                                        W D Harrison, J W Coone (Selwyn)

            1898                                        W D Harrison

            1898                                        Wesley and Mud Lake moved to Wesley Circuit

            1898 - 1905                            consists of at least Bridgenorth, Fairview, Zion, Selwyn (MMS)

            1899 - 1901                            George Nickle

            1902 - 1904                            John W Bunner

            1905                                        Henry McQuade

            1906 - 1907                            George F Metzler

            1908 - 1910                            Simon Crookshanks

            1908 Nov 2                             Zion closed

            1911 - 1914                            vacant

            1911 - 1912                            consists of at least Bridgenorth

            1913 - 1919                            consists of at least Bridgenorth, Selwyn, Fairview (MMS)

            1915 - 1917                            J Gladstone McKee

            1915                                        3 Preaching appointments.

            1918 - 1919                            vacant, under Superintendent of Peterborough-Mark St

            1920 - 1921                            Archibald C Huffman

            1922 - 1924                            Prosper H Neville

            1922                                        Wesley attached

            1924                                        consists of at least Bridgenorth, Fairview, Selwyn, Wesley (MMS)

            1925                                        Wesley detached

            1925                                        James Vernon McNeely (4 preaching appointments)

            1925                                        to United Church