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Conception Bay North ~ Harbour Grace District

Harbour Grace - Anglican (Christ Church) Confirmations, 1889 - 1925

In 1865, after fourteen years as pastor of the congregation of St. Paul's Church, Harbour Grace, Rev. Bertram Jones left his parish to retire in England. Jones was replaced by Rev. Mr. Hoyles from Carbonear and James Gardner, a lay preacher of the congregation. Jones returned to Newfoundland in 1868 after an unsuccessful attempt to secure a retirement and pension from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.

His request for a pension from the St. Paul's congregation, upset by the expulsion of their priest, Archdeacon Kelly, resulted in a schism which divided the congregation.

In 1875 forty-six members of St. Paul's congregation erected Christ Church and on July 9, 1876 it was consecrated by Bishop Kelly. Ironically, the dispute over the Jones pension was settled that year when he retired. In December 1878 a memorial present of £120 was instrumental in enabling the congregation to acquire their first curate. Reverend C.E. Smith served as first Rector of Christ Church from his appointment in 1880 until 1883 when he was replaced by Reverend N. LeMoine.

According to T.G. Ford (1935) Christ Church was officially granted the right to keep registers of marriage, birth and death in 1883. On January 12, two years earlier, the first baptism was performed at the church and noted on the register of St. Paul's. The church, however, operated in heavy debt and by 1889 became the Mission of Christ Church, St. Paul's parish, subsidized by grants from the Synod. That year the Reverend John Monk Noel was appointed curate of both mission churches of St. Peter's and Christ Church. From that period his successors at St. Paul's, Rev. W.R.J. Higgitt (1915-1925), Rev. Gordon S. Templeton (1925-1934), Rev. H.F.G.D. Kirby (1934), and former curate of St. Peter's Rev. W.E.R. Cracknell, became responsible for the Christ Church congregation. With the arrival of Kirby in 1934 the congregation decided to close the church. The final baptism was recorded in October 1933 by Rev. Mr. Templeton. The church was eventually dismantled and its building material transferred to Rev. Mr. Short's congregation for enlargement of the church at Grates Cove qv.

Please note that for this transcription I have used the original documents held at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Harbour Grace. Consulting the records may yield additional information: the name of the minister who performed the baptism and/or reception, public or private baptism information, date of reception into the church or whether child died before its reception. For verification purposes, photocopies of these documents can be consulted at either:

St. Paul's Anglican Church
Cochrane Street, PO Box 341
Harbour Grace, NF A0A 2M0

Anglican Archives
19 King's Bridge Road
St. John's, NF A1C 3K4

The records were transcribed by BONNIE HICKEY in April 2000. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors.

SEX	GIVEN NAME(S)	SURNAME	AGE	CONFIRMATION YEAR	VOL
Male	William	Andrews		1889	13B
Male	Clement	Brown		1889	13B
Male	Eli	Brown		1889	13B
Male	Albert	Davis		1889	13B
Male	Charles	Edmunds		1889	13B
Male	Edmund	French		1889	13B
Male	Silas	French		1889	13B
Male	Israel	Gosse		1889	13B
Male	Thomas	Gosse		1889	13B
Male	Joseph	Lilley		1889	13B
Male	Frederick	Newman		1889	13B
Male	Daniel	Powell		1889	13B
Male	Eldred	Sheppard		1889	13B
Male	Lorenzo	Sheppard		1889	13B
Male	Edmund	Sparkes		1889	13B
Male	Lorenzo	Sparkes		1889	13B
Male	Leonard	Stirling		1889	13B
Male	Israel	Tucker		1889	13B
Male	Baxter	Webber		1889	13B
Female	Louie	Alcock		1889	13B
Female	Ann	Brown		1889	13B
Female	Ann	Butt		1889	13B
Female	Annie	Crane		1889	13B
Female	Lizzie	Crane		1889	13B
Female	Mary	Crane		1889	13B
Female	Mary	Drover		1889	13B
Female	Emily	Edmunds		1889	13B
Female	Edith	French		1889	13B
Female	Minnie	Herald		1889	13B
Female	Julia	Lilley		1889	13B
Female	Mary Ann	Newman		1889	13B
Female	Clary	Noseworthy		1889	13B
Female	Fannie	Noseworthy		1889	13B
Female	Fannie	Martin		1889	13B
Female	Katie	Piddle		1889	13B
Female	Belle	Sheppard		1889	13B
Female	Clara	Sheppard		1889	13B
Female	Mary	Sparkes		1889	13B
Female	Susie	Wills		1889	13B
Male	Mark	Ash		1893	13B
Male	Thomas	Cole		1893	13B
Male	William	Gill		1893	13B
Male	Arthur	Hiscock		1893	13B
Male	William	Hiscock		1893	13B
Male	James	Breaker		1893	13B
Male	John W.	Newman		1893	13B
Male	John Jr.	Newman		1893	13B
Male	Edgar	Stephenson		1893	13B
Male	John	Sparkes		1893	13B
Male	George	Andrews		1893	13B
Male	Moses	Gosse		1893	13B
Male	George	Davis		1893	13B
Male	Andrew	Sheppard		1893	13B
Female	Jeannie	Ash		1893	13B
Female	[Minna?] Alice	Golder		1893	13B
Female	Elizabeth	Gill		1893	13B
Female	Mary	Davis		1893	13B
Female	Alice	Brown		1893	13B
Female	Mary	Parsons		1893	13B
Female	Patience Anne	Sparkes		1893	13B
Female	Lilia May	Snow		1893	13B
Female	Maggie	Sheppard		1893	13B
Female	Marion	Peddle		1893	13B
Male	Henry	Pynn	22	1899	13B
Male	Albert	Pynn	16	1899	13B
Male	Harvey	Sheppard	16	1899	13B
Female	Nettie	Ash	16	1899	13B
Female	Alice	Ash	14	1899	13B
Female	Jessie	Burcell	18	1899	13B
Female	Annie	Davis	16	1899	13B
Female	Louie	Davis	14	1899	13B
Female	Maud	Davis	16	1899	13B
Female	Ethel	Noseworthy	17	1899	13B
Female	Eliza	Powell	15	1899	13B
Female	Hettie	Yeatman	15	1899	13B
	E'd	Sheppard		1900	13B
Male	Charles	Noseworthy	12	1912	13B
Male	Albert Edward	Parmiter	14	1912	13B
Male	John William	Mercer	16	1912	13B
Female	Ethel May	Yeatman	18	1912	13B
Female	Mary Gertrude	Mercer	18	1912	13B
Female	Louisa Joyce	Yeatman	15	1912	13B
Female	Lizzie	Stevenson	15	1912	13B
Female	Elsie	Newman	14	1912	13B
Female	Gertrude	Snow	14	1912	13B
Female	Lizzie	Sheppard	14	1912	13B
Female	Lily	French	14	1912	13B
Female	Ada	French	13	1912	13B
Female	Elsie	Kitchen	13	1912	13B
Female	Sadie	Yeatman	13	1912	13B
Female	Winnie	Davis	13	1912	13B
Female	Florence May	French	13	1912	13B
Female	Nellie	Mercer	14	1912	13B
Male	John William	Newman	14	1916	13B
Male	Stewart	Noseworthy	16	1916	13B
Male	Malcolm	Noseworthy	15	1916	13B
Male	William	Regular	14	1916	13B
Male	Reginald	Regular	12	1916	13B
Male	John Ronald	Sheppard	13	1916	13B
Male	Walter Beatty	Rodgers	33	1916	13B
Female	Verna Louise	Elsworthy	13	1916	13B
Female	Susie Winifred	French	13	1916	13B
Female	Bessie J.	Godden	16	1916	13B
Female	Lizzie	Hoddinott	13	1916	13B
Female	Ada May	Davis	12	1916	13B
Female	Bessie	Davis	12	1916	13B
Female	Violet May	Drover	12	1916	13B
Female	Mary	Kitchen	14	1916	13B
Female	Florence Lillian	Noel	14	1916	13B
Female	Alice	Shute	16	1916	13B
Female	Florence	Yetman	14	1916	13B
Female	Gladys	Yetman	12	1916	13B
Female	Susanna	Harris	64	1916	13B
Female	Annie E.	Mercer	45	1916	13B
Male	William Thos.	Davis	13	1919	13B
Male	Graham N.	French	16	1919	13B
Male	James Leslie	French	14	1919	13B
Male	William	Sheppard	15	1919	13B
Male	George (of Eb.)	Sheppard	14	1919	13B
Male	John	Sheppard	14	1919	13B
Male	George (of John)	Sheppard	13	1919	13B
Male	Walter B.	Rogers	12	1919	13B
Female	Gertrude	French	13	1919	13B
Female	Elsie	French	14	1919	13B
Female	Violet	French	14	1919	13B
Female	Margorie	Davis	14	1919	13B
Female	Maisie Lilly	Stirling	14	1919	13B
Female	Sadie Louise	Stirling	13	1919	13B
Female	Ethel May	Shute	15	1919	13B
Female	Mildred	Taylor	13	1919	13B
Female	Mabel Louise	Noseworthy	22	1919	13B
Male	Albert	George	14	1921	13B
Male	Arthur G.	Godden	13	1921	13B
Male	George	Leftbridge	44	1921	13B
Male	Kenneth H.	Mercer	13	1921	13B
Male	Kenneth	Mercer	13	1921	13B
Male	Hayward	Noseworthy	12	1921	13B
Male	Frank	Noseworthy	18	1921	13B
Male	Graham N.	Noseworthy	15	1921	13B
Male	Walter	Shute	15	1921	13B
Male	Roy C.	Yetman	14	1921	13B
Female	Mary E.	Davis	12	1921	13B
Female	Sadie	French	14	1921	13B
Female	Daisy	Mercer	14	1921	13B
Female	Lillian G.	Godden	15	1921	13B
Female	Grace	Mercer		1921	13B
Female	Elsie	Sheppard	14	1921	13B
Female	Minnie	Sheppard	14	1921	13B
Female	Ada	Tapp	13	1921	13B
Female	Ethel	Yetman	15	1921	13B
Female	Florence	Yetman	13	1921	13B
Female	Marjorie	Sheppard	11	1921	13B
Male	John C.	Elsworthy	16	1923	13B
Male	Ralph L.	Andrews	13	1923	13B
Male	Charles	French	13	1923	13B
Male	Mark	French	13	1923	13B
Male	George H.	Regular	14	1923	13B
Male	Archibald	Sheppard	12	1923	13B
Male	Roy	Sheppard	13	1923	13B
Male	Samuel Mark	Stirling	14	1923	13B
Male	Cecil W.	Taylor	13	1923	13B
Male	Robert LeMoine	Tapp	14	1923	13B
Male	Eugene	Yetman	13	1923	13B
Female	Jessie L.	Regular	17	1923	13B
Female	Bessie Olgar	Tapp	13	1923	13B
Female	Inez D.	Taylor	15	1923	13B
Male	Arthur L.	Harris	13	1925	13B
Male	Harold T.	Parmiter	13	1925	13B
Male	Leonard	Sheppard	13	1925	13B
Male	Walter	Sheppard	14	1925	13B
Female	Maud Vivian	Davis	14	1925	13B
Female	Violet	Brown	15	1925	13B
Female	Evelyn	Lilly	12	1925	13B
Female	Isabel	Mercer	14	1925	13B
Female	Mabel	Morgan	14	1925	13B
Female	Grace	Yetman	14	1925	13B
Female	Doris Yetman	Pike	12	1925	13B

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HARBOUR GRACE INDEX