Church of St. John the Evangelist - 23 Water St. N. Kitchener

• Name	Church of St. John the Evangelist - 23 Water St. N. Kitchener
  Born	congregation begun 1856	23 Water St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Gender	Unknown
  Alt Address	Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Church	1856
  	congregration started
  Building	1893	23 Water St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  	constructed
  Parcel Information	23 Water St. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [1]
  	Address 19 WATER ST N, CITY OF KITCHENER Property Code Category SPECIAL PURPOSE Survey Description PLAN 374 LOT 153 LOT 154 PT LOT 155 Acres 0.61 Roll Number 301202000312300 Teranet PIN 223170041 Address 21 WATER ST N, CITY OF KITCHENER Property Code Category SPECIAL PURPOSE Survey Description PLAN 374 LOT 153 LOT 154 PT LOT 155 Acres 0.61 Roll Number 301202000312300 Teranet PIN 223170041 Address 23 WATER ST N, CITY OF KITCHENER Property Code Category SPECIAL PURPOSE Survey Description PLAN 374 LOT 153 LOT 154 PT LOT 155 Acres 0.61 Roll Number 301202000312300 Teranet PIN 223170041
  Died	still exists 2011
  Person ID	I184	Properties
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2011

  
  

• Notes

  St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church Begun: 1856 Early Anglican services were held in the Berlin area in the 1840s by the  Rev. Michael Boomer  of the Galt Mission. In 1856  William Jaffray  moved from Galt to Berlin and established an English-language newspaper, the Berlin Chronicle. An Anglican, who had attended Trinity Church in Galt, Mr. Jaffray led in the formation of a congregation in Berlin, where he acted as Lay Reader. Two other gentlemen influential in establishing the Anglican presence in Berlin were Henry Joseph Fletcher Jackson and  Dr. David S. Bowlby.  Land was purchased on April 5, 1861 on the southeast corner of Water St. N. and Short (now Duke) Streets, and the first church, of red brick with white brick trim, was built in 1861. The church was demolished in April 1894 to make room for the present church which was built on the same site and dedicated on October 7, 1894. A Parish Hall was built in 1927 and the church was enlarged in 1955. Early rectors who followed the missionary, Thomas S. Campbell, were the first rector Rev. E.R. Stimson (1859-1864), Rev. Dr. John Schulte (1864-1867), Rev. Henry Jessop (1868) and Rev. Alexander Sydney Falls (1869-1876). Records: Baptism dates: 1858- Location of records: at church* Marriage dates: 1878- Location of records: at church* Burial dates: 1859- Location of records: at church* *Early records: Baptisms 1858-1872, Marriages 1878-1889, Burials 1859-1890, and Confirmations 1870-1888 have been transcribed and published by the Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. The Parish Registers 1859-1890 are at the Diocese of Huron Archives. [ADDRESS/LOCATION: 23 Water St. N., Kitchener, ON N2H 5A4; 743-0228.] References: Smith, WHS 1956(44):13; R. Taylor 1986; Uttley 1937:137-138. Church History: The Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener, Ontario - 125th Anniversary, 1856-1981, 1981.1a 1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] GIS - Region of Waterloo Locator GIS Locator.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - congregation begun 1856 - 23 Water St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Alt Address - - Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Building - constructed - 1893 - 23 Water St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Parcel Information - - 23 Water St. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth