St. Barnabas' Anglican Church

City

St. Catharines, Ont.

Fonds - Brief Description

St. Barnabas' Anglican Church (St. Catharines, Ont.) fonds. -- 1879-1968. -- 25 cm of textual records.

St. Barnabas' church was founded as a mission church of St. George's in 1870. A small frame church was erected on John Street in 1873. In 1879 it separated from St. George's and became a parish on its own. In 1891 the church building was moved from John Street to Queenston Street. In June 1893 construction began on a new red sandstone church. For a more complete history see E.H. Lancaster, History from 1870-1968 of St. Barnabas's Church.

The fonds consists of parish registers containing statistical records, Vestry records, and services. The fonds has been microfilmed on 4 reels, numbered 95-96, 111, 134.

Title based on content of fonds.
Fonds on deposit. Ownership of the fonds resides with St. Barnabas' 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

Historical Notes

The Church of St. Barnabas was established as a mission of St. George's Anglican Church in St. Catharines in 1870. A small frame Church was erected on John Street in 1873 and the new Parish of St. Barnabas' was created in 1879. Enlargement and moving of the Church seems to have been first suggested in 1888 but no action was taken at that time. The cornerstone of the new red sandstone church was laid in June 1893. For financial reasons the tower, proposed in the original architectural plans, was omitted from the finished building. The cornerstone of the new parish hall was laid in September 1957.

Note: For a fuller account of the historical background of St. Barnabas' see the history of the church by E.H. Lancaster (in the filing cabinet), and the account in the Anglican Church Histories.

I - List of Parish Registers

		Microfilm Reel
Parish Register A	Baptisms 1879-1935 Marriages 1879-1919 Burials 1879-1935	134
Parish Register B	Baptisms 1935-1938 Confirmations 1930-1938 Marriages 1930-1938 Burials 1935-1938	95
Parish Register C	Baptisms 1939-1950 Confirmations 1939-1957 Marriages 1938-1952 Burials 1938-1965	95
Parish Register D	Baptisms 1950-1961 Confirmations 1959	95
Parish Register E	Marriages 1896-1913	95
Parish Register F	Marriages 1912-1930	111
Parish Register G	Church Families 1912 Confirmations 1912-1918 Communicants 1912 Church Services 1912-1919	111
Parish Register H	Vestry Book 1955-1968	96

II - Index of Statistical Records

a) Baptisms

		Microfilm Reel
1879-1935	Parish Register A	134
1935-1938	Parish Register B	95
1939-1950	Parish Register C	95
1950-1961	Parish Register D	95

b) Confirmations

		Microfilm Reel
1912-1918	Parish Register G	111
1930-1938	Parish Register B	95
1939-1957	Parish Register C	95
1959	Parish Register D	95

c) Marriages

		Microfilm Reel
1879-1919	Parish Register A	134
1896-1913	Parish Register E	95
1912-1930	Parish Register F	111
1930-1938	Parish Register B	95
1938-1952 The Marriage entries in Registers E and F are apparently duplicates of those recorded in Register A.	Parish Register C	95