Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tummel Presbyterian Church / Tummel United Church (Tummel, Municipality of Roblin)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This United church in the Municipality of Roblin, the former Tummel Presbyterian Church, replaced an earlier log structure from 1887 that had been situated four kilometers to the south. Built in 1906, and restored and expanded in 1958, it was home to a union church formed in 1916 by local Presbyterians and Methodists, preceding by nearly a decade the formal union that resulted in the United Church of Canada. It is a municipally-designated historic building as of 1993. The Deer Park Cemetery is nearby. An Honour Roll inside the church lists parishioners who served and were wounded or killed during military service in the Second World War.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1902	George Little
1903	William Welsh
1904	Mr. Spooner, W. J. Inglis
1905	James Fraser
1906	A. Kemlo
1909	J. L. King
1912	P. McLeod
1913	J. H. Selkirk
1916	J. D. McKinnon
1917	John Archibald
1919	Rev. Elsey
1921	J. L. King
1923	R. Harvey
1928	Daniel Shaver Kern (1877-1933)
1933	C. S. Matchett

Photos & Coordinates

Tummel United Church (no date) Source: Audrey & Duncan Waddell Tummel United Church (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Tummel United Church (August 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Interior of Tummel United Church (August 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.14014, W101.39823 denoted by symbol on the map above

Second World War Casualties

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Roy Brumwell [Roblin]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	10 July 1917	6 September 1944
John Edward Johnston [Roblin]	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	29 July 1910	19 August 1942
Clare Davidson Kines [Roblin, Winnipeg Rifles]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	1 November 1914	8 June 1944
David Ingles Livingston [Roblin]	8 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers	Lance Corporal	1920	11 November 1944
Harry Kelso Robertson [Roblin]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	8 December 1916	21 January 1942

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Deer Park Cemetery (Tummel, Municipality of Roblin)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

Tummel United Church, SW 7-25-28 WPM, Tummel area, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

Tummel’s History by Tummel 2013 Reunion Committee, 2013.

We thank Audrey and Duncan Waddell for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 31 October 2023

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