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219 Simcoe St (at Aylmer), Peterborough, K9H 3V6 705-743-3131

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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