Fonds F2587 - Grace United Church (Thornbury, Ont.) fonds

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Grace United Church (Thornbury, Ont.) fonds

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CA ON00340 F2587

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  • 1860-2008 (Creation)
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    Grace United Church (Thornbury, Ont.)
  • 1998 (Reproduction)
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    United Church of Canada Archives
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    Microfilmed

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1.3 m of textual records
7 photographs

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Grace United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist.
Banks Church was established before 1865, formerly Knox Presbyterian church. It closed in 1970.
Bethel-Dawns Church was established in the 1850s, closed by 1839.
Duncan Church (Rock) was established in 1884 and closed 1965.
Epping Church was established 1887? and closed 1965.
Heathcote (Williamstown) Church was established ca. 1857.
Hurlburts Church was established in the early 1880s, closed ca. 1908.
Kimberely Church was established 1885.
Ravenna Church was established 1880, closed 1962.
Redwing Church was established ca. 1863 and closed 1960.
Sandhill was established 186-?, and closed 1920.
Victoria Methodist Church was established 1868.
Union Church was established 1875, it closed ca. 1963.
Whites Church (Ebenezer) was first established in Collingwood Twp. ca.1850 and it closed in 1970.

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This material forms part of the Ontario Regional Councils program of the United Church of Canada Archive.

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Fonds consists of membership records of Thornbury Wesleyan Methodist Circuit (includes Thornbury, Whites (Ebenezer), Heathcote (Williamstown), Sandhill, Victoria, Hurlburts), 1883-1924; property records of Victoria Methodist Church, 1878-1880; membership records of Heathcote Methodist Circuit (includes Heathcote, Whites, Union, Bethel, Dawns, Duncan (Rock)), 1886-1927?; records, including marriages, 1896-1913, of Heathcote Methodist Church,1891-1918; records of Union Church in Collingwood Township (includes Whitfield Methodist Church), 1874-1910; Parsonage Trustee Board minutes of Ravenna Methodist Church, 1892-1925; records, including marriages, 1897-1925, of Thornbury Methodist Church, 1897-1924; Ladies Aid Society minutes of Redwing Methodist Church, 1913-1922; congregational minutes of Heathcote Presbyterian Church, 1905-1925; records, including baptisms, 1925-1940, marriages 1925-1940,1945-1969, and burials 1925-1930, of Kimberley Pastoral Charge (includes Artemesia Methodist Mission and Euphrasia Methodist Circuit [includes Mount Zion Church in Euphrasia Township, Ebenezer Church in Euphrasia Township], New England Church in Euphrasia Township, Heathcote, Kimberley, Victoria Church in Euphrasia Township), 1880-1944; records of Banks - Ravenna Pastoral Charge (includes Ravenna Methodist Circuit [Ravenna, Victoria Church, Redwing], Banks, Duncan, Gibraltar, Ravenna, Redwing, Whites), 1916-1951; records, including baptism stubs, 1948-1949, marriages, 1895-1951, 1905-1958, of Heathcote United Church (includes Heathcote Methodist Church, Heathcote Presbyterian Church), 1888-1926; records, including marriages, 1914-1944, of Heathcote United Church (includes Heathcote Methodist Church, Heathcote Presbyterian Church) 1888-1944; women's groups records of Ravenna United Church (includes Ravenna Methodist Church), 1922-1956; congregational minutes of Whites United Church in Collingwood Township, 1942-1956; records of Victoria United Church in Collingwood Township (includes Victoria Methodist Church), 1924-1958; records of Union United Church in in Collingwood Township (includes Union Methodist Church), 1912-1961; congregational minutes of Knox United Church, Banks, 1951-1961; Trustee/congregational minutes of East Side United Church (includes Banks, Ravenna, Redwing, Whites Church in Collingwood Township), 1961-1970; records of Redwing United Church, 1932-1984; records, , including baptisms, 1908-1964, 1918-1950, 1951-1968, marriages, 1911-1942, 1919-1924, burials, 1919-1957, 1919-1924, 1928, 1932, 1948-1957, 1960-1970, of Beaver Valley Pastoral Charge (includes Heathcote Methodist Circuit [Heathcote, Whites, Union] and Ravenna, Banks, Redwing, Epping and Kimberley) 1908-1970; records, including baptisms 1917-1957, marriages, 1920-2000, burials, 1916-1982, of Grace United Church, Thornbury (includes Thornbury Methodist Church), 1906-2005.

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Condition: Damages - requires restoration or copying

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  • English

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    Parts of the textual records are available on microfilm reels LCM-264 and LCM-265: positive and negative; 35 mm. For a listing of these records, see the LCR Microfilm Shelf List. LCM reels are available through Inter- Library Loan.

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    Access to baptismal, marriage and burial registers may be restricted according to relevant privacy legislation.

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    Use microfilm where available

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    Toronto Conference - finding aid 288

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    Further accruals are expected.

    General note

    Index of baptisms, marriages, and burials before 1925 available in the Reading Room. See publication Grey County United Churches Collingwood, St. Vincent, Sydenham Townships formerly Congregational, Methodist, New Connexion, Presbyterian, Ontario Genealogical Society.

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    1977.697L

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    1993.025L

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    1997.177L

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    2005.048L

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    2008.055L/TR

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    2010.073L/TR

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