Who's Who at Saint John Meeting Room, NB

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Leadership

  • J. Stewart +1878-1879+
  • J. Hammond +1889+
  • W.J. Davidson +1889+, +1901+
  • Andrew Nesbitt +1894-1906+ (b. 1844 Belfast, Ireland - d. 1906 St. John, NB)
  • Frederick G. Godard +1891-1916+ (1852-1916)
  • Thaddeus Joseph Scribner +1908-1930+ (1861-1930)
  • William Austin Coles +1901-1905+; +1944+ (1869-1944)
  • William Henry Barlow +1908-1911+ (1859-1934)
  • R. Cunningham +1914-1933+
  • William Frederick Godard +1916-1917+; +1933-1951+ (1877-1960)
  • Walter Wilson William Galbraith +1944-1960+ (1892-1960)
  • William James Anderson +1944-1973+
  • Herbert Pilch Attoe +1962-1974+ (1901-1974+)
  • William Maguire, Jr. +1962-1989+ (1914-1989)
  • Richard Dyson Thomas +1985+ (1918-1999)

Early Families

Anderson family

  • William James Anderson +1944-1973+

Attoe family

  • Herbert Pilch Attoe +1962-1974+ (1901-1974+)

Barlow family

  • William Henry Barlow +1908-1911+ (1859-1934)

Campbell family

Entire family Methodist by 1911, except Hattie who married a Presby.

  • John Wright Campbell +1891-1901+ (b. 1857 P.E.I.); 1891 @ Wellington, St. John;
  • Adela McLean Campbell +1891-1901+ (b. 1858 N.B. - d. 1920 Northumberland, N.B.)
    • Harriet Irene "Hattie" Campbell +1891-1901+ (b. 1884 N.B.); m. Watson J. Touchie (b. 1881 N.B.)
    • Ethel May Campbell +1891-1901+ (b. 1887 N.B.)
    • Arthur George Campbell +1891-1901+ (b. 1888 N.B.)
    • Frederick William "Fred" Campbell +1891-1901+ (b. 1890 N.B.)
    • Marguerite Adela Campbell Cox 1894-1901+ (b. 1894 N.B. - d. 1991 Edmonton, AB)

Coles family

  • Conrad Younker Coles +1891+ (b. 1842 Milton, Queens, P.E.I. - d. 1931 St. John, N.B.)
  • Rachel Dalzell Coles +1891+ (1831-1916 St. John, N.B.)
    • Maude Helena Coles Whipple +1891+ (1867-1952 St. John, N.B.)
    • William Austin Coles +1892+, +1901-1905+, 1944 (1869-1944 St. John, N.B.)); blacksmith @ 1892, Traveling Salesman @ Maritime Nail Co., then Canada Nail & Wire Co. 1st wife 1892: Mary Elizabeth (b. 1870); 2nd wife: Edith A. (Godard) Coles (1876-1946);
    • Frederick George Coles +1891+ (b. 1871 - d. 1935 St. John, N.B.)
    • Alice May Coles Foster +1891+ (b. 1873 St. John, N.B.); artist; m. Menard Groves Foster;
    • Ida "Belle" Coles Boddington +1891+ (1875-1940+ St. John, N.B.)

Cunningham family

  • R. Cunningham +1914-1933+

Davidson family

  • William James Davidson +1881-1902 (1841-1902 St. John, NB)
  • Avis Willis-Davidson +1881-1891+ (b. 1850 St. John, NB - d. 1935 Rothesay, Kings, NB). By 1901, Avis was CoE which she remained. By 1911, she had relocated to Rothesay.
    • John Livingstone Willis +1881+ (b. 1862 St. John, NB - d. 1934 Yeun Kong, Ch.). Wife (1885 @ Toronto, ON): Anna Frances Boulton Willis (b. 1859 Ailsa Craig, Luxembourg - d. 1929 Yeun Kong, Ch.) By 1885 when John & Anna were married, they were both residing in Toronto, in fellowship with the Toronto meeting room, then by 1891 they were residing in Port Hope, Ontario where John was managing a Royal Bank branch until 1906 when they returned to Toronto until 1919.
      • George Christopher Willis (1889-1973 Toronto, ON), a well-known laboring brother in Asia and the editor of The Steward devotional, previously edited by his father. See BrethrenArchive.org & BTP for more detail on his life, and some of his writings.
      • John Somerville Willis (b. 1891 Port Hope, Durham, ON).
    • Mary Willis Davidson Turnbull +1881+ (1872-1962 St. John, NB)

Galbraith family

  • Walter Wilson William Galbraith +1944-1960+ (1892-1960)

Godard family

  • Frederick G. Godard +1891-1916+ (1852-1916)
    • William Frederick Godard +1916-1917+; +1933-1951+ (1877-1960)

Hammond family

  • J. Hammond +1889+

Knapp family

  • Arthur William Dickson Knapp +1891+ (b. 1854 N.B. - d. 1925 Boston, MA)
  • Margaret J. "Maggie" Dean Knapp +1891+ (b. 1862 N.B. - d. 1932 Arlington, MA)
    • Robert Walter Knapp +1891+ (b. 1880 N.B.)
    • Harriet Eliza Cameron Knapp Bond +1891+ (b. 1881 N.B.)
    • William Titus Knapp +1891+ (b. 1883 N.B.)
    • Ellen M. Cameron Knapp Hamilton +1891+ (b. 1887 P.E.I.); m. 1915 Bronx, NYC, N.Y.: Harry Bernard Hamilton (b. 1892 N.S.); born Episcopal;

Maguire family

  • William Maguire, Jr. +1962-1989+ (1914-1989)

Nesbitt family

  • Andrew Nesbitt +1894-1906+ (b. 1844 Belfast, Ireland - d. 1906 St. John, NB)

Scribner family

  • Thaddeus Joseph Scribner +1908-1930+ (1861-1930)

Thomas family

  • Richard Dyson Thomas +1985+ (1918-1999)

Stewart family

  • J. Stewart +1878-1879