Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church / St. Andrew’s United Church (338 Hamilton Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This church at Manitou, originally of the Presbyterian faith and, as of July 1924, a United church, was designed by James McDiarmid and built in 1901 by contractor George Ullyot. It is a municipally designated historic building (2010). Inside the church is a stone plaque listing parishioners who served in the First World War, including ones who were killed.

Clerics

Period

Cleric

1881-1889

J. A. Townsend

1889-1897

William Caven

1897-1907

Thomas Beveridge (1865-1932)

1907-1912

Peter Scott

1912-1915

J. O. Talston

1916-1918

William Stott

1918-1920

A. McMillan

1920-1924

R. Smalley

1924-1928

A. C. Strachan

1928-1934

W. S. Atchinson

1934-1940

G. F. Dyker

1940-1946

C. J. W. Cruikshank

1946-1951

C. J. King

1951-1958

J. A. Ross

1958-1965

J. W. Bray

1966

H. Smith

1966-1970

F. Muldew

1970-?

Doris Archibald

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Postcard view of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (no date)
Source: Archibald Museum

St. Andrew's United Church

St. Andrew’s United Church (July 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

St. Andrew's United Church

St. Andrew’s United Church (May 2021)
Source: George Penner

Interior of St. Andrew’s United Church

Interior of St. Andrew’s United Church (August 2018)
Source: George Penner

First World War commemorative plaque inside St. Andrew’s United Church

First World War commemorative plaque inside St. Andrew’s United Church (December 2019)
Source: Darryl Toews

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.24219, W98.53969
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Thomas Alexander Dickson
[Manitou]

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

21 November 1896

10 April 1917

Robert Dixon
[Manitou]

Farmer

Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Squadron

Private

1 July 1892

30 October 1918

Hallgrimur Jonsson MC
[Manitou, 108 Battalion, First Lutheran]

High School Teacher

12th Squadron, Royal Air Force

Lieutenant

19 March 1885

3 September 1918

Alexander McNab
[Manitou]

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

4 March 1894

8 October 1916

Harry Milne
[Manitou]

Blacksmith

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

28 August 1894

11 November 1916

Cecil E. C. Owens
[Manitou]

Fur Trader

2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

17 March 1880

26 April 1915

Kenneth Fraser Perry
[Lakeside, Manitou]

Bank Clerk, Union Bank of Canada

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

22 February 1897

15 August 1917

Andrew Petrie
[Manitou]

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 June 1889

9 April 1917

John Shelton
[Manitou, Odd Fellows]

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

8 March 1889

5 June 1917

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

Manitou, Step Back in Time by Manitou Pembina Municipal Heritage Committee, no date.

Pembina, Manitou: 100th Anniversary and Reunion, July 2-8, 1979 by Pembina-Manitou Centennial Committee, 1979, page 168.

We thank Pat Miles, George Penner, and Judy Bradley for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 April 2022

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