Rev. Thomas S. Campbell

1831 - 1917  (86 years)

• Name	Thomas S. Campbell
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	1831	Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	minister
  Residence	123 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region
  	Miss Dunham, chief librarian of the local public library, gives a biography of the poet Wilfred Campbell, who was born here while his father, Rev. Thomas S. Campbell was incumbent of the Episcopal Church of the village, in 1861. This Church was then in a building on lower King St. which had formerly been the printing office of Henry Eby, publisher of the "Deutsche Canadier" newspaper, and of various Mennonite devotional books, etc. Many of you will remember the building, which stood until comparatively recently when it was replaced by the brick dwelling known as No. 123 King Street East.. Where was the parsonage, rented, as was also the church'97the first Episcopal church on Water Street, on the site of the present one, was built in 1862'97and consequently where the probable birth place of the poet, remains for the present a fact lost to history.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-145659
  Died	22 Feb 1917	Wiarton, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: broncho pneumonia (1 week) asthmia (2 days)
  Person ID	I145659	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Matilda Francis Wright,   b. 10 Sep 1837, , England ,   d. 3 Jun 1923, Hepworth, Bruce Co., Ontario  (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. William Wilfred Campbell,   b. 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1918, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F41697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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). Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

  
  

• Sources

  [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 8978 (1917), Thomas S. Campbell. Thomas S. Campbell, d. 22 Feb 1917 Wiarton, Bruce, b. Belleville, aged 85, retired Clergyman, s/o Rev. Thomas Campbell & Swainson, cause: broncho pneumonia (1 week) asthmia (2 days)

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1831 - Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - minister - - Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 123 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region Died - Cause: broncho pneumonia (1 week) asthmia (2 days) - 22 Feb 1917 - Wiarton, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth