Dunn, William Coombe

(born 21 February 1891) Educated at Bishop's College, Lennoxville LST 1918; catechist in Algoma 1913; d 1918 p 1919 Algoma; SPG Missionary (1919); Nipigon (1919-1924) with Dorion (1923-1924); Little Current (1924-1926); Restoule with Nipissing (1926-1929); Malby with Beauchais, Diocese of Quebec (1928-1933); Kingsley with Spooner Pond & Denison's Mills (1933-1937); Sawyerville (1937) .

Authority source:

Biographical Index: Clergy, Students, Lay Readers & Catechists, 1830-1940 \ Alan Knight

Name Sub-category:

Algoma Clergy

William Coombe Dunn fonds

Submitted by ken on Thu, 07/18/2013 - 14:34

Description

Start Date:

1903

End Date:

1919

Date Range:

1903 and 1919

Physical Description:

3 vol.

.15 m of textual records

Arrangement:

Fonds is arranged in volume order.

History Biographical:

The Reverend William Coombe Dunn born 21 February 1891. He emigrated to Canada in 1912 as an Society for the Propagation of the Gospel missionary sponsored by St. Giles', Plymouth, UK. He was made a catechist in the Diocese of Algoma in 1913. He was educated at Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec receiving his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 1918. He was made deacon in 1918 and priested in 1919 in Algoma. Dunn served at Nipigon (1919-1924) with Dorion (1923-1924); Little Current (1924-1926); Restoule with Nipissing (1926-1929); He later moved to the Diocese of Quebec and service at Malby with Beauchais (1928-1933); Kingsley with Spooner Pond & Denison's Mills (1933-1937); and Sawyerville (1937) . Dunn passed away on July 17, 1979.

Scope Content:

Fonds comprises the three volumes of J. James Tissot's Illustrated Life of Christ (1903 edition). The inside cover page of volume one is inscribed "To the Rev. Mr. W. C. Dunn from the Scholars of St. Mary's Nipigon Sunday School Christmas 1919."

Associated Material:

Associated materials may be found in the Nipigon Bay Anglican Parish fonds d'archives.

Repository:

aua

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Custodial History:

The materials in Accession 2013-091 were transferred from Ms. Dunn to Ken Hernden on July 12, 2013.

Access Restriction:

No restrictions on access.

Repro Restriction:

No restrictions on use.

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