D. D. FRANKS – Methodist Minister

Rev. D.D. Franks

Charges:

1895 Dalston (Simcoe Cty)

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Everton Methodist Church – Eramosa Township, Wellington County, Ontario

Everton Methodist Church History

Everton is a post village near the east line, a little south of the Eramosa and Erin road, 10 miles from Guelph. It contains two stores, a cooper shop, three blacksmith shops, two churches (Methodist and Disciples) a tailor shop, hotel, flouring and saw mill, and 175 inhabitants.

The Everton Mills (flouring) have been established over 30 years. There are four runs of stones, with a capacity of 100 barrels a day  – miller is Henry Hortop

Blooming Rose Lodge, No 829 I.O.G.T was organized about eight years ago. There are 30 members; meets fridays

The Canada Methodist Church is a stone building, seating 200 –  Services at 10am each alternate Sunday Sunday School at 3 pm Rev. John W. Freeman of Rockwood officiates

Disciples Church is a stone building, seating 350. It was erected in 1861 at a cost of $2,500 Services at 11 am Sunday School and Bible class at 4 pm There are 200 members  and R. Royce is the pastor.

Rufus Everts was the first postmaster The first store was kept by James Wylie

Rufus Everts erected the first grist mill and William Everts the first saw mill

The first Methodist Church became a blacksmith shop. The new church was built in 1900, but in 1919, it was closed, and sold to become the Eramosa Township storage shed for road machinery. …from the 1883-1884 Wellington County Directory

When the church closed in 1919 the congregation moved to Rockwood, The  last minister to preach here was Rev. John Little  who in 1918 had the Rockwood  charge.

Everton General Store wcma photo

Christian Guardian – Obituaries November 1873 – PLEWES, Mrs Ann was born in 1794 at Catfoss near Beverley, Yorkshire, England and was raised in the Church of England. In 1816 she married John Plewes of Catwick Mills. She came to this province with her husband and family in 1851 and lost her husband that August, only 11 weeks after their arrival. About a year after his death she joined the Wesleyan Methodist church at Everton then on the Rockwood Circuit, where the class meeting was held in the house of her son William. Subsequently she belonged to the church in different places where she stayed with members of her family, Salmonville on Georgetown Circuit.; Bolton on Bolton Circuit.; Lowville on Milton Circuitt.; Brantford; finally the village of Oakwood where she died August 8, 1873 in her 79 th year survived by 3 sons and 2 daughters she was buried beside her husband in Acton cemetery October 1, 1873

Postmaster in 1861 was D.F. Stewart from his house above

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Ministers:

1883-1884 Rev. John W. Freeman

1895 Rev. Henry Caldwell 

1918 Rev. John Little

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Plevna Methodist Church – Clarendon Township Frontenac County, Ontario

 

PLEVNA

A post office in Clarendon Township, Frontenac County, Ontario 75 miles north
of Kingston, the county seat and nearest banking point, and 17 miles west of Lavant on the E. & P R, its nearest railway point. It contains Anglican and Methodist churches and a public school. Stage three times a week to Clarandon Station and semi-weekly to Denbigh. Pop 100,

Gilbert Ostler, Postmaster

Businesses:

Canada Lumber Co
Card J, saw mill
Gore Frank, flour mill
Lemke Carl, saw mill
Mitchell Samuel, bailiff
Muldoon Robert, contractor
Ostler Gilbert, general store
Plotz Wm, carpenter
Thompson A, hotel
Tooley J L, hotel
Watt Robert, blacksmith
Wilson George, flour mill

…from 1898-99 Eastern Ontario Gazetteer and Directory

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Ministers:

1895 Rev. T.W.Putter

1895 Rev. Enos Farnsworth

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ENOS FARNSWORTH – Methodist Minister

Rev. Enos Farnsworth

Charges:

1895 Plevna (Frontenac Cty), 1906 Moscow (Lennox Cty)

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GILBERT AGAR B.A. – Methodist Minister

Rev. Gilbert Agar B.A.

Charges:

1895 Gore Bay/Manitoulin (Algoma Dist), 1900 Brampton (Peel Cty)

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Wilsonville Methodist Church – Townsend Township, Norfolk County, Ontario

WILSONVILLE. a post village in Norfolk County, Ontario, 2 miles from Vanessa, a station on the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo RR., near Waterford. It has a Methodist church, general store and a saw mill. Pop. 150 …from Lovell’s 1906 Canada Gazetteer

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Willmer Methodist Episcopal Church – Loughborough Township, Frontenac County, Ontario

WILLMER, a village in Frontenac County, Ontario, 6 miles from Sydenham Station, and 2 miles from Harrowsmith, on the Kingston and Pembroke division of the C.P.R. It contains a Methodist
church. Pop. 300 …from Lovell’s 1906 Canada Gazetteer

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Willowdale Methodist Episcopal Church – North York Township, York County, Ontario

WILLOWDALE, a post village in York County, Ontario, 5 miles from North Toronto, on the C.P.R., and 3 miles from Thornhill, on the Toronto & North Bay branch of the G.T.R., and on the Canadian Northern Ontario Ry. It contains a Methodist church and a store. Pop. 150 …from Lovell’s 1906 Canada Gazetteer

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Ministers:

1866 Rev. Thomas P. Bradshaw

1876 – 1878 Rev. George Bennett

1881 Rev. George Miller

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Willetsholme Methodist Church – Front of Leeds and Lansdowne Township, Leeds County, Ontario

WILLETSHOLME, a post village in Frontenac County, Ontario 3 miles from Thousand Islands Junction, on the G.T.R., 9 miles east of Kingston Jct. It contains a Methodist church, store, cheese factory and a blacksmith shop. Pop. 85 …from Lovell’s 1906 Canada Gazetteer

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Wilkesport Methodist Church – Sombra Township, Lambton County, Ontario

WILKESPORT a post village in Lambton County, Ontario, on the north branch of the Sydenham River, 7 miles from Sombra, on the Pere Marquette RR. and 7 miles from Kimball’s Crossing, on the Michigan Central RR. It has 2 churches (Methodist and Baptist), 4 stores, a hotel, saw mill and brick and tile factory, furniture dealer and undertaker, 2 blacksmith shops, together with municipal and post office, savings bank and a cement yard. Pop. 100 …from Lovell’s 1906 Canada Gazetteer

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