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German, John F., 1842-1919
Person · 1842-1919

John Ferguson German (1842-1918) was a Methodist minister and administrator. He was born in South Dumfries, Ontario and studied at Victoria University, and was ordained into the Methodist Church in 1866. He ministered in Ontario for most of his career, and in Winnipeg from 1876-1880. While in Winnipeg he served as Chairman of District, which included responsibility for missions to the Aboriginal Peoples. He also served as President of Toronto Conference and as a member of General Conference. He retired in 1917.

Person · 1841-1940

Alexander Morton Hamilton (1841-1940) was a Presbyterian minister. He was born in New York State and his family moved to Brantford, Ontario, in 1846. He taught school, then studied at the University of Toronto and Knox College. Ordained in 1877, he ministered for forty years at Chalmers Presbyterian Church in Winterbourne, Ontario, and for twenty-nine years (concurrently) at Gale Presbyterian Church in Elmira, Ontario. He retired in 1917 to Guelph, Ontario.

Hay, William, 1822-1897
Person · 1822-1897

William Hay (1822-1897) was a Congregational minister and administrator in Ontario. He was born in Perth, Ontario. He studied at the Congregational Institute at Toronto, graduating in 1847. He was ordained as a Congregational minister a few months later. He served churches in Ontario, and was elected chairman of the Congregational Union in 1863. He retired to Scotland.

Hockin (family)
Family

The Hockin Family included Arthur Hockin, his son Arthur, Jr., his daughter-in-law Lily Hockin [nee Howie], and their daughter, Katharine. The three eldest served the Methodist Church of Canada, Arthur as a minister in Nova Scotia, his son and son's wife as missionaries in China. Katharine Hockin served as a missionary in China, and as an educator in Canada. Lily [Howie] Hockin was a daughter of the manse, her father Isaac was a Methodist minister in New Brunswick, and her sister, Jessie Howie, was a missionary in Japan with that church.

Person · fl. 1915-1950

Martin A. Hopkins served as Presbyterian evangelist, principal, and professor in various cities and institutions in North China in the mid- twentieth century. He was an ordained missionary of the First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1917 to at least 1950.

Person · 1821-1912

John George Hodgins (1821-1912) was a civil servant in the Ontario Department of Education, a close associate of Egerton Ryerson, and a historiographer of education in Ontario. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he studied at the Upper Canada Academy, Victoria College (M.A.), and the University of Toronto (law). He served in the Ontario Department of Education as an administrator from 1844; Deputy to Chief Superintendent, 1855-1876; Deputy Minister, 1876-1889. He worked with Egerton Ryerson to establish and develop the public school system. After retirement, he was the librarian and chief historian of the Department.

Ivens, William, 1878-1957
Person · 1878-1957

William Ivens (1878-1957) was a Methodist minister, member of the labour movement and politician. Born in Great Britain, William Ivens studied at Wesley College, Winnipeg. He was ordained in 1908. In 1916, he was stationed at McDougall Methodist Church, Winnipeg. Facing opposition for his advocacy of social gospel and pacifism, he resigned in 1918. He founded the Labour Church in 1918 and edited the Western Labor News. Involved in the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919, he was jailed in 1920. He was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Dominion Labour Party.

Person · 1854-1933

William Robert Young (1854-1933) was a Methodist and United Church minister and administrator. Born near Kingston, Ontario, he studied at Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal, 1879-1881, and received a B.A. from Victoria College, Toronto, in 1890. He was ordained in 1881, and served numerous charges in Ontario and Quebec, including St. James Church, Montreal, 1905-1913. He served various offices in Church courts, and was a longtime Secretary of the General Board of Missions. He was involved in the final negotiations for Church Union in 1925, and planned the inaugural service of 1925 June 10. He retired in 1928, but served on the United Church General Council Executive until 1932. He also served on several non- church boards.

Person · 1892-1958

William Harold Young (1892-1958) was a Methodist/United Church minister and administrator. He was born at Millbrook, Ontario, was educated at McGill and Columbia Universities, and at Union Theological Seminary, New York. He was ordained into the Methodist Church in 1916 and served charges in Montreal, Peterborough, and Toronto. He served as Secretary of the United Church Board of Colleges and Secondary Schools, 1947-1958. He also chaired numerous national committees of the Church.

Person · 1848-1936

George Coulson Workman (1848-1936) was a Methodist minister, editor and controversial theologian. He was born in Grafton, Ontario and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1876. He was assistant editor of The Christian Guardian, 1876-1878; professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Victoria University, 1882-1884; post-graduate student at Leipzig University, 1884-1889. Back in Toronto, his public lecture on "Messianic Prophecy" in 1890 led to a great controversy about the method of Biblical interpretation. He resigned from Victoria the next year. He spent the rest of his life in study, writing, and supply preaching, except for a period of teaching at Wesleyan Theological College in Montreal, 1904-1908, when he again became embroiled in controversy about his liberal views. He moved back to Toronto in 1910.

Webster, John, 1823-1902
Person · 1823-1902

John Webster (1823-1892) was a Methodist minister in Canada West/Ontario. He was born in London Township, Ontario, became a Methodist local preacher in 1842, and was ordained in 1851. He served circuits in Canada West/Ontario until he retired in 1892.

Watt, John Robert, 1919-
Person · 1919-

John Robert Watt (1919- ) is a United Church minister, a writer and a broadcaster. He was born in Barrie, Ontario, studied at Victoria and Emmanuel Colleges and was ordained into the United Church in 1947. He served a home mission charge in Manitoba, and rural charges in Ontario, 1947-1958. He was the senior minister at Trinity United Church, Toronto, 1958-1974; and a Humber Valley United Church, Toronto, 1974-1980. He has served on the boards of various post- secondary institutions; has been a broadcaster; and has written several books.

Person · 1851-1930

Francis Huston Wallace, (1851-1930) was a Methodist minister and theologian. The son of a Presbyterian minister, he converted to Methodism as a young man. He studied at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, Drew University (New Jersey), Knox College, and the University of Leipzig. He was ordained in 1875 and served churches in Ontario. He was appointed Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis at Victoria University in 1887, and became the Dean of Theology in 1900. He continued to lecture after his retirement in 1920.

Person · 1883-1958

John Taylor Tucker (1883-1958) was a Congregational/United Church missionary to Angola. Born in England, he graduated from Congregational College in Montreal in 1911. He was appointed as a Congregational missionary to Angola in 1912, and became the first principal of the Currie Institute (for boys) at Dondi. He helped to found the Angola Evangelical Alliance, and eventually served as its full-time secretary. In later years, he headed the Centre for Missionary Orientation in Lisbon, Portugal. He wrote several books and articles about Angola missions and its native people, and was fluent in Umbundu.

Taylor, Lachlin, 1815-1881
Person · 1815-1881

Lachlin Taylor (1815-1881) was a Methodist minister and agent. He was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in his youth, converting with his family from Presbyterianism to Methodism. He was ordained in 1843 and preached on circuits in Ontario until his health failed in the late 1840s. He was an agent for the Upper Canada Bible Society, 1851-1863; an agent for the British and Foreign Bible Society in British Columbia, 1863-1864; Secretary of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1865-1874; and an agent of the Canadian Government in Britain, promoting settlement in the Northwest, 1874-1878.

Person · 1861-1941

Robert Bird Steinhauer (1861-1941) was a Methodist/United Church minister and missionary teacher as well as the first Aboriginal-Canadian to receive a B.A. He was born in Alberta of Cree descent and studied at Victoria University, receiving his B.A. in 1887. He was ordained in 1890. He served as a missionary teacher among the Aboriginal Peoples of Alberta, 1887-1894. He filled various administrative posts until his retirement in 1931. He received a D.D. from Victoria University in 1937.

Person · 1873-1955

William John Sheridan (1873-1955) was a medical missionary to China and Alberta. He was born in Palermo, Ontario and studied at the University of Toronto. He served the Methodist then United Church of Canada as hospital superintendent and surgeon in West China, 1907-1944. After he retired in 1945, he served briefly as a hospital superintendent in Battle River, Alberta. He wrote the book Watching the Chinese Curtain Fall at the time of the Chinese revolution.