St. James&#039; Anglican Church (Gravenhurst, Ont.) sous fonds

St. James' Anglican Church (Gravenhurst, Ont.)

Geographic Access:

Gravenhurst (Ont.)

Access Restriction:

May be restrictions on access and use based on the terms of the Deposit Agreement and the Anglican Church of Canada's policy on Privacy and Archives. Subject to established university policies and to applicable privacy legislation.

Description Level:

Sous Fonds

Name Access:

Language:

All material is in English.

End Date:

2001

Date Range:

1884-2001

Repro Restriction:

Conservation:

Minor conservation performed on sous fonds.

Physical Description:

0.48 m of textual records

Arrangement:

Sous fonds is arranged in files.

History Biographical:

St. James’ Anglican Church (Gravenhurst, Ontario) was rebuilt and open for service on September 30th, 1888, one year after a disastrous fire burnt it down. St. James’ is the parish church for the St. James’ Anglican Parish of Gravenhurst, Ontario and is, administratively, a part of the Deanery of Muskoka within the Diocese of Algoma.

The first Church of England service held in Gravenhurst was in 1865 and the officiating clergyman was the Rev. Mr. Jones of Orillia Township. For sometime he held service in a log shanty and in 1873 the first church was built. In 1880 this first building was torn down and a frame structure was erected on the present site. This second church was destroyed by fire in 1887 and replaced in 1888 by the present frame building veneered with brick.

The earliest church records (Baptisms) date back to 1884. The new church building was consecrated by the Bishop of Algoma on Sunday, December 23, 1888. The new building was built for a total cost of $2,215.00, which was greatly funded through future church offerings. The proactive incumbent at the time was the Reverend W. T. Noble.

In the Spring of 1957 a program of improvements was started at St. James Anglican Church (Gravenhurst, Ont.). The coal burning heating system was replaced by two oil furnaces, a new chimney was built, and the church exterior was painted. The church rectory also received considerable interior and exterior improvements.

Incumbents of St. James’ Anglican Church have included: Reverend Thomas Lloyd (1875-1883), Reverend Alfred Osborne (1883-1888), Reverend W. T. Noble(1888-1891), Reverend William Henry French (1891-1894), Reverend Charles John Machin (1894-?), Reverend A. R. Mitchell (?-1901), Reverend Caleb Henry Buckland (1901-1903), Reverend Charles Wilkinson Healey (1903-1905), Reverend Harold George King (1905-1908), Reverend Alfred Percy Banks (1905-1911), Reverend Percival Mayes (1912-?), Reverend J. B. Lindsell, Reverend Canon A. H. Allman, Reverend Cyril Gordier, Reverend J. W. Clayton, Reverend E. F. Pinnington (1935-?), Rev. Dr. Ed A. Pulker (1975-1979)

Sources:

"Jubilee of St. James's Church, Gravenhurst", The Algoma Missionary News 34, no.3 (1938): 52-53. Part of 2009-081/002 (004)-57.
"Many Improvements at Gravenhurst", The Algoma Anglican 1 (1957): 9.
Joan Slemin, "Gravenhurst Church favoured by Guest preachers in Centennial Year", The Algoma Anglican 35, no. 10 (1957): 8.

Scope Content:

Sous fonds comprises documents recording the activities at St. James' Anglican Church (Gravenhurst, Ont.) Includes parish registers, service registers, vestry minutes and reports, cash books, Girl's Auxiliary records, Brotherhood of St. Andrew records, Parish Association records, Women's Auxiliary/Anglican Church Women records, and a minute book for St. John the Evangelist, Northwood, Ont.

Repository:

aua

Parochial Records

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1935

Description Level:

End Date:

1935

Date Range:

1935 February

Physical Description:

.1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Parish Register

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1896

Description Level:

End Date:

1909

Date Range:

1896-1909

Physical Description:

2 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Parish Register and Vestry Meeting Records

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1888

Description Level:

End Date:

1969

Date Range:

1888-1897, 1964-1969

Physical Description:

2.5 cm of textual records

Notes:

Baptisms, 1888-1898

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Parish Register

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1907

Description Level:

End Date:

1932

Date Range:

1907-1932

Physical Description:

1.5 cm of textual records

Notes:

Baptisms, 1907-1932|Burials, 1907-1932|Confirmations, 1907-1932|Marriages, 1907-1931

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Parish Register

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1905

Description Level:

End Date:

1945

Date Range:

1905-1945

Physical Description:

1.5 cm of textual records

Notes:

Baptisms, 1932-1945|Burials, 1933-1945|Confirmatioins, 1933-1945|Marriages, 1933-1945

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Parish Register

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1945

Description Level:

End Date:

1960

Date Range:

1945-1960

Physical Description:

4 cm of textual records

Notes:

Baptisms, 1946-1953|Burials, 1945-1956|Confirmations, 1945-1955|Marriages, 1945-1961

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Parish Register

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1956

Description Level:

End Date:

1990

Date Range:

1956-1990

Physical Description:

4 cm of textual records

Notes:

Baptisms, 1956-1963|Burials, 1956-1964|Confirmations, 1956-1964|Marriages, 1956-1990

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Service Register

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1907

Description Level:

End Date:

1917

Date Range:

1907-1917

Physical Description:

1.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Daily Cash Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1911

Description Level:

End Date:

1920

Date Range:

1911-1920

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Service Register

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1917

Description Level:

End Date:

1928

Date Range:

1917-1928

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Service Register

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1891

Description Level:

End Date:

1946

Date Range:

1891-1946

Physical Description:

1.2 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Vestry Meetings Minutes

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1880

Description Level:

End Date:

1909

Date Range:

1880-1909

Physical Description:

.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Daily Cash Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1905

Description Level:

End Date:

1910

Date Range:

1905-1910

Physical Description:

.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

St. John the Evangelist Northwood, Minute Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1877

Description Level:

End Date:

1909

Date Range:

1877-1909

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1932

Description Level:

End Date:

1941

Date Range:

1932-1941

Physical Description:

.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1941

Description Level:

End Date:

1949

Date Range:

1941-1949

Physical Description:

.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1949

Description Level:

End Date:

1958

Date Range:

1949-1958

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1958

Description Level:

End Date:

1964

Date Range:

1958-1964

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1964

Description Level:

End Date:

1972

Date Range:

1964-1972

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1947

Description Level:

End Date:

1976

Date Range:

1947-1976

Physical Description:

1.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1981

Description Level:

End Date:

1987

Date Range:

1981-1987

Physical Description:

.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1994

Description Level:

End Date:

2001

Date Range:

1994-2001

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Girl's Auxiliary Minute Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1912

Description Level:

End Date:

1912

Date Range:

1912

Physical Description:

1.2 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Girl's Auxiliary Cash Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1905

Description Level:

End Date:

1922

Date Range:

1905-1922

Physical Description:

1.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Sunday School Roll Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1911

Description Level:

End Date:

1979

Date Range:

[1911, 1925, 1979]

Physical Description:

.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Minute Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1906

Description Level:

End Date:

1924

Date Range:

1906-1924

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Parish Association, Minute Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1911

Description Level:

End Date:

1978

Date Range:

[1911-1915, 1978]

Physical Description:

.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Women's Auxiliary, Cash Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1959

Description Level:

End Date:

1963

Date Range:

1959-1963

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Women's Auxiliary / Anglican Church Women Minute Book and Correspondence

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1962

Description Level:

End Date:

1968

Date Range:

1962-1968

Physical Description:

2 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Women's Auxiliary Minute Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1955

Description Level:

End Date:

1964

Date Range:

1955-1964

Physical Description:

1.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Anglican Church Women Minute Records and Correspondence

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1965

Description Level:

End Date:

1968

Date Range:

1965-1968

Physical Description:

1.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Anglican Church Women Minute Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1968

Description Level:

End Date:

1978

Date Range:

1968-1978

Physical Description:

2 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-076-002

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Baptisms and Service Register

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1884

Description Level:

End Date:

1932

Date Range:

1884-1932

Physical Description:

4.5 cm of textual records

Notes:

Baptisms, 1885-1888;

rec_shelfloc:

2009-175-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Burials since 1887 in St. James' cemetery

Publication:

Volume:

Scan Resolution:

Issue:

Standard No:

Scan Date:

Scale:

Language:

Master scans folder location:

GMD:

Responsibility:

Custodial History:

Start Date:

1888

Description Level:

St. James' Anglican Church (Gravenhurst, Ont.) sous fonds

End Date:

1967

Style or Pattern:

Process:

Date Range:

1888-1967

Marks:

Language:

Physical Description:

0.2 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc:

2015-026-001

Repository:

Algoma University Archive

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Conclusions:

Storage Method:

Transfer of property

Publication:

Volume:

Scan Resolution:

Issue:

Standard No:

Scan Date:

Scale:

Language:

Master scans folder location:

GMD:

Responsibility:

Custodial History:

Start Date:

1904

Description Level:

St. James' Anglican Church (Gravenhurst, Ont.) sous fonds

End Date:

1904

Style or Pattern:

Process:

Date Range:

October 1-3, 1904

Marks:

Language:

Physical Description:

0.2 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc:

2015-026-001

Repository:

Algoma University Archive

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Conclusions:

Storage Method:

Vestry meetings

Publication:

Volume:

Scan Resolution:

Issue:

Standard No:

Scan Date:

Scale:

Language:

Master scans folder location:

GMD:

Responsibility:

Custodial History:

Start Date:

1889

Description Level:

St. James' Anglican Church (Gravenhurst, Ont.) sous fonds

End Date:

1915

Style or Pattern:

Process:

Date Range:

1889-1915

Marks:

Language:

Physical Description:

0.4 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc:

2015-026-001

Repository:

Algoma University Archive

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Conclusions:

Storage Method:

Statement of accounts

Publication:

Volume:

Scan Resolution:

Issue:

Standard No:

Scan Date:

Scale:

Language:

Master scans folder location:

GMD:

Responsibility:

Custodial History:

Start Date:

1888

Description Level:

St. James' Anglican Church (Gravenhurst, Ont.) sous fonds

End Date:

1891

Style or Pattern:

Process:

Date Range:

1888-1891

Marks:

Language:

Physical Description:

0.3 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc:

2015-026-001

Repository:

Algoma University Archive

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Conclusions:

Storage Method:

Financial Reports

Publication:

Volume:

Scan Resolution:

Issue:

Standard No:

Scan Date:

Scale:

Language:

Master scans folder location:

GMD:

Responsibility:

Custodial History:

Start Date:

1900

Description Level:

St. James' Anglican Church (Gravenhurst, Ont.) sous fonds

End Date:

1910

Style or Pattern:

Process:

Date Range:

1900-1910

Marks:

Language:

Physical Description:

0.5 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc:

2015-026-001

Repository:

Algoma University Archive

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Conclusions:

Storage Method:

Register of services

Geographic Access:

Massey (Ont.)

Publication:

Name Access:

St. James' Anglican Church (Massey, Ont.)

Volume:

Scan Resolution:

Issue:

Standard No:

Scan Date:

Scale:

Language:

Master scans folder location:

GMD:

Responsibility:

Custodial History:

Start Date:

1923

Description Level: