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This former Anglican church at Holland, in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, was built between 1893 and 1894 on a design by local architect Andrew Maxwell. It was opened officially at a service attended by Archbishop Robert Machray. The spire was added in 1898. Plaques inside the church commemorate local parishioners who served in the military during the First World War and the Rev. Waddington Clarke, who died suddenly on 24 February 1903.
Now deconsecrated and known as Emmanuel Historical Church, the building is a municipally-designated historic site (2009).
Period
Cleric
1889-1892
Rev. Herbert Dransfield
1892-1893
Rev. J. J. Bowker
1893-1897
Horace David Cooper (1838-1909)
1897-1902
Waddington Clarke (1862-1903)
1902-1907
Arthur William Goulding (1861-1960)
1907-1913
Rev. Charles Lys
1913-1916
Rev. John A. Maggrah
1916-1918
Rev. W. Cowans
1918-1923
Rev. Joseph Milner
1924-1925
None
1925-1926
Captain Thomas Smith
1926-1928
George Reginald Calvert (1900-1976)
1928-1931
Rev. Claude Gemmill
1931-1933
Rev. W. H. Crump
1933-1939
Rev. E. Jacques
1939-1941
Rev. G. H. Adams
1942-1946
Rev. R. L. Morrell
1947
Rev. T. F. Kelly
1948-1952
Rev. C. L. Morgan
Rev. C. L. Rothery1955-1959
Rev. H. A. Jerry-Cooper
1959-1962
Robert William “Bob” English (1932-2021)
1963-1964
Rev. A. T. Weaver
1964-1965
Ron Walker
1965-1967
Rev. A. M. Allan
1968-1970
Rev. Lesley Daley
1970-1972
Rev. Arthur L. Nash
1973-1974
Rev. W. T. Bailey
1974-1980
Rev. Percy Shepherd
1980-1982
Rev. Tom McQuiston
1982-1990
Rev. Warren W. Marsh
1990-1991
Rev. Peggy Sheffield
1991
Rev. John Gishler
1991-1999
Rev. Harry Donald
1999-?
Captain Dan Hughes
The former Emmanuel Anglican Church (September 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Emmanuel Anglican Church (May 2018)
Source: George Penner
The former Emmanuel Anglican Church (September 2024)
Source: George Penner
Interior of Emmanuel Anglican Church (circa 1910)
Source: Holland, Manitoba: 1877-1967 by Holland History Book Committee, 1967, pages 89-91. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.H64 Hol]
Interior of the former Emmanuel Anglican Church (May 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59629, W98.88113
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
“The death of Rev. W. Clarke,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 February 1903, page 1.
Holland, Manitoba: 1877-1967 by Holland History Book Committee, 1967, pages 89-91. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.H64 Hol]
R.M. of Victoria, Past & Present, Volume 1 by RM of Victoria History Book Committee, 2002, page 154.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Stan Barclay and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.
Page revised: 11 September 2024
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