St. Andrew's Anglican Church
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Grimsby, Ont.
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St. Andrew's
7 St. Andrew's Avenue
Grimsby, Ontario L3M 3R9
Phone: 905.945.8894
Archives Predating 1869
Baptisms 1817, Marriages 1796, Burials 1843
Fonds - Brief Description
St. Andrew's Anglican Church (Grimsby, Ont.) fonds. -- 1796-2005. -- 1.3 m of textual records.
The first log church at Grimsby was built by United Empire Loyalists in 1794, with services provided by visiting missionaries. The present stone church was built in 1819, replacing a frame one which had been completed in 1804. The first rector was Rev. William Sampson who took up his post in 1817. For a more complete history see, The History of St Andrew's Church, 1794-1944 and The History of St. Andrew's Church, 1794-1969.
Fonds consists of parish registers containing statistical records, services, Vestry, Parish Council, Women's Guild, Junior Auxiliary, Women's Auxiliary, Young People's Association, Upper Canada Bible Society, Layman's Association, and Chi Rho Fellowship minutes, financial registers, and correspondence. Most of the fonds has been microfilmed on 8 reels of microfilm, numbered 121-126, 135-136.
Title based on content of fonds.
Fonds on deposit. Ownership of the fonds resides with St. Andrew's 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.
Finding Aid
See Two Church Histories In Filing Cabinet
Historical Notes
The first log church at Grimsby was built by the community of Empire Loyalists in 1794 on land donated by Col. Robert Nelles. The area was served by visiting missionaries in the early days, the first of them, the Rev. Robert Addison, coming the 40 mile distance from Niagara after 1792. The present stone church was being erected in 1819 when of one of the most prominent members of the community, Andrew Petit, died, and it was decided to name the church St. Andrew's, in his memory. This building replaced a frame structure which was completed in 1804 and had been located in the southwest corner of the present burial ground. The first settled minister of the parish was the Rev. William Sampson, established there in 1817, a year after the first minister was settled in Ancaster. In 1820 there were only five Church of England clergymen in the Niagara district, the other three being at Niagara, Chippawa and Queenston. The Rev. Sampson began to keep regular records of births, marriages and deaths from 1817 onwards, but the earliest church register is a record of marriages performed by Robert Kneels, J.P., from 1796 onwards when there was no minister available.
I - List of Parish Registers
a) Statistical
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| Parish Register A | Marriages 1796-1823 | 125 |
| Parish Register B | Marriages 1822-1848 (licences) | 125 |
| Parish Register C | Baptisms 1817-1843 Confirmations 1838 |
135 |
| Parish Register D | Baptisms 1843-1849 Confirmations 1849 |
125 |
| Parish Register E | Marriages 1817-1839 | 135 |
| Parish Register F | Marriages 1845-1849 | 125 |
| Parish Register G | Burials 1817-1844 (with communicants and Church Wardens) |
135 |
| Parish Register H | Burials 1845-1849 | 125 |
| Parish Register I | Baptisms 1849-1953 Confirmations 1851-1860 |
125 |
| Parish Register J | Baptisms 1953-1960 | 125 |
| Parish Register K | Baptisms 1960-1966 | 125 |
| Parish Register L | Marriages 1858-1892 | 135 |
| Parish Register M | Marriages 1850-1917 | 126 |
| Parish Register N | Marriages 1918-1931 | 126 |
| Parish Register O | Marriages 1931-1938 | 126 |
| Parish Register P | Marriages 1938-1975 | 126 |
| Parish Register Q | Confirmations 1944-1974 | 126 |
| Parish Register R | Burials 1849-1953 | 126 |
| Parish Register R(2) | Burials 2000-2005 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
| Parish Register S(2) | Burials 2005-2011 | Digital Access in Reading Room |
b) General
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| Parish Register S | Service Book 1905-1912 (with families c. 1905) |
135 |
| Parish Register T | Service Book 1919-1938 | 126 |
| Parish Register U | Service Book 1938-1947 | 1st half 126 |
| 2nd half 121 | ||
| Parish Register V | Service Book 1948-1953 | 121 |
| Parish Register W | Service Book 1953-1958 | 121 |
| Parish Register X | Service Book 1958-1961 | 121 |
| Parish Register Y | Service Book 1961-1965 | 121 |
| Parish Register Z | Service Book 1965-1973 | 121 |
| Parish Register A(1)Communicants | 1892-1905 and Services 1905 |
122 |
| Parish Register B(1)Vestry Meeting Minutes, | 1849-1907 with declarations |
135 |
| Parish Register C(1)Vestry Meeting Minutes, | 1908-1950 with declarations |
135 |
| Parish Register D(1)Vestry Declaration Book | 1893-1904 | 135 |
| Parish Register E(1)Rector's Reports to | 1937-1962 Vestry |
122 |
| Parish Register F(1)Women's Auxiliary Cash | 1888 with minutes of meetings 1881-1884 |
122 |
| Parish Register G(1)List of W.A. Members and | 1894-1900 minutes of sewing meetings |
122 |
| Parish Register H(1)List of W.A. Members and | 1900-1908 minutes of meetings, with reports (loose) for 1908-1912 |
122 |
| Parish Register I(1)List of W.A. Members and | 1915-1922 minutes of meetings, |
122 |
| with reports (loose) for 1913&1914 | 122 | |
| Parish Register J(1)List of W.A. Members and | 1922-1936 minutes of meetings |
122 |
| Parish Register K(1)List of W.A. Members and | 1936-1941 minutes of meetings |
122 |
| Parish Register L(1)List of W.A. Members and | 1942-1954 minutes of meetings |
122 |
| Parish Register M(1)List of W.A. Members and | 1954-1968 minutes of meetings, with Constitution and By-Laws (1953, loose) |
135 |
| Parish Register N(1)W.A. Cash Book | 1889 | 122 |
| Parish Register O(1)W.A. Cash Book | 1889-1902 | 122 |
| Parish Register P(1)List of W.A. Members and Cash Book | 1902-1911 | 123 |
| Parish Register Q(1)List of W.A. Members and Cash Book | 1911-1916 | 123 |
| Parish Register S(1)W.A. (Senior Branch) Account Book | 1945-1967, with membership list | 135 |
| Parish Register T(1)W.A. Account Book | 1954-1963, with membership list | 123 |
| Parish Register U(1)W.A. Account Book | 1965-1967 | 123 |
| Parish Register V(1)Minutes of St. Andrew's Church | Working Society 1878-1881, with accounts 1880-1887 |
123 |
| Parish Register W(1)Minutes of the Meetings of the | St. Andrew's Ladies' Guild 1907-1921 | 123 |
| Parish Register X(1)Ladies' Guild Account Book | 1927-1936, with membership lists | 123 |
| Parish Register Y(1)Ladies' Guild Account Book | 1936-1950, with membership lists | 123 |
| Parish Register Z(1)Ladies' Guild Account Book | 1950-1960, with membership lists | 123 |
| Parish Register A(2)Ladies' Guild Account Book | 1961-1967 | 123 |
| Parish Register B(2)Minutes of A.Y.P.A. meetings | 1932-1935, with membership lists | 135 |
| Parish Register C(2)Minutes of A.Y.P.A. meetings | 1935-1938, with membership lists | 124 |
| Parish Register D(2)Minutes of A.Y.P.A. meetings | 1938-1946, with membership lists | 124 |
| Parish Register E(2)Minutes of Young Women's Guild | of St. Mary 's meetings 1889-1900, with financial statements and membership lists |
123 |
| Parish Register F(2)Minutes of the meetings of the | Young Women's Guild of St. Mary 1900-1907 |
123 |
| Parish Register G(2)St. Mary's Guild Account Book | 1906-1909 | 123 |
| Parish Register H(2)Junior Auxiliary Account Book | 1914-1940, with membership list | 123 |
| Parish Register I(2)Junior Auxiliary Minute Book, | with membership list | 123 |
| Parish Register J(2)Minutes of the meetings of the | Advisory Council 1964-1967 | 123 |
| Parish Register K(2)Minutes of the Church Farm Committee | February-July 1885 | 123 |
| Parish Register L(2)List of Church Families, |
undated (?1890s) Also contains the accounts of the Permanent Central Farmer's Institute of Ontario 1887-1895 |
123 |
| Parish Register M(2)St. Andrew's Churchyard Book | 1800-1950 (copy only, original returned to Church) |
not filmed |
| Parish Register N(2)Register of the Burying Ground | 1872-1890 | 124 |
| Parish Register O(2)Minutes of the Grimsby Branch | of the Upper Canada Bible Society 1854-1954 |
124 |
| Parish Register P(2)Anglican Laymen's Association | Minutes 1930-1937 | 124 |
| Parish Register Q(2)Chi Rho Fellowship Club Minutes | 1950-1953 | 123 |
| Envelope #1 | W.A. Correspondence and loose minutes, 1900-1968 |
not filmed |
| Envelope #2 | W.A. Financial Correspondence, receipt book, constitution and publicity 1960s |
not filmed |
c) Financial
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|---|---|---|
| Financial Register #1 | Envelope System Account Book 1868-1872, also lists subscribers to the church. |
124 |
| Financial Register #2 | Envelope System Account Book 1872-1885 |
124 |
| Financial Register #3 | Envelope System Account Book 1885-1894 |
124 |
| Financial Register #4 | Vestry Book-Collections 1901-1903 |
121 |
| Financial Register #5 | Cash Account Book 1917-1933 | 121 |
| Financial Register #6 | Account Book 1956-1959 | 124 |
| Financial Register #7 | Account Book 1962-1966 | 1st half 124 |
| 2nd half 136 | ||
| Financial Register #8 | Alphabetical Account Leger 1950-1968 |
121 |
| Financial Register #9 | Pew Rental Account Book 1847-1866 |
121 |
| Financial Register #10 | Churchwarden's Cash Book 1868-1884, with Burial Ground Fund Statements 1867-1883 |
122 |
| Financial Register #11 | Churchwarden's Cash Book 1884-1887 |
122 |
| Financial Register #12 | Churchwarden's Cash Book 1887-1901 |
122 |
| Financial Register #13 | Annual Financial Statements 1905-1970 (incomplete) |
136 |
| Financial Register #14 | Yearly Financial Reports to Synod 1959-1970 |
136 |
II - Index of Statistical Records
a) Baptisms
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| 1817-1843 | Parish Register C | 135 |
| 1843-1849 | Parish Register D | 125 |
| 1849-1953 | Parish Register I | 125 |
| 1953-1960 | Parish Register J | 125 |
| 1960-1966 | Parish Register K | 125 |
b) Confirmations
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| 1838 | Parish Register C | 135 |
| 1849 | Parish Register D | 125 |
| 1851-1860 | Parish Register I | 125 |
| 1944-1974 | Parish Register Q | 125 |
c) Marriages
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|---|---|---|
| 1796-1823 | Parish Register A | 125 |
| 1822-1848 | Parish Register B | 125 |
| 1817-1839 | Parish Register E | 135 |
| 1845-1849 | Parish Register F | 125 |
| 1858-1892 | Parish Register L | 135 |
| 1850-1917 | Parish Register M | 126 |
| 1918-1931 | Parish Register N | 126 |
| 1931-1938 | Parish Register O | 126 |
| 1938-1975 | Parish Register P | 126 |
d) Burials
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| 1817-1844 | Parish Register G | 135 |
| 1845-1849 | Parish Register H | 125 |
| 1849-1953 | Parish Register R | 126 |
| 2000-2005 | Parish Register R(2) | Digital Access in Reading Room |
| 2005-2011 | Parish Register S(2) | Digital Access in Reading Room |
III - General Records
a) Service Books
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| 1905-1912 | Parish Register S | 135 |
| 1919-1938 | Parish Register T | 126 |
| 1938-1947 | Parish Register U | 1st half 126 |
| 2nd half 121 | ||
| 1948-1953 | Parish Register V | 121 |
| 1953-1958 | Parish Register W | 121 |
| 1958-1961 | Parish Register X | 121 |
| 1961-1965 | Parish Register Y | 121 |
| 1965-1973 | Parish Register Z | 121 |
b) Vestry Minutes, Declarations and Reports
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| 1849-1907 | Parish Register B(1) | 135 |
| 1908-1950 Declarations only: |
Parish Register C(1) | 135 |
| 1893-1904 Rector's Reports to Vestry: |
Parish Register document sheet. (1) | 135 |
| 1937-1962 | Parish Register E(1) | 122 |
c) Women's Auxiliary - Minutes
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| 1881-1884 | Parish Register F(1) | 122 |
| 1894-1900 | Parish Register G(1) | 122 |
| 1900-1908 | Parish Register H(1) | 122 |
| 1908-1912 | Parish Register H(1) | 122 |
| 1913-1914 | Parish Register I(1) | 122 |
| 1915-1922 | Parish Register I(1) | 122 |
| 1922-1936 | Parish Register J(1) | 122 |
| 1936-1941 | Parish Register K(1) | 122 |
| 1942-1954 | Parish Register L(1) | 122 |
| 1954-1968 | Parish Register M(1) | 135 |
| 1900-1968
c) Women's Auxiliary - Accounts |
Miscellaneous correspondence and loose minutes Envelope #1 |
not filmed |
| 1888 | Parish Register F(1) | 122 |
| 1889 | Parish Register N(1) | 122 |
| 1889-1902 | Parish Register O(1) | 122 |
| 1902-1911 | Parish Register P(1) | 123 |
| 1911-1916 | Parish Register Q(1) | 123 |
| 1945-1967 | Parish Register S(1) | 135 |
| 1954-1963 | Parish Register T(1) | 123 |
| 1965-1967 | Parish Register U(1) | 123 |
| 1960s | Financial correspondence, receipt books, etc. Envelope #2 |
not filmed |
d) Ladies' Guild
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| 1. Minutes | ||
| 1878-1881 (St. Andrew's Church Working Society) |
Parish Register V(1) | 123 |
| 1907-1921 2. Accounts |
Parish Register W(1) | 123 |
| 1927-1936 | Parish Register X(1) | 123 |
| 1936-1950 | Parish Register Y(1) | 123 |
| 1950-1960 | Parish Register Z(1) | 123 |
| 1961-1967 | Parish Register A(2) | 123 |
e) A.Y.P.A. Minutes
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|---|---|---|
| 1932-1935 | Parish Register B(2) | 135 |
| 1935-1938 | Parish Register C(2) | 124 |
| 1938-1946 | Parish Register D(2) | 124 |
f) St. Mary's Guild
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| 1. Minutes | ||
| 1889-1900 | Parish Register E(2) | 123 |
| 1900-1907 2. Accounts |
Parish Register F(2) | 123 |
| 1906-1909 | Parish Register G(2) | 123 |
g) Junior Auxiliary
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| 1. Minutes | ||
| 1929-1936 g) Junior Auxiliary 2. Accounts |
Parish Register I(2) | 123 |
| 1914-1940 | Parish Register H(2) | 123 |
h) Advisory Council
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|---|---|---|
| 1964-1967 | Parish Register J(2) | 123 |
i) Church Farm Committee
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|---|---|---|
| Feb.-July 1885 | Parish Register K(2) | 123 |
j) Cemetery Records
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| 1800-1950 | Parish Register M(2) | not filmed |
| 1872-1890s | Parish Register N(2) | 124 |
k) Other Organizations
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| 1. Permanent Central Farmer's Institute of Ontario | ||
| 1887-1895 2. Minutes of the Grimsby Branch of the Upper Canada Bible Society |
Parish Register L(2) | 123 |
| 1854-1954 3. Anglican Laymen's Association Minutes |
Parish Register O(2) | 124 |
| 1930-1937 4. Chi Rho Fellowship Club Minutes |
Parish Register P(2) | 124 |
| 1950-1953 | Parish Register Q(2) | 123 |
