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The first Anglican church services at Alexander, in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, were held between 1884 and 1887 in the waiting room of the Canadian Pacific Railway station, after which they used the local Presbyterian church. A dedicated wood frame church building was constructed in 1900. Services were held until October 1974 and a fieldstone cairn in front of the church building was installed in 1975. The building was turned over to the Diocese of Brandon in May 1978 and it was eventually renovated into a private residence.
Period
Cleric
1884-1887
Rev. Charles Thomas Weatherley
1887-1894
?
1894
Rev. C. Weaver
1894-1897
Rev. William Robertson
1898-1901
Rev. Alfred Cook
1901-1905
Rev. J. F. Cox
1905-1908
Rev. Henry Smith
1908-1910
Rev. F. Davis
1910-1912
Rev. Harrison Hill
1912-1915
Rev. W. A. Brand
1915-1918
Rev. Charles Copeland
1918-1920
Rev. Alfred Birch
1921-1922
Rev. A. S. Dainton
1922-1926
Rev. H. P. Barrett
1926-1932
Rev. Charles G. M. Littler
1933-1934
J. H. Hensley (?-1934)
1935-1941
Rev. L. J. Adams
1941-1943
Lay reader - Miss E. Weller
1943-1944
Rev. A. H. Cummings
1944-1946
Lay readers - Walter Maskell, E. F. Russell
1946-1949
Rev. Alfred Kemp
1949-1952
Douglas Ireland
1952-1953
Fred Lynch
1953-?
Rev. Richard Stephenson
?-?
Rev. C. Rothery
?-1960
Lay reader - Mackenzie Elliott
1960-1961
Rev. Lloyd Gedge
1961-1962
Rev. Edgar Hyett
1963-1968
Rev. J. G. Heald
1968-1974
Rev. James Buck
1974
Lay reader - R. J. Coates
1974
Rev. Robert Calderwood
The former St. Paul’s Anglican Church and commemorative monument (August 2018)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former St. Paul’s Anglican Church and commemorative monument (August 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Location (lat/long): N49.83001, W100.29959
denoted by symbol on the map above
Whitehead Wanderings, 1883-1983 by Whitehead-Alexander Centennial Committee, 1983, pages 10-12.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 May 2022
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