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Grace Anglican Church
Grace
317 Main Street
Milton, Ontario L9T 1P5
Phone: 905.878.2411
Grace Anglican Church (Milton, Ont.) : All Saints Anglican Church (Milton Heights, Ont.) fonds. -- 1854-2015. -- 55 cm of textual records.
The building of Grace Church began around 1851. The first rector was appointed in 1854 and the church was dedicated by Bishop Strachan in 1855. A second church was built in 1895. Beginning in the late 1890s the rector of Grace Church held "cottage services" in Milton Heights and a building fund was begun to erect a mission church. In 1901 construction of a small brick church, All Saints, was begun. The church was dedicated and until it was closed in 1957 it was closely connected to Grace Church, sharing a rector. Records of the two churches are inter-mixed.
The fonds consists of parish registers including statistical records and Vestry minutes; also weekly Sunday bulletins. Most of the fonds has been microfilmed on 3 reels, numbered 93-94, 110. There are also some Milton records in the St. John's Church, Nassagaweya, Ont., fonds.
Title based on content of fonds.
Fonds on deposit. Ownership of fonds resides with Grace Anglican 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
In 1844 the newly-formed mission of Grace Church, Milton, was part of the circuit contained in the counties of Hamilton and Wentworth. In 1850 the Church became part of the missionary area surrounding St. John's Church, Elora. A report of the Church Society in 1851 stated that "Milton in Trafalgar always affords a large and devout congregation. It is a thriving settlement and ought to have a church and clergyman to gather the people every Sunday." The building of the first Grace Church, still in use as a Sunday School and Parish Hall, was commenced about 1851. The first rector of the parishes of Milton and Hornby was appointed in 1854 and this first church was dedicated by Bishop Strachan in 1855. The cornerstone of the present church was laid on June 4, 1895, by the then Governor General, the Duke of Aberdeen.
From the late 1890s the rector of Grace Church held "cottage services" at Milton Heights and a building fund was begun to erect a mission church. In 1901 the cornerstone of the small brick church known as All Saints, Milton Heights, was laid. The building was dedicated in 1902 and from this date until it was closed in 1957 it was closely connected with Grace Church.
Note: The above is condensed from the Anglican Church History of these churches which may be consulted if further historical information is required.
I - List of Parish Registers
a) GRACE CHURCH, Milton
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Parish Register A | Baptisms 1854-1873 Confirmations 1855-1870 Marriages 1854-1874 Burials 1854-1872 |
93 |
Parish Register B | Baptisms 1874-1941 Marriages 1874-1922 Burials 1875-1941 Confirmations 1924-1940 |
93 |
Parish Register C | Baptisms 1941-1951 Confirmations 1942-1957 Marriages 1941-1962 Burials 1941-1962 (Also includes some material for All Saints, Milton Heights, prior to 1946) |
93 |
Parish Register D | Baptisms 1951-1958 | 94 |
Parish Register E | Baptisms 1958-1962 | 94 |
Parish Register F | Marriages 1858-1869 | 110 |
Parish Register G | Marriages 1896-1942 | 94 |
Parish Register H | Marriages 1963-1974 | 94 |
Parish Register I | Vestry Book 1948-1958 | 94 |
Parish Register J | Vestry Book 1958-1963 | 94 |
Parish Register K | Vestry Book 1964-1972 | 94 |
Parish Register L | Account Book 1958-1967 | 110 |
Parish Register M | Letter skipped or not transferred to archive | |
Parish Register N | Confirmations 1958-1989 | Digital |
Parish Register O | Baptisms 1962-2000 | Digital |
Parish Register P | Baptisms 2000-2006 | Digital |
Parish Register Q | Baptisms 2006-2013 | Digital |
Parish Register R | Marriages 1974-1984 | Digital |
Parish Register S | Marriages 1984-1995 | Digital |
Parish Register T | Marriages 1995-2004 | Digital |
Parish Register U | Marriages 2004-2008 | Digital |
Parish Register V | Burials 1963-2008 | Digital |
Parish Register W | Burials 2008-2015 | Digital |
Envelope #1 | Marriage Licenses 1859-1870 | 110 |
Box #1 | Weekly Sunday Bulletins | not filmed |
b) ALL SAINTS Milton Heights, Ontario
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Parish Register M
(See also Parish Register C, Grace Church) |
Baptisms 1947-1957 Confirmations 1951-1956 Marriages 1947, 1948 & 1956 Burials 1947-1958 |
94 |
II - Index of Statistical Records
a) Baptisms
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1. GRACE CHURCH | ||
1854-1873 | Parish Register A | 93 |
1874-1941 | Parish Register B | 93 |
1941-1951 | Parish Register C | 93 |
1951-1958 | Parish Register D | 94 |
1958-1962 | Parish Register E | 94 |
1962-2000 | Parish Register O | Digital |
2000-2006 | Parish Register P | Digital |
2006-2013 | Parish Register Q | Digital |
2. ALL SAINTS | ||
1941-1946 | Parish Register C | 93 |
1947-1957 | Parish Register M | 94 |
b) Confirmations
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1. GRACE CHURCH | ||
1855-1870 | Parish Register A | 93 |
1924-1940 | Parish Register B | 93 |
1942-1957 | Parish Register C | 93 |
1958-1989 | Parish Register N | Digital |
2. ALL SAINTS | ||
1951 & 1956 | Parish Register M | 94 |
c) Marriages
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1. GRACE CHURCH | ||
1854-1874 | Parish Register A | 93 |
1858-1869 | Parish Register F | 110 |
1874-1922 | Parish Register B | 93 |
1896-1942 | Parish Register G | 94 |
1941-1962 | Parish Register C | 93 |
1963-1974 | Parish Register H | 94 |
1974-1984 | Parish Register R | Digital |
1984-1995 | Parish Register S | Digital |
1995-2004 | Parish Register T | Digital |
2004-2008 | Parish Register U | Digital |
2. ALL SAINTS | ||
1947, 1948 & 1956 | Parish Register M | 94 |
d) Burials
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1. GRACE CHURCH | ||
1854-1872 | Parish Register A | 93 |
1875-1941 | Parish Register B | 93 |
1941-1962 | Parish Register C | 93 |
1963-2008 | Parish Register V | Digital |
2008-2015 | Parish Register W | Digital |
2. ALL SAINTS | ||
1947-1958 BOX #1 |
Parish Register M Addition to Parish Collection Weekly Sunday Bulletins, 1955-1963 |
94 |
III - Other Records
a) Vestry Books, Grace Church
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Comprising a list of Services, number of those in attendance, the other communicants and the amount of offerings made together with other remarks, often upon the state of the weather) |
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1948-1958 | Parish Register I | 94 |
1958-1963 | Parish Register J | 94 |
1964-1972 | Parish Register K | 94 |
b) Account Book, Grace Church
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1958-1967 | Parish Register L | 110 |
c) Marriage Licences, Grace Church
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1859-1870 | Envelope #1 | 110 |
d) Weekly Sunday Bulletins, Grace Church
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1955-1963 | Box #1 (on shelf next to St. George, Guelph) |
not filmed |