Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sinclair Presbyterian Church / Sinclair United Church Monument (Sinclair, RM of Pipestone)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

A monument at Sinclair in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone commemorates a church that operated here as Sinclair Presbyterian Church (1909-1924) and Sinclair United Church (1924-1985). Formerly at the church site, it had been moved alongside a monument for Sinclair School by the time of a 2024 site visit.

Clerics

Period

Cleric

1909

Philip Duncan

1909-1911

Rev. C. K. Mathewson

1911

Rev. Demin

1912-1914

Rev. C. M. Bater

1914

Rev. R. B. Penny

1915-1916

Rev. A. Marty

1917

Rev. Mulligan

1918

Rev. Lascelles

1919

Rev. J. Liggett

1920-1921

Rev. R. N. Williams

1921

Rev. W. H. Brokenshire

1922

Rev. Don McVicar

1922-1923

Rev. Brice Innis

1924

Rev. D. Spear

1924

Rev. Dickson

1924-1925

Rev. A. G. Pedler

1926-1928

Rev. R. D. Tannahill

1929-1931

Rev. W. O. Robinson

1932-1935

Rev. C. Downe

1936-1941

Rev. S. A. Harry

1942-1944

Rev. A. Pollard

1945-1946

Rev. H. G. Munro

1947-1949

Rev. C. S. Elsey

1950

Rev. W. Bayley

1951-1952

Rev. William Thompson

1953-1954

R. J. Chandler

1955

Rev. A. Greenaway

1955-1959

Mrs. Marjorie Hannah

Photos & Coordinates

Sinclair United Church commemorative monument

Sinclair United Church commemorative monument (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Sinclair United Church and Sinclair School commemorative monuments

Sinclair United Church and Sinclair School commemorative monuments (June 2024)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.56727, W101.28791
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Fiftieth Anniversary, 1909 to 1959: August 2nd, 1959, Sinclair United Church, commemorative booklet.

We thank Gordon Hart for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 June 2024

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