Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Rouge Methodist Church / Crescent - Fort Rouge United Church (525 Wardlaw Avenue, Winnipeg)
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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
This stately church at the corner of Nassau Street and Wardlaw Avenue in Winnipeg, designed by local architect J. H. G. Russell, started life in 1910 as Fort Rouge Methodist Church. It was renamed Fort Rouge United Church following the 1925 unification of Methodist, Congregational, and Presbyterian denominations in Canada. Following a two-year trial period, in July 1937 the congregations of Fort Rouge Methodist Church and Crescent Congregational Church (whose building had been located at the corner of Arbuthnot Street and McMillan Avenue) formally merged in this building, which became known as Crescent - Fort Rouge United Church.
An honour roll tablet commemorating members of Crescent Congregational Church who served overseas during the First World War was unveiled on 6 November 1921 at a special evening service at the church. It was unveiled by Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Godson-Godson. It was later moved to this church, along with Honour Rolls for Central Congregational Church and Fort Rouge Methodist Church.
Clerics
Period |
Cleric |
1910-1913 |
Henry Irvine |
1913-1917 |
George Fletcher Salton (1858-1943) |
1917-1921 |
W. L. Armstrong |
1921-1926 |
Edward F. Church |
1926-1931 |
Charles F. Bland |
1931-1935 |
Allworth Eardley |
1935-1939 |
R. McElroy Thompson |
1939-1945 |
William M. Grant |
1945-1974 |
George Fraser Dyker |
1974-1976 |
James Esek Stewart |
1976-1981 |
Ernest P. Johnston |
1981-1982 |
Donald W. Hilton |
1982-1984 |
Kenneth David Howlett |
1984-1989 |
Donald W. Hilton |
1989-1994 |
Donald Eskdale |
1994 |
David Barrows |
1994-1995 |
David Alvares |
1995-2005 |
Patricia Wotton |
2005-2006 |
Paul Peters Derry |
2007-? |
Irene Greenwood |
Photos & Coordinates
First World War Casualties (Fort Rouge Methodist)
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Parkyn Sydney Bishop
[Eatons, Next of Kin, 108 Battalion] |
Transportation |
1st Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) |
2nd Lieutenant |
1892 |
30 November 1917 |
Thomas Johnstone Logie Butchart
[Fort Rouge Methodist, Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge, Wesley College] |
Student (Wesley College) |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
30 April 1897 |
20 June 1917 |
William Henry Clipperton
[La Verendrye School] |
School Principal, La Vérendrye School |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
10 April 1886 |
17 August 1917 |
George Daniel
[Next of Kin] |
Bookkeeper |
4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery |
Corporal |
26 October 1897 |
1 October 1917 |
Hanford Edgar Davidson
[Next of Kin] |
Telegraph Operator |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
12 August 1884 |
26 September 1916 |
Hart Leech
[Law Society, Next of Kin, Wesley College] |
Student-at-Law |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Lieutenant |
9 March 1889 |
15 September 1916 |
George Elder Mathesius |
Clerk |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
10 March 1895 |
15 April 1917 |
Forest H. Mitchell |
Civil Engineer |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Lieutenant |
1882 |
6 February 1917 |
Durward Frederick Peck
[Morris] |
Bank Clerk |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
15 December 1896 |
30 October 1917 |
Clifton Andrew Peterson
[Next of Kin] |
Clerk |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
13 December 1895 |
30 October 1917 |
Clarke Hall Popham
[Kelvin, Next of Kin, Wesley College] |
Clerk |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
2 June 1894 |
26 September 1916 |
Edward Silver
[Bank of Montreal, Next of Kin] |
Bank of Montreal |
2nd Battalion, London Regiment |
2nd Lieutenant |
? |
1 May 1918 |
Fred Irwin Simpson
[Broadway Methodist, Law Society, Next of Kin, Virden, Virden Methodist, Wesley College] |
Law Student |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Captain |
15 April 1893 |
12 March 1917 |
Otto Russell Williams
[Gladstone, Kelvin, Law Society, Next of Kin] |
Student |
Canadian Army Service Corps |
Driver |
27 May 1895 |
29 May 1917 |
See also:
MHS Centennial Organization: Crescent Fort Rouge United Church
Sources:
“Lauds women’s war service: Col. Godson-Godson unveils memorial tablet in Crescent chamber,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 November 1921, page 6.
Crescent-Fort Rouge United Church, 525 Wardlaw Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, December 2009.
We thank Judith Hudson Beattie, George Penner, and Darryl Toews, for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 October 2022
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