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Woodsworth, Harold F., 1883-1939
Persona · 1883-1939

Dr. Harold F. Woodsworth was born in Portage la Prairie in 1883 and was a missionary in Japan for over 30 years. He received his B.A. from Victoria College in 1907. In the fall of 1908 he went to Japan as a missionary with the Y.M.C.A, teaching in the English department at a Japanese Government School in Nagasaki, then Kagoshima. In 1910 became a missionary under the Methodist Church, and returned to Canada for post-graduate work. In 1911, he married Miss Ada Frances Chown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Chown of Kingston. They returned to Japan together, first to a language school in Tokyo, then to Kobe, where Mr. Woodsworth became a professor of English at Kwansei Gakuin University, later becoming Dean of the Literature Department, and Dean of Theology of the University for a number of years. He was ordained during a furlough in 1918, during which time he also took his M.A. at Columbia University, New York. In 1936 he was honoured with a Doctor of Divinity from Victoria College. He died in 1939. H.F. Woodsworth's brother was C.C.F. leader J.S. Woodsworth. Their father, James Woodsworth, was a former Superintendent of Home Missions for the Methodist Church of Canada.

Ava Woodsworth (Chown), was a graduate of Whitby Ladies College and Queen’s University (1909). Mrs. Woodsworth taught English and the Bible in Japan. She was active on the National Council of the YWCA and the Dominion Board of the United Church Women's Missionary Society.

The Woodsworths had two sons, Kenneth, and David, and two daughters, Mary and Sylvia.

Grant, John Webster, 1919-2006
Persona · 1919-2006

John Webster Grant was born in Truro, Nova Scotia on June 27, 1919. He graduated with a B.A. in 1938, and an M.A. in 1941 from Dalhousie University, he did graduate work in Politics Princeton University from 1938-1939, and he received a Certificate in Theology at Pine Hill Divinity Hall, and was ordained in 1943. Additionally, he was a Rhodes Scholar in 1941 and received a Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University in 1948. Outside of church work, during the Second World War, he was Director to Non-Roman Catholic Churches, and a Chaplain in the Royal Canadian Navy. He was editor in chief at Ryerson Press from 1959-1963. Throughout his career as an educator, Grant taught systematic theology at Pine Hill Divinity Hall (1945-6), church history at Union College in Vancouver (1949-1959), and church history at Emmanuel College from 1963 until his retirement in 1984. From 1957-1958 he taught at United Theological College in Bangalore, India. He was a member of numerous committees and commissions for the United Church, including those on Christian Faith, Worship, Hymn Book, General Commission on Church Union and Archives. Grant also did ministry work, his student mission fields were at Cape George (1938), Vaughan (1939), Mount Uniacke and West Bay (1943), Pictou (1949) in Nova Scotia, Stone, Saskatchewan (1940), and Harrington Harbour, Quebec in 1941. Grant was married to Gwendolen Margaret Irwin in 1944. He died on December 16, 2006.

Throughout his career, Grant wrote extensively on the history of Christianity. He published over nine books, edited others, and was published in numerous articles.

Allison, Gordon Henry, 1914-1993
Persona · 1914-1993

Gordon Henry Allison (1914-1993), was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He was educated at SS #1 Glanford and Caledonia High School and, thereafter, qualified as a teach at Hamilton Normal School. He taught elementary school in Amherstburg while taking extension course degrees from the University of Toronto and McMaster University. He returned to Hamilton in 1953 to teach English at Delta Secondary School. After retiring from Delta, he turned his energies to searching local archives and records. At his church, Barton Stone United, he compiled extensive archives on church members going back to 1811, assembled pictures and biographies on every minister the church ever had, and researched every person buried in the cemetery. He worked as an editor on several historical publications and compiled histories of dozens of the earliest Mountain families and all of the Ryckman's Corners pioneers. For the last seven years of his life Allison read every edition of The Hamilton Spectator from 1846 to 1893, and transcribed every birth notice, marriage announcement, death account and obituary. He died 3 February 1993 in his Ryckman's Corners home at the age of 79. Allison never married and had no survivors.

Pratt, Renate
Persona

Renata was the first (and longterm) executive director of the Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility (TCCR). In addition to other corporate responsibility issues, she played a fundamental role in helping organize the churches anti-apartheid campaigns mainly against Canadian banks but other Canadian companies working with the apartheid government of South Africa. Her commitment to the abolition of apartheid began during her years in Tanzania, at that time home to many exiled members of southern Africa’s liberation movements. Later, she co–authored Investment in Oppression (1973), the first enquiry into the implications of Canadian investments in South Africa. Pratt has received an honorary doctorate of laws degree from McMaster University.

Puttenham, John, 1859-1930
Persona · 1859-1930

John Puttenham (1859-1930) was born in Gravesend, County Kent, England and came to Canada in 1888. After a period spent working with the Y.M.C.A. and other evangelical work, he was ordained to the ministry in connection with the Baptist Church, and served in the following charges: Keady, Westport, Delta, Kemptville, Stayner, Decewsville and Teeterville. From there he went to West Shelby, in New York State, where he served one year under the Methodist Episcopal Church. He returned to Canada, and in 1911, was received into full connection with the Montreal Conference of The Methodist Church, later to be transferred to the Bay of Quinte Conference. He served on the following charges: Eganville (1911-1914), Finch (1915-1917), Escott (1918-1920), Elginburg (1921-1924), Perth Road (1925-1929). Puttenham was married to Miss Annie Hilts.

Faull, James, 1840-1897
Persona · 1840-1897

James Faull was born in Crowan, Cornwall County, England on January 6th, 1840. In the mid 1860s he left England for America to minister to copper miners in Upper Michigan but was instead sent to the L’Anse Indian reservation where he served as a missionary and teacher.

In May, 1871 he came to Eastern Ontario upon the invitation of Rev. S.W. LaDu, a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
James Faull served charges in St. Lawrence District, Inverary and Kingston, Mallorytown, Inkerman, Easton’s Corners, Tamworth, Centreville, Milford, Sidney, Bayside and Shannonville.

He died in December 18, 1897 surrounded by his wife Catherine and their family.

Endicott Small, Shirley, 1930-
Persona · 1930-

Shirley Endicott Small was born in 1930, the daughter of James G. Endicott, missionary to West China. An alumna of Victoria University she later taught sociology at the University of Toronto and became active in efforts to end violence against women. A life-long member of the United Church, she is a frequent speaker to United Church Women and is also an author and creative writer.

She was predeceased by her second husband, William Small, founding comptroller and first secretary of York University, himself son of missionaries to China.

Kent, Ambrose, 1843-1926
Persona · 1843-1926

Ambrose Kent (1843-1926) originally from Lincolnshire, England, was a successful watch-maker and jeweller in Toronto at Ambrose Kent & Sons. He was also the Superintendent of the Trinity Methodist Sabbath School in Toronto for 21 years, retiring on May 28, 1912 (Trinity Methodist Church Sunday School Minutes, 1994.026L 1-9).

Zurbrigg, Carl, 1919-2002
Persona · 1919-2002

Carl Wesley Zurbrigg (1919-2002) was a minister with the United Church of Canada for 56 years. He was born in Listowel, Ontario. From 1937-1940 he worked at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Listowel and Auburn-Dungannon. He received a B.A. from Victoria College at the University of Toronto in 1943, and a B.D. from Emmanuel College in 1946. He was ordained by London Conference on May 28, 1946. He was a summer Student in Tribune, Saskatchewan (1941-1942), Madawaska (1943), Ker (1943-1946). He worked as an ordained minister at Jarvie, Alberta (1946-1949), Peace River (1949-1952), Drumheller (1952-1956), Olivet United Church in Hamilton (1956-1968), Dominion-Chalmers, Ottawa (1968-1975), St. James-Simcoe in Erie Presbytery (1975-1984). In administrative capacities, he was Presbytery Chair of Peace River in 1951, Hamilton in 1960 and Erie in 1980. He was the Hamilton Conference Pension Convenor from 1984-1988. He was on the Executive of the Board of World Mission/Division of World Outreach from 1960-1966. Zurbrigg died in 2002.

Morris, John Feguson Gray, 1920-2016
Persona · 1920-2016

John Ferguson Gray Morris (1920-2016) was a United Church clergyman. He was born Orangeville, Ontario to parents Pearl Maude Vena Gray and Rev. John Ferguson German Morris who also served the United Church. He graduated with a B.A. from Victoria University in 1940, a S.T.M. from Union Theological Seminary, N.Y. in 1952, and a M.Div. from Emanuel College in 1954. He served as minister at the following charges: Colgate-Goodwater (1943-1945), Stroud-Lefroy, Simcoe Presbytery (1949-1954), Aurora, Toronto Centre (1954-1961), Timothy Eaton Memorial (1961-1964), St. Andrew’s, Oshawa (1964-1975). Binkley, Hamilton (1975-1985), and St. Paul’s, Brampton (1985-2001). He also served as Field Secretary of Christian Education at the Alberta Conference (1947-1949), Chairman of Presbytery for two terms, and on the General Council Committee on Worship. He was married to Kathleen (Kay) Smith and had two children Lee Morris and Marilyn Gough Barry. His brother Rev. Paul Henry Morris also served the United Church. Known for his liberal outlook on scripture and conservative attitude toward theology his sermons represented the cutting edge of United Church worship.

Fiddes, Henry, 1882-1959
Persona · 1882-1959

Henry Samuel Fiddes was a United Church minister, formerly Methodist. He was born on September 6, 1882 in Peckham, England. After coming to Canada he attended Albert College in Belleville and Victoria College in Toronto from where he graduated in 1915.
He served pastorates in Sheffield, Canboro, Bright, Ker, Durham, Port Rowan, Palermo-Bronte, Wellandport and Fort Erie. He was also Secretary of Hamilton Conference from 1944-1950.

He was married to Mary Groves. Rev. Fidddes died in 1959.

Bowles, Rev. Newton E., 1877-1970
Persona · 1877-1970

Reverend Newton Ernest Bowles (1877-1970) was born and raised in Peel County. He was ordained by Toronto Conference in 1904. He graduated in Arts from Victoria College, Toronto in 1903, and completed his B.D. course in 1907. He was a missionary to China from 1906-1930. He was first stationed in Jenshow in 1906, and in 1908 moved to Kiating where he soon took over duties of the evanglistic and educational work of the station, including outstation supervision. For some years he had charge of the work in connection with the Alexander Sutherland Memorial Church in Chengtu, and was closely associated with the Chinese Conference during its early formative days. Bowles married fellow missionary Miss Muriel Wood in 1912, and the couple had five children, all born in Chengdu; George Herbert, Muriel Margaret, Newton Rowell, Elizabeth Joy and Olive Gertrude. Upon retirement as a Missionary in 1930, he continued work for the United Church in Niagara, Toronto West, Simcoe, and Lindsay Presbyteries until 1948. Newton Ernest Bowles is the brother of Richard Pinch Bowles, former chancellor of Victoria University, Toronto, 1913-1930.

Jackson, Hope, 1922-2003
Persona · 1922-2003

Hope Erna Jackson (nee Weber) (1922-2003) was born in Preston (now Cambridge), Ontario. She attended elementary and high school in Preston, then the University of Western Ontario (Waterloo College) from 1945, receiving a B.A. in 1948. She attended the United Church Training School, Toronto from 1948-1950, and Emmanuel College from 1956-1958, where she earned a B.D. She was received as a candidate in 1956 and ordained in 1966 in London Conference. She worked as a missionary of the W.M.S in Gypsumville, Manitoba from 1950-1956. Her pastorates were Kingston, Nova Scotia (1967-1971), River John, Nova Scotia (1971-1973), Walters Falls, Ontario (1973-1977), and Massey, Ontario (1977-1982). She served as secretary of the Division of Mission in Canada Committee of the Maritime Conference, was secretary of the National Committee on Liturgy, Chairman of the Committee on Liturgy for Manitou Conference, and President of Manitou Conference. She married Rev. Arthur Jackson in October, 1957. Her sister, Faith Bauman was a missionary with the United Methodist Church in India for over 25 years. Jackson died in June, 2003.

Bartlett, Samuel, 1863-1937
Persona · 1863-1937

Samuel T. Bartlett was a United Church minister, formerly Methodist. He was born in the island of Jersey on March 11, 1863 and moved to Canada at the age of nine years. At 17, he entered Methodist ministry and served pastorates in Ontario until he was appointed Associate Secretary of Sunday School and Epworth League Board in 1906, becoming General Secretary in 1909. In 1921 he started work with the Department of Art Photography at the Methodist Book and Publishing House. Rev. Bartlett was superannuated in 1925 and died on December 17, 1937.

Ward, Anne, 1906-1980
Persona · 1906-1980

Anne Isabel Ward was a missionary. She was born in Granton, Ontario on January 14, 1906 and attended the Toronto Conservatory of Music, the University of Western Ontario and the United Church Training School. In 1930 she was designated as missionary and was sent to West China under the Woman’s Missionary Society. She taught at the Hwa Yin Girls’ High School in Chengtu until 1937; served as Dean of Women at the West China Union University for a brief period and became head of its Fine Arts Department. In between she taught choral work and piano. She did not leave immediately following the establishment of the Communist government in 1949 but stayed on for two more years and was one of the last missionaries of the United Church to depart from China.
After a year’s furlough, Anne Ward took up the post of General Secretary of the Dominion Board of the Woman’s Missionary Society. Under her helm, the work of the Woman’s Missionary Society and Board of Overseas Missions was unified paving the way for the creation of United Church Women and the Board of Women. She served as the first secretary of the latter board from 1962-1969. She died on September 1, 1980.

Boorman, Charles, [19-?]-2010
Persona · [19-?]-2010

Charles F. Boorman was a United Church minister previously an officer of the Salvation Army. With the United Church, he served as hospital chaplain and chaplain and counsellor to the Hamilton Police Service.

Rev. Charles Boorman passed away on March 13, 2010.

McLeod, N. Bruce, 1929-
Persona · 1929-

Norman Bruce McLeod was Moderator of The United Church of Canada, 1972-1974. He was born in Toronto in 1929. He obtained his B.D. from Emmanuel College in 1953, M.A. from Columbia University and Th.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1960.
He was ordained by Toronto Conference in 1953 and served at the following churches in Ontario: Victoria Harbour, 1956-1958; St. Stephen’s on-the-Hill, Port Credit, 1958-1965; Westdale United Church, Hamilton, 1965-1970; Bloor Street United Church, Toronto, 1970-1975; and Richmond Hill United Church, 1979-1983; Metropolitan Toronto, 1984-1987; Bellefair, 1989-1994; St. John’s Stratford, 1994-1995; St. John’s Scarborough, 2000; Rosedale, 2000-2001. From 1987-1989 he also served as staff at Toronto Conference.
During his term as moderator he travelled extensively in Canada. In 1975 following his stint as Moderator he became Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and was responsible for drafting a report on human rights in Ontario.

In the 1980s and 1990s Dr. McLeod was often invited as international observer and went to Africa, Latin America and Asia. Inter-faith conversations was a hallmark of his service. He was a frequent contributor to the United Church Observer and a columnist for the Toronto Star.

Dahlin, Henry W., 1924-2000
Persona · 1924-2000

Henry Waldemar Dahlin was a United Church Minister. He was born in Finland on April 18, 1924. He was ordained by Toronto Conference in 1963. Rev. Dahlin received his B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1973 and his B.D. from Emmanuel College in 1976.

He served the following charges in Ontario: Porcupine, 1963-1965; Bond Head, 1965-1976; Knox, Owen Sound, 1976-1981 and Bradford, 1982-1989[?].

Barrass, Edward 1821-1898
Persona · 1821-1898

Rev. Edward Barrass (1821-1898) was born in Durham, England. He worked in mines as a child, and was called to ministry of the Primitive Methodist Church in 1841. In 1853 he emigrated to Canada where he worked throughout the country until he was superannuated in 1891. He was an avid author, and published many volumes on church history and general life. He contributed to such publications as the Christian Guardian, and Canadian Methodist Magazine and was also very involved in the Temperance Movement.

Moore, Arthur Bruce Barbour, 1906-2004
Persona · 1906-2004

Arthur Bruce Barbour Moore (1906-2004) was born in Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick. He received his early education in New Brunswick and Quebec and graduated from McGill in 1927 with honours in English and History. In 1930, he graduated from United Theological College in Montreal with his Bachelor of Divinity. Following graduation, he spent seven years as a minister in Quebec (Amherst Park United Church, Howick United Church) and four years as a minister of College Hill Church in Easton, Pennsylvania. From 1940-1942 he supplied at Parkdale United Church in Ottawa, then served at Westminster United Church in Saskatoon until 1946 when he was appointed Principal of St. Andrew’s college. He received a Doctor of Divinity in 1947, and was elected President of the Saskatchewan Conference of The United Church of Canada in 1949. In 1950 he was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University. In 1952 he received his Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan and a Doctor of Divinity from Trinity College in Toronto. From 1954-1958 he was Chairman of the Board of Overseas Missions of the United Church. In 1969, he was appointed President of the Canadian Council of Churches. From 1971-1972 he served as Moderator of the United Church. From 1973-1974 he served as an Interim Minister at St. Andrews Kirk in Nassau, Bahamas. In 1976 he served as Interim General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches and was also named to the Order of Canada. From 1977-1980 he served as Chancellor of the University of Toronto. Moore died in 2004. He was married to Margaret Moore who died in 2004.