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St. Luke's Anglican Church
St. Luke's
1382 Ontario Street
Burlington, Ontario L7S 1G1
Phone: 905.634.1826
St. Luke's Anglican Church (Burlington, Ont.) fonds. -- 1835-1976. -- 67 cm of textual records.
The part of Burlington were St. Luke's is located used to be known as Brant's Park. The parish, called Wellington Square, was organized in 1835 when St. Luke's was built. St. Luke's was consecrated on 4 October 1838 by the Right Reverend G.J. Mountain, then Bishop of Quebec. For a more complete history see St. Luke's Church, Burlington, Ontario, 1834-1967.
The fonds consists of parish registers containing statistical records, minutes of Vestry Meetings and the Married Couple's Club, services, attendance of the Brotherhood of Anglican Churchmen and other records. The fonds has been microfilmed on 5 reels, numbered 103-104 and 127-129.
Title based on content of fonds.
Fonds on deposit. Ownership of fonds resides with St. Luke's.
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.
Historical Notes
The parish of Burlington, formerly Wellington Square, was organized as a parish in 1835, when the Church of St. Luke's was built, largely through the efforts and gifts of Elizabeth Brant (Mrs. W. Kerr), daughter of Chief Joseph Brant. Prior to this time the people of the village were ministered to by itinerant missionaries. The first resident minister was the Rev. Frederick Mack whose first entry in the Parish Register of the Church is dated November 15, 1835. A travelling missionary, the Rev. Henry O'Neill, supplied some services, as did the Rev. J.G. Geddes, minister of Hamilton and Barton during the period 1836-1838*. In July 1838 the Rev. Thomas Green was appointed rector of Wellington by the Bishop of Montreal; his incumbency lasted over forty years.
Dr. Green extended the ministrations of his church to the various settlements and villages of the surrounding countryside: Waterdown; Lowville; Nassagaweya; Hannahsville (later Nelson); **Palermo; Bronte and Oakville. These congregations gradually formed their own parishes leaving only Hannahsville as part of the Burlington charge. The avenue of acacia trees was planted in 1840 and the Memorial Hall was opened in 1923.
*See the service-banns register for time period (1835-1838), Christ Church Cathedral, envelope #4, and Parish Register B. **The early registers contain many entries for St. John's, Nelson.
For further account of the history of St. Luke's, see the Anglican Church Histories.--Church filing cabinet.
I - List of Parish Registers:
a) Statistical
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Parish Register A | Baptisms Nov. 1835-Jan. 1868 Marriages Dec. 1835-Aug. 1862 Burials Feb. 1836-Nov. 1868 |
127 |
Parish Register B | Baptisms 1857-1878 Marriages 1858-1895 Burials 1868, 1873 |
127 |
Parish Register C | Baptisms June 1874-Oct. 1918 Marriages Sept. 1874-Oct. 1918 Burials Sept. 1874-July 1918 Registers B and C contain many entries for St. John's (Nelson). |
128 |
Parish Register D | Marriages Feb. 1989-July 1910 | 128 |
Parish Register E | Confirmations Feb. 1905-March 1917 Statistics 1922 Church Families, undated (c. 1905) |
127 |
Parish Register F | Baptisms Dec. 1918-Mar. 1929 Confirmations Apr. 1919-May 1929 Marriages Dec. 1918-June 1929 Burials Nov. 1918-May 1929 |
128 |
Parish Register G | Baptisms June 1929-Oct. 1935 Confirmations Apr. 1930-Mar. 1935 Marriages June 1929-Nov. 1935 Banns 1929-1935 Burials June 1929-Nov. 1935 |
128 |
Parish Register H | Baptisms Dec. 1935-Nov. 1945 Churchings 1937-1943 Confirmations Mar. 1936-Apr. 1944 Marriages Nov. 1935-Oct. 1945 Banns June 1941-June 1958 Burials Dec. 1935-Dec. 1945 |
128 |
Parish Register I | Baptisms Nov. 1945-July 1951 Confirmations Apr. 1946-Apr. 1959 Marriages Nov. 10, 1945 June 6, 1959 Burials Feb. 1946-July 1960 |
128 |
Parish Register J Parish Register K |
Baptisms Apr. 1951-Nov. 1954 Baptisms Nov. 1954-June 1960 |
129 |
Parish Register L | Baptisms June 12, 1960- Apr. 1967 Confirmations May 1960-Dec. 1970 Marriages June 1959-Sept. 1970 Burials July 1960-Dec. 1970 |
129 |
Parish Register M | Marriages Oct. 1970-Apr. 1976 | 129 |
Parish Register N | Minutes of Vestry Meetings 1888-1904 |
127 |
Parish Register O | Minutes of Vestry Meetings 1904-1926 |
103 |
Parish Register P | Minutes of Vestry Meetings 1927-1950 (N.B. does not appear on #129) |
129 |
Parish Register Q | Minutes of Vestry Meetings 1950-1973 |
103 |
Parish Register R | Service Register 1895-1919 | 104 |
Parish Register S | Service Register 1919-1934 | 104 |
Parish Register T | Service Register 1934-1945 | 104 |
Parish Register U | Service Register 1945-1956 | 104 |
Parish Register V | Brotherhood of Anglican Churchmen Attendance Book 1957-1971 |
103 |
Parish Register W | Married Couple's Club Minute Book 1949-1956 |
103 |
Parish Register MM | Baptisms - 13 Oct. 1996-19 Jun. 2011 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
Parish Register NN | Marriage - Oct. 1996-Sept. 2000 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
Parish Register OO | Marriage - Oct. 2000-Oct. 2003 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
Parish Register PP | Marriage - Oct. 2003-May 2008 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
Parish Register QQ | Marriage - May 2008-Jul. 2012 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
Parish Register RR | Burial - Jul. 1998-Mar. 2000 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
Parish Register SS | Burial - Mar. 2000-Aug. 2002 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
Parish Register TT | Burial - Aug. 2002-Apr. 2005 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
Parish Register UU | Burial - May 2005-Feb. 2008 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
Parish Register VV | Burial - Feb. 2008-Jul. 2010 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
b) Financial
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Financial Register #1 | Financial Reports 1854-1887 | 127 |
Financial Register #2 | Cash Book 1871-1879 | 127 |
Financial Register #3 | Cash Book 1879-1886 | 127 |
Financial Register #4 | Cash Book 1886-1891 | 127 |
Financial Register #5 | Cash Book 1888-1895 | 127 |
Financial Register #6 | Financial Reports 1912-1918 Insurance Policies 1914-1917 |
127 |
Financial Register #7 | Financial Statements, Church School 1924-1930 |
127 |
II - Index of Statistical Records
a) Baptisms
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November 1835- January 1868 |
Parish Register A | 127 |
1857-1878 (additional to those above) |
Parish Register B | 127 |
June 1874- October 1918 |
Parish Register C | 128 |
December 1918- March 1929 |
Parish Register F | 128 |
June 1929- October 1935 |
Parish Register G | 128 |
December 1935- November 1945 |
Parish Register H | 128 |
November 1945- July 1951 |
Parish Register I | 128 |
April 1951- November 1954 |
Parish Register J | 129 |
November 1954- June 1960 |
Parish Register K | 129 |
June 1960- April 1967 |
Parish Register L | 129 |
October 1996- June 2011 |
Parish Register MM |
Digital Access in Reading Room |
b) Confirmations
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February 1905- March 1917 |
Parish Register E | 127 |
April 1919- May 1929 |
Parish Register F | 128 |
April 1930- March 1935 |
Parish Register G | 128 |
March 1936- April 1944 |
Parish Register H | 128 |
April 1946- April 1959 |
Parish Register I | 128 |
May 1960- December 1970 |
Parish Register L | 129 |
c) Marriages
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December 1835- August 1862 |
Parish Register A | 127 |
1858-1895 | Parish Register B | 127 |
September 1874- October 1918 |
Parish Register C | 128 |
February 1898- July 1910 (these are in addition to those listed in Register C) |
Parish Register D | 128 |
December 1918- June 1929 |
Parish Register F | 128 |
June 1929- November 1935 |
Parish Register G | 128 |
November 1935- October 1945 |
Parish Register H | 128 |
November 1945- June 1959 |
Parish Register I | 128 |
June 1959- September 1970 |
Parish Register L | 129 |
October 1970- April 1976 |
Parish Register M | 129 |
October 1996- Septmber 2000 |
Parish Register NN |
Digital Access in Reading Room |
October 2000- October 2003 |
Parish Register OO |
Digital Access in Reading Room |
October 2003- May 2008 |
Parish Register PP | Digital Access in Reading Room |
May 2008- July 2012 |
Parish Register QQ | Digital Access in Reading Room |
d) Burials
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February 1836- November 1868 |
Parish Register A | 127 |
1868, 1873 | Parish Register B | 127 |
September 1874- July 1918 |
Parish Register C | 128 |
November 1918- May 1929 |
Parish Register F | 128 |
June 1929- November 1935 |
Parish Register G | 128 |
December 1935- December 1945 |
Parish Register H | 128 |
February 1946- July 1960 |
Parish Register I | 128 |
July 1960- December 1970 |
Parish Register L | 128 |
July 1998- March 2000 |
Parish Register RR |
Digital Access in Reading Room |
March 2000- August 2002 |
Parish Register SS |
Digital Access in Reading Room |
August 2002- April 2005 |
Parish Register TT |
Digital Access in Reading Room |
May 2005- February 2008 |
Parish Register UU |
Digital Access in Reading Room |
February 2008- July 2010 |
Parish Register VV |
Digital Access in Reading Room |
III - Other Records
a) Minutes of Vestry Meetings
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1888-1904 | Parish Register N | 127 |
1904-1926 | Parish Register O | 103 |
1927-1950 | Parish Register P | 129(?) |
1950-1973 | Parish Register Q | 103 |
2008-2014 | Parish Register YY | Digital Access in Reading Room |
b) Service Registers
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1895-1919 | Parish Register R | 104 |
1919-1934 | Parish Register S | 104 |
1934-1945 | Parish Register T | 104 |
1945-1956 | Parish Register U | 104 |
c) Attendance Book of the Brotherhood of Anglican Churchmen
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1957-1971 | Parish Register V | 103 |
d) Minutes of the Meetings of the Married Couple's Club
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1949-1956 | Parish Register W | 103 |
e) Church Families
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Undated, C. 1905 | Parish Register E | 127 |
f) Diocesan Statistics
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(Sunday School (?) attendance figures, teachers, facilities, etc.) |
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1922 | Parish Register E | 127 |