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Alberta

See Branches of Plymouth Brethren to explain abbreviation types (although in short: OB (& TW-P) are Halls & Chapels within the "open brethren" (although GH's (generally) maintain a separate network from the Chapels). EB/TW/TW-N/FWG are "Careful" Brethren (similar to OB Halls), and BC are (generally) independent community churches with early or indirect PB influence, and will (usually) not consider themselves "Brethren").

The above primer link expands on the abbreviations, and also contains introduction to this (and other) sheets within the overall History. There have been scores of branches with their own distinctive networks and strengths within the history of the PB, and many branches continue to flourish today, and while no assembly or gathering is identical to the others, each is thought to maintain a fervent desire for simplicity in gathering around the Lord Jesus, though practices and secondary doctrines may vary culturally and/or preferentially as autonomous (yet inter-dependent) local churches.

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Contents

Central AB

Barrhead County

Neerlandia

Westlock County

Pibroch

Pickardville

Sunnybank

Centralwestern AB

Upper Athabasca Region

Athabasca County

Boyle

Ellscott

Lac Ste. Anne County

Cherhill

Yellowhead County

Mahaska

Upper Peace Region

Fairview

Grande Cache

Grande Prairie

Grimshaw

Spirit River

Northeastern AB

Div. 16

Wood Buffalo

Southcentral AB

Div. 5

Drumheller

Kneehill County

Carbon

Huxley

Vulcan County

Ensign

Div. 8

Red Deer metro

Lacombe County

LaCombe
Mirror

Red Deer County

Elnora
Innisfail
  • Innisfail Meeting Room, AB (TW-Lowe-EB) +1903-1909; (TW-EB) 1909-1973
    • Red Lodge Meeting Room @ Spruce View +1903-1905+; Bowden Meeting Room +1908-1914+; Innisfail Meeting Room +1917-1927+; Knee Hill Valley Meeting Room +1933-1951+; Innisfail Meeting Room +1962-1973
Penhold
Red Deer

Starland County

Michichi
  • Starland Gospel Hall, AB (OB) 1912-1978
    • home meetings 1912-?; Sunbeam Schoolhouse ?-1925; Starland Schoolhouse 1925-1978
    • c/o Robert Hunter +1927+

Southeastern AB

Div. 1

Cypress County

Medicine Hat

Redcliff

Div. 6

Calgary metro

Calgary

Foothills County

Priddis

Mountain View County

Olds

Div. 7

County of Paintearth

Halkirk

Flagstaff County

Strome

Wainwright

Dry Crossing

Div. 10

Camrose County

Kingman

County of Minburn

Minburn

County of Vermilion River

Paradise Valley

Vermilion


Div. 11

Edmonton Metro

Edmonton

  • Agricola Community Church, AB 2007-2023+
  • Bethel Gospel Chapel, Edmonton, AB (OB) 1945/1971-2024+
  • Boyle Street Gospel Hall, AB (OB) +1927+
    • c/o J. Meneely, 10811 Eightieth Ave.
  • Capilano Christian Assembly, AB (OB) 1978-2024+
  • Clareview Bible Church, AB (OB) 1985-2024+
    • Clareview Bible Chapel
  • Connor's Hill Gospel Hall, AB (OB) +1925-2024+
    • 97th Street Gospel Hall @ 10360 Ninety-Seventh St. (OB) +1925-1959
  • Edmonton Meeting Room, AB (TW) +1903-1933+; +1951+; +1973-2005+
  • Gariep's Hall, AB (OB) +1904+
  • Grace and Truth Gospel Hall, Edmonton, AB (Grant-Booth) 1963-1974; (KLC) 1974-2023+
    • Home meeting (Grant-Booth) 1956-1963 
  • Grace Community Church, AB (BC?) 2003-2018+
  • Grace Fellowship Church, AB (Reformed Baptist) 2021-2024+
    • some founders had PB roots
  • Hebron Gospel Hall, AB (OB) +1933+
  • Millcreek Christian Fellowship, AB (OB) 1991-2024+
  • Ministik Community Church, AB (BC?) 2000-2024+
  • North Ridge Bible Church, AB (OB) 1976-1983
  • Norwood Assembly, AB (OB) 1926-1933+
  • Open Bible Fellowship, AB (OB) 1992-1997;
  • Peace Christian Community, AB (OB/BC) 2021-2024+
  • Sharon Gospel Chapel, AB (OB) 1954-2023+
  • Southgate Christian Brethren Assembly, AB (OB) 1979-1984
  • Southview Christian Fellowship, AB (OB) 2003-2023
    • planted by Capilano Christian Assembly in the Southgate area, folded in 2023.
    • @ Pleasantview Community Centre 2003-2009; @ St. John the Evangelist Anglican 2009-2022
  • Strathcona Village Hall, AB (OB) +1904+
  • Westgrove Gospel Chapel, AB (OB) 1961/1970's-2024+
  • Wetaskiwin Gospel Hall, AB (OB) +1897-1901+
    • Edmonton +1897+
    • c/o John James Rix (b. 1845 Orillia, Simcoe, ON - d. 1932 Wetaskiwin, Edmonton, AB), son of Thomas Rix & Mary Rix; Wife (1873 @ Medonte, Simcoe, ON): Maria Theresa Beard Rix (b. 1855 Medonte, Simcoe, ON - d. 1922 Wetaskiwin, AB), daughter of John Beard (b. 1821 Eng.) & Elizabeth Beard (b. 1834). The Beard family was CoE in 1873, as was the Rix family. John Beard was self-employed in 1861 as a yeoman (independent farmer).
      • Bertha Louise Rix Ellis (b. 1874 - d. 1953). Husband: Alfred Alexander Ellis (b. 1873 Bathurst, Gloucester, NB - d. 1942 Wetaskiwin, AB), son of Edward Thomas Ellis (b. 1844 Stonehaven, Gloucester, NB - d. 1928 Ottawa, ON) & Mary Jane Armstrong Ellis (b. 1844 Otonabee, Peterborough, ON - d. 1905 Ottawa, ON. Alfred & Bertha were PB in 1916 in Wetaskewin, and Alfred was self-employed as a grocer. He also served once as mayor in Wetaskiwin, and several times as an alderman. His family relocated to Ottawa, ON in 1874, then Wetaskiwin in 1892 where Alfred homesteaded, then in 1904 to Edmonton, engaging first in the implement business, then in produce.
      • Herbert Thomas Rix (b. 1875 Simcoe, ON - d. 1947 Wetaskiwin, AB). Wife: Edna Mary Thorson Rix (b. 1887 - d. 1941).
      • Arthur William Rix (b. 1877 Orillia, ON - d. 1964 Wetaskiwin, AB).
      • Percy Holman Rix (b. 1878 Orillia, ON - d. 1927 Wetaskiwin, AB); Wife (1918): Iva Jackson Rix-Lidgett (b. 1897 Chadron, Dawes, NE - d. 1990 Edmonton, AB), daughter of Irvin McLeroy Crawford Jackson (b. 1862 Lick Creek, Ralls, MO - d. 1948 Wetaskiwin, AB) & Jane Poole Jackson (b. 1870 McKissicks Grove or Hamburg, Fremont, IA - d. 1923 Wetaskiwin, AB).
      • Edward Franklin Rix (b. 1879 Orillia, ON - d. 1962 Wetaskiwin, AB). Wife: Minnie Ruth Lehrbass Rix (b. 1894 Inwood, Lambton, ON - d. 1991 Wetaskiwin, AB), daughter of Kang Franz Lehrbass (b. 1861 Germany) & Agnes Elliot Lehrbass (b. 1877 Inwood, Lambton, ON; m. 1900 Lambton, ON).
      • Clayton Howard Rix (b. 1886 Orillia, ON - d. 1973 Wetaskiwin, AB). Wife: Clara A. Tost Rix (b. 1889 - d. 1964), daughter of Herman August Tost (b. 1856 Germany - d. 1940 Wetaskiwin, AB) & Amelia Tost (b. 1845 Chile; emig. 1898; d. 1924 Wetaskiwin, AB). Herman & Amelia Tost were considered pioneers of the Wetaskiwin district of Edmonton, and both German Lutheran.
      • Austin John Rix (b. 1889 Orillia, ON - d. 1969 Wetaskiwin, AB)

Saint Albert

Stratcona County

Sherwood Park

Wetaskiwin County

Millet
Wetaskiwin

Special Areas #3

Youngstown

  • Youngstown Gospel Chapel, AB (OB) 1960-2021+
    • Crocus Plains Schoolhouse Hall early 1930's-1959
    • Berry Creek Gospel Hall (OB) 1914-early 1930's
    • c/o S. Burdge @ P.O.

Special Area #4

Kirriemuir

Southwestern AB

Div. 3

Pincher Creek

Willow Creek

Granum

  • Jumbo Valley Hall, AB (OB) 1923-(1960-1965); 1983?
    • Jim Calderwood's home then Hall built on Alec Calderwood's farm

Div. 15

Crowsnest Pass

Coleman

Lethbridge County

Coalhurst

Lethbridge

Unknown Places

Chaplin (SK?)

Claresheim (Claresholm?)

Livingstone

Scottsdale

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