St. John&#039;s Anglican Parish (Garden River, Ont.) fonds

All material is in English.

Language:

End Date:

[199-?]

Date Range:

[1873-199-?]

Repro Restriction:

May be restrictions on use based on the terms of the Deposit Agreement, the Diocese's Policy on Privacy and Archives. Subject to all applicable privacy legislation.

Conservation:

Minor conservation performed on fonds.

Physical Description:

0.22 m of textual records

Arrangement:

Fonds is arranged in one sous fonds.

History Biographical:

Present Day Garden River First Nation's Reservation was formally created in 1850 with the signing of the Robinson Treaty. Chief Shingwaukonce, a veteran of the War of 1812 on the side of the British, was an important influence in the establishment of the a church in Garden River. It is a single point parish comprising the congregation of St. John's Anglican Church (Garden River, Ont.). The parish began as a branch of the Sault Ste. Marie mission in 1832 by Rev. William McMurrray. The first church was built in 1832 but destroyed by fire in 1882. The new church was opened for services October 20, 1883, and consecrated July 6, 1884.

Incumbents of St. John's Anglican Parish (Garden River Ont.) include: William McMurray (1832), Rev. O'Mera (1838-1856), James Chance (1864-1873), Fred Frost (1874), E. F. Wilson (1874 –1879), P. T. Rowe (1880-1881), J. H. Glass (1881-1882), P. T. Rowe (1882 188[3-4?]), J. H. Gallaher (1884– 1885), John Esquimaux (1884), George Kabaoosa (1886), C. A. French (1887–1888), Mazagun (1888), Lea Keik Wilson (1888-1889), James Irvine (1889–1893), R. J. Renison (1893–1897), R. Atkinson (1897), Frederick Frost (1897-1906) , Edward H. Capp (1900-1903), L.F. Hardyman (1903), H.A. Brooke (1907), T. B. Holland (1907-1911), George Kabaoosa (1908), S. H. Ferris (1911-1919), B. P. Fuller (1911-1920), D. A. Johnston (1919 –1933), Alfred Greaves (1943).

Sources:

St. John's Anglican Church, http://members.shaw.ca/hjarmstrong/anglican.htm [accessed 2013 July, 21]
Shingwauk Education Trust, http://www.shingwauk.ca/page.php?p=participating_communities_garden_river [accessed 2013 August, 13]
Algoma University Archives, http://archives.algomau.ca/main/node/19930 [accessed 2013 July, 19]

Scope Content:

Fonds is comprised of records documenting activities at St. John's Anglican Parish (Garden River, Ont.), specifically St. John's Anglican Church (Garden River, Ont.). Includes parish register, vestry books and reports, Ojibway language hymn books, service registers and other materials.

Repository:

aua

St. John's Anglican Church (Garden River, Ont.) sous fonds

Custodial History:

Accrual 2009-075 transferred from Laurentian University Archives to Algoma University by Ken Hernden and Robin Isard in May 2009.

Start Date:

1873

GMD:

Garden River First Nation (Ont.)

Geographic Access:

Access Restriction:

May be restrictions on access based on the terms of the Deposit Agreement, the Diocese's Policy on Privacy and Archives. Subject to all applicable privacy legislation.

Description Level:

Sous Fonds

Name Access:

All material is in English.

Language:

End Date:

[199-?]

Date Range:

[1873-199-?]

Repro Restriction:

May be restrictions on use based on the terms of the Deposit Agreement, the Diocese's Policy on Privacy and Archives. Subject to all applicable privacy legislation.

Conservation:

Minor conservation performed on sous fonds.

Physical Description:

0.22 m of textual records

Arrangement:

Sous fonds is arranged in files.

History Biographical:

St. John's Anglican Church (Garden River, Ont.) was built in 1832 but destroyed by fire in 1882. The new church was opened for services October 20, 1883, and consecrated July 6, 1884.

The parsonage was originally built in 1897. In 1910 and 1911 the church underwent sunstaintial renovation including improved aisle matting and external painting. In 1950 the parsonage moved to the North side of highway 17. IThis included the addition of a concrete foundation and a furnace. Electricity and a water pressure system were installed in the church in 1946. The sod was turned for the new Parish Hall and Chapel in 1951, officiated by Bishop Wright, Canon Colloton, and Rev. Privett. The buildings were finished in the summer of that year.

Within this church there are several pieces of art that are significant to the area; its stained glass windows were donated to the church in 1902 by Alice Longfellow, daughter of American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (who published the epic poem “The Song of Hiawatha” in 1855), as well as the collection of summer wildlife scenes, painted in 1971 by Canadian Artist, Muriel Newton-White.

Sources:

"The History of St. John's Mission: Established 1832" (1952), Diocesan Heritage Centre history files collection, Algoma University Archives, part of 2013-07_003_010.

Scope Content:

Sous fonds is comprised of records documenting activities at St. John's Anglican Church (Garden River, Ont.). Includes parish registers, vestry records, and other materials.

Repository:

aua

Parish Register (Baptisms, 1873-1901, Marriages, 1874-1893, Burials, 1873-1907 )

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1873

Description Level:

End Date:

1907

Date Range:

1873-1907

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

Notes:

Baptisms, 1873-1901|Marriages, 1874-1893|Burials, 1873-1907

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Vestry Reports

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1918

Description Level:

End Date:

1940

Date Range:

1918-1940

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Envelope Contributions

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1909

Description Level:

End Date:

1912

Date Range:

1909-1912

Physical Description:

.8 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Parish Register; Baptisms 1955-1970; Confirmations 1954-1982; Marriages 1959-1988; Burials 1955-1987

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1954

Description Level:

End Date:

1988

Date Range:

1954-1988

Physical Description:

2 cm of textual records

Notes:

Baptisms, 1955-1970|Marriages, 1959-1988|Burials, 1955-1987|Confirmations, 1954-1982

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Women's Guild

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1907

Description Level:

End Date:

1922

Date Range:

1907-1922

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Ojibway Hymn Books

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1990

Description Level:

End Date:

1999

Date Range:

[199-?]

Physical Description:

2.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Parish Register; Baptisms 1888-1904; Confirmations 1895-1951; Marriages 1893-1906; Burials 1888-1898

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1888

Description Level:

End Date:

1951

Date Range:

1888-1951

Physical Description:

2 cm of textual records

Notes:

Baptisms, 1888-1904|Marriages, 1893-1906|Burials, 1888-1898|Confirmations, 1895-1951

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Visitor's Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1936

Description Level:

End Date:

1955

Date Range:

1936-1955

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Correspondence According to St. John's Anglican Church

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1968

Description Level:

End Date:

1969

Date Range:

1968-1969

Physical Description:

.1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1873

Description Level:

End Date:

1907

Date Range:

1873-1907

Physical Description:

.3 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1938

Description Level:

End Date:

1953

Date Range:

1938-1953

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1954

Description Level:

End Date:

1973

Date Range:

1954-1973

Physical Description:

1.2 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

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 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Reports to the Secretary Colonial and Continental Church Society

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1915

Description Level:

End Date:

1919

Date Range:

1915-1919

Physical Description:

1 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

List of Parishioners

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1940

Description Level:

End Date:

1941

Date Range:

1940-1941

Physical Description:

.3 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Vestry Book

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1907

Description Level:

End Date:

1915

Date Range:

1907-1915

Physical Description:

.3 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Parish Register; Baptisms 1878-1980; Marriages 1879-1958; Burials 1880-1957

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1878

Description Level:

End Date:

1980

Date Range:

1878-1980

Physical Description:

3.5 cm of textual records

Notes:

Baptisms, 1878-1980|Marriages, 1879-1958|Burials, 1880-1957

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-001

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Vestry Meetings and Finances

Name Access:

GMD:

Start Date:

1897

Description Level:

End Date:

1933

Date Range:

1897-1933

Physical Description:

1.5 cm of textual records

rec_shelfloc:

2009-075-002 OS

Repository:

Algoma University

Accession No: