George St N (corner of George and McDonnel Sts), Peterborough 705-742-4162

A Brief History of George St Methodist Church and Its Successor George St United Church UCA: LCHF-George St, OGSK. There is a supplement to this containing corrections, omissions, and additions. (The booklet does contain a number of glaring errors)

A Centennial History of George St United Church 1875 - 1975 PPL, OGSK

A Supplement to A Centennial History of George St United Church 1975-1985 UCA: LCHF-George St

Kewley, Arthur - A Church called George Street 1835 - 1985 UCA: LCHF-George St., PCMA: 92-0081 This is mostly about the early ministers.

The church has its own archives.

Baptisms

            some from 1896 - 1900, 1900 - 1917, 1936 - 1947, 1950 to date

Marriages

            1896 to date

Burials

            some from 1896 - 1900, 1900 - 1917, 1936 - 1947, 1949 - 1981

Membership Transfers

            1934 - 1952, 1955, 1956 - 1959

Membership Lists and Collections

            1884 - 1920

This includes some information from the Lindsay Circuit 1859 - 1883 (Lindsay, Fenelon, Bobcaygeon, Oakwood Church, Eden Church, South Settlement (Tubor Church), Bethel Church (Manvers), Orange Hall, Davidson’s, Eldon)

Quarterly Meetings

            1837 - 1883

            In 1837 there were chapels at Peterborough, Monaghan, Cavan, and Emily.

Note: This church frequently has more than one minister.

            1925                                        from Methodist Church

            1925 - 1928                            James E Todd (John Edgar Todd)

            1929 - 1934                            J E J Millyard

            1935 - 1939                            Maxwell G Parr

            1940 - 1944                            H L Roberts

            1944 - 1949                            James A Semple

            1950 - 1955                            Arnold A Mathews

            1952 - 1953                            E W Roland

            1954 - 1958                            J S Ferguson

            1956 - 1960                            Lors W Carlson

            1959 - 1960                            E Gilmour Smith

            1961 - 1968                            Terence V Hart

            1963 - 1967                            E Gilmour Smith

            1968 - 1969                            L Douglas Snell

            1969                                        C F Waite

            1971 - 1982                            Ian M MacRury

            1978 - 1980                                        Bob Hollingsworth (lay assistant)

            1983 - 1987                            C Robin Sharp

            1984 - 1988                            Jessie L Stockton (Diaconal Minister)

            1988 - 1996                            Donald H Nicholson

            1989 - 1996                            R Bradley Weeks

            1996 Jun                                 the original church, built in 1843, is torn down

            1997                                        F James Burn

            1998 - 2001                            Colleen Gai Burns

            2002 - 2010                            Karen E Ptolemy-Stam

            2005 - 2008                            Julie L van Haaften

            2011                                        Alan D Reeve (supply)