Fonds F2524 - Wexford Heights United Church (Scarborough, Ont.) fonds

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Wexford Heights United Church (Scarborough, Ont.) fonds

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CA ON00340 F2524

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  • 1998 (Reproduction)
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    United Church of Canada Archives
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    Microfilmed
  • 1842-2019 (Creation)
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    Wexford Heights United Church (Scarborough, Ont.)

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5.23 m of textual records and other materials

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(2002-)

Administrative history

Wexford Heights United Church was formed in 2002 with the amalgamation of Zion-Wexford United Church and Wilmar Heights United Church.

Zion-Wexford Church, at 2162 Lawrence Avenue East in Scarborough, began life in 1842 as a Primitive Methodist congregation meeting in a small building called Twaddle's Chapel in Wexford, Ontario. In 1876 a stone church with the name 'Parsonage Church' was built on the present site, and the Primitives joined the Methodist Union of 1884. A dispute led the congregation to join with the Presbyterian Church in 1888-1889, and it was as a Presbyterian congregation (renamed Zion) that it joined the United Church in 1925. In 1954 the name Wexford was prefixed to the congregation's name to distinguish it from other Zion churches in the Toronto Presbytery, as Metropolitan Toronto was formed and the geographic name Wexford disappeared from maps.

Wilmar Heights United Church was established in 1954, originally meeting in Wexford Public School. A new church was dedicated in 1957. In 2002 Wilmar Heights U.C. amalgamated with Zion-Wexford U.C. to become Wexford Heights U.C.

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Fonds consists of records, including baptisms, 1858-1884, of Scarborough Primitive Methodist Circuit (includes Bethesda, Markham, Malvern, Bethel Church, Parsonage Church, Providence Church and Zion Church), 1853-1884; records of Parsonage Primitive Methodist Church, Scarborough, 1842-1876; Quarterly Board minutes of Scarborough Methodist Circuit (includes Don Mills, Malvern, Wexford, Bethesda Church, Parsonage Church, Providence Church), 1884-1888; records of Parsonage Methodist Church, 1884-1888; records of Zion Presbyterian Church, 1889-1922; records, including baptisms, , and marriages, 1926-1948, of Zion United Church, Scarborough (includes Zion Presbyterian Church), 1889-1954; and records, including baptisms, 1950-1964, marriages, 1950-1992, and burials, 1949-1983, of Zion-Wexford United Church, 1889-2002; records, including baptisms, 1952-2002, marriages, 1953-2002, and burials, 1954-2002, of WIlmar Heights United Church, Scarborough, 1952-2002; and records, including baptisms, 1963-2018, marriages, 1992-2019, and burials, 1984-2019, of Wexford Heights United Church, Scarborough (includes Zion-Wexford United Church and Wilmar Heights United Church), 1963-2019.

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  • English

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    Parts of the textual records are available on microfilm reel LCM-231: positive and negative; 35 mm. For a listing of these records, see the LCR Microfilm Shelf List. LCM reels are available through Inter-Library Loan.

    Restrictions on access

    Access to baptismal, marriage and burial registers may be restricted according to relevant privacy legislation.

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    Use microfilm where available

    Finding aids

    Toronto Conference - Metropolitan Toronto - finding aid 289

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    General note

    Includes records of the former Fonds 2878: Wexford Heights United Church fonds.
    Index of baptisms, marriages, and burials before 1925 available in the Reading Room. See publication Toronto Scarborough United Churches (formerly Methodist and Presbyterian), Ontario Genealogical Society.

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    Includes:
    218 photographs
    8 architectural drawings
    4 maps
    1 audio disc : vinyl, 33 1/3 rpm

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    1988.034L

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    1997.076L

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    2003.011L

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    2010.043L

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    2010.105L

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    2012.027L

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    2013.126L/TR

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    2019.214L

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    revised 02/2020 eg

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