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Between May and June 1891, a small wood-frame Presbyterian Church was constructed by Mr. Hunter of Miami on a two-acre site provided by W. D. B. Boyd in NE20-6-7W in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin. Sermons at an opening service on 21 June 1891 were provided by Mr. McBeth of Carman and Mr. Fraser of Treherne. Four years later, the first burial occurred in a gravestone beside the church. In 1904, building was moved a half mile north to the village of Roseisle. It became a United Church following the 1925 union of Congregational, Methodist, and Presbyterian faiths in Canada. Closed in January 1971, the former church bulding was moved to the Pembina Threshermen’s Museum in 1978. In September 2009, it became a municipally-designated historic site.
Period
Cleric
1891-?
Rev. Wilson
?-?
Rev. Mowat
?-?
Rev. Russell
?-?
Mr. Farqueharson
?-?
Rev. Black
1912-1915
John Smith
1915-1918
John W. Fulton
1919-1928
?
1928-1929
Mr. Donaghy
1930-1934
Andrew Moffat (1866-1939)
1934-1941
William Reid
1941-1944
?
1944
Mr. Welsh
1947
Mr. D. Bennett
Mr. Al Haig?
John Henry Shemilt (1881-1969)
1952
Mr. W. Dixon
Roseisle United Church (no date)
Source: Ina Bramadat
The former Roseisle United Church, now at the Pembina Threshermen’s Museum (June 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Roseisle United Church commemorative monument (2011)
Source: Ina BramadatSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.50114, W98.34320
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Roseisle Cemetery (RM of Dufferin)
Carman Larger Pastoral Charge, Church History.
The Rural Municipality of Dufferin, 1880-1980 by June M. Watson and the History Book Committee, Carman: Rural Municipality of Dufferin, 1982, pages 211-212.
A Study of the Church Buildings in Manitoba of the Congregational, Methodist, Presbyterian and United Churches of Canada by Neil Bingham, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1987, 289 pages.
We thank Ina Bramadat for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 June 2023
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