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St. Thomas Anglican Church
City
Hamilton, Ont.
Archives Predating 1869
Baptisms, Marriages & Burials, 1857
Fonds - Brief Description
Church of St. Thomas Anglican Church (Hamilton, Ont.) fonds. -- 1856-1996. -- 1.4 m of textual records.
Parishioners of Christ Church decided that an additional church was needed in the parish. A site to the east of Christ Church was chosen at Emerald and Wilson Streets in 1856. The first service was held in the new church on 19 April 1857. Due to financial difficulties the first church building was lost. A new church was built at the corner of West Avenue and Main Street, with the cornerstone laid on 1 July 1869. Some fire damage was sustained by the church in both 1944 and 1946. The church was closed and deconsecrated on 14 April 1996. For a more complete history see A Hundred Years: The Parish of St. Thomas.
The fonds consists of parish registers containing statistical records, services, Vestry, Women's Auxiliary, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Women's Parish Guild, and Literary Society minutes, and financial registers and other documents. Most of the fonds has been microfilmed on 7 reels, numbered 15-19, 326-27.
Title based on content of fonds.
Fonds on deposit. Ownership of the fonds resides with the Church of St. Thomas Anglican 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 Church History in filing cabinet)
Note: These records complete the holdings for this church; it was closed and deconsecrated on April 14, 1996.
I - List of Parish Registers
a) Statistical
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|---|---|---|
| Parish Register A | Baptisms 1857-1897 Confirmations 1860-1897 Marriages 1857-58, 1863-1913 Burials 1857-1917 |
15/16 |
| Parish Register B | Marriages 1858-1888 | 16 |
| Parish Register C | Baptisms 1897-1964 Confirmations 1937-1966 Burials 1936-1965 |
17 |
| Parish Register D | Marriages 1913-1917 | 16 |
| Parish Register E | Baptisms July 1923, June 27, July 38 Confirmations 1918-1936 Marriages 1918-1923 Burials 1917-1936 |
17 |
| Parish Register F | Marriages 1923-1938 | 17 |
| Parish Register G | 1938-1954 From Oct. 25 1952 (on last pg. of book), the 1952-1954 marriages are continues on pgs. 103, 104, 109, 429, 430. |
17/18 |
| Parish Register H | Service Register 1871-1905 | 18 |
| Parish Register I | Sunday School Roll 1905-1922 | 18 |
| Parish Register J | Service Register 1917-1927 | 18 |
| Parish Register K | Service Register 1928-1938 | 18 |
| Parish Register L | Vestry Minutes 1856-1870 | 18 |
| Parish Register M | Vestry Minutes 1871-1893 | 16 |
| Parish Register N | Women's Auxiliary Minute Book 1889-1892 |
18 |
| Parish Register O | Brotherhood of St. Andrew Minute Book 1897-1901 |
19 |
| Parish Register P | Vestry Minutes 1894-1922 | 16 |
| Parish Register Q | Minutes of Women's Parish Guild 1928-1935 |
19 |
| Parish Register R | Vestry Minutes 1934-1949 | 19 |
| Parish Register S | Women's Aid Society Constitution Roll 1909-1913(?) (entitled "Minute Book of the Ladies' Aid Society) |
19 |
| Parish Register T | Miscellaneous Notices 1898-1900 |
not filmed |
| Parish Register U | Minutes of the Literary Society 1879-1882 |
not filmed |
| Parish Register V
|
Baptisms 1965 - 1994 Confirmations 1967 page 18 1968 page 27 1970 page 40 1972 page 54 1974 page 60 1977 page 70 1978 page 73 1979 page 77 1981 page 81 1982 page 83 1983 page 86 1986 page 97 1987 page 102 1988 page 109 Burials 1966 - 1990 |
326
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| Parish Register W | Marriages 1954 - 1967 | 326 |
| Parish Register X | Marriages 1967 - 1972 | 326 |
| Parish Register Y | Marriages 1972 - 1977 | 326 |
| Parish Register Z | Marriages 1977 - 1979 | 326 |
| Parish Register A(1) | Marriages 1979 - 1995 | 326 |
| Parish Register B(1) | Burials 1991 - 1995 | 326 |
b) Financial
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|---|---|---|
| Financial Register #1 | ||
| Church Collections (envelopes, plates, pew rentals) entitled "Parish Record" 1893-1906 Financial Register #2 |
17 | |
| Treasurer's Book - Women's Aid Society finances, fees 1899, 1907-1912 Financial Register #3 |
17 | |
| Financial records (missionary revenue)collections 1914-1916 Financial Register #4 |
15 | |
| Accounts: Collections, disbursements, pew rentals, annual statements (for 1915 and 1916) 1912-1917 Financial Register #5 |
15 | |
| Church Collections, disbursements, pew rentals 1917-1918 Financial Register #6 |
15 | |
| Cash Book I Bank balance, depositors from various areas 1911-1917 Financial Register #7 |
15 | |
| Cash Book II Bank balance, list of depositors from various areas Oct. 1920-Feb. 1921 Financial Register #8 |
15 | |
| Cash Book III Bank balance, list of depositors from various areas March 1921-Sept. 1921 |
15 | |
c) Other
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|---|---|---|
| Parish Register C(1) | Service Book 1938 - 1948 | 327 |
| Parish Register D(1) | Service Book 1948 - 1954 | 327 |
| Parish Register E(1) | Service Book 1954 - 1961 | 327 |
| Parish Register F(1) | Service Book 1961 - 1967 | 327 |
| Parish Register G(1) | Service Book 1968 - 1976 | 327 |
| Parish Register H(1) | Service Book 1976 - 1987 | 327 |
| Parish Register I(1) | Service Book 1987 - 1996 | 327 |
| Note: Registers G(1) and H(1) also contain records of First United Church - members worshipped at St. Thomas after fire destroyed their building. | ||
II - Index to Statistical Records
a) Baptisms
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| Oct. 1857-Dec. 1897 | Parish Register A pgs. 1-194 |
15/16 |
| Dec. 1897-Oct. 1964 | Parish Register C pgs. 1-341 |
17 |
| July 1923, June 1927, July 1938 |
Parish Register E | 17 |
| Jan. 1965-May 1994 | Parish Register V | 326 |
b) Confirmations
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|---|---|---|
| 1860-1897 | Parish Register A (recorded intermittently, pgs. 18-196) |
15/16 |
| 1918-1936 | Parish Register E | 17 |
| 1937-1966 | Parish Register C (recorded intermittently, pgs. 149-342) |
17 |
| 1967 1968 1970 1972 1974 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1986 1987 1988 |
page 18 Parish Register V page 27 page 40 page 54 page 60 page 70 page 73 page 77 page 81 page 83 page 86 page 97 page 102 page 109 |
326
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c) Marriages
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|---|---|---|
| 1857-1858, 1863-1913 Dec. 1857-Sept. 1858 1863-1913 |
Parish Register A (pgs. 196-198) pgs. 199-373 (2-1912 marriages on pg. 362) |
15/16 |
| 1858-1888 | Parish Register B (pgs. 1-26) | 16 |
| 1913-1917 | Parish Register D | 16 |
| 1918-1923 | Parish Register E | 17 |
| 1923-1938 | Parish Register F | 17 |
| 1938-1954 From Oct. 25 1952 (on last pg. of book), the 1952-1954 marriages are continues on pgs. 103, 104, 109, 429, 430. |
Parish Register G | 17/18 |
| July 1954 - March 1967 | Parish Register W | 326 |
| June 3 1967 - June 2 1972 | Parish Register X | 326 |
| June 10 1972 - March 12 1977Parish Register Y | 326 | |
| April 9 1977 - Sept. 8 1979 | Parish Register Z | 326 |
| Sept. 8 1979 - Sept. 23 1995 | Parish Register A(1) | 326 |
d) Burials
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|---|---|---|
| 1857-1917 | Parish Register A oct. 1857-May 1891 pgs. 376-397 1885 pg. 398, Feb. 1892-June 1917 pgs. 399-414 |
15/16 |
| 1917-1936 1936-1965 1936-1950 1950-1965 |
Parish Register E Parish Register C pgs. 392-402 pgs. 343-391 (chronologically backwards) |
17 |
| March 14 1966 - Dec. 8 1990 | Parish Register V | 326 |
| Nov. 22 1991 - Dec. 7 1995 | Parish Register B(1) | 326 |
e) Financial
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|---|---|---|
| 1893-1906 | Collections 1893-1899 pgs. 370-458 1899-1906 pgs. 192-342 (Financial Register #1) |
17 |
| 1899, 1907-1912
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Women's Aid Society Treasurer's accounts, fees: 1899 pgs. 13, 14 1907-1912 pgs. 19-74, 87-94 List of members, fees: 1893 pg. 101 1908-1912 pgs. 81-86, 97-100 (Financial Register #2) |
17
|
| 1914-1916 | Collections-missionary revenue (Financial Register #3) |
15 |
| 1912-1917
1917-1918 |
Accounts, collections, disbursements, pew rentals, annual statements (1915-16) (Financial Register #4) Collections, disbursements, pew rentals, pgs. 2-55 (Financial Register #5) |
15 |
| 1911-1917 | Bank Statements, depositors pgs. 2-147 (Financial Register #6) |
15 |
| Oct. 1920-Feb. 1921 | Bank Statements, depositors pgs. 2-147 (Financial Register #7) |
15 |
| March 1921- September 1921 |
Bank Statements, depositors pgs. 2-91 (Financial Register #8) |
15 |
f) Minutes of the Vestry
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|---|---|---|
| 1856-1870 | Parish Register L also, (annual financial accounts for 1863-67 and 1869) |
18 |
| 1871-1893 | Parish Register M (annual financial accounts at Easter) |
16 |
| 1894-1922 | Parish Register P (finances included) | 16 |
| 1934-1949 | Parish Register R (annual financial accounts) |
19 |
g) Service Register
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|---|---|---|
| Oct. 1871-Dec. 1905 | Parish Register H | 18 |
| Nov. 1917-Dec. 1927 | Parish Register J | 18 |
| Jan. 1928-Aug. 1938 | Parish Register K | 18 |
III - Other Records
a) Declarations
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|---|---|---|
| 1871-1893 | Parish Register M (in back, upside down; also, two located just before last |
16 |
| 1896-1897, 1900-1907, 1917, 1921-1922 (and one undated at front of book) |
Parish Register P (at back of book, working back chronologically) |
16 |
| 1934-1949 | Parish Register R | 19 |
| 1953 | Parish Register C | 17 |
b) Club and Society Minute Books
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|---|---|---|
| Minutes of Brotherhood of St. Andrew Nov. 1897-June 1901 (membership list and addresses included) |
Parish Register O
(front and back of book) |
19 |
| Constitution Roll Ladies Aid Society 1909-1913? (letters, financial accounts 1909-1913) |
Parish Register S
(loose, in front of book.) |
19 |
| Minutes of Women's Auxiliary to Domestic and Foreign Missions 1889-1892 (list of members of charitable donations 1890-1891) (inventory of bales sent 1892-1893) |
Parish Register N
(at end of book) |
18
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| Minutes of Women's Parish Guild 1928-1935 |
Parish Register Q | 19 |
| Minutes from 1920 W.A. meeting |
Parish Register P (misc. in front of book) |
16 |
c) Miscellaneous
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|---|---|---|
| Name and addresses of Sunday School teachers List of Parish members |
Financial Register #1 pg. 168 (undated) 1883 pg. 176 1893 pg. 184 (of choir) 1883 pg. 172 1873 pg. 182 1892 (front of book) pgs. 160-163 (undated) |
17
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| Supplementary Fund: Overdue undertaking list Mar. 1912- June 1914 and donation list 1913. |
Financial Register #6 (6 loose pgs. in front of book) (misc. in front of book) |
15 |
| 1923 Financial Statement |
Service Register J (misc. in front of book) |
18 |
| List and addresses of Executive Committee of Vestry 1922-1923 9 pg. list of W.A. members? (undated) 5 financial reports of W.A. 1920 annual W.A. report 1919-20. Property, mortgage "Act respecting St. Thomas' Church, Hamilton" |
Parish Register F
(misc. in front of book)
|
16
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