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Christ Anglican Church
Christ Church
4750 Zimmerman Ave.
Niagara Falls, Ontario L2E 3M9
Phone: 905.358.9712
Christ Anglican Church (Niagara Falls, Ont.) fonds. -- 1864-2006. -- 1.15 m of textual records.
In 1863 Rev. D.I.F. MacLeod, the rector at Chippawa, Ont. began to hold services in Clifton, Ont. (now Niagara Falls, Ont.). There was no church building so services were held in a store, and then a railway station. Construction began in 1865, and Christ Church was opened for worship on 17 December 1865. It did not gain independence from Chippawa until 1874. The structure of Christ Church was enlarged in 1894. For a more complete history see Parish Register B in this fonds.
The fonds consists of parish registers containing statistical records, services, Vestry minutes, financial registers, mortgages, annual reports and other documents. Most of the fonds has been microfilmed.
Title based on content of fonds.
Fonds on deposit. Ownership of the fonds resides with Christ Church.
Finding aid available in hard copy and electronically.
Researchers are requested to use the microfilms. They must also sign an agreement of use form.
Further accruals are expected.
History Of Christ Church
No regular services were held at Clifton until 1863. From this time onward regular Sunday afternoon services were held at Clifton. There was, as yet, no church, so services were held over the store of W.W. Woodruff for a time and were later conducted in the waiting room of the Great Western Railway.
Clifton's first vestry meeting was held on March 29, 1864, the corner stone of the church was laid on July 31, 1865 and Christ Church, Clifton opened for worship on December 17, 1865. For the next eleven years Clifton was an outstation of the village of Chippawa. It was made a separate parish with its own resident clergymen in 1874. In 1876, when Queenston was attached, the parish extended from Niagara Falls along the river to within four miles of Niagara-on-the-Lake. In 1879 the Church of St. Saviour was opened in Queenston.
The population of Clifton greatly increased after the building of the cantilever bridge in 1883, particularly as the result of an influx of railroad employees. In January 1888 St. Stephen's Mission Chapel opened for services. The increased population of the town also necessitated the enlargement of Christ Church; this project was completed by January 1894. In 1900 Queenston, which had been connected with Stamford and had later been an independent charge, and St. Stephen's Chapel were made, once again points of Christ Church.
Note: The above history is an abbreviated version of that contained in Parish Register B.
* - In Parish Register A the church is referred to as Christ Church, Clifton until 1880 from which time it is generally listed as Christ Church, Niagara Falls.
I - List of Parish Registers
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Parish Register A | Baptisms Nov. 8, 1864-Sept. 3 1893 Marriages July 4, 1864-Aug. 16 1893 Burials Sept. 28, 1865-Sept. 2 1893 |
171 |
Parish Register B
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Baptisms Sept. 10, 1893-Dec. 24, 1916 Confirmations 1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916 Marriages Sept. 25, 1893-Apr. 3, 1901 Burials Sept. 21, 1893-Dec. 31, 1915 |
171
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Parish Register C | Baptisms Dec. 31, 1916-Aug. 8, 1920 Confirmations 1917, 1919, 1920 Marriages June 6, 1917-July 26, 1920 Burials Jan. 16, 1916-July 28, 1920 |
171 |
Parish Register D | Baptisms Aug. 8, 1920-Sept. 30, 1923 Confirmations 1921, 1922 Churchings 1920-1923 Marriages Sept. 15, 1920-Oct. 10, 1923 Burials Sept. 20, 1920-Sept. 25, 1923 |
171 |
Parish Register E | Baptisms Oct. 7, 1923-Nov. 22, 1931 Confirmations 1924-1933 |
171 |
Churchings 1923-1931 Burials Oct. 20, 1923-June 17 1938 |
172 | |
Parish Register F | Baptisms Nov. 29, 1931-Oct. 19, 1958 Confirmations 1934-1944, 1946, 1948-1950, 1952, 1953-1958 |
172 |
Parish Register G | Baptisms Nov. 2, 1958-June 3, 1962 | 172 |
Parish Register H | Baptisms June 10, 1962-Mar. 29, 1968 | 172 |
Parish Register I | Marriages May 24, 1901-Aug. 8, 1908 | 171 |
Parish Register J | Marriages Aug. 11, 1908-Feb. 14, 1910 | 173 |
Parish Register L | Marriages Dec. 10, 1910-Nov. 28, 1912 | 171 |
Parish Register M | Marriages Dec. 3, 1912-Nov. 20, 1915 | 173 |
Parish Register N | Marriages Nov. 25, 1915-Sept. 18, 1918 | 174 |
Parish Register O | Marriages Sept. 26, 1918-Mar. 12, 1923 | 174 |
Parish Register P | Marriages Mar. 24, 1923-Apr. 3, 1929 | 174 |
Parish Register Q | Marriages Apr. 8, 1929-Oct. 6, 1934 | 174 |
Parish Register R | Marriages Oct. 11, 1934-Apr. 21, 1938 | 174 |
Parish Register S | Marriages May 2, 1938-June 22, 1940 | 174 |
Parish Register T | Marriages June 29, 1940-Oct. 2, 1941 | 174 |
Parish Register U | Marriages Oct. 4, 1941-Jan. 1, 1943 | 174 & 175 |
Parish Register V | Marriages Jan. 23, 1943-Jan. 13, 1945 | 175 |
Parish Register W | Marriages Feb. 17, 1945-Apr. 10, 1948 | 175 |
Parish Register X | Marriages Apr. 24, 1948-Oct. 27, 1951 | 175 |
Parish Register Y | Marriages Nov. 17, 1951-Nov. 21, 1953 | 175 |
Parish Register Z | Marriages Nov. 21, 1953-Oct. 24, 1959 | 175 |
Parish Register AA | Marriages Oct. 31, 1959-July 11, 1970 | 175 |
Parish Register BB | Banns of Marriage Mar. 11, 1951-June 24, 1962 |
171 |
Parish Register CC | Vestry Meeting Minutes Apr. 18, 1895-Jan. 17, 1971 |
173 |
Parish Register DD | Service Register 1892-1936* | not filmed |
Parish Register EE | Vestry Book 1951-1968* | not filmed |
Parish Register FF | Vestry Book 1968-1974* | not filmed |
Parish Register GG | Marriages July 18, 1970-Dec. 30, 1995 | 400 |
Parish Register HH | Burials Sept. 1995-Aug. 1998 | 400 |
Parish Register II | Burials Sept.1998-Dec. 2001 | 400 |
Parish Register JJ | Vestry Book April 1992-December 1997 |
400 |
Parish Register KK | Vestry Book January 1998-December 1997 |
400 |
Parish Register MM | Burials Dec. 2001-March 2006 | 405 |
Financial Register #1 | Cash Book & Records 1864-1875 Minutes of Vestry Meetings May 1864-Apr. 1894 |
184 |
Financial Register #2 | Cash Book 1875-1916 | 184 |
Folder of Loose Material | not filmed | |
*Registers marked with an asterisk are still in the possession of Church (Nov. 2 1981). |
II - Index of Statistical Records
a) Baptisms
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Parish Register A | Nov. 8, 1864-Sept. 3, 1893 | 171 |
Parish Register B | Sept. 10, 1893-Dec. 24, 1916 | 171 |
Parish Register C | Dec. 31, 1916-Aug. 8, 1920 | 171 |
Parish Register D | Aug. 8, 1920-Sept. 30, 1923 | 171 |
Parish Register E | Oct. 7, 1923-Nov. 22, 1931 | 171 |
Parish Register F | Nov. 29, 1931-Oct. 19, 1958 | 172 |
Parish Register G | Nov. 2, 1958-June 3, 1962 | 172 |
Parish Register H | June 10, 1962-Mar. 29, 1968 | 172 |
b) Confirmations
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Parish Register B | 1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916 |
171 |
Parish Register C | 1917, 1919, 1920 | 171 |
Parish Register D | 1921, 1922 | 171 |
Parish Register E | 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 |
171 |
Parish Register F | 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 |
172 |
c) Marriages
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Parish Register A | July 4, 1864-Aug. 16, 1893 | 171 |
Parish Register B | Sept. 25, 1893-Apr. 3, 1901 | 171 |
Parish Register I | May 24, 1901-Aug. 8, 1908 | 171 |
Parish Register J | Aug. 11, 1908-Feb. 14, 1910 | 173 |
Parish Register K | June 2, 1909-Dec. 8, 1910 (The overlap period entries are apparently duplicates of those in Parish Register J) |
173 |
Parish Register L | Dec. 10, 1910-Nov. 28, 1912 | 171 |
Parish Register M | Dec. 3, 1912-Nov. 20, 1915 | 173 |
Parish Register N | Nov. 25, 1915-Sept. 18, 1918 | 174 |
Parish Register C | June 6, 1917-July 26, 1920 | 171 |
Parish Register O | Sept. 26, 1918-Mar. 12, 1923 (This register includes notes of those duplicated in Parish Register C) |
174 |
Parish Register P | Mar. 24, 1923-Apr. 3, 1929 | 174 |
Parish Register Q | Apr. 8, 1929-Oct. 6, 1934 | 174 |
Parish Register R | Oct. 11, 1934-Apr. 21, 1938 | 174 |
Parish Register S | May 2, 1938-June 22, 1940 | 174 |
Parish Register T | June 29, 1940-Oct. 2, 1941 | 174 |
Parish Register U | Oct. 4, 1941-Jan. 1, 1943 | 174/175 |
Parish Register V | Jan. 23, 1943-Jan. 13, 1945 | 175 |
Parish Register W | Feb. 17, 1945-Apr. 10, 1948 | 175 |
Parish Register X | Apr. 24, 1948-Oct. 27, 1951 | 175 |
Parish Register Y | Nov. 17, 1951-Nov. 21, 1953 | 175 |
Parish Register Z | Nov. 21, 1953-Oct. 24, 1959 | 175 |
Parish Register AA | Oct. 31, 1959-July 11, 1970 | 175 |
Parish Register BB | Mar. 11, 1951-June 24, 1962 --Banns only (Apparently duplicates of entries in Parish Registers X, Y, Z and AA) |
171 |
Parish Register GG |
July 18, 1970 - Dec. 30, 1995 |
400 |
d) Burials
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Parish Register A | Sept. 1865-Sept. 2 1893 | 171 |
Parish Register B | Sept. 21, 1893-Dec. 31, 1915 | 171 |
Parish Register C | Jan. 16, 1916-July 28, 1920 | 171 |
Parish Register D | Sept. 20, 1920-Sept. 25, 1923 | 171 |
Parish Register E | Oct. 20, 1923-June 17, 1938 | 171/172 |
Parish Register HH | Sept. 1998-Dec. 2001 | 400 |
Parish Register II | Sept. 1998-Dec. 2001 | 400 |
Parish Register MM | Dec. 2001-March 2006 | 405 |
III - General Records
a) Churchings
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Parish Register D | 1920-1923 | 171 |
Parish Register E | 1923-1931 | 171 |
Parish Register F | 1932-1935 | 172 |
b) Vestry Meeting Minutes
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Parish Register CC (As well as minutes, this register also contains parochial statistics, accounts, lists of church appointments and declarations by church members) Financial Register #1 (This register also contains signatures of those in attendance at Vestry meetings, as well as a brief hand-written history of the formation of the Parish) |
Apr. 1895-Jan. 1971
May 1894-Apr. 1894 |
173 |
c) Service Registers (Vestry Books)
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Parish Register DD | 1892-1936 | not filmed |
Parish Register EE Parish Register FF |
1951-1968 1968-1974 |
(still at Christ Church) |
Parish Register JJ | April 1992-Dec.1997 | 400 |
Parish Register KK | Jan. 1998-Dec.14. 1997 | 400 |
d) Financial Statements
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Financial Register #1 (This register includes a record of costs of the church building) |
May 1864-Mar. 1875 | 184 |
Financial Register #2 (Includes financial records of Christ Church Sunday School Building Fund 1905-1907) |
Apr. 1875-Apr. 1916 | 184 |
e) Folder of Loose Material
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May 21, 1864 Dec. 28, 1869 Dec. 22, 1879 Dec. 22, 1884 Oct. 7, 1893 May 23 1894 Sept. 11, 1897 Feb. 23, 1907 Agreement with W.E. Tench, re: monies left to St. Stephens to be transferred to Christ Church -Jan. 1916. Request to Lord Bishop of Niagara, Rev. William R. Clark for consecration of Church (no date). Annual Reports Letter Huron & Erie Mortgage Jan. 10 1919 -re: Transfer of stock for St. Stephen's Chapel. |
Receipt for purchase of Church Lots Mortgage -$75.00 Mortgage -$1500.00 Mortgage -$800.00 Mortgage -$2500.00 Mortgage -$500.00 Mortgage -$500.00 Mortgage -$3500.00 1883 (on foolscap sheets) Inauguration of Chimes (3 copies) |
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