St. Mark's Anglican Church
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Hamilton, Ont.
Fonds - Brief Description
St. Mark's Anglican Church (Hamilton, Ont.) fonds. -- 1877-1989. -- 46 cm of textual records and graphic material.
St. Mark's Church was located on the corner of Bay Street South and Hunter Street on "The Ridge" in the south-central part of the city. Building began in 1877 with the opening services being held on 6 January 1888. St. Mark's was closed on 1 October 1989. For a more complete history see the pamphlet The Story of St. Mark's Church.
The fonds consists of parish registers containing statistical records, services, Vestry Building Committee, Women's Auxiliary, and Junior Auxiliary minutes, correspondence, financial statements, photographs and other documents. Most of the fonds has been microfilmed on 7 reels of microfilm, numbered 78-81, 278, 281-282.
Title based on content of fonds.
Fonds on deposit. Ownership of the fonds resides with St. Mark'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 not expected.
Finding Aid
See histories in Anglican Church files and history in filing cabinet.
I - List of Parish Registers
a) Statistical
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| Parish Register A
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Parish History Families 1877-1879 Baptisms 1877-1884 Confirmations 1878-1894 Marriages 1877-1886 Burials 1877-1882 |
78
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| Parish Register B
Parish Register C |
Baptisms 1884-1907 Marriages 1887-1904 Baptisms 1907-1952 |
78 |
| Confirmations 1914-1941, 1949, 1951 Marriages 1904-1923 |
1st half 78 | |
| Burials 1907-1964 | 2nd half 79 | |
| Parish Register D | Baptisms 1952-1961 | 79 |
| Parish Register E | Marriages Dec. 1897-June 1913 | 80 |
| Parish Register F | Marriages Aug. 1913-Sept. 1918 | 80 |
| Parish Register G | Marriages Aug. 1914-Jan. 1938 | 80 |
| Parish Register H | Marriages Mar. 1938-Aug. 1946 | 80 |
| Parish Register I | Marriages Sept. 1946-Sept. 1962 | 80 |
| Parish Register J | Service Register 1877-1899 | 79 |
| Parish Register K | Service Register 1913-1925 | 79 |
| Parish Register L | Service Register 1925-1939 | 79 |
| Parish Register M | Service Register 1940-1948 | 79 |
| Parish Register N | Service Register 1948-1954 | 79 |
| Parish Register O | Service Register 1954-1962 | 79 |
| Parish Register P | Vestry Minutes 1924-1963 | 1st half 80 |
| 2nd half 81 | ||
| Parish Register Q | Parish History | 79 + 278 |
| Parish Register R | Declaration Register 1945-1969 | 81 |
| Envelope #1 | Parish History | 81 |
| Envelope #2 (Additions to the parish collection) |
Miscellaneous papers | not filmed |
| Parish Register S | Baptisms 1961-1989 | 278 |
| Parish Register T | Confirmations 1954-1989 | 278 |
| Parish Register U | Marriages 1962-1989 | 278 |
| Parish Register V | Burials 1965-1989 | 278 |
| Parish Register W | Banns of Marriage 1962-1978 | 278 |
| Parish Register X | Service Register 1963-1989 | 278 |
| Parish Register Y | Vestry Minutes 1964-1989 | 278 |
| *St. Mark's Church was closed with a final Service in the evening of Sunday, October 1, 1989. All parish Registers were removed at the end of 1989 with no further entries. | ||
| 1989 Additions to the Parish collection: | ||
| #1 | Minutes of the Building Committee 1889-1891 |
281 |
| #2 | Minutes of the W.A. 1922-1932 | 281 |
| #3 | Minutes of the W.A. 1943-1953 | 281 |
| #4 | Minutes of the W.A. 1953-1962 | 281 |
| #5 | Minutes of the W.A. 1962-1968 | 282 |
| #6 | Minutes of the A.C.W. 1968-1974 (Anglican Church Women) |
282 |
| #7 | Minutes of the J.A. 1931-1937 | 282 |
| #8 | W.A. Treasurer's Book 1917-1944 | 282 |
| #9 | W.A. Treasurer's Book 1918-1944 | 282 |
| #10 | Guests of our Church 1980-oct. 1 1989 | not filmed |
| #11 | Thoughts in St. Mark's and Other Poems by Amelia Berridge |
not filmed |
| 1989 Additions to the Parish collection: | Box #1 | |
| 1. 2. 3. 5. 14. |
Minutes of the Meeting establishing the Parish June 22, 1877. List of pledges towards maintenance of proposed Parish June 1877. Copy of Original Land Deed, October 20 1977. Historical articles from newspapers, period 1920-1929 -pages numbered 1-13 are copies of pages in Parish Register C. Correspondence, 1920-1989. St. Mark's Rectory, Purchase 1958/Sale 1987. Parish Statistical Reports, 1960-1989. St. Mark's Parish Council Minutes, 1978-1989. St. Mark's Task Force. Weekly Bulletins, 1983. Weekly Bulletins, 1986-1989. St. Mark's Church, 1878-1958. 80 years service to God and People. Documents re: Voluntary Disestablishment of St. Mark's Church. Some photographs. |
not filmed
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| *St. Mark's Church was closed with a final Service in the evening of Sunday, October 1 1989. | ||
b) Financial
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|---|---|---|
| Financial File #1 | Quarterly and Annual Statements 1889-1904, 1977 |
81 |
| (see also W.A. Treasurer's Books, #8 and #9) | 282 | |
II - Index to Statistical Records
a) Baptisms
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| 1877-1884 | Parish Register A | 78 |
| 1884-1907 | Parish Register B | 78 |
| 1907-1952 | Parish Register C | 1st half 78 |
| 2nd half 79 | ||
| 1952-1961 | Parish Register D | 79 |
| 1961-1989 | Parish Register S | 278 |
b) Burials
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| 1877-1882 | Parish Register A | 78 |
| 1907-1964 | Parish Register C | 1st half 78 |
| 2nd half 79 | ||
| 1965-1989 | Parish Register V | 278 |
c) Confirmations
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| 1878-1894 | Parish Register A | 78 |
| 1914-1941 | Parish Register C | 1st half 78 |
| 1949, 1951 | 2nd half 79 | |
| 1954-1989 | Parish Register T | 278 |
d) Families
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| 1877-1879 | Parish Register A | 78 |
e) Marriages
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| 1877-1886 | Parish Register A | 78 |
| 1887-1904 | Parish Register B | 78 |
| Dec. 1897-June 1913 | Parish Register E (some duplication in entries with dates overlapping with Register C) |
80 |
| 1904-1923 | Parish Register C | 1st half 78 |
| 2nd half 79 | ||
| Aug. 1913-Sept. 1918 | Parish Register F (some duplication in entries with dates overlapping with Register C) |
80 |
| Aug. 1914-Jan. 1938 | Parish Register G (not a duplication of Register F) |
80 |
| Mar. 1938-Aug. 1946 | Parish Register H | 80 |
| Sept. 1946-Sept. 1962 | Parish Register I | 80 |
| 1962-1989 | Parish Register U | 278 |
| 1962-1978 | Parish Register W | 278 |
f) Service Registers
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| 1877-1899 | Parish Register J | 79 |
| 1913-1925 | Parish Register K | 79 |
| 1925-1939 | Parish Register L | 79 |
| 1940-1948 | Parish Register M | 79 |
| 1948-1954 | Parish Register N | 79 |
| 1954-1962 | Parish Register O | 79 |
| 1963-1989 | Parish Register X | 278 |
g) Vestry Minutes
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| 1924-1963 | Parish Register P | 1st half 80 |
| (includes financial statements for these years) |
2nd half 81 | |
| 1964-1989 | Parish Register Y | 278 |
III - Index to Financial Records
a) Statements
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| 1889-1904, 1977 | Financial File #1 | 81 |
| 1924-1963 | Parish Register P | 1st half 80 |
| (included with Vestry Minutes) | 2nd half 81 | |
IV - Other Records
a) Declaration Parish Register R
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| Register 1945-69 | ||
b) Parish History Parish Register Q
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| (original at church) | ||
| Parish Register A | 78 | |
| Envelope #1
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Contains copy of original land deed and minutes of the meeting establishing the parish. (originals at church) |
not filmed
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