Latest revision as of 00:13, 3 August 2025

The Smiths Falls Meeting Room is considered one of four of the oldest, continuously meeting, Darbyite assemblies in all of Ontario, Canada, alongside the Ottawa Meeting Room, ON, the London Meeting Room, ON and the St. Thomas Meeting Room, ON. Each is known to have existed in 1878, if not earlier.

Locations

• +1894-1896+: McCallum Block, Beckwith St. 3rd Floor, entrance between McKim's Boot Store & Percy's Clothing Store.
• +1911+: Beckwith St., one door south of Ottawa Bank, on same flat as Bell Telephone Office. possibly same location as previous.

Meeting Times

• +1894+: Su B 11am, R 7pm; Thu P 7pm
• +1896-1911+: Su B 11am, R 7pm; Wed P 7:30pm

Leadership

• S. Lockart +1878-1880+
• Henry Landon 1879-1880 (1827-1903)
• George Willoughby +1889-1908+ (1823-1909)
• John W. Ford +1896-1901+ (1853-1917)
• Hiram Tweedy +1903-1904 (1851-1904)
• William George Tweedy +1905-1933 (1854-1933), brother of Hiram;
• John Gibson Dennison +1905-1922 (1863-1922)
• Dr. Arthur Cyrus Groth +1917+ (1884-1956)
• George Edward Wilson Powell +1923-1927+ (1885-1949) cake baker
• Robert Harvey "R.H." Percy +1923-1944+ (1888-1984)
• William George Wood +1933-1955 (1880-1955)
• Dr. Joseph John Hewitt +1933-1951+ (1889-1977) dentist
• Robert John "R.J." Kirkland +1944-1951+ (1903-1992)
• Charles M. Nichol +1949-1968 (1901-1968)
• Albert Cecil Hayhoe +1962-1981 (1915-1981)
• John "Jack" Albin Wood +1962-1986 (1914-1986)
• Robert Victor Reilly +1973-1988 (1923-1988)
• Osborne George Wills +1973-1985+ (1928-2002)
• John Kenneth Bruce Wood +1985-2016  (1941-2016)
• James "Jim" Nelson Hyland +1999-2019 (1959-2019)

Also See

• Who's Who at Smiths Falls Meeting Room, ON notable alumni
• NOI 1911-12 for a June 1911 letter to Notes of Interest from Thomas Bamford.

Sources

• TW-eb AAB's 1878-2019
• Ancestry.com