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Boston, Mass. Mount Vernon Congregational Church records, 1841-1969.
Collection
Identifier: RG0026
Abstract
The Mount Vernon Church was founded in 1842 by a group of enthusiastic lay men and women who felt the need of a church in Boston which would lead in the fight against indifference and Unitarianism. They invited the Rev. Edward Norris Kirk, a famous evangelist, to be their pastor. He spent thirty two years in charge of the church, from 1842 until his death in 1874. Unfortunately, most of the records of his pastorate perished in a fire in 1879. He was succeeded by Samuel Edward Herrick, pastor...
Dates:
1841-1969
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Gardner Family papers, 1892-1994.
Collection
Identifier: MS5409
Abstract
The Gardner family collection starts with Rev. John Gardner (1868-1954) and his wife Agnes Annie Gardner (1866-1957). They were married in 1892 and had five children together: Agnes Gardner Buttrick (1893-1990), Annie Gardner Glover (1895-1934), Evelyn Gardner (1897-1990), Gladys Gardner Jenkins (1901-1994) and Rev. John Ashworth Gardner (1904-1990). This collection contains letters, travel notes, finances, writings, wills, chrurch records, birth and marriage certificates, books, postcards...
Dates:
1892-1994
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
Grand Rapids, MI. South Congregational Church records, 1850-2001.
Collection
Identifier: RG4657
Abstract
The origins of South Congregational Church start in 1874 when women from the Park Avenue Congregational Church organized a Sunday School. This would eventually lead to a "Mr. Gilbert" donating land for construction of a chapel. The new chapel was located between Sheldon and Jefferson on Delaware Street and finished in 1876. The South Congregational Church was officially organized on December 12, 1878 with 43 charter members. The church would see steady growth until the end of the 1900s, when...
Dates:
1850-2001
Found in:
Congregational Library & Archives
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- Christian stewardship. 1
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- Buttrick, Agnes Gardner, 1893-1990 1
- Buttrick, George Arthur, 1892-1980 1
- Chambers Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Child, Virginia H. 1
- Collins, Earl 1
- Cotton, William 1
- Diener, Gloria, 1902-1970 1
- Gardner, Agnes Annie, 1866-1957 1
- Gardner, Dorothy Luther, 1904-1999 1
- Gardner, Evelyn, 1897-1990 1
- Gardner, John Ashworth, Rev., 1904-1990 1
- Gardner, John, Rev., 1868-1954 1
- Gardner-Remley, Anne 1
- Glover, Annie Gardner, 1895-1934 1
- Glover, Carl A., Rev., 1891-1958 1
- Herrick, Samuel E. (Samuel Edward), 1841-1904 1
- Holmes, Pauline 1
- Jenkins, Gladys Gardner, 1901-1994 1
- Jenkins, Richard L. (Richard Leos), 1903-1991 1
- Kirk, Edward Norris, 1802-1874 1
- Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899 1
- Mt. Vernon Congregational Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Niijima, Jō 1
- Old South Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Reikow, Philip E. 1
- Skidmore, Ronald C. 1
- South Congregational Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1 ∧ less
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