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The Salvation Army, Peterborough Temple Centennial 1885-1985 – SAHC
The 1893 May 6 issue of the War Cry contained an article on the early days of Peterborough which contained a list of commanding officers. This list has several disagreements with Dispos.
There are some references to plans to enter Peterborough in 1883, but no evidence they did.
1885 Apr 9 first service
early services held in old Baptist church on east side of Aylmer St between Simcoe and Hunter
in Barrie Division
1885 Apr 9 - 1889 May Esther Mills
1885 May 29 - 1885 Oct Lottie Willis (COL)
1885 Oct 1 - 1886 Jan Ella Alyea (COL)
1886 in Kingston Division
1886 Jan 21 - 1886 Aug Bertha Smith (COL)
1886 Aug 12 - 1886 Oct William G Pople (COL)
1886 Oct 28> Alex Bolton
1887 Feb 10 - 1887 Aug Williamson (Dispos)
1887 Sep - 1889 Oct Bridgenorth is an Outpost
1887 Sep 29 - 1888 Jul Woodgate (Dispos)
1888 temple built
1888 Aug 2 - 1888 Oct> Thomas Howell
1888 Nov 29> Stephen Marshall (COL)
1888 Dec 6 - 1889 Jul Ada Hind
1889 Aug 8 - 1889 Oct> James Brooks
1890 Mar 20> Joshua Jones (COL)
1890 Mar 24> Grace McKenzie (COL)
1890 Sep 18> James Desson (COL)
1890 Nov 29> Benjamin Beatty (COL)
1891 Jan 24> John Rawling (COL)
1891 Jan 29> John Gale (COL)
1891 Sep in Kingston Division
1892 Feb - Jun John R Steele (Dispos)
1892 Apr 1> John Bailey (COL)
1892 Jul - 1893 Apr Tom Michiel (Dispos)
<1893 Nov in Peterborough District
1893 Apr 13 - 1893 Nov> Thomas Coombs
1893 Apr 16> James McHarg (COL)
1893 Oct 16> John A Brokenshire (COL)
1894 Feb 1> William Teeple (COL)
1894 Feb 8> Alex McDonald (COL)
1895 - 1900 Salvation Army Adjutant John A McIlhenney preached an evening service once a summer in the Bridgenorth Methodist Church
1895 Mar 21> William Carruthers (COL)
1895 Apr 4> John McGillivray (COL)
1895 May 9> Harvey Kendall (COL)
1895 May 27> William Frazer (COL)
1895 Nov 7> Freeze Alward (COL)
1896 Jun 13> Gertie Gibbs (COL)
<1896 Jun> Bearchall (Dispos)
1896 Sep 25> R J Wiseman (COL)
1897 Jun 23> Thomas Magee (COL)
1897 Mar 13 - 1898 Jul Ethel Kerr (Dispos, COL starts her on 1897 Aug 19)
1898 Jul 14 - 1899 Jan> Laura Aikenhead
1898 Feb now in Quebec and East Ontario Province
1899 Jul 13 - 1900 Jul George Burditt (Dispos)
1899 Oct 26> Maggie Yake (COL)
1900 Jul 26 - Oct Ernest R Simms
1900 Nov 1 - 1901 Aug Florence Babbington
1901 Jan 3> Maggie Mitchell (COL)
1901 Apt 19> Ruth Crego (COL)
1901 Sep 16 - Nov Fred Bloss
1901 Nov 1 - 1903 Jan David Moore
1903 Feb 5 - 1904 Oct Ella McNamara
1904 Oct 6 - 1905 May> Alfred Jennings
1905 Jun 29 - 1906 Sep> David McAmmond
1906 Oct 18 - 1907 Nov> Samuel Wiggins
1907 Oct 15 - 1908 Oct> Alice Goodwin
1908 Nov in Peterborough District, Quebec and East Ontario Division for this month only. Before and after the Division is not divided into Districts.
1908 Nov 12> Walton Thompson (COL)
1908 Nov McAmmond (Dispos)
1909 Nov 12 - Aug> Walton (Dispos)
1910 Jul 14 - 1912 Mar> John Merritt
1912 Jul 18 - 1913 May John Watkinson
1913 Jun 6 - 1917 Sep> John McElheney
1918 Sep 4 - 1922 Jul Wallace Bunton
<1921 Oct in Toronto East Division
1922 Aug 24 - 1925 Dec> Arthur Smith
1923 Jan 10 fire damages temple
1923 Nov 10 temple re-opened
1926 Jan 21> Joseph Higdon (COL)
1926 Jul 2 - 1927 Oct> Frank Ham
<1926 Oct - <1951 Jan Browntown is an Outpost
1928 Mar 1 - Oct> Ernest Green
1929 Jun 27 - 1930 Sep> Winnie Jones
1931 Jun 25 - 1932 Aug> Ernest Falle
1933 Jun 29> James Woolcott (COL)
1934 Jun 28> Cornelius Warrander
1939 Nov 16 - 1943 Jan> Norman Buckley
<1941 Nov in Toronto Division
1943 Apr 29 - Oct> Alfred Dixon
1944 Jan 20 - 1946 Apr> John Wood
<1946 Apr in Toronto East Div
1946 Nov 28 - 1949 Mar> Charles Watt
1949 Jun 30 - 1951 Jan> Cyril Everitt
<1950 Jan in Mid-Ontario Division
<1951 Jan Norwood and Keene become outposts. Browntown is renamed Byersville.
1951 Sep 27 - 1951 Oct> Douglas Sharp
1952 Jun 26 - 1954 Aug> Horace Roberts
<1953 Nov Byersville separates
1955 Jun 30 - 1955 Sep> William Gibson
1955 Oct 25 - 1959 Dec> Lancelot Ede
<1959 Dec Norwood and Keene no longer listed
1960 Jun 30 - 1962 Nov> Frank Watson
1963 Jun 27 - 1965 Nov> Kenneth Graham
<1964 Nov no Outposts listed from this date
1966 Jun 30 - 1969 Jan> Robert Weddell
1969 Jun 26 - 1969 Nov> Archie Peat
1972 Jun 29 - 1975 Sep> Carson & Mrs Janes
1976 Jun 24 - 1980 Dec> Mervin & Mrs Leach
1981 Jun - 1983 Dec> John & Mrs Wilder
<1982 Dec in Ontario Central Division
1984 Jun - 1988 Sep> Robert & Garda Zwicker
1989 Jun - 1992 Sep> Leo & Shirley Porter
1993 Jul - 1996 May Earle & Jean Birt
1995 Jan 1 Division renamed Ontario East Division
1996 Jul - 2001> Lindsay & Lynette Rowe
2001 Jun - 2001 Aug> Harold & Marion Bungay