Historic Sites of Manitoba: Emmanuel Anglican Church / Emmanuel Historical Church (114 Barr Street, Holland, RM of Victoria)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

This former Anglican church at Holland, in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, was built between 1893 and 1894 on a design by local architect Andrew Maxwell. It was opened officially at a service attended by Archbishop Robert Machray. The spire was added in 1898. Plaques inside the church commemorate local parishioners who served in the military during the First World War and the Rev. Waddington Clarke, who died suddenly on 24 February 1903.

Now deconsecrated and known as Emmanuel Historical Church, the building is a municipally-designated historic site (2009).

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1889-1892	Rev. Herbert Dransfield
1892-1893	Rev. J. J. Bowker
1893-1897	Horace D. Cooper (1838-?)
1897-1902	Waddington Clarke (1862-1903)
1902-1907	Arthur William Goulding (1861-1960)
1907-1913	Rev. Charles Lys
1913-1916	Rev. John A. Maggrah
1916-1918	Rev. W. Cowans
1918-1923	Rev. Joseph Milner
1924-1925	None
1925-1926	Captain Thomas Smith
1926-1928	George Reginald Calvert (1900-1976)
1928-1931	Rev. Claude Gemmill
1931-1933	Rev. W. H. Crump
1933-1939	Rev. E. Jacques
1939-1941	Rev. G. H. Adams
1942-1946	Rev. R. L. Morrell
1947	Rev. T. F. Kelly
1948-1952	Rev. C. L. Morgan Rev. C. L. Rothery
1955-1959	Rev. H. A. Jerry-Cooper
1959-1962	Robert William “Bob” English (1932-2021)
1963-1964	Rev. A. T. Weaver
1964-1965	Ron Walker
1965-1967	Rev. A. M. Allan
1968-1970	Rev. Lesley Daley
1970-1972	Rev. Arthur L. Nash
1973-1974	Rev. W. T. Bailey
1974-1980	Rev. Percy Shepherd
1980-1982	Rev. Tom McQuiston
1982-1990	Rev. Warren W. Marsh
1990-1991	Rev. Peggy Sheffield
1991	Rev. John Gishler
1991-1999	Rev. Harry Donald
1999-?	Captain Dan Hughes

Photos & Coordinates

The former Emmanuel Anglican Church (September 2016) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The former Emmanuel Anglican Church (May 2018) Source: George Penner Interior of Emmanuel Anglican Church (circa 1910) Source: Holland, Manitoba: 1877-1967 by Holland History Book Committee, 1967, pages 89-91. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.H64 Hol] Interior of the former Emmanuel Anglican Church (May 2018) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59629, W98.88113 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

“The death of Rev. W. Clarke,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 February 1903, page 1.

Holland, Manitoba: 1877-1967 by Holland History Book Committee, 1967, pages 89-91. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.H64 Hol]

R.M. of Victoria, Past & Present, Volume 1 by RM of Victoria History Book Committee, 2002, page 154.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Stan Barclay for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.

Page revised: 25 January 2022

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