Rev. William S. Walker

1827 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	William S. Walker
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	1827	, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Minister
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-102738
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I102738	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth,   b. 1837, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. James Walker,   b. 1861, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. George Walker,   b. 1863, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary E. Walker,   b. 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F26377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  South Water Street Baptist, First Baptist, Avenue Road Baptist Churches According to Cant (1915: 67), "About 1850 or 1851 the colored people in the village of Galt, who were Baptists, held their services in a house on King Street." The services were eventually discontinued. Some years later the Baptist organization held meetings in the same building on King Street, and were "regularly organized" (Ibid.). This was the early Baptist Church shown on Pollock's 1867 Map of Galt on King Street near Queen Street. Later services were held in the Methodist New Connexion Church. The Canadian Baptist July 21, 1870, (pg. 2) reported that the [Church] Council had met July 5, 1870 to consider organizing a Baptist congregation in Galt. The "newly formed church" had 14 members. A Baptist Church was organized in 1876 by Dr. Thomas Leslie Davidson from the Guelph Baptist Church, and services were held in a number of downtown locations until a small building was erected in 1878 at the corner of South Water and Chapman Streets, and opened for worship on Sunday, October 6, 1878. Rev. Robert Clark was ordained pastor of the congregation the next day, October 7, 1878. This small church was replaced by a newer, larger one on the same site in 1886. The cornerstone for the new church was laid on August 5, 1886, with Rev. Dr. Castle, Principal of McMaster Hall, Toronto, officiating. Opening services in the new brick church were held on February 6, 1887; Rev. Dr. Castle preached at the morning service. An auditorium was built in the next year. Early pastors were Rev. Thomas Baldwin (1876-1878) and Rev. William S. Walker (1879-1888). The church was known as South Water Street Baptist until August 7, 1955 when the name was changed to First Baptist Church by unanimous vote of the congregation. A new Christian Education wing was opened and dedicated the next year, on April 5, 1956. On May 26, 1978 First Baptist and Delta Park Baptist churches voted to amalgamate effective July 1, 1978, and to relocate to a new facility when finances permitted. The two congregations continued to meet as one in the Water Street South building with the name of First Delta Baptist Church. The Water Street South property was sold to the City of Cambridge in November 1982 and the congregation then met in Avenue Road School. A sod turning ceremony was held in February 1983 and the congregation moved into the new building in November of that same year. The official opening and dedication service was held in January 1984. A Sunday School Mission, which was to become Delta Park Baptist Church, was opened July 1, 1909 in a building on North Water Street. The mission became a church in 1919 with the name of Bremner Baptist Church until 1943 when Rev. W.F. Bremner, for whom the church was named, died. The church was renamed Delta Park Baptist Church at that time.1 1Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 2 Page 49.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1827 - , England Occupation - Minister - 1881 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth