Historic Sites of Manitoba: Deloraine Methodist Church / Deloraine United Church (109 Cavers Street South, Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

A United Church in Deloraine, in what is now the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester, was designed by Calgary-based architect George M. Lang and constructed in 1897. Originally affiliated with the Methodist faith, its congregation united with that of a nearby Presbyterian Church and services were held here. Destroyed by fire in 1951, a new church was built within the walls of the older building in 1952. A bronze plaque listing parishioners killed during military service in the First World War, unveiled on 23 May 1920, was saved from the fire and is displayed in the present church.

Clerics

Methodist ministers between 1884 and 1915 were Andrew Stewart, William Elliott, T. Ferrier, Wellington Bridgman (1892-?), Chancellor Teeter, Thomas Lawson, T. J. Johnston, J. Holmes Toole, William P. McHaffie, Francis J. Price, and W. McKim Young.

Period	Cleric
1918-1919	W. Stanley Owen
1919-1921	J. Irvine Walker
1921-1926	Percy Victor Samson
1926-1928	J. Norrie Anderson
1928-1929	W. Westcott
1929-1933	A. W. Guild
1933-1937	Harry R. C. Avison
1937-1939	Dr. P. E. Scott
1939-1940	John William Ridd (1865-1955)
1940-1941	Tom D. Barnett
1941-1949	Duncan A. MacLean
1949-1956	Ian J. Harvey
1956-1957	D. Douglas Young
1957-1961	Alexander Slitters
1961-1969	Robert L. Naglls
1969-1970	Stirling H. Brown
1970-1977	G. Lloyd Lovering
1977-?	Allan Saunders

Photos & Coordinates

Deloraine United Church (July 2018) Source: George Penner Deloraine United Church commemorative plaque for First World War casualities (November 2021) Source: Pat Whiteside Site Location (lat/long): N49.19218, W100.49560 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
George Herbert Burns MM & Bar [Deloraine]	Drug Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	13 August 1892	28 August 1918
Richard James Cummings	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 April 1899	16 August 1918
Alexander McDonald Ferguson [Deloraine, Vimy Ridge]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 May 1897	18 May 1917
Henry James Gutteridge [Deloraine]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 October 1896	13 May 1917
Ernest Hermon Hawthorne [Deloraine, Agricultural College, Verona School]	Civil Servant	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Private	1 August 1884	2 June 1916
Edgar Reginald Hames [Deloraine, Hamiota, Lakeside]	Bank Accountant, Union Bank of  Canada	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 November 1890	18 August 1917
William Stanley Maynard [Deloraine]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 January 1888	15 September 1916
Lamont Livingstone Paterson [Deloraine, Law Society, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]	Law Student	London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)	Second Lieutenant	19 December 1893	1 September 1918
William Plant [Deloraine]	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 June 1886	4 October 1916
George Gilbert Rankin [Deloraine, Agricultural College]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 February 1896	10 November 1917
Ernest Thornton Steele [Deloraine]	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 December 1897	17 December 1917
William Wilson Urie [Deloraine]	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	16 February 1889	11 September 1916

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Deloraine Presbyterian Church (Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

Sources:

Christian Guardian [Toronto, Ontario], 10 March 1897, page 152.

“Impressive Memorial Service at Deloraine,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 May 1920, page 36.

Deloraine Scans a Century: A History of Deloraine and District: 1880-1980 by Deloraine History Book Committee, 1980, page 51.

We thank Pat Whiteside and Robert Hill for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by George Penner, Darryl Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 October 2023

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