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All Saints' Anglican Parish (Missanabie, Ont.) fonds

Description
Start Date: 
1913
End Date: 
1991
Date Range: 
1913 - 1991
Physical Description: 

.11 m of textual records.

Arrangement: 
Fonds is arranged into a single sous fonds.
History Biographical: 

All Saints' Anglican Parish (Missanabie, Ont.) was founded in 1888 by the Rev. John Sanders, an Ojibway, who was the first Christian missionary in the area.  He was educated at Horden Hall (Moose Factory, Ont.) and at St. John's College in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Sanders was ordained in 1876 by the pioneer first Bishop of Moosonee, the Rt. Rev. John Horden. 

The parish was transferred from the Diocese of Moosonee to the Diocese of Algoma in 1898 and included White River, Ont. as a second point to the parish.

Incumbents of All Saints' Anglican Parish (Missanabie, Ont.) include: John Sanders (1888-1898), S. H. Ferris (1898-?).

Sources:

Diocesan History of All Saints' Church in Missanabie, Diocesan Heritage Centre History Files Collection, Algoma University Archives, File: 2013-078/005(009).

Photograph: Taken by the late Joseph Iserhoff of Missanabie ca. 1948.  The photograph shows All Saints' Church and the missionary's house on the right.  The Algoma Anglican 12, no. 8 (1968): 3. Algoma University Archives, 2013-086_001_004_019.

Scope Content: 

Fonds is comprised of records documenting activities at All Saints' Anglican Parish (Missanabie, Ont.). Includes burial permits, correspondence from Missanabie Cree First Nations, parish registers, service register, vestry book, account books, and other materials.

Repository: 
aua
Admin
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.

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.

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