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* [[Bristol Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) +1936-1998; (OB) 2014-2022+
** @ 8 Dudley St. +1936+; 89 N. Main St. +1941-1943+; 16 Summer St. +1947; 54 Talmadge St. 1948-1998; home of Nick Dalfino, 45 Fox Run Rd. 2014-2021;
** c/o Antonio Barbati '''+1936-1943+''' (b. 1895 San Basile, Cosenza, Italy - d. 1968 Meriden, New Haven, CT). Settled in Hartford in 1913. Occupation in 1928 as a printing press operator, living at 90 Heath St., Hartford. Naturalized in 1933, while living at 96 View St., Bristol. Scars on the right side of his forehead, and on his right cheek. 1940 was a land surveyor. Wife: Rosina "Rose" Pugliese Barbati (b. 1895 San Basile, Cosenza, Italy - d. 1988 Meriden, New Haven, CT), settled in 1913 in Hartford. Rose's naturalization in 1943 was witnessed by Rose Colella @ 37 Gridley St., Bristol, and Rose Cristofaro @ 45 Melrose St., Bristol. Children: Christopher (b. 1923 Waterbury, CT), Esther (b. 1924 Waterbury, CT), Ruth (b. 1928 Hartford, CT), Mary (b. 1930 Bristol, CT), Joshua (b. 1933 Bristol, CT). ** c/o Domiano Colella '''+1947-1963'''; (b. 1889 Italy). +1917-1920, he was employed as a laborer at the Waterbury Mfg. Co., and relocated to Bristol in 1921. Naturalized in 1947 while living at Hartford, arrived in 1907. *** Damiano Colella +1947-1955; Domiano Colella 1956-1963; ** c/o Carmello Ferraro '''1964, 1969-1991''' (b. 1891 Naro, Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy - d. 1987 Bristol, CT). Son of Calogero Ferraro (b. 1880 Calascibetta, Enna, Sicilia, Italy - d. 1974 Naro, Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy) & Giovanna Marrone Ferraro (b. 1881 Calascibetta, Italy - d. 1974 Italy). Wife: Grace Morgana Ferraro (b. 1904 Italy - d. 1965 Bristol, CT). *** Carmelo Ferraro 1964; Caomelo Ferrone (sic?) 1966-1968; Carmelo Ferraro 1969-1991; ** c/o D. Cristofero '''1965'''; ** Alfonso H. DiLiberto, Sr. '''1992-1998''' (b. 1918 Waterbury, CT - d. 2001 Farmington, Hartford, CT). Son of Dominick DiLiberto (b. 1875 Italy) & Concetta DiLorenza DeLorey DiLiberto (b. 1883 Italy). Wife: Calogera "Lena" F. Ferraro DiLiberto (b. 1919 Bristol, CT - d. 2006 Southington, CT), daughter of Carmello Ferraro & Grace Morgana Ferraro (see above).
** Nick Dalfino '''2014-present''' (b. 1927)
*** Nick was raised at Bristol Gospel Hall, then moved to Hartford Gospel Hall in the 1940's or 1950's, then the TW's, then returned to Hartford Gospel Hall, Bristol Bible Chapel, then started a meeting in his house, he is presently living at a nursing home.
** hived from [[Prospect Bible Chapel, CT|Prospect Bible Chapel]].
** @ Masonic Temple, 141 Orchard St., Ellington +1986-1992; 325 Hazard Ave., Enfield 1993-1999
** c/o Tim Brown (@ Ellington +1986-1987, @ Enfield 1988-1993, @ Somers 1994-1999). Tim is a son of Alexander Brown (1918-2005), an early correspondent of Prospect Bible Chapel;
===Hartford===
* Broad Street Gospel Hall 1967-1984+; +1993-2013
** 685 Broad St.
** c/o Nicholas "Nick" Vendetta '''1967-1982''' (b. 1907 Hartford, CT - d. 1992 West Hartford, CT). Son of Francesco Venditto (b. 1865 Campobasso, Molise, Italy) & Marie Teresa DiBiase Venditto (b. 1872 Baranello, Campobasso, Italy). Wife: Rose Adeline Parker Vendetta (b. 1913 Hartford, CT - d. 1980 CT), daughter of Bert Elmer Parker (b. 1888 Elmore, Lamoille, [[Vermont|VT]] - d. 1957 Hardwick, Caledonia, VT) & Bertha Maude Bailey Parker (b. 1893 VT).
** Matthew J. Brescia 1984
** Richard C. Sirois @ Wethersfield '''+1993-2012''' (b. 1938)
* Park Street Gospel Hall +1927+
** @ 435 Park St.
** c/o Nathan Joseph Reager (b. 1873 [[New York|N.Y.]] - d. 1933). Son of Leon Reager & Henriette Backer Reager (b. 1848 Germany). Wife: Sarah "Sadie" Jane Coote Reager (b. 1873 Wilbraham, [[Massachusetts|MA]] - d. 1928 Hartford, CT). 1917 Clerk @ Underwood Typewriter. Children:
*** Ruth H. Reager (b. 1905 CT - d. 1969 Hartford, CT)
*** Alice F. Reager Andrews (b. 1905 CT - d. 1996 Norwich, New London, CT)
*** Gordon Nathan Reager (b. 1908 CT - d. 1996 Willow Grove, Montgomery, [[Pennsylvania|PA]], buried @ Bryn Mawr).
* Whitmore Street Gospel Hall +1933-1950+
* [[Hartford Gospel Hall, CT]] (OB) 1910's-1984; 1993-2012+
** @ 435 Park St. +1927+; 51 Whitmore St. +1933+; 1st floor, 53 Whitmore St. +1936-1950+; 464 Farmington Ave. +1954-1966; 685 Broad St. 1967-1984; 1993-2012+;
** c/o N.J. Nathan Joseph Reager @ 86 Seymour St. +1927+(1873-1933); Nick Vendetta @ Windsor +1936-1947; 1950-1982; Matthew J. Brescia 1984; Richard Sirois @ Wethersfield 1993-2012+; Nick Dalfino 2007-2012+
* [[Newington Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) 1928-1996; (English OB) 1996-'''2022+'''
** also see [https://www.gospelhall-newington.com/ NGH's website]
** Matt Brescia's father, George Brescia, was saved in 1921 at Philadelphia, fluent in both Italian and English, and joined the assembly in Philadelphia initially. Around 1928, a crowd of Italians (40-50) were saved in tent meetings in Hartford, and blessing was granted from brethren in Philadelphia to start an Italian hall in Hartford, of which George Brescia was involved, along with his twin brother Joe, and another brother Matt. Another would be Mike Magnal. At some juncture, the assembly became half Italian-speaking, and half English-speaking, and by 1996, services were completely in English.
** In 1944, in Hartford, Cecile Louise Marr was unwilling to take "unqualified oath of allegiance" to the U.S. as "a member of a religious section known as Plymouth Brethren", as did Damiano Colella, Mary Josephine De Santis,
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* Hartford preaching point (EB) +1901-1903+
** Gospel Hall Society 1920's-1934; Scripture Truth Church 1934; Prospect Gospel Chapel / Hartford Gospel Chapel 1934-1983; Prospect Bible Chapel 1983-present;
** @ City Mission buildings, 234 Pearl St. +1904+; Asylum St. 1907+; Room 10, 17 Haynes St. +1927+; 576 Prospect Ave. 1934-present;
** c/o Duncan M. McNicol Surgenor '''+1927-1940''' (b. 1886 Maryhill, Lanarkshire, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1940 Hartford, CT). Emigrated 1920. Son of William Surgenor (b. 1855 Ballydaniel, Cork, Ireland - d. 1919 Hartford, CT) & Euphemia "Effie" McNicol Surgenor (b. 1856 Craignish, Argyleshire, Scot.). Wife: Catherine Muir Surgenor (b. 1885 Glasgow, Scot.), daughter of John Muir (b. 1855 Walston, Lanark, Scot.). *** Children: **** Annie Muir Surgenor Fraser (b. 1910 Scot. - d. 1974 Orcas, San Juan, [[California|CA]]), married Neil McCormick Fraser (b. 1902 - d. 1974 Orcas, CA). Annie must have lived in Victoria, [[British Columbia|B.C.]] for a time prior to her wedding. Neil was living in Detroit, [[Michigan|MI]] in 1936+; when they were married at Duncan & Effie's home on Fairfax Ave., West Hartford, CT, the service officiated by Robert Oliver of Holyoke, [[Massachusetts|MA]]. They settled first in 1936 at Alexandria, [{Michigan|MI]]. Neil was a commended worker many years serving the assemblies. **** Euphemia "Fay" McNicol Surgenor Smart (b. 1912 Scot. - d. 2002 Pittsboro Christian Village, Chatham, [[North Carolina|N.C.]]). In 1938, while living in Toronto, where they settled, Fay married John Paul Smart (b. 1906 Scot. - d. 1975 Oak Park, Cook, [[Illinois|IL]]). The forementioned Robert Oliver performed the wedding ceremony, Mrs. C. Ernest Tatham performed the wedding music, Neil Fraser was best man, and their honeymoon was in Muskoka Lakes, [[Ontario|ON]]. John Smart was, in 1941, one of three cofounders of what is now [[Emmaus Bible College]]. He was the son of Peter Smart (b. 1880 Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scot. - d. 1963 Victoria, [[British Columbia|B.C.]]) & Amelia Janet Watson Kemp Smart (b. 1882 Perth, Perthshire, Scot. - d. 1969 Oak Bay, B.C.).*** In 1891, William (Duncan's father) was employed as an Engine Driver in Scotland, and emigrated in 1914. In 1917, he was employed in Hartford as a Stationary Engineer, and at the National Fire Insurance Company. His funeral was officiated by Rev. John H. Jackson of St. Andrews Church). ** c/o William Hume Surgenor +'''1941+, +1947-1948+; ''' (b. 1890 Glasgow, Lanark, Scot. - d. 1965 Atlanta, Fulton, [[Georgia|GA]]. William was Duncan's younger brother. Wife: Flora Elizabeth MacNevin Surgenor (b. 1888 Charlottetown, Queens, [[Prince Edward Island|P.E.I.]]), daughter of Alexander L. MacNevin (b. 1836 PEI) & Mary Ann MacFadyen McNeven (b. 1856 PEI). Flora was raised Presbyterian. ** c/o George Amos McGee '''+1950-1954; ''' (b. Rice, Benton, [[Minnesota|MN]] - d. 1974 Hartford, CT). Lived in Hartford 1939-1974 Retired carpenter. Member of the "Gospel Truth Church". Son of Amos McGee (b. 1841 Carleton, [[New Brunswick|N.B.]] - d. 1926 Orangevale, Sacramento, CA) & Ida May Sutliffe Roach-McGee (b. 1860 Looneyville, Houston, [[Minnesota|MN]] - d. 1931 Orangevale, Sacramento, [[California|CA]]) Siblings: Stuart McGee (Orangevale, CA) & Mary McGee (Duarte, CA). Wife: Zitella A. Hess McGee (b. 1896 Lebanon, PA - d. 1999 Rocky Hill, Hartford, CT), daughter of Lyman Wesley Witmin Hess, Jr. (b. 1874 Lebanon, PA - d. 1957 Hartford, CT) & Amelia Elizabeth Bender Hess (b. 1877 Lebanon, PA - d. 1977 Hartford, CT). *** No relation to radio preacher J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988). ** c/o Alexander Brown '''1955-1963, 1966-1979 ''' (@ Hartford 1955-1963; @ Wapping , South Windsor 1966-1971; @ Vernon 1972-1979); (b. 1918 Hartford, CT - d. 2005 Concord, [[New Hampshire|N.H.]]). *** Son of Charles Alexander Brown (b. 1886 Londonderry, [[Northern Ireland|N.I.]] - d. 1941 West Hartford, CT) & Rebecca McCorkell Brown '''+1982''' (b. 1883 Bready, [[Northern Ireland|N.I.]] - d. 1982 Hartford, CT). *** Wife: Florence Elizabeth Freeburn Brown (b. 1923 Worcester, [[Massachusetts|MA]] - d. 2010 South Windsor, Hartford, CT), daughter of Richard Freeburn & Martha Nelson Freeburn. *** In 1963, Alexander founded Turnpike Travel Trailers, which operated until 1990 in the Vernon, CT area. ** c/o Thomas E. Woods @ Manchester '''1980-2022+'''*** son of Thomas John Woods (1908-1970 Manchester, CT) & Florence B. Glenney Woods (1908 - 1997 Manchester, CT). Florence was the daughter of Irving Glenney (b. 1884 CT - d. 1942 Manchester, CT) & Jane E. Jackson Glenney (b. 1884 Ballynary, Co. Armagh, [[Northern Ireland|N.I.]] - d. 1972 Manchester, CT). **** In 1901, Jane's elder brother Stevenson Jackson (1879-1916), at the age of 22, was in fellowship with an assembly at Ballynary, while the rest of the family was still with the Church of Ireland. In 1903, Stevenson departed for Cape Town, South Africa. By 1911, he was living at Portadown, Armagh, N.I., working as a brick manufacturer, his wife's name was Rachel Smith Jackson, and they had two children, Moses Dillon Jackson (b. 1908) & Glory Jackson (1910-1911), and his younger brother William (b. 1881) was living and working with Stevenson, who died in 1916 at Co. Down. *** Thomas E.'s brother, Donald R. Woods, is a founder of Manchester Bible Chapel.
** Elizabeth Smith Wilson (Mrs. T. Ernest Wilson) was commended from this assembly to Angola, as were Gordon Reager & Neil Dougal, evangelists.
** '''1904''' meeting times: Sun Morn 10:30am; Sun Aft Sunday School & Bible Class 12:15pm; Sun Eve 7:30pm Wed Eve Prayer & Address 7:45pm
** 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+'''
* [[Manchester Gospel Hall, CT]] (OB) 1905/1909-'''2022+'''
** @ 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+'''; William G. McBride '''+1936-1962'''; 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+