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John Nelson Gould fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1916-1961.

Reference:

R16464-0-6-E, MG9-D7-28

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102494

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John Nelson Gould fonds
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Date(s):

1916-1961.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

5.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists of seven notebooks containing the Reverend J. Nelson Gould's personal record of the baptisms, marriages, and funerals at which he officiated, 1916-1961. The notebooks also hold a list of the members received at Grace United Church, St. Thomas, 1926-1932; some statistical notes; and notes on the distances between churches; as well as four miscellaneous items: an account of the mortgage-burning ceremony at Parker Street United Church, Sarnia, 26 May 1946; two blank baptismal certificate forms; and a copy of the 1955 amendment to the Marriage Act.

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Gould, John Nelson, Rev., 1879-1968

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Grace United Church (St. Thomas, Ont.)

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Gould, John Nelson, Rev., 1879-1968 : The Reverend John Nelson Gould (1879-1968) was the son, born 17 November 1879, of James and Jane Gould, pioneer settlers of East Zorra Township, Oxford County, Ontario. He was received on trial for the ministry of the Methodist Church of Canada, in its Alberta Conference, in 1912. He received his education for the ministry at Victoria College, Toronto, 1913-1914. From 1915 he served in the London Conference of the Church and was ordained on 4 June 1916.

He served first in the Sparta-Dexter charge, 1916-1921, and then from 1921 to 1926 in the Port Stanley charge. After the union of 1925 that created the United Church of Canada, he served in the London Conference of that Church, first at Grace United Church, St. Thomas, 1926-1933; then at Parker Street United Church, Sarnia, 1933-1947; and finally in the Richmond-Corinth charge (which included the congregations of Aylmer West, Corinth, Fairview, North Bayham, Richmond Village and Summers Corners), 1947-1958. He died on 11 June 1968 and was buried in the family plot in Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia. He married Luisa Anna MacPherson and had one son, James M. Gould of Sarnia.

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(Other) Volume 1 of the Thematic Guide 1206 to Parish Registers provides a summary description of the contents of the unit. The detailed table of contents prepared for the microfilm copy of the material is also available in Volume 2 of Thematic Guide 1206. 1206 (90: Open)

(Electronic) The fonds is available online. (90: Open)
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1811/

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Availability of other formats note:

Available on microfilm reel H-1811, from reel image 008 to 294.
Subject heading:

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Methodist Church - Clergy, 1916-1961

Clergy - Canada, 1916-1961

Port Stanley Methodist Charge, 1921-1936

Parker Street United Church (Sarnia, Ont.), 1933-1947

Richmond-Corinth Charge, 1947-1961

Mortgages - Canada, 1946

Registers of births, etc. Ontario
Source:

Private

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MG9-D7-28
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