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Fraserdale Pastoral Charge was formed ca. 1964, and included Fraserdale, Island Falls and Little Long Rapids. It was discontinued in 1968 when the congregations joined Smooth Rock Falls Pastoral Charge.

Corporate body · 1925-

St. Andrew's United Church in Sudbury was established in 1925, formerly Methodist and Presbyterian. The congregation used both of the former buildings until 1927 when it settled on the former Presbyterian Church building at Larch Street. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Corporate body · 1925-2002

Donnybrook United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist; it closed in 2002.

Corporate body

Uno Park United Church was established in 1925. It formed part of a multiple point charge, Uno Park Pastoral Charge, with Milberta, Hillview , Henwood (ca. 1935-1938), Harris and Sutton Bay. Uno Park United Church closed ca. 1959 and the other congregations joined Elk Lake Pastoral Charge.

Person · 1880-1965

Jesse H. Arnup, (1881-1965) was a minister and Moderator of the United Church of Canada. He was born in Norfolk County, Ontario in 1881. He graduated from Victoria College in 1909 and received his D.D. from Wesley College, Winnipeg, in 1924. From 1910 to 1912 he was Secretary of the Layman's Missionary Movement of the Methodist Church, Assistant Secretary of Overseas Missions from 1913 to 1925, and Secretary of United Church of Canada Foreign Missions from 1925 to 1952. He served as Moderator from 1944 to 1946.

Person · 1867-1951

Herbert Whitehead Barker (1867-1951) was a banker who was active in the Congregational Union and then the United Church. He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia. His father, Rev. Enoch Barker, was a Congregationalist minister. Herbert Whitehead Barker settled in Toronto in the 1880s, working in banking. He was Treasurer of the Congregational Union from 1920 to 1925 as well as Treasurer of the Inter-Church Forward Movement. From 1925 to 1940, Mr. Barker served as Deputy Treasurer of the United Church.

Person · 1868-1939

Melvyn Matthew Bennett (1868-1939) was a minister of the Methodist Church and later of The United Church of Canada. He was born in Sebringville, Ontario in 1868. He obtained his B.A. degree from Wesley College, Winnipeg in 1893. After a couple of years teaching, he returned to Wesley College and Victoria College. He was ordained in 1898. He was posted to the Dryden Mission in Northern Ontario. In 1899, he married Kathleen Cooper. He preached at various circuits in Saskatchewan, returning after 1925 to Ontario. Rev. Bennett retired in 1927 and died in 1939.

Person · 1903-1988

William George Berry (1903-1988) was a minister of the United Church of Canada. He was born in London, England and educated at Mount Allison University, McGill University and Oxford University. He was ordained in 1934. Rev. Berry was active in social work and served as Associate Secretary on the Board of Evangelism and Social Service. He was a member of the Inter-Church Committee on Protestant- Roman Catholic Relations and was active in union negotiations with the Anglican Church of Canada. He retired in 1971 and died in 1988.

Person · 1902-1982

Alfred Fernes Binnington (1902-1982) was a United Church minister. He was born in Toronto in 1902. He was educated at Victoria College and Emmanuel College, receiving his B.D. degree in 1931. He was ordained as a United Church minister the same year. Rev. Binnington served various churches across the country before he retired in 1967. He died in 1982.

Person · 1818-1898

Henry Flesher Bland (1818-1898) was a Methodist minister. Born in Yorkshire, England, on 1818 August 23, he started as a local preacher at the age of fifteen. He emigrated to Canada in 1858 and entered the ministry of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, serving in Quebec and Eastern Ontario. His pastorates included many of the largest Methodist Churches of that area. In 1881, he was elected President of the Montreal Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada. He died at Smiths Falls on 1898 December 29 and was buried beside his wife in Cataraqui Cemetery. He was survived by five sons, two of whom (Salem and Charles Edward) were Methodist ministers. He was the author of Soul Winning (1883) and Universal Childhood Drawn to Christ (1889).

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.

Bowslaugh (family)
Family

The Bowslaugh family was a Methodist family in Ontario. Peter Bowslaugh (1756-1848) was a lay preacher on the Ancaster Circuit.

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.