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Person · 1871-1963

William John Booth (1871-1963) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister in Ontario. He was born at Bronte in 1871; he attended Oakville High School and Knox College. Ordained in 1900 into the Presbyterian Church, he served a number of charges in Ontario. He entered the United Church after union, and retired in 1938, living in Orangeville. He died in 1963.

Borland, Alan Leonard, 1923-
Person · 1923-

Alan Leonard Borland (1923- ) was a United Church minister. He was born in Peterborough in 1923. He graduated from Emmanuel College in 1951 and was ordained in Peterborough. Rev. Borland is married to Rev. Judith Borland.

Person · 1892-1952

George Ernest Bott was born in Blackwater, Ontario in 1892 and was a missionary in Japan for 31 years. He graduated from Victoria University in Arts and Divinity and was ordained as a Minister of the Methodist Church in 1921. Shortly afterward he married Edith Clark, and they left almost immediately for missionary work in Japan, stationed first to Tokyo and then to Kofu. They remained there until 1942 when, on the outbreak of the Pacific War, they were repatriated via the "Gripsholm." After the war, in 1946, Dr. Bott was asked to take charge of LARA (Licensed Agencies for Relif in Asia) and became a field director of Church World Service in Japan, representing the United Church of Canada Board of Overseas Missions in its work for relief in Japan. He and another missionary were the first two foreign missionaries to return to Japan in March, 1946. Bott remained in Japan until his death on March 5, 1952.

Person · 1867-1951

Isaac Graham Bowles (1867-1951) was a Methodist/United Church minister in Ontario. He was ordained in the Methodist Church in 1896 and served throughout northern and southern Ontario. He served at Toronto, Wellesley Church, 1921-1925; Toronto, Yonge Street Church, 1925-1929; Livingston Church, Hamilton, 1929-1938. He was married to Ida Louise Gerolamy.

Person · 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.

Boyd, John Melville, 1906-
Person · 1906-

John Melville Boyd (1906- ) was a United Church minister in Ontario and a church administrator. He was born in 1906 in Shallow Lake, Ontario. He was ordained in 1935 and in the same year married Muriel Lane. He served at Elk Lake, Swastika, Bolton, Earlscourt United Church, Toronto and Wesley Centre, Hamilton. Rev. Boyd also served on the Board of Home Missions of the United Church.

Boyd, S. Wesley, 1884-1968
Person · 1884-1968

S. Wesley Boyd (1884-1968) was a Methodist/United Church minister. He as born in Metcalfe, Ontario. He received his Bachelor of Divinity degree from the Wesleyan Theological College in Montreal in 1910, the same year that he was ordained. He went on to earn his Doctor of Theology degree from United Theological College in 1931. He served at Dundela, Algonquin, Westboro, Magog, Sutton and Cowansville, as well as supplying in Coaticook and Sherbrooke after his retirement in 1946.

Person · 1899-1987

Frederick William Leslie Brailey (1899-1987) was a Methodist/United Church minister in Ontario. He was born in England, graduated from Victoria College and was ordained in the Methodist Church in 1926. Rev. Brailey served as a United Church minister in the Hamilton and Toronto Conferences from 1926 to his retirement in 1964. He had a very active career including work on many boards and councils within the church and in the City of Toronto, and was the author of many pamphlets and articles on matters of concern to society. In 1926 he married Laura Pearl Ottmann.

Person · 1891-1975

Earl Watson Brearley (1891-1975) was a Methodist/United Church minister. He was born in Brantford, Ontario; in 1914 he married Gladys Clarke. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1921 and he served at Linwood, 1916-1918; Hornby, 1918-1922; Dereham, 1922-1924; Hagersville, 1925-1928; Hamilton, 1929-1939; Simcoe, 1940-1946; St. Thomas, 1947-1951; and Burlington, 1952 until he retired in 1961.

Person · 1882-1943

Egerton Ryerson Morrow Brecken (1882-1943) was a Methodist/United Church minister, educator, and Missionary to China. The son of Prof. Brecken of Mount Allison University, Egerton Ryerson Morrow Brecken was born in 1882 in Halifax. He was educated at Mount Allison and Victoria Universities. Ordained into the Methodist Church in 1907, he served in West China from 1908 to 1924, teaching Biblical Literature at Chengtu. He travelled and served in Saskatchewan until his appointment in 1930 to teach at Mount Allison. He retired in 1942 due to failing health and eyesight, and died in 1943.

Brewing, Willard, d.1960
Person · d. 1960

Rev. Dr. Willard Brewing was born in Sussex Corners, N.B. He trained for the ministry in the United States and served the Reformed Episcopal Church in Canada as minister and bishop. In 1929, he accepted a call to St. Andrew's - Wesley United Church, Vancouver, where he remained until moving to St. George's United Church, Toronto, in 1938. He was elected as Moderator in 1948 and served until his retirement in 1951. He died in Toronto on August 13, 1960.

Bridge, Wilson, 1906-1991
Person · 1906-1991

Wilson Bridge (1906-1991) was a Congregational/United Church minister and a military chaplain in England and Canada. He was born at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, and was ordained at Grimshaw Street Congregational Church, Preston, Lancashire, in 1936. During World War II, he served as England's first Chaplain to the Air Raid Shelters at Romford, Essex. He was also Honorary Chaplain to the 61st Anti-Aircraft Batallion during the Battle of Britain. In 1951, he emigrated to Canada, and served in Andover, New Brunswick, Lachute, Quebec, Falconbridge, Ontario, St. Catharines, Ontario and Dain City, Ontario. As well, during his time in Lachute, he participated in a pulpit exchange wtih Dr. Michaels of the A.M.E. Zion Church of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Brooking, Robert, 1813-1893
Person · 1813-1893

Robert Brooking (1813-1893) was a Methodist missionary in Africa and the Northwest. Born in England in 1813, he was specially ordained in 1839 for work in Africa. He served the Gold Coast and the interior for seven years. When his health deteriorated, he returned to England, and later came to Canada to serve as a missionary to the Aboriginal Peoples of Ontario and at Norway House and Oxford House. He retired in 1880 and moved to Cobourg. He died in 1893.

Person · 1863-1939

Frederick Luke Brown (1863-1939) was a Methodist/United Church minister and administrator. He was born in 1863. He served various Methodist and United Church pastorates, including several in Northern Ontario in the early 1900s. He served as Superintendent of Home Missions for Toronto, Bay of Quinte, and Montreal Conferences from 1913 to 1933. He died in 1939.

Person · 1887-1978

Margaret H. Brown, (1887-1956) had a distinguished teaching, writing, and publishing career in Shanghai, Hong Kong and West China. She was born in Tiverton, Ontario, in 1887. She taught for about four years before being appointed by the Presbyterian Church in Canada to teach in China. She held the degrees M.A. and B.Paed., retired in 1956, and died in 1978.

Bryant, Cornelius, 1838-1905
Person · 1838-1905

Cornelius Bryant (1838-1905) was a teacher, minister and pioneer of Methodism in British Columbia. Born in England in 1838, he moved to Nanaimo, B.C. in 1858. He taught at Colonial School, and also conducted Sunday services, Sunday School, and the Band of Hope (first temperance society on the West Coast). In 1870 he became a probationer for Methodist ministry, and was ordained in 1874. He served several missions in British Columbia, and was President of B.C. Conference in 1890. He died in 1905.

Person · 1890-1967

Lucy Winifred Bryce (1890-1967) was a Methodist/United missionary to India. Lucy Robinson was born in 1890 in Tokyo. Her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J. Cooper Robinson, were missionaries in Japan of the Church of England in Canada. She was educated at Havergal College, Toronto; the Ottawa Collegiate Institute (Lisgar Collegiate, Ottawa); and the University of Toronto (B.A. 1911). She taught in Westminster College, Toronto (1911-1912), and in 1912-1913 served as a Student Volunteer Movement Secretary. In 1913 she married George Pardon Bryce, a Knox College student who was licensed by the Presbytery of Columbia in 1914 and ordained in 1915 by the Presbytery of Malwa, India, where he and his wife had been appointed as missionaries. Winifred Bryce received her M.A. (1928) and her Ph.D. (1937) from the University of Toronto; her doctoral dissertation was "The Changing Family in India." For many years she was on the staff of the Indore Christian College and was actively involved in producing Christian literature in India. She was the author of several books and served for six years as Secretary of the National Christian Council of India. The Bryces returned to Canada in 1953. George Pardon Bryce died in 1957. In 1959 Winifred Bryce returned to Indore College, where she remained until 1962. She died on 1967 November 1.

Bryce, Peter, 1877-1950
Person · 1877-1950

Peter Bryce (1877-1950) was a Methodist/United Church minister, administrator and Moderator. He was born in Scotland in 1877. He did mission work in Newfoundland in 1903; in 1906 he moved to Toronto and Victoria University. He was active in Earlscourt and other Sunday School and urban mission work. He later served as Secretary of Missionary and Maintenance (1927-1936), Moderator (1936-1938), and Minister at Metropolitan United Church in Toronto (1938-1950). He died in 1950.

Buchanan, Evelyn G., b.1886
Person · b.1886

Mary Evelyn Greig Buchanan (b.1886) was a teacher, and a missionary to China and India. She was born in Levis, Quebec, and taught public school in Montreal and Lethbridge for thirteen years. She also spent seven years teaching primary school in Canton, China, arriving in 1922. She was appointed to Honan, China, by the Board of Foreign Missions in 1934 to teach school. She also served in India from 1946, returning to Canada in 1951.