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- Grace United Church (Tavistock, Ont.)
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1.03 m of textual records
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1 audio cassette
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Grace United Church, in Tavistock was established in 1969 with the amalgamation of Knox United Church and Zion United Church, both in Tavistock. The church is located at 116 Woodstock Street South in Tavistock. It was part of a two-point charge with Lingelbach United Church, until Lingelbach closed in 2011. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.
Lingelbach United Church was established in 1968, formerly Evangelical United Brethren. The congregation was first organized in 1844 and the first church building was erected in 1852. In 1909 Lingelbach was joined with South Easthope to form a circuit. It joined the United Church of Canada in 1968. It closed in 2011.
Knox United Church in Tavistock was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian. The Presbyterian Church began in Tavistock ca. 1882 and was a two point charge with North Easthope. A chuch was built in 1892. The church joined the United Church of Canada in 1925 and it became a two-point charge with Harmony United Church. It amalgamated in 1969 with Zion Church in Tavistock, Harmony Church and South Easthope Church to form Grace United Church in the old Zion building
Zion United Church in Tavistock was established in 1968, formerly Evangelical United Brethren. The congregation was first established as a class in 1865. A church building was erected in 1870. The current building, which is now Grace United Church, was built in 1904 and rededicated on March 19th, 1905. The church joined the Untied Church of Canada in 1968. It amalgamated with Knox United to form Grace United Church in 1969.
South Easthope United Church was established in 1968, formerly Evangelical United Brethren. The church in South Easthope began as Sunday School classes in 1850. A church building was erected in 1874. A tornado caused extensive damage in 1953, and reconstruction was necessary. The church joined the United Chuch of Canada in 1968, and closed the following year; its congregation joining Grace United Church in Tavistock.
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Accession 2018.182L was transferred with records from Centennial U.C. (Stratford, Ont.) which were originally transferred to the Perth County Archives when the church closed in 2006. They were subsequently transferred to UCC Archives in 2018.
This material forms part of the Ontario Regional Councils program of the United Church of Canada Archive.
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Fonds consists of records of Knox Presbyterian Church, Tavistock, 1891-1922; records, including marriages, 1899-1952. of Tavistock and South Easthope Evangelical Association congregations (includes Zion Church, South Easthope, North Easthope, Shakespeare, and Zorro Church), 1871-1952; records of Zorra Evangalial Association Church, 1918-1920; records of Zion Evangelical Church, Tavistock, 1919-1934; records, including baptisms, 1865-1963, and marriages, 1881-1898, of Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church, Tavistock (includes Zion Evangelical Association Church in Tavistock), 1865-1969; records of Lingelbach Evangelical United Brethren Church (includes Lingelbach Evangelical Association and Lingelbach Evangelical Church), 1883-1966; records, including baptisms, 1908-196, and marriages, 1931-1934, of South Easthope Evangelical United Brethren Church (includes South Easthope Evangelical Church), 1908-1968; board minutes of Tavistock Pastoral Charge (includes Grace United in Tavistock and Lingelbach United Church), 1970-1988; records, including marriages, 1899-1969, of Knox United Church, Tavistock (includes Knox Presbyterian Church), 1880-1969; records of Harmony United Church, Tavistock (includes Harmony Methodist Circuit, Harmony, Harrington, and Maplewood), 1920-1969; records of Lingelbach United Church (includes Lingelbach Evangelical Church and Lingelbach Evangelical United Brethren Church), 1949-2011; and records of Grace United Church, Tavistock (includes Knox Church in Tavistock), 1966-2011
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Access to baptismal, marriage and burial registers may be restricted according to relevant privacy legislation.
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London Conference - finding aid 291
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ac : 08/2018