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1925-2005 (Creation)
- Creator
- Knox United Church (Prince George, B.C.)
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1914-1917 (Creation)
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- First Methodist Church (Prince George, B.C.)
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1910-1925 (Creation)
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- Knox Presbyterian Church (Prince George, B.C.)
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1910-1920 (Creation)
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- First Presbyterian Church (Fort George, B.C.)
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- 2.64 m of textual records
- ca. 180 photographs
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Between 1910 and 1914, one Methodist and three Presbyterian congregations were established in the Prince George area: First Presbyterian in Fort George (also known as Central Fort George); Knox Presbyterian in South Fort George; St. Andrew's Presbyterian in Prince George; and First Methodist in Prince George. By 1922, all of these congregations came to be amalgamated into a single congregation: Knox Presbyterian Church. In that same year, the congregation dedicated its new church building at the corner of Brunswick and Fifth Avenue. It entered church union in 1925 as Knox United Church. Since then, it has constituted a single point pastoral charge in Cariboo Presbytery. A new church was built at 1448 Fifth Avenue, and dedicated on May 19, 1957.
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Knox Presbyterian Church was originally established in South Fort George in 1910. First Presbyterian (Fort George, B.C.) and Knox Presbyterian were a single field under the care of one minister until 1913, when they became two separate fields. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was established in the new town of Prince George in 1914, but amalgamated with Knox in 1915. The latter moved to the new town site from South Fort George in 1916, eventually becoming Knox United Church (Prince George, B.C.)
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First Presbyterian Church was established with the first service on October 2, 1910 in Fort George. Knox Presbyterian Church in South Fort George began its first service a week later. First and Knox were one field until 1913 when the field was divided between two ministers. In October 1922, the Presbytery of Cariboo dissolved the congregation of First Presbyterian Church in Fort George, with the remaining membership transferred to Knox Presbyterian Church, by that time located in Prince George.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists of records from Knox United Church, Knox Presbyterian Church, and First Methodist Church. Record series include: Baptism, marriage, and burial records (1913-1987); Membership records (1911-1959, 2007); Board and committee records (1910-2004); Legal/property records (1915-1991); Women's group records (1913-1997); Men's group records (1960-1963); Sunday school records (1921-1937); Youth group records (1914-1961); Correspondence/subject files (1963-1986); Newsletters (1989-2006); Church histories (1912-2016); Congregational financial records (1910-1986); Annual reports (1913-2005); Photographs (unprocessed); Sermons (1923-1938); and a pulpit bible.
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Records of Knox United Church and antecedent congregations were, for the most part, not transferred to the Archives until 1987. Custodial history of records received before 1987 in the Archives is not established. A major part of the fonds was received and accessioned by the Fraser-Fort George Museum Archives in 1986 (and earlier). This part was returned to Knox United Church's custody shortly afterward and then transferred to the United Church Archives in 1989. Subsequent accruals were deposited at the Archives by Knox in 2004, 2012, and 2017.
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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-221
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Revised April 7, 2011
Revised by BCANS Coordinator, April 13, 2011
Revised September 22, 2016
Revised February 1, 2017
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- English