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Trinity Anglican Church
Holy Trinity
7820 Portage Road
Niagara Falls, Ontario NOA 1HO
Phone: 905.295.3212
Trinity Anglican Church (Chippawa, Ont. : Niagara Falls, Ont.) fonds. -- 1820-1982. -- 35 cm of textual records.
Chippawa, Ont. is now part of Niagara Falls, Ont. In 1820 William Leeming arrived in Chippawa as the first rector. A church, erected in 1822, was destroyed by fire in 1839. The foundation stone for the new church was laid by Bishop Strachan in 1841. For a more complete history see Trinity Church Chippawa, 1820-1920 and Parish Register L.
Fonds consists of parish registers containing statistical records, services, Vestry and Men's Club minutes, financial reports and accounts. The fonds has been microfilmed on 3 reels, numbered 176-178.
Title based on content of fonds.
Fonds on deposit. Ownership of the fonds resides with Trinity 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.
Historical Notes
After the war of 1812 Chippawa, having been served by itinerant ministers in earlier years, became part of a new mission, the centre of which was Ancaster. In 1820 the Rev. William Leeming was appointed rector of the mission which also included Stamford and Grimsby. According to the report of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, a grant of 100 Pounds was made in 1822 to aid in erecting a church in Chippawa. Rev. Leeming continued to serve the parish of Chippawa and Stamford until his death in 1863. The original frame church was burned by Mackenzie's rebels in September 1839 and the foundation stone for the present one was laid by Bishop Strachan in 1841. (For further historical information - see Parish Register L) (See also Church History in filing cabinet)
Note: The entries for baptisms, marriages and burials in the first three registers are somewhat irregular and, most particularly when using Parish Register B, the researcher is cautioned to search every page of the book and also the loose material included with it.
I - List of Parish Registers
a) Statistical
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Parish Register A
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Baptisms August 1820-July 1837 Marriages August 1820-April 1835 Burials September 1820-September 1836 (with a note regarding 5 other burials in 1838) |
176 |
Parish Register B
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Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, May 1828(?)-September 1853. These entries were all copied into the register in 1886 and have not been carefully recorded; Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials are all interspersed and frequently important information is missing. The 1828 date of what appears to be the earliest entry may be an error for 1838 and if it is, then the entries commence in September 1834. There is some duplication of the entries in Parish Register A (e.g. the entry numbered "21" in Register B, the Morrison baptism of 1835 may be found in Register A). Baptisms 1845 and 1851 Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1848-1850. These entries may be found on loose pages which were formerly inside the front cover of Register A. The 1848-50 entries cover 8 sides of paper and appear to be in the Rev. Leeming's hand. Baptisms October 1886-July 1929 Confirmations 1886, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1918, 1919 and 1921 Marriages Jan. 1849-Jan. 1863 July 4 1926 Mar. 1927-Nov. 1927 (plus financial memoranda from 1880s) |
178
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Parish Register C |
Baptisms September 1863-June 1893 Marriages July 1864-January 1926 Burials September 1863-November 1947 (There is some duplication of baptism entries with Parish Register B) |
176 |
Parish Register D
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Baptisms June 1929-Sept. 1943 Confirmations 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945 Marriages Apr. 1929-Apr. (1946) Burials Apr. 1929-Oct. 1939 (with loose transit labels certifying deaths (2) in 1931) Parish Register E Baptisms Sept. 1943-Aug. 1959 Confirmations 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965 Marriages July 1944-May 1982 Burials Jan. 1948, May 1948-August 1972 |
176
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Parish Register E | Baptisms Sept. 1943-August 1959 Confirmations 1946-47, 1950-51, 1953-58, 1960-63, 1965 Marriages July 1944 - May 1982 Burials Jan. 1948 - August 1972 |
176 |
Parish Register F | Baptisms August 1959-April 1974 | 177 |
b) Non-Statistical
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Parish Register G | Services December 1902-June 1910 January 1923-September 1929 (with undated (c.1904) list of families, communicants' list 1904-1907, and financial reports 1923, 1925) |
178 |
Parish Register H
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Services April 1918-March 1920 Duplicate confirmation entries, 1910 Services April 1920-December 1922 Communicants 1923-1928 Services July 1910-March 1918 |
178 |
Parish Register I | Services April 1948-March 1959 | 177 |
Parish Register J | Services March 1959-August 1967 | 177 |
Parish Register K | Services August 1967-October 1976 | 177 |
Parish Register L | Vestry Meeting Minutes September 1839-January 1941 (with newspaper cuttings concerning the history of the church and copy of the 1822 deed; also pew rentals, 1850, accounts and declarations) |
178 |
Parish Register M | Men's Club Minutes February 1937-February 1939 |
177 |
Parish Register N
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Accounts: Sunday School 1911-1912 Churchyard Account 1911-1916 Poor fund Account 1911-1912 Churchyard Account 1917-1912 Choir Account 1911-1912 Churchyard Account 1921-1924 Churchyard-- John Macklem Plot 1911-1918 Churchyard Account 1910-1913 1928-1939 1940-1957 |
178
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Parish Register O | Accounts: Expenditure and Payment 1948 |
178 |
Parish Register P | Accounts: Sunday School 1954-1958 Envelope Offerings 1959-1960 |
177 |
II - Index of Statistical Records
a) Baptisms
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Aug. 1820-July 1837 | Parish Register A | 176 |
May 1828(?)-Sept. 1853 (these entries are often incomplete) |
Parish Register B | 178 |
1845 and 1851 1848-1850 |
Parish Register B (noted on loose pages) |
178 |
Oct. 1886-July 1929 | Parish Register B | 178 |
Sept. 1863-June 1893 (some duplication of entries in Parish Register B) |
Parish Register C | 176 |
June 1929-Sept. 1943 | Parish Register D | 176 |
Sept. 1943-Aug. 1959 | Parish Register E | 176 |
Aug. 1959-Apr. 1974 | Parish Register F | 177 |
b) Confirmations
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1886, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1918, 1919, 1921 |
Parish Register B | 178 |
1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945 |
Parish Register D | 176 |
1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965 |
Parish Register E |
176 |
c) Marriages
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Aug. 1820-Apr. 1835 | Parish Register A | 176 |
1848-1850 | Parish Register B | 178 |
Jan. 1849-Jan. 1863 July 4 1926 March 1927-Nov. 1927 |
Parish Register B | 178 |
July 1864-Jan. 1926 | Parish Register C | 176 |
April 1929-April (1946) July 1944-May 1982 |
Parish Register D Parish Register E |
176 |
(to Oct. 22 1964) | 176 | |
(Oct. 23 onwards) | 177 |
d) Burials
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Sept. 1820-Sept. 1836 | Parish Register A | 176 |
1838 | Parish Register A | 176 |
1834-Sept. 1853 | Parish Register B | 178 |
1848-1850 | Parish Register A | 176 |
Sept. 1863-Nov. 1947 | Parish Register C | 176 |
Apr. 1929-Oct. 1939 | Parish Register D | 176 |
1931 | Parish Register D | 176 |
Jan. 1948, May 1948-August 1972 |
Parish Register E | 177 |
III - Non-Statistical Records
a) Service Registers
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Dec. 1902-June 1910 | Parish Register G | 178 |
July 1910-March 1918 | Parish Register H | 178 |
April 1918-March 1920 | Parish Register H | 178 |
April 1920-Dec. 1922 | Parish Register H | 178 |
Jan. 1923-Sept. 1929 | Parish Register G | 178 |
April 1948-March 1959 | Parish Register I | 177 |
March 1959-Aug. 1967 | Parish Register J | 177 |
August 1967-Oct. 1976 | Parish Register K | 177 |
b) Minute Books
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Vestry Meeting Minutes: | ||
Sept. 1839-Jan. 1941 Men's Club Minutes: |
Parish Register L | 178 |
Feb. 1937-Feb. 1939 | Parish Register M | 177 |
c) Account Books
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1850 | Pew Rentals and Parish Register L accounts |
178 |
1880's | Financial Parish Register B Memoranda |
178 |
1911-1957 | Sunday School, Parish Register N Churchyard, Poor Fund and Choir |
178 |
1923, 1925 |
Financial Reports Parish Register G | 178 |
1948 | Expenditure and Parish Register O Payments |
178 |
1954-1960 | Sunday School and Parish Register P Envelope Offerings |
177 |