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Embury, Philip, 1728-1773
Person

Philip Embury (1728-1773) was an Irish-American preacher and one of the founders of Methodism in the United States. He was born near Limerick, Ireland. He emigrated to New York in 1760. He was the first Methodist class leader and local preacher in New York.

Person · 1930-

Shirley Endicott Small was born in 1930, the daughter of James G. Endicott, missionary to West China. An alumna of Victoria University she later taught sociology at the University of Toronto and became active in efforts to end violence against women. A life-long member of the United Church, she is a frequent speaker to United Church Women and is also an author and creative writer.

She was predeceased by her second husband, William Small, founding comptroller and first secretary of York University, himself son of missionaries to China.

Person · 1898-1993

James Gareth Endicott (1898-1993) was a United Church minister and missionary to China. The son of James Endicott, he was born in China. He studied at Victoria College, where he was a student leader in the Student Volunteer Movement, the Student Christian Movement, and the Student Council. He was a missionary in China, starting in 1925. He resigned his ministry in 1946. In 1952 he was censured by The United Church of Canada for supporting the Chinese revolution and for accusing the United States of using germ warfare in Korea. He was Chairman of the Canadian Peace Congress from 1948 to 1971, and a member of the World Council of Peace. He was awarded the International Peace Prize by the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and he received an official apology from the United Church in 1982.

Endicott, James, 1865-1954
Person · 1865-1954

James Endicott (1865-1954) was a Methodist/United Church minister, missionary to China, administrator, and Moderator of the United Church. He was born in Devonshire, England. He was a probationer of the Methodist Church on Home Mission fields in Western Canada. He studied at Wesley College, Manitoba, and was ordained in 1893. He was a missionary in West China, 1893-1910; Field Secretary, 1912; General Secretary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, 1913-1925; Secretary of Foreign Missions of the United Church, 1925-1937; and second Moderator of the United Church, 1926-1928.

English, William, 1819-1888
Person · 1819-1888

William English, (1819-1888) was a Methodist missionary to Gambia and the West Indies, and a minister in Ontario. Born in England in 1819, William English was sent as a Methodist missionary to Gambia, in West Africa, in 1839. He was transferred to the West Indies in 1841. He moved to Canada in 1857 and served as a minister in Ontario until retirement in 1879, and died in 1888.

Erasmus, Bill, 1954-
Person · 1954-

Bill Erasmus was National Chief of the Dene Nation from 1987-2003 and 2006-2018. The organization was original called the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories, and was founded in 1969. He was born and raised in Yellowknife.

Erion, Edwin M., 1922-2009
Person · 1922-2009

Edwin M. Erion (1922-2009) was a United Church minister. Born in Lindsay, Ontario, he grew up in Niagara Falls and served as a radar technician with the RCAF during World War II. Ed entered the United Church Ministry in 1962. He completed his degrees at Queen's University, Kingston in 1968, while serving as student minister at Batawa and Zion United Churches. His first full-time charge was in Chelmsford (St. Stephen's) and Dowling (Larchwood), then at Copper Cliff from 1973 to 1990. He retired in 1990, but returned shortly after to minister to the congregation at Chelmsford where he remained until his death. He died on September 11, 2009.

Evans, Donald D., 1927-
Person

Donald Evans (1927- ) is a United Church minister and an academic. He was born in Fort William and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1950, his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Oxford University in 1955 and his Doctorate in Philosophy from Oxford University in 1962. He was ordained as a United Church minister in 1955 and served a congregation in Grand Forks, B.C. until 1958. From 1960 to 1964, he was Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity at McGill University. In 1964 he joined the University of Toronto where he served as Professor of Philosophy until his retirement.

Evans, James, 1801-1846
Person · 1801-1846

James Evans was a teacher, Methodist minister and missionary, linguist, and author. He was born in Kingston-upon-Hull, England, the son of James Evans, ship’s captain, and Mary–. He married Mary Blithe Smith in 1822, and they had two daughters, one of whom died in childhood. He died in Kelby, England.

Evans went to school in Lincolnshire, England. In 1822 he followed his parents to Lower Canada. He found employment as a teacher near L’Original, Upper Canada. About three years later he and his wife moved to Augusta Township on the St Lawrence River, where he converted to Methodism. He accepted an appointment to the Rice Lake School for Indian children [Alderville Residential School] in 1828. Ordained in 1833, he was appointed to the St Clair Mission (near Port Sarnia) in 1834. In 1838, the Canada Conference sent him on a tour of the north shore of Lake Superior. In 1839 he met Governor George Simpson of the Hudson’s Bay Company, who in January 1840 agreed to support Methodist missionaries, named by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in Britain, in its territory. Evans, who since his return to Upper Canada had been serving as minister at Guelph, was appointed to Norway House, Manitoba, in April of that year. However, his concerns for the Indigenous peoples, and his location at a main transfer point of the HBC brought him into conflict with company policy and practice, culminating in accusations of sexual misconduct and a request for his removal by Simpson in 1845. The Wesleyan Society invited him back to England, where he was tried before Methodist church authorities. He was acquitted of sexual improprieties. Evans died suddenly of a heart attack following a missionary rally in Lincolnshire in November 1846. In 1955 his remains were brought from England and reburied at Norway House.

During his career Evans studied several Indigenous languages. In the past he was accredited with developing a syllabary for the Ojibwa (1836) and Cree (1840) languages, which he used for teaching, translating and writing. The history of the development of Cree syllabics has been studied, and the prevailing narrative is the syllabics are ultimately the result of collaboration between numerous Indigenous people and James Evans (Harp, S. (2023 March 9) Origins of Cree Syllabics. Library and Archives Canada Blog). Evans did translate and print portions of the New Testament, hymns and other material. He published his book Speller and Interpreter, in Indian and English, for the use of the mission schools, and such as may desire to obtain a knowledge of the Ojibway tongue in 1837.

Evans, Ruth 1930-
Person · 1930-

Ruth Evans was born in Warwick, England in 1930. She earned an honours B.A in 1952 and an M.A in 1956, both from Oxford. She later earned an M.A. from the Toronto School of Theology in 1980. She was the founder and executive secretary of the Toronto branch of the Association for the Repeal of the Canadian Abortion Law (ARCAL), and developed this into the Association for Contraceptive Counselling and Related Areas (ACCRA) for which she was the first Chairperson of the Board of Directors. With the United Church she acted as Chairperson of the Committee on Abortion, and spoke on the report at 24th General Council, 1971. As member of the United Church Commission on Abortion 1975 she worked on the theological review and clarification submitted to General Council in 1980. She was a member of the Conference Task force to raise consciousness in the church on the position of women, 1980. She worked for the Division of Mission in Canada and Director of the Office of Christian Development at General Council offices.

Person · 1880-1953

Robert Edis Fairbairn (1880-1953) was a Methodist Minister. He was born in Sunderland England in 1880 to parents William Shaw Fairbairn and Mary Ann Goodenough. In 1907 he graduated from Headingley Theological College and was ordained as a Wesleyan Minister in Cardiff in 1911. That year he married Florence Aubrey and they had one child, Sydney Mary Fairbairn. During WWI he served in England and Bermuda and then transferred to the Canadian Methodist Church in 1917. He remained in Canada for the rest of his life and served at the following charges: Sydney Mines N.S., Amherst Trinity N.S., Petite Riviere N.S., St. John’s Newfoundland, Courtland ON, Bervie ON, Bloomingdale ON, York ON, Canfield ON, Bracebridge ON, Windermere ON and St. Mary’s ON. Rev. Fairbairn authored countless articles, plays, books and bulletins. He also enjoyed woodworking and photography, and some of his works adorned the churches he served. During WWII he was active in arousing social awareness in the UCC and was one of the main leaders behind the pacifist movement in the UCC. He founded and edited a pacifist newsletter that circulated in the church.

Person · 1923-2001

Robert Andrew Faris was born in Vancouver, BC on December 25, 1923 to Kathleen "Kitty" (nee Litch) and Andrew Faris. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, met and married Celia Eileen Brown in London, England, and settled in Vancouver where Bob worked as a traveling hardware salesman for 19 years. Faris entered the ministry in his 40s. Ordained by BC Conference in 1967, his charges included Hazelton (1967-1970); First United, Victoria (1970-1973); Central Mainland Marine Mission (1973-1978); Bella Bella (1978-1983); and Sunnyside United Church, White Rock (1983-1990). He continued as Minister Emeritus at Sunnyside, and served with Celia as caretaker at Camp Kwomais in White Rock until retirement in 1993. Bob spent his retirement with Celia in Victoria, where he died in 2001.

Person · 1926-

Alexander James Farquhar (1926- ) was a United Church minister. He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, studied at Dalhousie University, Pine Hill Divinity Hall, and Springhill College (Mass.). Ordained in 1951, he served charges in Nova Scotia; London, Ontario; and Montreal, Quebec.

CAN · Person · 1936-

Walter Henry Farquharson (1936-) was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan. He received a B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1957, and received a B.D. in 1961 and a D.D. in 1975 from St. Andrew’s College in Saskatoon. He married Joan Casswell in Saskatchewan in 1958 and was ordained by Saskatchewan Conference in 1960. From 1960-1961, he was an assistant at Morningside Parish in Edinburgh, and from 1961-1976 as minister at Saltcoats in Bredenbury Pastoral Charge. In 1966 when Saltcoats had a crisis in their school he took up the challenge of teaching. He was appointed Principal of Saltcoats Junior High, completed his diploma in Education and taught at the Yorkton School Unit over seven years. Walter Farquharson served as Moderator from 1990-1992. Farquharson was also involved in many committees, he chaired Yorkton Presbytery, was President of the Saskatchewan Conference, Senate at St. Andrew’s College, Board of Directors at the Prairie Christian Training Centre. He was a prolific writer of hymns, publishing over 60.

Person · 1880-1958

Frederick George Farrill (1880-1958) was a Methodist/United Church minister. He was born in Kenilworth, Ontario and ordained in 1912 in Hamilton Conference, and spent the forty-three years of his ministry in the Hamilton and London Conferences. He was active in young people's work and was instrumental in the establishment of Ryerson Beach Sunday School on Lake Erie. He retired in 1955.

Faull, James, 1840-1897
Person · 1840-1897

James Faull was born in Crowan, Cornwall County, England on January 6th, 1840. In the mid 1860s he left England for America to minister to copper miners in Upper Michigan but was instead sent to the L’Anse Indian reservation where he served as a missionary and teacher.

In May, 1871 he came to Eastern Ontario upon the invitation of Rev. S.W. LaDu, a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
James Faull served charges in St. Lawrence District, Inverary and Kingston, Mallorytown, Inkerman, Easton’s Corners, Tamworth, Centreville, Milford, Sidney, Bayside and Shannonville.

He died in December 18, 1897 surrounded by his wife Catherine and their family.

Fiddes, Henry, 1882-1959
Person · 1882-1959

Henry Samuel Fiddes was a United Church minister, formerly Methodist. He was born on September 6, 1882 in Peckham, England. After coming to Canada he attended Albert College in Belleville and Victoria College in Toronto from where he graduated in 1915.
He served pastorates in Sheffield, Canboro, Bright, Ker, Durham, Port Rowan, Palermo-Bronte, Wellandport and Fort Erie. He was also Secretary of Hamilton Conference from 1944-1950.

He was married to Mary Groves. Rev. Fidddes died in 1959.

Person · 1907-1995

Frank Prescott Fidler (1907-1995) was a United Church Minister. He was born in Calgary but was raised in Winnipeg. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1928 from the University of Manitoba and his B.D. from Emmanuel College in 1934. He acted as a Boys’ Parliament Premier in 1924, and represented the Boys’ Parliaments of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba at the World Conference of Y.M.C.A. in Helsingfors, Finland in 1926. After attending Emmanuel, he acted as Boys’ Work Secretary of the British Columbia Conference of the Religious Education Council of Canada (1928-1931). Fidler was ordained in 1934 and called as an Associate Minister to Bloor Street United Church where he had been working as a student assistant to Dr. George Pidgeon. He remained there from 1933-1939. Then, Fidler acted as Minister of Glebe United Church, Ottawa, 1939-1949. For the next 20 years he served at General Council office as Associate Secretary of the Board of Christian Education in the area of family life education, Adult work, Couple’s Clubs and secretary of the National Marriage Guidance Council. He was largely responsible for preparing the New Curriculum, and also helped write two reports to the United Church Commission on Christian Marriage and Divorce: “Toward a Christian Understanding of Sex, Love and Marriage” (1962) and “Marriage Breakdown, Divorce, Remarriage, a Christian Understanding” (1964).

His professional interests extended outside of the church such that he became a founding member of the executive of the board of the Vanier Institute of the Family, first president of the Planned Parenthood Association of Toronto and president of the Family Planning Federation of Canada (1963-1970). He also acted as Executive Director of the Richmond Hill and Thornhill Area Family Services and was a Consultant in Marriage and Family Services to the United Church of Canada after his work at the General Council Office was completed.

Person · 1871-1961

Robert Eddy Finlay (1871-1961) was a Methodist/United Church minister. He was born near Peterborough, Ontario, attended Victoria College and was ordained a Methodist minister in 1898. He served various charges in Alberta and founded the first Methodist Church in the Vegreville area. He retired to Edmonton in 1940.

Fisher, Peter, 1802-1886
Person · 1802-1886

Peter Fisher (1802-1886) was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a Justice of the Peace. He farmed in the area of Burlington, Ontario, and was active in agricultural, ecclesiastical and political affairs.

Person · 1870-1954

John Duncan Fitzpatrick (1870-1954) was a Methodist Minister and President of the Hamilton Conference. He was born in Wexford, Ontario. He become interested in ministry when he attended special services by Rev. Robert McKee of the Providence appointment of the old Scarboro circuit. For his education he attended Jarvis Street and Parkdale Colligate Institutes and later Victoria College in Toronto. In 1890 he entered the ministry under probation as recommended by the Woodgreen Official Board of the Toronto East District. For three years he worked as minister at the following circuits: old Garden River Mission (Sault Ste. Marie), Collingwood Second and Mulmur. He was ordained in 1895 at Elm Street Church in Toronto. For the next fifteen years he served the following charges in Toronto: Hope, North Parkdale, Fred Victor Mission, and Wesley Church. While in Toronto he organized the Italian Mission, supervised the Massey Camp, and was President of the West End Neighborhood Workers. In 1910 he transferred to the Hamilton Conference and was stationed at Norfolk Street in Guelph, then later moved to Ryerson Church in Hamilton and then Brant Avenue in Brantford. He retired from ministry in 1933.He pioneered the opening of the Severn River from Big Chute to Sparrow Lake and was an avid curler. With his wife Anges he had seven children: Duncan, William, George, John, Margaret, Mary and Kathleen.

Person · 1895-1988

Everett Samuel Fleming (1895-1988) was a minister and a poet. Born in Summerberry, Saskatchewan, he studied at the University of British Columbia and Victoria University, and he was a student minister in Alberta and British Columbia. He was ordained in 1926, did post-graduate work in New York and travelled in Europe. He was a minister in the Yukon, briefly, and in British Columbia, for a long time. He retired on the family farm in the Okanagan Valley, and wrote and published many folk poems.

Fong, Dickman, 1860-1946
Person · 1860-1946

(中文版在下面) Rev. Fong Dickman, originally known as Fong, Tak Man, was born in 1860 in Yan Ping, Kwangtung [Canton or Guangdong], China. He came to Canada in 1884 to seek a better life. Initially Mr. Fong made a living by driving stagecoaches between Vancouver and New Westminster, B.C. While attending a mission school at night, first in New Westminster and subsequently in Vancouver, Fong developed a keen interest in Christianity. He was baptized at the Princess Street Methodist Church in Vancouver, and appointed to the Chinese Methodist Church in Nanaimo in 1898 as a missionary at large. At that time, his name was Anglicized to “Dickman.” In 1906, Fong Dickman was transferred to Vancouver to set up and produce the Wa-Ying Yat-Po, (华英日报, the Chinese-English [or Chinese-Canadian] Daily Newspaper, 1906-1909), one of the very early (if not the first) newspapers in the Chinese language published in Canada. After 25 years of service, Fong Dickman was ordained by the Methodist Church of Canada in 1923. During his lifetime, he served in pastoral ministry at Nanaimo (1898-1906 and 1913-1921), Vancouver (1906-1913), New Westminster (1922-1930), and Edmonton (1930-1939). Rev. Fong Dickman retired in 1939, living in New Westminster until 1942, then residing in Vancouver from 1943 until his death on April 10, 1946.

Fong Dickman married Jane Chang in Victoria in 1899, and the couple had four daughters: Lavina Fong Dickman, who later became Lavina Cheng; Esther Fong Dickman; Anna Fong Dickman, who became Anna Lam; and Mary Fong Dickman (who died at a very young age). Aside from their loyal assistance with the church work, Anna was the first Chinese Canadian to become a registered nurse in B.C. and Esther, a school teacher in Vancouver. Mrs. Fong Dickman died in 1927. Beyond missionary work, Rev. Fong Dickman enjoyed creative writing, featuring early Chinese immigrants from his pastoral perspective. Rev. Fong Dickman was a philanthropist, who was noted to have supported a missionary in the city of Fat Shaan in Fong Dickman’s native province in south China.

Rev. Fong Dickman,原名冯德文(Fong, Tak Man),1860年出生于中国广东恩平。他于 1884 年来到加拿大寻求更好的生活。冯先生起初在Vancouver 和 New Westminster之间以驾驶驿马廂车为生。 晚间, 先在New Westminster,尔后在 Vancouver, B.C., 就读教会学校习英文。其间对基督教产生了浓厚的兴趣。他在温哥华的公主街卫理公会教堂受洗,并于1898 年被任命为传教士前往纳奈莫的中国卫理公会任职。同时他的名字被英化为Dickman。 1906 年,Fong Dickman 被调往温哥华,组织并创办了《华英日报》(the Chinese English [Chinese-Canadian) Daily Newspaper,1906-1909). 这是最早的(如果不是第一的话)在加拿大出版的中文报纸之一。为教会工作了 25 年后,Fong Dickman 于 1923 年受封立为牧师。在他的一生中,他在纳奈莫 (1898-1906 和 1913-1921)、温哥华 (1906-1913)、新威斯敏斯特 (1922-1930) 和埃德蒙顿 (1930-1939) 担任牧师职务。Rev. Fong Dickman于 1939 年退休,直到 1942 年他住在不列颠哥伦比亚省的New Westminster市。从 1943 年开始住在Vancouver, B.C. 直到 1946 年4月10日离世。

一八九九(1899) 年,Rev. Fong Dickman 迎娶了维多利亚的Jane Chang小姐,他们育有四个女儿:Lavina Fong Dickman (后来成为 Lavina Cheng); Esther Fong Dickman;Anna Fong Dickman(后来成为了 Anna Lam);以及Mary Fong Dickman (不幸英年早逝)。除了他们对教会工作的忠诚协助外,安娜是第一位成为卑诗省注册护士的华裔加拿大人。 Esther 是温哥华的一名学校老师。Fong Dickman 夫人于 1927 年去世。除了传教工作之外,Rev. Fong Dickman 还喜欢创作,从他的宗教信仰角度描绘早期的中国移民。Rev. Fong Dickman是一位慈善家。他以有限的薪水资助过他故乡的一名传教士,

Person · 1916-1978

Alfred Clinton Forrest (1916-1978) was a United Church minister and editor of the United Church Observer. Born in Maple, Ontario, he graduated from Victoria College in 1937. He served as chaplain and minister from 1940 to 1955. He became editor of The United Church Observer in 1955. From 1970 until his death in 1978, he was editor and publisher of that publication.

Forrester, Jessie, 1852-1908
Person · 1852-1908

Jessie Forrester (1852-1908) was the Ryerson Librarian and Art Institute Librarian for 17 years. In 1904 she took an extended trip to India, where she died in 1908.

Person

Harvey George Forster (1892-1974) was a United Church minister who worked with immigrants. Ordained in 1921, he held the degrees of M.A., B.D., Th.D., and D.D. After short stays in Stevensville and Port Robinson, he moved to All Peoples' Missions of Niagara Presbytery located in Welland, Ontario, in 1925, and stayed there until his retirement in 1961. He died in 1974. In his work with the All Peoples' Missions, Forster took a keen interest in non-Anglo-Saxon immigrants, and was particularly interested in the Ukrainian population of Canada, promoting its social organizations and delving into the history of the Ukraine. Following the World War, 1939-1945, he also took up the cause of refugees from Europe.

CA : RPA · Person · 1850 - 1938

John Wycliffe Lowes (1850-1938) was an artist. Born in Norval, Ontario, he was a Methodist/United layman active in church affairs. As an artist, he was known principally as a portrait painter. He travelled and painted in Europe, did portraits of several Canadian Prime Ministers and Governors-General, leaders of the Methodist Church in Canada and England, the Emperor and Empress of Japan, and many other Canadian leaders.

Foster, John, 1942-
Person · 1942-

John W. Foster (1942-) was Vice-President of the National YPU, a field worker for Kairos, Staff Officer for the DMC, and founder of the Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America and Gatt-fly. He was born and raised in Saskatchewan. In 1977 he received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Toronto with a thesis on Canadian missions in China. He first got involved with YPU at a congregational level at the Grace United in Saskatchewan in 1958. He then joined the presbytery and conference levels until being elected as National Vice-President in 1963 and confirmed as President in 1965. In 1964 he was appointed a Kairos field worker. He started work at the DMC in 1970 as a special assistant for research and coalitions for social justice. He worked for the DMC until 1989, predominantly in the area of economy and poverty for the following committees and coalitions: Committee on International Affairs, Working Unit on Social Issue and Justice, National Working Group on the Economy and Poverty, Issue, TCCR, and Coalition against Free Trade. He was also involved with issues on energy and the environment as well as homosexuality and the church.

Person · 1897-1987

Anne Helen Cass married Dr. Norman Found in 1921. The same year, they left for medical missionary work in Korea with the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were first located in Kongju, 1921-1926, then Severance Hospital for some time. They remained in Korea until 1935.

Fowkes, John, 1840-1924
Person · 1840-1924

John Fowkes (1840-1924) was a Methodist minister in Quebec and Ontario. Born in England, he was married to Emma Gray Odell and ordained in 1875. He served at Hamilton, 1871-1873; St. Catharines, 1873; Brome, 1873; East Farnham, 1874; East Farnham, 1874; Shawbridge, 1875; Farnham, 1876; Lombardy, 1877; Glentay and Maberly, 1878-1879; Bearbrook, 1880-1882; Metcalf, 1883-1884; Avonmore, 1885; Winchester Springs, 1886-1887; Harrowsmith, 1888; North Wakefield, 1889-1891; Odelltown, 1892-1894; South Stukely, 1895-1898; Playfair, 1899; Maberly, 1900-1901; and Calumet & Grenville, 1902-1905; Odelltown, 1906-1907; and Georgeville, 1908-1910.

Person

Robert James Fraser (1887-1965) was a hydrographer and lay evangelist. He was born in Ottawa, and studied at McGill University. He was a hydrographer with the federal government for 45 years, and was Canada's first Dominion Hydrographer. Fraser was also a devoted lay evangelist and had a regular column entitled "The Doorbell Rang" in The United Church Observer throughout the 1950s.

Person · 1919-1999

Frederick Alfred Wilkes (1919-1999) was a United Church minister in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec. He was born in Ridgedale, Saskatchewan, attended the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Michigan and was ordained by Saskatchewan Conference in 1953. After his retirement in 1984, Rev. Wilkes performed many marriages, especially at the chapel of the Mississauga Civic Centre, but also all over southern Ontario.

Person · 1869-1935

Barnabas Courtland Freeman was born in Frontenac County, Ontario, in July, 1869. He went to Saskatchewan as a missionary in 1891, was ordained by the Manitoba and Northwest Conference of the Methodist Church in 1892, and was married to Ida Lawson of Frontenac County the same year. In 1893, he travelled west to British Columbia, serving among the Indigenous peoples at Skidegate, Lax Kw’alaams (Port Simpson), Port Essington, and Cape Mudge. In 1910 he ventured south to serve pastorates in Cumberland, Revelstoke, Port Coquitlam, and Vancouver. He was elected President of B.C. Conference in 1920. Freeman died at Cape Mudge in 1935. Throughout most of his career, he wrote poetry, short stories and essays. His poetry was published in The New Outlook, The Christian Guardian, and other church periodicals.

Person · 1895-1987

Ethel May Pierce was born on March 20, 1895 in Inwood, Ontario. She married Frederick Courtland Freeman, son of Rev. B.C. Freeman, on May 14, 1930. She died on May 16, 1987 in Vancouver, B.C.

French, Bessie, 1893-1979
Person · 1893-1979

Bessie French (1893-1979) was a deaconess and missionary in the United Church. She was born at Morton's Harbour, Newfoundland. She studied at the School of Social Work, University of Toronto, a Christian Education Course at Hartford, Connecticut, at Union Theological Seminary in New York, at Emmanuel College and at the United Church Training School.

Bessie French was both commissioned as a missionary under the Women's Missionary Society and designated as a deaconess. Prior to being designated as a deaconess, she spent eight years as a matron under the Board of Home Missions at Norway House and two years as a matron at Coqualeetza Residential School at Sardis, B.C. After designation, she served at File Hills, Saskatchewan, Crosby Girls' School (Port Simpson Residential School), Port Simpson, B.C., Warden United Church, Glace Bay, N.S., St. Columba Community Centre, Montreal, and All People's Church, Hamilton.

Miss French retired in 1961 but continued to be very active in church work in the Hamilton area.

Galbraith, John, 1768-1843
Person

John Galbraith (1768-1843) was a Presbyterian lay person and one of the first settlers in Oxford County. He was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland. He migrated to the United States in 1785 and to Canada in 1794. He married Mary Cron, the daughter of United Empire Loyalists from Augusta Township, Upper Canada. Galbraith eventually settled in Blenheim Township, Upper Canada, in the late 1790s, one of the first to settle in Oxford County. He donated a parcel of land for a Presbyterian church

Gale, Elizabeth Durie, 1911-
Person · 1911-

Elizabeth Durie Thomson was born Honan in 1911, the daughter of Andrew Thomson and Elizabeth Durie. After training as a nurse, she returned to Honan in 1939 with the Women's Missionary Society. She resigned in 1940 to marry Dr. Godfrey Gale, a London Missionary Society missionary to Cheloo University, Tsinan.

Person · fl. 1880-1910

William Gallagher (fl. 1880-1910) was a Presbyterian minister. He was ordained in 1880 and served at Sault St. Marie, 1881-1883, and Kinloss, Riversdale, 1884, Airlie, Blackheath, 1895-1898; without charge at Airlie, 1899-1909, and Lion's Head, 1909-1910.

Person · 1894-1964

William James Gallagher (1894-1964) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister and administrator. He was Born in Ayton, Ontario, and studied at the University of Toronto and Knox College. Ordained in 1919, he served Presbyterian churches in Ontario from 1919 to 1942. He was General Secretary of the Christian Social Council, 1942-1944; General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches, 1944-1964; a delegate to the founding assembly of the World Council of Churches in 1948. He was a consultant and representative of the World Council of Churches in 1954 and 1961, and broadcast "World Church News" on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for fifteen years.

CAN · Person · 1888-1972

Frederick John Gardiner was born in April, 1888 in Oreston, Devon, England and while initially a stonecutter, qualified as a local preacher in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in that area. He emigrated to Canada in 1913 and was accepted as a student missionary by the Canadian Methodist Church and assigned to Southey, Saskatchewan. In Spring of 1914 he was accepted as a candidate for the ministry serving his two year probation at Southey, while also completing Arts studies at Regina College. During World War One, he served in the First Battalion C.M.R’s. Post-war, he moved to Toronto, receiving theological education at Victoria College and graduating in 1923. He was ordained by Saskatchewan Conference in 1923 and served many places in that conference (Rock Haven, Cutknife, Kipling, Griffin, Piapot, Eastend, Rouleau, Young pastoral charges) until he moved to Hamilton in 1948. He served in Hamilton Conference (Armou, Lyndoch pastoral charges) from 1948 until his retirement in 1958. After retirement, he continued as a chaplain at Green Acres Home for the Aged in Newmarket. He died November 7, 1972.

Gardiner’s wife Gladys was also active in the Church, and was a representative to York Presbytery from St. Paul’s Church.