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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).
Clerics
Period |
Cleric |
1889-1892 |
Rev. Herbert Dransfield |
1892-1893 |
Rev. J. J. Bowker |
1893-1897 |
Horace D. Cooper (1838-?) |
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. Rothery |
1955-1959 |
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 |
Photos & Coordinates

The former Emmanuel Anglican Church (September 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

The former Emmanuel Anglican Church (May 2018)
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 Penner
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59629, W98.88113 denoted by symbol on the map above
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See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Sources:
“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 for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.
Page revised: 25 January 2022
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