Cleric, missionary.
Born in Augusta Township, Grenville County, Ontario on 13 January 1879, son of John George Carson (1850-1920) and Mahala Martha Alder (1851-1937), he graduated with a BA degree from Victoria College, University of Toronto in 1902 and moved to Winnipeg to study law. He changed his area of study and, in 1906, graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity degree (1906) from Wesley College. While in training, he worked a circuit minister, including at the Louise Bridge Methodist Church for around a year (c1905-1906). On 6 September 1906, he married Emma Florence Dunfield (1885-1966) at Maryland Methodist Church. Florence’s family lived at 484 Maryland Street and her mother, Mary McKillop Dunfield (1852-1930), is considered to be the founder of Maryland Methodist Church. The couple left Winnipeg in November 1906 and went to the Canadian Inland Mission at Chengtu, China. They were supported, in part, by the Maryland Methodist Church. They had two children, Rev. Dr. Marvin John Dunfield Carson (1908-1981) and Judge Egbert Harold Alder Carson (1910-1994), both born at Chengtu. Egbert Carson worked as a missionary and helped to establish the upper school at the mission. In 1910, he was appointed to the circuit at Chungking and died there of typhoid on 14 June 1910.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Graduation certificate, University of Toronto.
1906 Canada census, Library and Archives Canada.
Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“In the College world [Wesley College],” Manitoba Free Press, 3 April 1905, page 9.
“Last day of Conference,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 June 1906, page 10.
“Carson-Dunfield,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 September 1906, page 5.
“Rev. E. J. Carson,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 November 1906, page 12.
“G. J. Carson dead [sic],” Manitoba Free Press, 16 June 1910, page 1.
“Succumbed to typhus,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 June 1910, page 3.
“Ministerial Session,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 June 1910, page 5.
“Died in foreign field,” Manitoba Free Press, 17 June 1910, page 9.
“Late Rev. E. J. Carson,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 June 1910, page 2.
“Ministers should be more convincing,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 June 1910, page 10.
“Methodists of Gordon Church hold jubilee,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 November 1921, page 32.
“Memorial meet to be held for church founder,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 June 1930, page 27.
Carson family Bible and letters.
Birth, marriage, and death certificates, Carson family.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Barbara Carson Jardine.
Page revised: 1 December 2017
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