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* [[Manchester Gospel Hall, NH]] (OB) +1922-1936+
** @ 19 N. Main St. +1922-1927+. There was no listing in 1941 or 1943 in NH for assemblies, however Chalmers' memorial was held at the assembly in 1943, he lived in Poughkeepsie, NY several years before he died.
** c/o Thomas Nesbitt Chalmers @ 21 N. Main St. +1922-1936+ (b. 1875 Causewayhead, Stirling, [[Scotland|Scot.]]; emig. 1911; d. 1943 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, [[New York|NY]]), son of George Chalmers & Marion Meed Chalmers. Employed at the [https://schatzbearing.com/ Schatz Bearing Corp.] several years. Wife: Jeanie Simpson Hunter Chalmers-Farquhar (b. 1895 Scot. - d. 1978). Jeanie's 2nd husband was William G. Farquhar. *** Thomas' memorial at MGH c/o Alfred Allendorph Schoonmaker II (1910-1990 Poughkeepsie, [[New York|NY]]), son of Alfred Allendorph Schoonmaker I (1880-1936 Poughkeepsie, NY) & Addie Florence Mallory Schoonmaker (1881-1961 Poughkeepsie, NY). **** In 1874, Alfred II's grandfather Silas Snyder Schoonmaker (1851-1919) founded a [https://www.hudsonvalleyfuneralhomes.com/location/poughkeepsie funeral home] in Red Hook, led by four generations of family leadership, most recently with Al Schoonmaker III (1944-2019) who served 1971-2019. The A.A. who officiated Chalmers' memorial was affiliated with [https://www.christchurchpok.org/ Christ Episcopal]. The Schoonmaker family was historically Dutch Reformed, and among the earliest pioneers of Kingston, NY starting with Hendrick Jockemsen Schoonmaker (b. 1560 Germany - d. 1627 Rockland Co., NY) with his wife Elsie Jansen Schoonmaker van Breestede (b. 1630 Germany - d. 1684 Kingston, NY) whose great-grandmother Engeltje Marritje Jans Wouterszen (b. 1540 Germany - d. 1647 Esopus, Ulster, NY) settled in 1636. Kingston was New York's first capital as an independent state.
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/a529047a6c9dba7835d4ab325da1f90e98b547cd.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicates there were 13 in fellowship (5 men, 8 women), including 3 S.S. teachers presiding over 10 students, totaling 23. as well as 10 S.S. students (with 3 teachers). They spent $218.48 on Hall expenditures, and $265.00 on the Lord's work, totaling $483.78.
** 1937-12 LaL: "J.D. Ferguson recently visited [[Vermont]] and New Hampshire. This is his second gospel tour of Vermont, he hopes, D.V., to return in 1938. He had meetings in Richford, Westburke and St. Johnsburg, Vt. On his return to [[Canada]] he had good meetings at Lennoxville, [[Quebec]]."
