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St. John's Anglican Church
St. John's
272 Wilson Street East
Ancaster, Ontario L9G 2B9
Phone: 905.648.2353
St. John's Anglican Church (Ancaster, Ont.) fonds. -- 1809-1966. -- 107 cm of textual records.
Rev. Ralph Leeming arrived in Ancaster in September 1816. In 1824 a church, St. John's, was constructed for both the Anglican and Presbyterian congregations. The Presbyterians built their own church in 1826. For a more complete history see Our Heritage--St. John's (1966).
The fonds consists of parish registers containing statistical records, services and Vestry minutes and financial registers. Fonds has been microfilmed on 8 reels, numbered 20-22, 202, 206, 392, 393 and 394.
Title based on content of fonds.
Fonds on deposit. Ownership of the fonds resides with St. John'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.
I - List of Parish Records
a) Statistical
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Parish Register A | Baptisms, Marriages, *1818-1838 Burials |
20 |
For Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, and Burials between 1838-1850, see St. James, Dundas, Register A | 1 | |
Parish Register B | Baptisms, Marriages, 1850-1882 Confirmations, Burials |
20 |
Parish Register C | Marriages 1879-1882 | 20 |
Parish Register D | Families, Baptisms, 1883-1933 Confirmations, Marriages, Burials, Services |
22 |
Parish Register E | Families, 1901-1911 Confirmations, Communicants, Services |
22 |
Parish Register F | Baptisms, 1933-1966 Confirmations, Marriages, Burials |
20 |
Parish Register G | Baptisms, 1952-1957 | 20 |
Parish Register H | Baptisms 1957-1961 | 20 |
Parish Register I | Baptisms 1961-1966 | 21 |
Parish Register J | Confirmations 1952-1966 | 21 |
Parish Register K | Services* 1934-1942 | 21 |
Parish Register L | Services* 1942-1952 | 21 |
Parish Register M | Church-Vestry Book, 1830-1874 (pew rentals 1833, 1840, 1841) |
22 |
Parish Register N | Vestry Minutes, 1855-1877 Accounts (1850-1877) |
22 |
Parish Register O | Minutes of the Young 1901-1905 People's Literary Society |
21 |
Parish Register P | Visitor's Register 1938-1944 | 22 |
Parish Register Q | Vestry Minutes 1877-1933 | 226 |
Parish Register R | Baptism Jan. 1966 - Oct. 1999 | 392 |
Parish Register S | Confirmation Dec. 1967 - April 1989 | 392 |
Parish Register T | Confirmation Feb. 1990 - June 1999 | 392 |
Parish Register U | Marriage Sept. 1966 - July 1978 | 392 |
Parish Register V | Marriage Aug. 1978 - Oct. 1983 | 392 |
Parish Register W | Marriage Nov. 1983 - Nov. 1989 | 392 |
Parish Register X | Marriage April 1990 - Oct. 1999 | 392 |
Parish Register Y | Burial Registers March 1958 - Nov. 1998 | 392 |
Parish Register Z | Burial Registers March 1958 - Nov. 1998 | 392 |
Parish Register AA | Vestry Book (annual) Jan. 1934 - 1949 | 393 |
Parish Register BB | Vestry Book (annual) Jan. 1960 - Dec. 1967 | 393 |
Parish Register CC | Vestry Book (annual) June 1985 - May 1990 | 393 |
Parish Register DD | Vestry Service Book Oct. 1952 - Oct. 1978 | 393 |
Parish Register EE | Vestry Service Book Oct. 1978 - Dec. 1999 | 394 |
Parish Register FF | Register of Banns of Marriage 1952 - 1989 | 394 |
Parish Register GG | Cemetery Account Book 1923 - 1929 | 394 |
*For period of 1816-1824 see publications of U.E.L. Associated, Hamilton Branch (1903). Research Collections CS 88 .O6R63 | ||
*The Parish Register of Rev. John Miller which contains Baptisms, Marriages and Burials during the period 1830-1838 has been published by the Ontario Historical Society (vol. V, 1904). -- for more information see S/W #649 (Ancaster). |
b) Financial
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Financial Register #1 | 1809-1868 | 202 |
Financial Register #2 (includes offertories, pew rentals) |
1884-1912 | 22 |
II - Index to Statistical Records
a)Baptisms
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1816-1826 | A Register of Marriages and Baptisms in the Gore and London Districts, by Rev. Ralph Leeming, from 1816-1827. | CS 88 .O6R63 |
Oct. 1836- Sept. 1838* |
Parish Register A pgs. 1-4 |
20 |
May 1850- Dec. 1882 |
Parish Register B in Baptism section |
20 |
April 1883- Oct. 1933 |
Parish Register D pgs. 57-104 |
22 |
April 1934- March 1952 |
Parish Register F in Baptism section |
20 |
March 1952- March 1957 |
Parish Register G | 20 |
March 1957- March 1961 |
Parish Register H | 20 |
March 1961- Jan. 1966 |
Parish Register I | 21 |
1934-1942 | Parish Register K (under Services) |
21 |
1942-1951 | Parish Register L (under Services) |
21 |
1966-1999 | Parish Register R | 392 |
*For period of 1830-1838 see published volume of Ontario Historical Society, Vol. V, (1904). -- some overlap with Register A, both in S/W #649, (Ancaster). |
b) Confirmations
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Dec. 21, 1879 Feb. 27, 1881 |
Parish Register B (last pg. of book) |
20 |
1894-1925 | Parish Register D pg. 129-137 |
22 |
1901-1911 | Parish Register E pg. 21-23 |
22 |
1935-1952 | Parish Register E | 20 |
1952-1966 | Parish Register J | 21 |
1967-1989 | Parish Register S | 392 |
1990-1999 | Parish Register T | 392 |
c) Communicants
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1901-1907 | Parish Register E pg. 26-57 |
22 |
d) Families
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1884 | Parish Register D pg. 9-11 |
22 |
1904 | Parish Register D pg. 13-36 |
22 |
1901-1909 | Parish Register E pg. 1-20 |
22 |
e) Marriages
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1816-1827 (duplicates some of the following) | A Register of Marriages and Baptisms in the Gore and London Districts, by Rev. Ralph Leeming, from 1816-1827. | CS 88 .O6R63 |
Jan. 1818- Feb. 1828 |
Parish Register A | 20 |
Nov. 1836- Dec. 1838* |
Parish Register A pg. 13-15 |
20 |
Oct. 1850- July 1878* |
Parish Register B (in Marriage Section) |
20 |
April 1879- July 1882 |
Parish Register C | 20 |
April 1883- May 1933 |
Parish Register D pg. 149-212 |
22 |
Feb. 1934- Sept. 1966 |
Parish Register F | 20 |
1937-1941 | Parish Register K (under Services) |
21 |
1943-1951
There are Ancaster marriages for 1857 and 1858-1869 in the Dundas Parish Registers B, D and E. |
Parish Register L (under Services) |
21 |
1966-1978 | Parish Register U | 392 |
1978-1983 | Parish Register V | 392 |
1983-1989 | Parish Register W | 392 |
1990-1999 | Parish Register X | 392 |
*See also published volume of Ontario Historical Society, Vol. V, (1904) for period 1830-1838. -- S/W #649 (Ancaster). | ||
*Two marriages in Oct. 1877 are out of place. They are recorded between June 25, 1874 and July 30, 1874. |
f) Burials
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Jan. 1837- Sept. 1838 |
Parish Register A pg. 40-41 |
20 |
April 1850- Dec. 1882 |
Parish Register B in Burial section |
20 |
Sept. 1883- Oct. 1933 |
Parish Register D pg. 229-252B |
22 |
May 22, 1904 | Parish Register E (under Services) |
22 |
Nov. 1933- March 1958 |
Parish Register F | 20 |
1934-1940 | Parish Register K (under Services) |
21 |
1943-1951 | Parish Register L (under Services) |
21 |
Dec. 26, 1946 Nov. 29, 1950 June 2, 1951 |
Parish Register L (3 burials not recorded in the Parish Register F Burial Section) |
21 |
1958-1998 | Parish Register Y | 392 |
1999-1999 | Parish Register Z | 392 |
g) Service Registers
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Oct. 1903 - July 1909 | Parish Register E pg. 58-82 |
22 |
July 1909 - May 1911 | Parish Register D pg. 253-270 |
22 |
Jan. 1934 - | Parish Register K | 21 |
Nov. 1942 - Oct. 1952 | Parish Register L | 21 |
Oct. 1952 - Oct. 1978 | Parish Register DD | 393 |
Oct. 1978 - Dec. 1999 | Parish Register EE | 394 |
h) Minutes of the Vestry
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1830-1854 | Parish Register M | 22 |
1855-1877
1877-1933 |
Parish Register N pg. 1-105 Parish Register Q |
22 |
1934-1949 | Parish Register AA | 393 |
1960-1967 | Parish Register BB | 393 |
1985-1990 | Parish Register CC | 393 |
III - Index to Financial Records
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Oct. 1809- Nov. 1868 |
Accounts of individual parishioners (Financial Register #1) |
202 |
1884-1912
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General Accounts (Financial Register #2) Offertories 1884-1897 p. 199-224, 235-236 Pew Rentals 1884-1896 p. 1-98 1884-1894 p. 225-232 Rectors' accounts, burial lot accounts, repairs, salaries, subscriptions all included. |
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1923-1929 | Cemetery Account Book GG | 394 |
IV - Other Records
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Type: Club and Society | ||
Minutes of the Young People's Literary Society 1901-1905. Membership list, attendance. |
Parish Register O pg. 13-15 |
21 |
Register of Banns of Marriage 1952-1989. | Parish Register FF | 394 |