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Ontario / Upper Canada
BOOK - Stittsville United Church Cemetery, Carleton County, Ontario Genealogy & History Resources Transcribed by Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society Originally published by Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1988 This reprint published by Global Heritage Press, Ottawa, 2018
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1819 Ezra Healey a faithful Methodist saddle-bag preacher began to establish classes of approximately twenty members each in the forests and wilderness between the Rideau and Ottawa rivers. In 1824 George and Mary Argue and their four sons, William, Robert, Andrew and John established a homestead on lot 21, concession 11, in the Township of Goulbourn approximately one mile west of the village of Stittsville. When the family home was completed the neighbours gathered to give thanks to God. This was the first Methodist service ever held in Goulbourn Township. When Ezra Healey reached the Stittsville area he placed the Methodist adherents under the leadership of the aforementioned George Argue, James Wilson and Archibald Magee. It was not however until 1845, when William Magee granted to the trustees of the Methodist congregation one acre of land on which the current church now stands, that a permanent church was established. That first building, constructed of logs, was known as the Magee Chapel. In 1847, a stone building, first known as the Argue Chapel and subsequently as the Wesley Methodist Church was built about 100 yards (90 metres) east of the existing building. The remains of the foundation of that stone church can still be seen in the church cemetery. The structure of that stone church was rather crude with round rather than quarried stones used to create the outside walls. By 1883 that first stone building was replaced by the "Brick Church" which met the needs of the growing congregation for the next seventy years and forms the significant part of our current sanctuary. When the union of certain Methodist, Congregationalist and Presbyterian groups created The United Church of Canada in 1925, Wesley Methodist became Wesley United Church. In 1975 the name was changed to Stittsville United Church.
By 1866, Stittsville was a post village with a population of 100, situated in the township of Goulborne. The village contained one general store, one common school, with an average attendance of seventeen pupils. The Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 210, met in Orange Hall, on the first Thursday in each month. The citizens included John S. Argue, general merchant and postmaster. The Great Carleton Fire of 1870 devastated the community, destroying nearly everything. The Hartin House and a handful of other buildings were all that was left standing. This was an extremely large fire, encompassing over 250,000 acres The town rebuilt and revived after the fire. 8.5 X 11" Index Originally published by Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1988 Original 1988 ISBN (no record) This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Ottawa 2018 New ISBN 978-1-77240-099-1 (Coilbound edition) More Canadian Genealogy & History Resources from Global Genealogy:
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