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*** "Thirty-five years he laboured in isolation, with much discomfort amidst the coldness and bleakness of that country; but little can be traced of how he was supported. The records are above. He fell asleep in 1885." (from Charles Brewer's ''My Book of Remembrance'' from 1909, via [https://www.brethrenarchive.org/media/364671/brewer-my-book-of-remembrance-ocr.pdf BrethrenArchive].
*** also see ''Union Church, N.S.'', established by Kendall in 1866 on Mitchell Island.
*** wife: Emily Long Kendall (b. 1825 London, [[England]]); Children:**** Dr. Arthur Samuel Kendall '''1861-1879+''' (b. 1861 Sydney, N.S. - d. 1944 ) studied medicine @ Mount Allison College, Halifax Medical College, Bellevue Hospital Medical College in Manhattan, [[New York]], graduating in 1884, and at Guy's Hospital Medical School in London. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1884, and was Medical Health Officer for Cape Breton, according to his wiki. He represented Cape Breton in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 1897-1900 & 1904-1911, and the House of Commons in Canada 1900-1904 as a Liberal member. See his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Samuel_Kendall wiki]. ***** Bellevue is the oldest public hospital in the [[United States]], founded in 1736 in NYC's first permanent almshouse at City Hall Park. It is also presently one of the largest hospitals, with 844 beds, a 25-story patient care facility, an attending physician staff of 1200, and an in-house staff of 5,500. It is regarded a ''safety net hospital'', providing healthcare for individuals regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay, handling over half a million patient visits annually, according to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellevue_Hospital Wikipedia]. It opened the first maternity ward in the U.S. in 1799, and by 1867, Bellevue physicians were "instrumental in developing New York City's sanitary code, the first in the world". The school was founded in 1861, the first medical college in New York, followed by the first nursing school in the U.S. in 1873, based on Florence Nightingale's principles, the first children's clinic in 1874, the first emergency pavilion in 1876, and a psychiatric hospital in 1879, considered "revolutionary" at the time. **** Dr. Henry Ernest Kendall '''1865-1883+''' (b. 1865 N.S.) served as Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia from 1942-1947, the oldest person to hold the office in the province's history, appointed at the age of 78. See his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ernest_Kendall wiki].
* [[Sydney Mines Gospel Hall, N.S.]] (OB) '''+1917-1927+'''
** c/o Thomas Hamilton '''+1917-1927+''' (b. 1873 [[Scotland|Scot.]])
*** In 1911, Thomas was living with Presbyterian family in Victoria, Cape Breton, but identified as PB. By 1917, he was living at Sydney Mines, with his wife Elizabeth, and three children, who identified as PB in a 1921 census.
*** also see ''Victoria Gospel Hall, N.S.''
*** Wife: Elizabeth Hamilton '''+1921-1927+''' (b. 1894 [[Scotland]]); Children:
**** Elizabeth Heart Hamilton Ferguson '''+1921-1927+'''(b. 1917 Sydney Mines, N.S. - d. 2013 Toronto, [[Ontario|ON]]); married John Wilfred Ferguson (1906-1959 Sydney Mines, N.S.), raised Presby.
**** Archibald Hamilton '''1919-1927+''' (b. 1919 Sydney Mines, N.S.)
**** William John Hamilton '''1921-1927+''' (b. 1921 Sydney Mines, N.S.)
* [[Union Church, N.S.]] (OB, etc.) 1866-present
** founded by Samuel Frederick Kendall (see ''Sydney Assembly, N.S.), the historic [https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=9311 Union Church] in what is now Point Edward on Mitchell Island, in 1866, an inter-denominational church building, used primarily as a preaching station for the North Sydney Calvary Baptist Church.
* [[Victoria Gospel Hall, N.S.]] (OB) +1911+
** c/o Thomas Hamilton (b. 1873 [[Scotland]])
*** In 1911, he was living with his brother-in-law, Robert Gillan (b. 1844 Scot.), and his wife Maggie Wotherspoon Gillan-Hamilton, and their seven children, living in Victoria, North Cape Breton. Both Thomas and Robert were coal miners at the time, and Thomas identified as PB by that point, though his brother-in-law's family were all Presbyterian.
*** also see Sydney Mines Gospel Hall