The Battle River Hospital was located in Manning, Alberta. When the Peace River Country of northern Alberta was opened for settlement, the Woman's Missionary Society (WMS) of the Presbyterian Church in Canada established a small hospital on the Battle River mid-way between the villages of Notikewin and North Star. It was located 65 miles from the railway in an area inhabited by about 5,000 people most of whom had moved north from dried-out sections of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The hospital was opened in September, 1937 by the WMS of The United Church of Canada with accommodation for 8 patients, and with a nurse’s residence on the second floor. When it opened Dr. Doidge was the doctor, Miss, M.E. McMurray the matron, and Miss Frances M. Clarkson the staff nurse. Changes in staff were frequent, because of the loneliness of the situation of the hospital. Before long additions were made, the hospital was enlarged to accommodate 17 patients; a new nurses residence was opened in 1946 and a doctor’s residence in 1948. At first the address of the hospital was Grmishaw, the railway station 65 miles away, but as the railway was extended north and roads opened a town grew up in the hospital area. This town was named Manning after the premier of Alberta. With the growth of the town the area could no longer be considered a pioneer community. The municipality became interested in operating its own hospital, so after considerable negotiation the WMS sold the Battle River hospital to the town in 1954.
Ethelwyn Gordon Chace (1878-1958) was born in St. Catharines, Ontario and was a missionary with the Methodist, then United Church of Canada for 37 years serving mostly new Canadians in boarding schools and school homes in Alberta and Toronto. She received an honour matriculation at the University of Toronto, then graduated from the Ontario College of Education, and the United Church Training School. She was appointed to the Methodist Mission Board in 1907 and served the following places in Alberta; Wahstao (1907-1911, 1917-1918, 1920-1922, 1923-1927), Chipman (1912-1916), Edmonton (1916-1917), Radway (1937-1939) and Toronto: Dufferin Street (1930, 1934-1937), and Church of All Nations (1933-1934). She retired in 1944 and died in Toronto in December, 1958.
CHOW Ling was born in Kaiping (Hoiping), Guangdong, China and came to Canada as a boy of 14 in 1907. He spent his early years in Victoria, attending the Methodist Church there. In 1920, the church sent him to Nelson, B.C. to relieve C.Y. Chow. He returned to China to study theology at Guangdong Union Theological College, from which he graduated in 1929. Soon after his return, Chow was ordained by BC Conference within The United Church of Canada in 1931. As an ordained minister, he served pastorates in Cranbrook (1932-1934), Victoria (1934-1945), Vancouver (1945-1955), and Edmonton (1955-1964), retiring to Vancouver in 1964. While he was serving the Chinese United Church in Vancouver, the Canadian government lifted the Chinese Exclusion Act (1947); Chow was instrumental in beginning night school classes at the church, to help newcomers learn English.
Mary Violet Deeprose was born in Stockdale, Ontario on February 11, 1903. She attended the United Church Training School in Toronto, 1938-1940, and was designated a deaconess by Alberta Conference, August 18, 1941. She was appointed by the Woman’s Missionary Society to the Crosby Girls’ Home in Lax Kw’alaams (then known as Port Simpson), 1940-1944. She left the work due to a family illness. From 1946-1949, she was employed as superintendent of the Mountview Social Service Home (Calgary). She taught in the public school system in Alberta from 1953 until her retirement in 1962. Violet Deeprose died at Drumheller, Alberta on February 22, 1991.
Edmonton Residential School was located near the town of St. Albert, approximately 16 kilometres northwest of downtown Edmonton, Alberta. The school was opened in 1924 by the Woman's Missionary Society of The Methodist Church of Canada, with some funding by the Department of Indian Affairs. In 1925 operation was transferred to The United Church of Canada who managed it until its closure in 1966.
(中文版喺下面) (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.
Traditional Chinese:
Rev. Fong Dickman,原名馮德文(Fong, Tak Man),1860年出生於中國廣東恩平。他於 1884 年來到加拿大尋求更好的生活。馮先生起初在Vancouver 和 New Westminster之間以駕駛驛馬廂車為生。 晚間, 先在New Westminster,爾後在 Vancouver, B.C., 就讀教會學校習英文。其間對基督教產生了濃厚的興趣。他在溫哥華的公主街衛理公會教堂受洗,並於1898 年被任命為傳教士前往納奈莫的中國衛理公會任職。同時他的名字被英化為Dickman。 1906 年,Fong Dickman 被調往溫哥華,組織並創辦了《華英日報》(the Chinese English Daily Newspaper,1906-1909). 這是最早的(如果不是第一的話)在加拿大出版的中文基督教報紙之一。為教會工作了 25 年後,Fong Dickman 於 1923 年受封立為牧師。在他的一生中,他在納奈莫 (1898-1906 和 1913-1921)、溫哥華 (1906-1913)、新威斯敏斯特 (1922-1930) 和埃德蒙頓 (1930-1939) 擔任牧師職務。Rev. Fong Dickman於 1939 年退休,直到 1942 年他住在不列顛哥倫比亞省的New Westminster市。從 1943 年開始住在Vancouver, B.C. 直到 1946 年4月10日離世。
一八九九(1899) 年,Rev. Fong Dickman 迎娶了維多利亞的Jane Chang小姐,他們育有四個女兒:Lavina Fong Dickman (後來成為 Lavina Cheng); Esther Fong Dickman;Anna Fong Dickman(後來成為了 Anna Lam);以及Mary Fong Dickman (不幸英年早逝)。除了他們對教會工作的忠誠協助外,安娜是第一位成為卑詩省註冊護士的華裔加拿大人。 Esther 是溫哥華的一名學校老師。Fong Dickman 夫人於 1927 年去世。除了傳教工作之外,Rev. Fong Dickman 還喜歡創作,從他的宗教信仰角度描繪早期的中國移民。Rev. Fong Dickman是一位慈善家。他以有限的薪水資助過他故鄉的一名傳教士。
Simplified Chinese:
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,
George McDougall Hospital was originally located on the North Bank of the North Saskatchewan River at Victoria (later named Pakan). It opened in 1907 under the management of the Mission Board of the Methodist Church of Canada, and Dr. Charles Lawford. The hospital moved to Smoky Lake in 1922 when the railroad was built. After 1925, it was operated by the Board of Home Missions of The United Church of Canada. In July, 1957 the Hospital District purchased the land and building, with the Board of Home Missions maintaining control over operations.
Goodfish Lake Day School was located at Goodfish Lake in Alberta. It was operated by the Missionary Society of The Methodist Church of Canada, and after 1925 The United Church of Canada. According to Department of Indian Affairs records, a school was built in 1884, and opened in 1885. As of 1898, classes were being held in a nearby home as it was halfway between the school at Goodfish Lake, and the one at nearby Whitefish Lake. Records also indicate that there was a small boarding house for these students, supported by the Methodists. In 1908 Church and Department officials discussed opening a boarding school at Saddle Lake and closing the day schools at Whitefish, Goodfish and Saddle Lakes though it does not appear that it was built. Although the Whitefish Lake school was closed around 1910 and students sent to nearby Red Deer Industrial School, the school at Goodfish Lake stayed open until June, 1925. Little is known about the Goodfish Lake Day School after this time. In November of 1959, the Edmonton Journal reported on a “New Reserve School” called "Pakan Protestant School" at Goodfish, 30 miles west of St. Paul. Correspondence from 1966 noted that the Pakan School, otherwise known as the United Church school may have had a kindergarten class. Further research is required to confirm the closure dates, more information about the operation and general history of the school(s).
John Neil Hospital was located in Cold Lake, Alberta. Woman's Missionary Society (WMS) medical work was first begun by the Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1921, when a building was rented for hospital use and church services. In 1925 the medical work at Cold Lake became the responsibility of the WMS of The United Church of Canada. John Neil Hospital was opened in July 1926 through church and community funding by the WMS. It was a 10-bed hospital and named after a former minister of Westminster-Central Church in Toronto which donated much of the funds for the building. A new, larger hospital was opened on July 8, 1958.
The Katherine H. Prittie Hospital (also known as Bonnyville General Hospital) was located in Bonnyville, Alberta. The hospital was initially held in the farm house of Rev. Dr. John E. Duclos with support of The Woman's Missionary Society of The Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1917. In 1925 a new building was erected by The Woman's Missionary Society (WMS) of The United Church of Canada, with accommodation for 15 patients. This was named the Katherine H. Prittie Hospital, and was opened in July, 1926. At first the WMS retained a doctor who lived 34 miles away, but this did not prove very satisfactory, so in 1929 Dr. H.L.P. Grafton was appointed to Bonnyville. The hospital burned in August, 1934, and was rebuilt in 1935, In the following years many changes took place in the community. The Roman Catholic Church built a larger hospital, schools were opened, and a railway was built to Bonnyville. In 1947 the Alberta Health Department began organizing the province into Municipal Hospital Districts. The future of the hospital became uncertain. The work of the Woman's Missionary Society merged with the Board of Home Mission of the United Church in 1961 and administration of the hospital eventually was passed to the Duclos Hospital Society. The hospital is still in operation today.
LEUNG Chuk Ping was born in Kaiping (Hoiping), Guangdong, China. He came to Canada in 1922 with his son, So Won, and worked as clergy with the Methodist Church in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. During this time, the Methodist Church of Canada amalgamated with other denominations to form The United Church of Canada. Leung's remaining family members joined him in 1927, the same year he transferred to the Chinese United Church in Edmonton (1927-1930). This was followed by pastorates in New Westminster (1930-1932), Vancouver (1932-1938), Montreal (1938-1943), and once again Edmonton (1943-1952). LEUNG Chuk Ping died at Vancouver in June of 1965.
Morley Day School was located on the Morley Reserve (now Stoney Reserve), Alberta. It was operated by the Methodist Society of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, after 1874 The Methodist Church of Canada and after 1925 The United Church of Canada. Department of Indian Affairs records indicate that in 1875 a school at "Morleyville (Bow River)" was operated and funded by the Wesleyan Methodist Society with 40 children enrolled. In 1880, the Indian agent noted that the “Bear’s Paw” [Bearspaw] and “Jacob” bands were on the north side of Bow River, while the “Chinique” [Chiniki] band was on the south side. By 1881, a “Parliamentary Appropriation” was granted to the day school. An 1881 Department report from the Stoney Reserve shows that the school had 20 girls and 23 boys. As the river divided the bands, children from the Bearspaw and Chiniki bands could not attend the school during summer. The missionary, Mr. McDougall, recommended that a separate schoolhouse be built for these bands. Children from the McDougall Orphanage also attended the day school at the mission. By 1886, a new day school was open on the south side of the Bow River, in the house of Chief Chiniquay. The second day school at South Camp was taught by Reverend E. R. Steinhauer, a missionary of The Methodist Church. By 1888, a new school building was under construction. Soon after, this day school would be referred to as “No. 2” while the school near the mission was called “No. 1.” As of 1896 almost 100 school-age children were registered at three schools, with the residential school, generally referred to as the “Orphanage,” having its own teacher. Despite discussions about possibly closing the two schools on the reserve, in 1897 the No. 1 Day School was renovated and repaired, and a new porch built. By 1899, most children on the reserve were sent to the McDougall Orphanage for classes and the two day schools were closed due to poor attendance. In January of 1902, the No. 1 Day School was reopened for children who could not attend the Orphanage. An inspection the following year referred to the school as “Morley, No. 1 (Bearspaw) Day School,” under The Methodist Church. After being closed for almost four years, in response to the closure of the McDougall Orphanage, in January 1909 a day school was opened on “Wesley’s band land” on the north side of the Bow River. By 1911, attendance was falling and it appears that the school was closed again for almost eight years, before reopening in 1920. During the 1920s and 30s, the school was open intermittently but attendance continued to decline. A Missionary Society publication noted that during 1924-1925 there were 34 Day pupils at the Morley Boarding School. By at least 1954, around 50-60 Day pupils attended classes at the Morley Residential School. Classes at the Morley RS contained a mix of day and residential pupils, with five teachers teaching Grades 1-8. Space in the United Church building was also rented for children in Grade 1. As some of the teachers were now hired and paid by the Department. By 1957, records show that a new, large four-room day school with an auditorium was operating on the reserve. The school was to be named “David Bearspaw Day School,” as requested by the Indian Council, and would be attended by both day and residential students. A Church-produced “Report on the Indian Work for 1960” indicated that policy was shifting to the integration of Indigenous children into public school systems at both the elementary and high school levels, which included bussing children to outside communities. The report also noted that Morley had about 180 children attending the day school in eight classrooms up to Grade 8. It was hoped that eventually the educational system at Morley would be entirely day school based. By 1963, the school had expanded to 10 teachers and 10 classrooms, with only a handful of children still living in residence. Correspondence from 1966 shows the day school consisted of three separate blocks: A “Senior School” as well as two “Junior Schools”. In 1968, the Morley Reserve was described as situated on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 30 miles west of Calgary and 30 miles east of Banff. By this time, the “Morley School” taught children from Kindergarten to Grade 7, while those in Grade 8 and higher attended schools off the reserve in the communities of Exshaw, Canmore, Springband and Calgary. Additional research is needed to determine when the day school closed, its general history and operation.
The McDougall Orphanage was located in the Morleyville Settlement, on the north side of the Bow River, just east of the Stoney First Nation Reserve and approximately 64 kilometres west of Calgary, Alberta and the Morley Residential School was located on the Stoney First Nation Reserve on the south side of the Bow River, near Morley. The McDougall Orphanage and Training School was an orphanage and day school operated by the Woman's Missionary Society of The Methodist Church of Canada with funding from the Department of Indian Affairs from 1883-1908, with school buildings on the north and south sides of the Bow River. The school briefly reopened in 1909, and closed again in 1910. In 1922 a temporary semi-residential school was set up by The Methodist Church, with government support until funds could be found for a permanent school. In 1926, the Morley Residential School, with a new residence was opened and operated by The United Church of Canada until its closure in 1969.
Red Deer Industrial Institute was located five kilometres west of Red Deer, Alberta, on 1120 acres on the banks of the Red Deer River. It was built by the Department of Indian Affairs, and operated from 1893-1919 by the Missionary Society of The Methodist Church of Canada.
Saddle Lake Day School was located on Saddle Lake 125, Alberta. It was operated by The Methodist Church of Canada and after 1925, The United Church of Canada. Department of Indian Affairs records indicate that in 1887 The Methodist Church purchased former Anglican mission buildings at Saddle Lake with plans to move them to the western boundary of the reserve and immediately open a day school for the Saddle Lake (Thomas Hunter’s) and Blue Quill Bands. The school was funded by a Department grant, and opened in January 1888. It closed due to low attendance during the 1904-1905 school year. In 1908, 10 acres were set aside north of Saddle Lake for a new church, parsonage and schoolhouse but it is unclear whether a new school was constructed. Although the inspector’s report from 1909 reported that the school building at Saddle Lake was unfit for use, the Department did not wish to build a new schoolhouse as they were uncertain of where the band would permanently locate. Consequently, classes were held in the old mission building. By 1911, the kitchen of the old mission building was being used as a classroom even though it was poorly furnished and unsuitable. It is unclear what became of the old schoolhouse owned by the Department. In 1916, the agent reported that “an Indian house is now being used as a school building,” but due to poor attendance little progress was made. Little is known about the school after 1925. By the 1960s, children at Saddle Lake were integrated into public schools. Additional research is needed obtain more information about the school and to determine when it closed.
Rev. Dr. John Thomas Stephens (1883-1957) was a minister with the Methodist Church (Canada), then the United Church of Canada) who spent most of his career working with home missions. After union, he worked in Saskatchewan: Biggar (1925), Calder (Ukrainian, 1926-1930), Regina (Settlement House, 1931-1933), and Alberta: Edmonton (All Peoples Mission, 1934-1951), he was retired ministry in Edmonton (1952), North Burnaby (1953-1955), and White Rock (1956-1957). He was one of the organizational leaders of All People's Mission in Edmonton, and was involved with the opening of the Bissell Institute. He died in August, 1957.
(日本語版は以下に記載) (Japanese version below)
Yoshinosuke Yoshioka was born in Sasebo, Japan in 1889. He graduated in 1912 from Kwansei Gakuin University at Shizuoka, Japan, and was baptized within the Christian church in 1914. Yoshioka married Hisa Misaki (1890-1975), then a primary school teacher, in Shizuoka, Japan, where they lived until they left for Canada. In 1921, he was ordained in the Methodist Church. He served the Steveston Methodist Church from 1922 to 1925. This was followed by an appointment at the Japanese Mission on Powell Street in Vancouver (1925-1926). He completed theological studies at Emmanuel College, University of Toronto, and earned Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Arts degrees. In 1929, he was called to the mission at the Japanese United Church in Kelowna, British Columbia, where he served until 1952. He went on to serve in Lethbridge, Alberta, where he died May 26, 1956.
The Yoshiokas had two sons, Edward and James. Edward Yoshioka was born in 1923. He attended Victoria University and Emmanuel College, University of Toronto. Having been ordained in 1947, he served as a United Church of Canada minister in several locations across Canada and as a missionary in Trinidad. He died in 1990. James Yoshioka was born in 1925. He earned a medical doctor's degree from the University of Toronto in 1949; thereafter he practiced medicine in Montreal, Quebec, and Oakville and Toronto, Ontario until he retired.
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吉岡芳之助は1889年に佐世保市にて生まれた。1912年に関西学院大学を卒業。1914年に洗礼を受け、キリスト教に改宗。静岡在住時に小学校教員のミサキヒサ (1890年-1975年) と結ばれる。1921年にメソジスト教会より牧師に叙階されると、翌年にカナダに赴任。1925年までスティーブストン (英: Steveston) 日本人メソジスト教会にて仕えた。1925年-1926年パウエルストリートの日本人ミッションに参加した後にトロント大学のエマニュエルカレッジに入学。神学を専攻し、学士号と修士号を習得した。1929年より23年間ケロナ市 (英: Kelowna) 、ブリティッシュコロンビア州の日系人合同教会にて仕える。後にアルバータ州のレスブリッジ市の教会に赴任した。1956年5月26日没。
吉岡家は二人の息子に恵まれた。長男の吉岡エドワード(1923年出)はヴィクトリア大学(英: Victoria University)及びトロント大学のエマニュエルカレッジを卒業し、1947年に牧師として叙階された後、国内のいくつかのカナダ合同教会の牧師として勤めた。また、トリニダードにおいて宣教活動も行った。1990年没。
次男の吉岡ジェームズ(1925出)は1949年に医師の学位を習得。ケベック州のモントリオール、オンタリオ州のオークヴィル市(英:Oakville)とトロント市で引退まで働いた。