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** hive from [[Prospect Bible Chapel, CT|Prospect Bible Chapel]]
** @ Community Y, 78 N. Main St. 1989; @ Burton Dance Studio, 63 Linden St. 1990-2005; Vernon Teen Center, 375 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon 2006-2022+
** c/o Donald R. Woods '''1989-2001'''; see Woods family history under [[Prospect Bible Chapel, CT]].
** c/o Paul Ballasy @ Manchester then Fullington then Ellington '''2002-2022+'''
** South Manchester Gospel Hall 1925-1936+
** @ Salvation Army, Spruce St.; old Town Hall, Center & Main St.; 415 Center St. 1921/1925-present;
** Founders from Scranton, PA: James McCormick, Thomas Eckle, William Emerson;*** c/o James Serpliss @ 129 Summer St. '''1909-1930's+1935'''(b. 1879 Co. Armagh, [[Northern Ireland|N.I.]] - d. 1938 Manchester, CT); wife: Alice Beatrice Muskett Serpliss (b. 1879 Abbey Hey, Manchester, Lancashire, [[England]] - d. 1955 Sarasota, [[Florida|FL]]). James emigrated to the U.S. in 1907, Alice in 1908. They were married on Oct. 29, 1908 at Scranton, [[Pennsylvania|PA]]. In 1910, James was living in Manchester, employed as a weaver at a silk mill. In 1918, James was residing in Hartford, and employed at the Underwood Typewriter factory, and still employed there in 1930, as an inspector, although his obit indicates he lived in Manchester 1910-1935, then moved to Hartford where he was living when he died. James died of a heart attack at the age of 63 while preparing to repair a veranda at 131 Summer Street in Manchester for James McIlduff. In 1931, Mr. Serpliss lived at 129 Summer St. He had two siblings, William GSerpliss (N.I.), and Mrs. Jean Disney (Kingston, [[Ontario|ON]]. Children (surviving as of 1938):**** Thomas Serpliss of Hartford (b. 1917 - d. 2014 Maynard, Middlesex, [[Massachusetts|MA]])**** James Serpliss of Hartford (b. 1921- d. 1992 Hartford, CT)**** Emily Serpliss Miller-Hyder of Woodville, N. H. (b. 1909 - d. 1995 Sarasota, FL)**** Ruth Serpliss Fluckiger of Rockville, CT (b. 1911 - d. 2006 Tolland, CT)**** Evelyn Serpliss of Hartford (b. 1913 - d. 1998 Norwich, New London, CT)**** Frances "Fannie" Serpliss Stone of Hartford (b. 1915). 1941 @ Hartford she married William Alexander Stone, Jr. (b. 1919 Cincinnatus, [[New York|N.Y.]] - d. 2001 Hartford, CT). *** c/o William George "Willie" McBride '''+1936-1962'''; (b. 1890 Widnes, Halton, Cheshire, [[England]] - d. 1975 Manchester, CT). Son of George McBride (b. 1860 Ireland - d. 1939 Manchester, CT) & Sarah Jane Long McBride (b. 1856 [[Scotland]] - d. 1926 Manchester, CT). William's parents married in 1881 at Belfast, [[Northern Ireland]], and may have lived in [[Vermont]] in 1882, but emigrated in 1904. George remarried at Cambridge, MA in 1929. In 1920, George was employed as a picker at a woolen mill, and William was employed as a foreman at a silk mill, where he still worked in 1930. Wife: Catherine Barber Marr McBride (b. 1890 Westerly, [[Rhode Island|R.I.]] - d. 1962 Manchester, CT), they were married in 1913 at the home of Catherine's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Marr of Westerly. *** c/o Everett S. Glenney '''1963-1976'''; Joseph L. Jassie '''1977-1994'''; William A. Staddon @ Hebron '''1995-2000'''; Richard Trombly '''2001-2010+'''; Ted Kaulback '''+2012-2022+''';
* [[Manchester Meeting Room, CT]] (EB) +1889-1894+
* [[Oak Street Room, CT]] (PBCC) +1959+
** @ 55 Oak St.
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