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St. John the Divine Anglican Church

City
Cayuga, Ont.
Full Location

37 Ottawa St. N
Cayuga,
N0A 1E0 Canada

(905) 772-5077

Fonds - Brief Description

St. John the Divine Anglican Church (Cayuga, Ont.) fonds. -- 1873-1980. -- 34 cm of textual records.

Prior to the building of the first church in 1837, services were held in a schoolhouse. The first church was destroyed by fire in 1845 and a second church erected. It was replaced by a third church, built of stone, in 1896. The first services were held in the new structure on 2 July 1897. Further historical information is contained in Envelope 1 of the fonds.

The fonds consists of parish registers containing statistical records, services, Vestry and Parish Council minutes, lists and Financial Registers, correspondence and music. Most of the fonds has been microfilmed on 5 reels, numbered 33-35, 39, 163. For early statistical records researchers should also consult the St. John's Church (York, Ont.) fonds.

Title based on content of fonds.
Fonds on deposit. Ownership of the fonds resides with St. John the Divine 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
Note: For early records see St. John, York

I - List of Parish Records

  Microfilm
Reel
Statistical/Financial    
Parish Register A Baptisms
June 11 1873-July 21 1957
Marriages
Sept. 30 1873-Oct. 18 1958
Burials
June 5 1873-Dec. 15 1957
Confirmations 1875-1956		 35/39
Parish Register B Service Register
Apr. 14 1901-June 17 1925
Statistics included
Financial offertories
2 Confirmation certificates for
June 29 1924 (names)		 33
Parish Register C Service Register
June 21 1925-Aug. 1943
Includes Annual Statistics,
Listing of Baptisms, Marriages,
Confirmations and Burials --
see separate part of this index.		 33
Parish Register D Vestry Book (Service Register)
Aug. 15 1943-Sept. 29 1957
Statistics throughout (i.e. baptisms,
confirmations, marriages, burials)
Number of communicants and attendance.
Baptisms, Marriages, Burials -- see
separated part of this index.		 33
Parish Register E Vestry Minutes
Sept. 2 1875-March 11 1894.
Declaration Pledges for 1877,
1878, 1880-1883, 1885, 1887, 1890.		 33
Parish Register F Minutes of Vestry Meetings 1896-1930
Minutes of Easter 1896-Jan. 20 1930
Financial information throughout.
Declaration Registers Easter
1901-1924 (at back of book, not in
any order).		 33
Parish Register G Minutes of Vestry Meetings
Jan. 19 1931-Jan. 16 1939.
Minutes of annual vestry meetings.
Includes Attendance (lists) records
of meetings.		 33
Parish Register H Records Nov. 1952-Sept. 1955
Minutes of Parish Council meetings
Nov. 1952-Sept. 1955. Written and
signed by Rector Percival Mayes.		 33
Parish Register I Vestry Book dated
Oct. 6 1957-July 7 1968		 39
Parish Register J

Parish Register J
(cont.'d)

 Parish Family and Membership
Register.
List of Clergymen 1835-1914
List of Wardens 1900-1909
List of Parish Families and
Members in alphabetic order.
List of above, and whether or not
they were confirmed, baptized,
communicants, and/or regular attendants.
Numbered pages 1-77 (odd).
List of church goers who are
not full members pg. 106
Financial Material
-stipend subscribers' list
Jan. 1 1907, p. 82
Jan. 1 1907, p. 82
-list of finance committee
members, p. 183		 33

 
Parish Register K Vestry Minutes 1940-1976 163
Parish Register K(2)
 		 Baptisms 1958-1995
Marriages 1959-1995
Burials 1958-1996

Digital access in
reading room
Parish Register L Vestry Book 1968-1980 Digital access in
reading room

II - Index to Statistical Records

a) Baptisms

  Microfilm
Reel
(Recorded under Services)    
1873-1957 Parish Register A 35
July 4 1926
Aug. 28 1927
May 20 1928
Aug. 12 1928
June 23 1929
April 5 1931
June 28 1931
Feb. 28 1932
May 21 1933
Mar. 28 1937
Nov 19 1939
Oct. 5 1941
May 10 1942		 Service Register B

 

 33

 
Dec. 26. 1948
March 20 1949
May 29 1949
June 17 1951
Jan. 25 1953
Nov. 15 1953
Dec. 20 1953
June 16 1957
July 11 1957
Sept. 2 1957		 Service Register C
(recorded under Services)		 33
1958-1995 Parish Register K(2) Digital access in
Reading Room

b) Confirmations and First Communion (lists)

  Microfilm
Reel
1875-1956 Parish Register A 34/35
July 1 1928
Nov. 17 1929
Apr. 24 1931
June 28 1932
Nov. 4 1934
Nov. 29 1936
March 6 1940		 Parish Register B 33

c) Marriages

  Microfilm
Reel
1873-1958 Parish Register A 35/39
Apr. 15 1928 Parish Register B 33
Nov. 29 1951
Dec. 26 1952
June 13 1955
Feb. 15 1956
Dec. 8 1956		 Parish Register C 33
1958-1995 Parish Register K(2) Digital access in
reading room

d) Burials

  Microfilm
Reel
1873-1957 Parish Register A 39
July 7 1929
Feb. 4 1934
July 31 1934
March 21 1935
Jan. 5 1937
March 27 1937
Oct. 13 1941
Nov. 16 1941
May 30 1942		 Parish Register B 33
July 20 1951
July 23 1951
Dec. 2 1951
Feb. 6 1952
May 3 1952
May 29 1953
Nov. 7 1954
Jan. 22 1955
March 22 1955
Nov. 16 1956
Dec. 15 1956
Mar. 18 1957		 Parish Register C
 		 33
 
1958-1996 Parish Register K(2) Digital access in
reading room

III - Financial Registers LISTED NUMERICALLY

  Microfilm
Reel
Financial Register #1

Financial Register #2

 Stipend Book
1873-March 31 1890
Financial accounts of stipend
(of Rev. McLean Ballard,1873-
March 31 1896)
List of subscribers and
amounts throughout.
Cayuga Parsonage Fund 1882-1886
Subscription list for the
parsonage fund.
Jan. 15 1883 p. 18-25
May 26 1883-July 22
1886 p. 31-41
Memoranda p. 27-30
(April 19-30 1883)		 not filmed

 
Financial Register #3

 

 Financial Records
Mar. 1894-Apr. 1917
Church expenditures and
disbursements from
Mar. 28 1894 to Apr. 5 1917
At end of book, working bach
chronologically:
1901 Expenses and missions
1897 Subscriptions
1901-03 Subscriptions list
1911 Subscription (memo)
1913 Expenditures,
collections,
subscriptions
Inside front cover; list of
Wardens 1894-1910		 not filmed

 
Financial Register #4

 

 Financial Accounts Book
Jan. 1943-Dec. 1947
Church expenditures and receipts
from Jan. 1943-Dec. 1947.
Individual offerings
(names listed Jan. 1944, 1946)
At the end of this register -
Easter, Thanksgiving and Mission
offerings including list of
donors from Thanksgiving
Oct. 3 1943-Sept 28 1947.
Inside the front cover - church
mailing list (undated).
Front leaf - Church insurance
accounts May 1946-May 1948.		 not filmed

 
Financial Register #5 Subscription Book
(1896)-Jan. 1920
Financial Accounts
(subscribers and amounts listed
from 1896-1920)		 not filmed
Financial Register #6
 		 Journal
Jan. 1 1948-Dec. 31 1958
Financial Receipts, expenditures
Jan. 1 1948-Dec. 31 1958 pgs. 2-163
Collection List
(names and amounts)
1947-(1959) p. 168-200
(working back chronologically)
Loose material:
1958 Annual Report; bankstatement
Nov. 28, 1958; government bond
receipt Sept. 1954.		 not filmed
 

IV - Miscellaneous Material

  Microfilm
Reel
Envelope #1

Envelope #1
(cont.'d)

 Correspondence 1924, 1951, 1964
Dec. 9 1924
Letter containing chronological
list of rectors and the dates of
their service 1838-1919.
Also contains a short history of
the church building and photos of
church in 1924.
June 21 1951
Copy of account taken from the
Cayuga Historical Society files.
Rev. P. Mayes
It concerns the 55th anniversary of
the consecration of St. John's, a
brief history of the Parish and
description of present-day building.
Description of memorials (windows, altar,
wall tablets), names.
Short history of the Rectory.
Present church wardens.
1964
From Registry office records: a letter
about purchase of site, 1856, the buyers.
Parsonage Fund accounts of history
of rectory, prices of lots, etc.
History and description of property,
financial information, church furniture,
memorials, gifts listed since 1951.
Clergy list 1835-1961.		 not filmed

 
Envelope #2 Financial letters 1888-1914. not filmed
Envelope #3

Envelope #4

 Music for Hymns-for organist's
use
Music for Hymns		 not filmed
  Inscribed:
"Mildred Helen Francis,
Cayuga, Ontario"
Copied by her father Feb. 11th, 1980.		 not filmed
Envelope #5 Collection of music selected from
approved ancient and modern authors.
These appear to be the same vintage and
were likely all the work of the Reverend
John Francis, D.D., Rector of St. John's
1889-1900.
The present rectory was built in 1912, the
corner stone of which bears the inscription:
"Mildred Helen Francis, Memorial".
3 manuscript Music volumes.		 not filmed