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Corporate body · 1890-1917

All Hallows' Residential School was a boarding school for girls (Indigenous and non-Indigenous), located in Yale, British Columbia. It was established in 1890 and operated by the Anglican Church in Canada with initial staffing coming from the Sisters of the Community of All Hallows in Norfolk, England. The school was closed in 1917 and the students transferred to the Residential School at Lytton.

CAN · Corporate body · 1926-1965

Hamilton's All People's United Church was opened in 1926 to serve new Canadians in the city, particularly Chinese, Japanese and Italian families. In addition to church services, the Mission provided community services to its constituents including summer camps for disadvantaged youths, visitation of mothers, and recreational activites for adult males. Much of the records of the Mission were destroyed by a fire in 1947, and a new building was opened in 1948. All People's was closed in 1965.

CAN · Corporate body

All People's was one of the first 'union' churches in Ontario, an amalgamation of the work of Presbyterian and Methodist urban missionaries and church workers, which took place in 1920. The Mission offered outreach and social services to 'new' Canadians, especially Italians, and to the urban poor, as well as work amongst adults. During the Depression the Mission operated a soup kitchen. In 1967 All People's Mission amalgamated with John Wesley United Church, and the its former building was demolished.

Corporate body · 1925-1969

The All People's Mission, began as a Methodist Mission in ca.1914, with close ties to Central Methodist Church (Welland, Ont). The mission was created to serve the new Canadians living in the Maple Park community of Welland. In 1925, at the time of church union, the All people's United Mission was established. The mission housed Italian United Church, and Hungarian United Church and a Ukranian United Church. In 1969 the All people's Mission was discontinued and it became All People's Pastoral Charge.

CAN · Corporate body · 1926-1965

Hamilton's All People's United Church was opened in 1926 to serve new Canadians in the city, particularly Chinese, Japanese and Italian families. In addition to church services, the Mission provided community services to its constituents including summer camps for disadvantaged youths, visitation of mothers, and recreational activites for adult males. Much of the records of the Mission were destroyed by a fire in 1947, and a new building was opened in 1948. All People's was closed in 1965.

Corporate body · 1925-1969

All People's United Church in Port Colborne was part of the All People's Industrial Mission (Welland, Ont.), many of the locations in the mission had congregations that were United Church points. In 1969, the All People's Mission was discontinued and it became All People's Pastoral Charge, a three point charge. The congregation at the Port Colborne location became the Hungarian Reformed Church (Port Colborne, Ont.) part of the Hungarian United churches.

Corporate body · ca. 1930-

All People's United Church, located at 400 Antwerp Avenue in Sudbury, was established ca. 1927 as a mission to serve new Canadians in the Sudbury area, particularly Italian, Hungarian, and Finnish families. The All People's Mission Church was dedicated on January 5, 1930. This building was destroyed by fire in February 1946. The congregation temporarily met at the Finnish Hall, Sudbury until a new building was built and was officially open in October 1948. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

All People's United Church in the early 20th century was often a multiple-point charge. The other points included at various times the following congregations: Copper Cliff, Creighton Mines, Frood, Garson, Gatchell, Grassy Lake, Kelly Lake, Levack, Naughton, New Sudbury and Trout Lake.

Corporate body · 1925-2014

All People's United Church in Welland began as a point on the All People's Industrial Mission, which included, at various times, Niagara Falls, Allanburg, Dain City, Port Colborne, Thorold South, and Welland South; ca. 1969 All People's Industrial Mission was discontinued and All People's Pastoral Charge was formed, consisting of Maple Leaf United Church in Welland, and Welland South - ca. 1992 it became a single point charge. The All People's United Church closed in Oct 2014.

CAN · Corporate body · 1929-2007

All Saints Anglican Church, was built in 1929. In 1979 the congregation joined with Rouyn Mission Field to form a shared Anglican and United Church ministry. The shared church was called All Saints Church.

Corporate body · 1979-2007

All Saints Church, established in 1979 was a shared ministry of the United and Anglican Churches in Noranda, Quebec. It closed on June 17, 2007.

Noranda - Rouyn United Church was established ca. 1926 , as Rouyn United Church, with the formation of Rouyn Mission Field. A church building was constructed in 1929. In 1979 the congregation joined a shared ministry with the Anglican Church to form All Saints Anglican Church. In 1986 the separate cities of Noranda and Rouyn merged to form Noranda - Rouyn.

North-West Quebec Pastoral Charge was formed ca. 1938, and included Arntfield, Belleterre, Bousquet, Cadillac, Duparquet, McWatters, and Normetal. It was discontinued ca. 1959.

Arntfield United Church was established in 1939. It closed ca. 1958.

Person · 1878-1973

Annie Whitburn Allen, (1878-1973), was a Methodist/United Church missionary to Japan. Miss Annie Allen was born in Montreal on 1878 August 6. Her father, James Allen, was a Methodist minister. Annie Allen received her B.A. from Victoria College, University of Toronto in 1902. She attended the Methodist National Training School in 1904 and 1905. She was appointed to Japan by the Woman's Missionary Society in September 1905. Annie Allen returned to Canada in 1940 and retired in 1946.

Allen, James, 1843-1918
Person · 1843-1918

James Allen, (1843-1918), was a Methodist minister in Ontario. He was born in Ireland in 1843 and came to Canada when he was three years old. He entered the ministry in 1869. He graduated from Victoria University in 1875, taking his M.A. degree in 1880. Most of his pastorates were in Ontario where he filled both rural and city charges. In 1902 he was made president of the Toronto Conference and Superintendent of Missions, spending four years in helping to establish Methodism in New Ontario, or Nippissing. In 1906 he was elected General Secretary of Home Missions and held the office until his death.

Corporate body · 1932-

Allenford - Park Head Pastoral Charge, formerly known as Allenford Pastoral Charge, was formed ca. 1932 when Park Head United Church joined Allenford to form a two-point pastoral charge. It is still an active pastoral charge of the United Church of Canada.

Allenford United Church, located at 7763 Highway 21, South Bruce Peninsula, was established in 1925, formerly Methodist. Allenford Methodist Church was established in 1876 and was later part of a circuit including Elsinore, North Derby, County Line (Salem) and Skipness. The church joined the United Church of Canada in 1925 and first formed a single-point pastoral charge until ca. 1932 when Park Head and Allenford created a two-point charge. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Park Head United Church, located at 59 Park Head Road, South Bruce Peninsula, was established in 1925, formerly Methodist. Park Head Methodist Church was established in 1874 as a Wesleyan Methodist church and was part of a circuit that included Hepworth and Zion Amabel. In 1891, the original log church was replaced with the current building. The church joined the United Church of Canada in 1925 as part of the Hepworth Pastoral Charge. Around 1932, it joined Allenford to form a two-point charge. It is still an active congregation of he Untied Church of Canada.

Person · 1914-1993

Gordon Henry Allison (1914-1993), was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He was educated at SS #1 Glanford and Caledonia High School and, thereafter, qualified as a teach at Hamilton Normal School. He taught elementary school in Amherstburg while taking extension course degrees from the University of Toronto and McMaster University. He returned to Hamilton in 1953 to teach English at Delta Secondary School. After retiring from Delta, he turned his energies to searching local archives and records. At his church, Barton Stone United, he compiled extensive archives on church members going back to 1811, assembled pictures and biographies on every minister the church ever had, and researched every person buried in the cemetery. He worked as an editor on several historical publications and compiled histories of dozens of the earliest Mountain families and all of the Ryckman's Corners pioneers. For the last seven years of his life Allison read every edition of The Hamilton Spectator from 1846 to 1893, and transcribed every birth notice, marriage announcement, death account and obituary. He died 3 February 1993 in his Ryckman's Corners home at the age of 79. Allison never married and had no survivors.

Alma Pastoral Charge (Ont.)
Corporate body

Alma Pastoral Charge was established in 1925, formerly Methodist; circa 1984 it became Alma-Goldstone Pastoral Charge. Alma Methodist Circuit was established in 1884 and included Creekbank, Bethel, Zion, Parker, Bloomsbury, Mount Hope; it joined the United Church of Canada in 1925. Alma United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist. Bethel United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist; it closed in 1947.