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1925-1964 (Creation)
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- Grace United Church (Lax Kw'alaams, B.C.)
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1874-1925 (Creation)
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- Grace Methodist Church (Lax Kw'alaams, B.C.)
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19 cm of textual records
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Long before the missionaries came, the Hudson Bay Company had established a trading post known as "Fort Simpson." The Indigenous settlement was renamed "Port Simpson" following the closure of "Fort Simpson" by the Hudson's Bay Company. Methodist missionaries begin their missionary work with the Tsimshian Indigenous peoples in Lax Kw’alaams (Port Simpson) in the early 1870s. Lax Kw’alaams (Port Simpson) began a mission of the Methodist Church in 1874.Within months the Port Simpson Methodist Church was erected for services. In the late 1800s the church became Grace Methodist Church. In 1925 with Church Union the church became Grace United Church. It was later destroyed in a fire in 1931. A new church was opened and dedicated on February 20, 1938. Tragically, a fire destroyed this structure in January 2021.
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Fonds consists of records from Grace United Church and Grace Methodist Church. Records include Baptismal registers (1874-1962), Marriage registers (1874-1937), Burial registers (1874-1962); Circuit register (1874-1897, 1920-1960), Historic roll (1903); Session minutes (1955-1964); Ladies Aid minutes (1942-1963), Woman's Missionary society records (1921-1937, 1954-1967); Women's Auxiliary account book (1913-1946), Woman's Missionary Society account book (1890-1923). Note that there is a gap in original registers for baptisms (1911-1962), marriages (1913-1937), and burials (1914-1962); these registers are available in microfilm only.
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Physical condition
Some records are fragile
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Records were transferred to Archives by Grace United Church; date is undocumented
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- English
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Access to vital event records (baptism/marriage/burial records) may be restricted according to requirements of the B.C. Personal Information Protection Act
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BCAUL control number: UCCBC-384
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Revised September 6, 2016
Revised March 14, 2024 to include baptism, marriage, and burial records available in microfilm format only
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- English