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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.

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.

Carroll, John, 1809-1884
Person · 1809-1884

John Carroll (1809-1884) was a Methodist minister and historian. Born in York, he converted in 1824, and entered the ministry in 1827. He served Ontario circuits, and is best known as a chronicler of the denomination. He wrote several important works, including Case and His Co-Temporaries. He died in 1884.

Person · 1845-1931

Alexander Cameron (1845-1931) was a Presbyterian minister. He was born in Nova Scotia and educated at Dalhousie University and Queen's University, where he studied theology. He was ordained by Ottawa Presbytery in 1874 and served as missionary to CPR construction camps, first between Winnipeg and and Fort William (1878-1885), and then between Revelstoke and Calgary (1885-1902). He served other charges in B.C. until retiring in 1915.

Chapple, John, 1811-1896
Person · 1811-1896

John Chapple (1811-1896) was a Bible Christian minister. Born and ordained in England, he preached there until he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1851. He came to Canada in 1857, and travelled on various circuits in Ontario and Prince Edward Island. He twice occupied the presidential chair of the Canadian Conference, and died in Cleveland in 1896.

Coleman, Francis, 1813-1900
Person · 1813-1900

Francis Coleman, (1813-1900) was a Methodist minister. He was a native of Cornwall, England and came to Canada in 1834, settling in Darlington. He was active as a class leader and local preacher. He was received on trial in 1840, and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1842. He served numerous circuits in Ontario until his retirement in 1874.

Copland, E. Bruce, 1901-1989
Person · 1901-1989

Edward Bruce Copland, (1901-1989) was an ordained United Church missionary and administrator. He studied at McGill University, United Theological College (Montreal), and in Edinburgh and in Paris, earning the degrees of M.A. and D.D. He served at the Honan Mission in China during 1922-1926 and 1931-1942. He was the Executive Secretary of the Church of Christ in China from 1942 to 1951, and secretary for missionary personnel for the National Council of Churches of Christ (U.S.A.) during the early 1950s. He taught school in Taiwan from 1929 to 1931, and was appointed Associate General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Formosa in 1957.

Cosford, Thomas, 1813-1892
Person · 1813-1892

Thomas Cosford, (1813-1892) was a Wesleyan Methodist minister. Born in Hardington, England, his family immigrated to Canada ca. 1819 and converted to Methodism ca. 1825. He was received on trial in 1839, and ordained in 1943. He ministered in Canada West/Ontario until 1883. He served as Superintendent of Mount Elgin Industrial Institute, Ontario, during 1875-1880. He was a promoter of the temperance movement, and served as District Chairman many times.

Crummy, Eber, 1861-1939
Person · 1861-1939

Eber Crummy (1862-1939) was a Methodist missionary to Japan and educator. Born in Brockville, he was received on trial by the Montreal Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada in 1882. He graduated from Victoria College in 1887, and was ordained in the same year. After a short stay at Onslow, he went to Kumamota, Japan in 1888, and served as Dean of Theology at Tokyo Eiwa Gakko from 1892-1897. He took up various circuits in Canada after his return, and acted as Principal of Wesley College, Winnipeg, from 1915 to 1917. He held the degrees of B.Sc., M.A., and D.D., and died in 1939.

Cook, Joseph S., 1859-1933
Person · 1859-1933

Joseph S. Cook (1859-1933) was a Methodist minister. He was born in Durham County, England, and immigrated as a young man to Georgetown, Ontario. He became a probationer for the Methodist Church in 1880, began studies at Wesleyan College and McGill University in 1883, and was ordained in 1885. He served circuits in Ontario until his retirement in 1919. While in the active ministry, he studied part-time and earned further degrees (S.T.D., Ph.D.).

Arnup, Harold L., 1912-
Person · 1912-

Alice Dorey (1883-1979) was a teacher, a writer, a poet, and the wife of United Church Moderator Very Rev. George Dorey. Alice Ann Dent was born in Cowansville, Quebec. She taught at a school for the deaf in Montreal and wrote poems which were published in Canada, the United States, England, Australia, and some which were translated into Hungarian and Italian. She also wrote book reviews and occasional articles for The United Church Observer.

Person · 1869-1942

John Robert Douglas (1869-1942) was a Presbyterian and United Church minister. Ordained in 1898, he served in Quebec until 1913, at which point he moved to serve various parishes in Ontario. He retired in 1937.

Dougall, James, 1779-1839
Person · 1779-1839

James Dougall, (1779-1839) was a Methodist layperson and Justice of the Peace. He was born in Newport, Nova Scotia. He moved to Hallowel (Picton), Ontario, in 1796, and became a member of the Methodist Church ca. 1799, and one of the first trustees of "White Chapel" or "Conger Chapel" in 1811. For many years (ca. 1817-1839) he was the recording steward of Hallowel Circuit.

Duncan, Robert, 1833-1890
Person · 1833-1890

Robert Duncan, (1833-1890) was a Methodist minister. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. Rev. Duncan was received on trial by the Methodist Church, and ordained in 1857. He served circuits in the Maritimes and in Bermuda. Ill health forced his retirement in 1885, and he died in Brooklyn, New York.