Revision as of 19:13, 3 June 2023

History

The Guelph Meeting Room was an exclusive brethren assembly founded prior to 1861, and active thru 1933 as part of the Tunbridge Wells exclusives.

Alumni

Fear family

• Edwin Wilcox Fear (1816-1895) was born in 1816 in Devon, England, presumably where he was introduced to the Brethren. In fact, by 1841 he was employed as a rigger in Stoke Dameral, an inner suburb of Plymouth. By 1851, he had emigrated to Ontario, Canada and employed as a schoolteacher in Brantford as a schoolteacher, and registered with the census as "Christian Brethren". He relocated to Guelph by 1861, and died in London, Ontario. See Edwin's bio for more on his family.

Goddard family

In 1881, M.M. boarded with the Edward & Mary Stovel family.

• M.M. Goddard +1881+ (b. 1856 U.S.)

Harvie family

Robert Harvie was a bookseller in 1897, living at 501 Yonge St., Toronto with his wife Florence and child. But previously, in 1891 Florence was registered as married, but living with her parents in Guelph.

• Robert Harvie
• Florence Mary Stovel Harvie 1870-1891+ (b. 1870 Guelph, ON), daughter of Edward Stovel (1842-1905) & Mary Anne Turner Stovel (1851-1930). See Stovel family.
  • William Edward Stovel (b. 1897 Toronto, ON)

Hayhoe family

• Edward Hayhoe

Edward emigrated from England, presumably with the state church, as a missionary to the Ojibway tribe of Indians in the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario and his first time noted of being gathered was in 1861 with the Guelph assembly when Darby was visiting.

Stovel family

• William Stovel +1861+ (b. 1803 Goodwood, Sussex, England), and was living with his family in Guelph by 1861, and identified as Plymouth Brethren. His wife and children were all born in England as well.
• Mary Stovel +1861+ (b. 1804)
  • Charles Stovel +1861+ (b. 1834) bricklayer
  • Mary Ann Turner Stovel +1861+ (b. 1841)
  • Edward Stovel +1861-1903+ (b. 1842 London, England - d. 1905 Toronto, ON) served +1903+ as a correspondent at the Guelph assembly. Wife: Mary Anne Turner Stovel +1871-1911+ (b. 1851 Eng. - d. 1930 Guelph, ON). The Turner family naturalized in 1846, immigrating in 1850.
    • Florence Mary Stovel Harvie 1870-1891+ (b. 1870 Guelph, ON). See Harvie family.
    • Eva Annie Stovel Tilt 1872-1911+ (b. 1872 Guelph, ON - d. 1954). Husband (1896 @ Wellington, ON): John Franklin Tilt +1911+ (b. 1865 - 1955). See Tilt family
    • Edna E. Stovel Tatham 1876-1919+ (1876-1956 Guelph, ON). See Tatham family.
    • Olive Edith Stovel 1880-1881 (1880-1881 Guelph, ON)
    • Lois Eunice Stovel 1883-1919 (1883-1919 Guelph, ON)
  • Jonathan Stovel +1861+ (b. 1845)
  • Nathaniel Carr Stovel +1861+ (b. 1847) served 1879-1881+ as a correspondent at the Winnipeg Meeting Room, MB.

Tatham family

• Charles Goodeve Tatham +1894-1918 (1854-1918 Guelph, ON) served as a correspondent at the Guelph assembly from 1894-1918.
• Edna E. Stovel Tatham +1894-1918+ (b. 1876 - d. 1956)

Tilt family

In 1871, John Tilt's father Francis resided in Galt, ON and was employed as a horse doctor (aka veterinary surgeon). Mary, his 1st wife, emigrated to Waterloo, ON by 1851, and died of tuberculosis. No church registered until 1881 when identified as CoE. In 1897, John was employed in Toronto as an upholsterer.

• John Franklin Tilt +1911+ (b. 1865 - d. 1955), son of Francis "Frank" Tilt (b. 1838 ON - d. 1914 Hepworth, Bruce, ON) & Mary Pedder Tilt (b. 1839 Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, Eng. - d. 1877 Blair, Waterloo, ON).
• Eva Annie Stovel Tilt 1872-1911+ (b. 1872 Guelph, ON; m. 1896 Guelph, ON; d. 1954), daughter of Edward Stovel (1842-1905) & Mary Anne Turner Stovel (1851-1930). See Stovel family.
  • Olive Ethel Tilt (b. 1897 Toronto, ON).

Sources

• Ancestry.com
  • Censuses 1851-1861
• EB AAB's 1878-1879