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 Canada-Wide Genealogy & History Resources ( Topics That Concern More than One Province ) Provincial, Municipal and Regional Resources BOOK - Obituaries From Canadian Presbyterian Periodicals 1872-1896 By Donald A. McKenzie Published by Global Heritage Press, Ottawa, 2016
Obituaries provide interesting and valuable information, often including the names of family members, familial relationships, places where people have lived, and details from the life of the deceased. This volume contains data that has been carefully transcribed from the two main Presbyterian periodicals published in Canada:
For most of the 19th century, Presbyterianism was divided into several sects. In this volume, one reads about people belonging to such groups as the Secession Church, the Relief Church, the Morrisonian body, the Covenanting Church and the Old Light Burghers. The most important division in Presbyterianism occurred in 1843 when Dr. Thomas Chalmers led a large group out of the Church of Scotland and formed the Free Church. The main reason for this disruption, as it is often called, was that the Free Church people rejected the practice of patronage that was common in the Church of Scotland. They insisted that a local church should be operated and the ministers chosen by all the members, and not by a rich landlord who would then treat the minister as his employee. Because of the close ties between the church in Scotland and in Canada, the disruption which had occurred in Scotland in 1843 took place in Canada a year later. For the next 3 decades many Canadian communities had two Presbyterian Churches. There was the Presbyterian Church in connection with the Church of Scotland, which was nearly always called St. Andrew 's and a Free Church which was usually called Knox. In 1861, there was a merger between the Free Church and another small group known as United Presbyterians. After the merger, the group was called Canada Presbyterian. Then, in 1875, the separate Presbyterian groups throughout Canada amalgamated to become the Presbyterian Church of Canada. In many communities, the 2 separate congregations also amalgamated at this time. In this volume, you will read about a number of ministers who resigned in 1875 to facilitate the merger of the 2 congregations in a town. In other places where there were enough members to support 2 Presbyterian Churches, both would continue, but as part of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. Details: 301 Pages 7 X 9.75" Published by Global Heritage Press, Ottawa, 2016 ISBN 978-1-772240-047-2 (Hardcover) Related titles::
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