Rev. James Francis Dickie^[1]

1845 - 1933  (87 years)

• Name	James Francis Dickie
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	13 Nov 1845	Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Name	J. F. Dickie
  Occupation	1875	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Pastor of St. Andrews Church
  Residence	1875	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-175552
  Died	28 May 1933	Marine City, St. Clair, Michigan, United States   [2]
  	Cause: Cause: Myocarditis (1 year) - Uraemia (4 days)
  Buried	Hillside Cemetery, St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I175552	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Louise Beck,   b. 4 Dec 1847, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jul 1927, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	23 Jun 1875	Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F50583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Rev. J. F. Pickle A young divinity student, the Rev. James F. Dickie, fresh from a Scottish College, was inducted on February 13, 1872. Subsequently he married the late Sir Adam Beck's only sister. Mr. Dickie continued at St. Andrew's until the late eighteen-seventies. In 1875 the session was increased by the appointment of the elders whose names follow: Alexander Young, William Cowan, J. Muir, Charles Bedford, John Moffat, William Cowan, and Alexander Roy. The Rev. Mr. Dickie demitted his charge in Berlin and accepted a call to the Central Presbyterian Church in Detroit. Later on he was appointed minister to the American and British Church in Nollendorf Platz, Berlin, Germany. In December, 1913, he revisited Berlin, Canada, and in part said, I knew Berlin better in 1871 than I do now. I note how wonderfully it has grown and how it has become a hive of industry. But whether or not it is a more agreeable place in which to live, I cannot say. When I first knew it, it was a delightful place. It hadn't many manufacturies, but it had a number of scholarly, cultivated gentlemen, and very genial and hospitable ladies. Then, you heard scarcely anything spoken in the streets but German. It was necessary for anyone living here to speak both languages. I had for my instructor Adolph Mueller, who was one of the best teachers I have ever met. He did much to draw the German and English speaking people together. What impressed me most on coming to Berlin, Ontario, was the fact that a little town of 2,500 inhabitants had fourteen churches. The Lutherans were the largest group, while all the churches drew from the country. I recall that the first street-light. burning coal oil, was placed in 1874. Had I not been in little Berlin, I should never have been in Berlin, Germany. For it was here that I acquired an interest in German life and language. After Dr. Dickie removed to Detroit he was succeeded by the Rev. Donald Tait (1879-1889). In his time the Presbyterians of Waterloo who attended St. Andrew's organized a church of their own... 1aA History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937,

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 1 Jul 1875. 23 Jun 1875 In Baden, by Rev. A. Topp, D.D., of Toronto, assisted by Rev. J. Gounlay of Port Elgin, J.F. Dickie, Pastor of St. Andrews Church in Berlin, was married to Louise, daughter of Jakob Beck, Esq. of Baden. [S2469] Death. Name:Reverend James Francis Dickie Gender:Male Marital Status:Married Birth Date:Nov, 1845 Birth Place:Scotland Death Date:28 May 1933 Death Place:Marine City, St Clair, Michigan, USA Death Age:87 File Number:000523 Father:Francis Mother:Susan Maclelland [S2465] Burial. Hillside Cemetery, Saint Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name:James Francis Dickie Marriage Date:23 Jun 1875 Marriage Location:Baden Spouse:Louise Beck Registration Number:57528

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Nov 1845 - Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Occupation - Pastor of St. Andrews Church - 1875 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1875 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Jun 1875 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Myocarditis (1 year) - Uraemia (4 days) - 28 May 1933 - Marine City, St. Clair, Michigan, United States Buried - - Hillside Cemetery, St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth