Historic Sites of Manitoba: Neepawa Methodist Church / Neepawa United Church (475 Mountain Avenue, Neepawa)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

The Neepawa Methodist Church existed from 1881 to 1925. The first church was built in 1881 on the corner of Ellen Street and Walker Avenue in Neepawa. It was replaced by another church in 1892, at the present site of Neepawa United Church, and a balcony was added in 1923. In 1925, Neepawa Methodist Church and 107 members of the Presbyterian Church officially joined the United Church of Canada and became the Neepawa United Church. An honour roll for members of the Methodist Church who served in the First World War is located in the church.

In 2020, the congregation of the former St. James Anglican Church began worshiping with the one for Neepawa United Church.

Clerics (Neepawa Methodist)

Period	Cleric
1881-1884	G. K. Adams
1884-1886	I. N. Robinson
1886-1889	W. Colpitts
1889-1890	John Stewart
1890-1893	Thomas Argue (1835-1902)
1893-1896	J. J. Leach
1896-1901	John [McLean/MacLean] Maclean (1851-1928)
1901-?	W. W. Abbot
?-?	?
?-?	Walter Allison Cooke (1866-1954)
?-1923	?
1923-1925	R. G. Pritchard

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Neepawa Methodist Church (circa 1910) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2014-0116 Neepawa Methodist Church honour roll (March 2020) Source: Darryl Toews Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.22755, W99.46597 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Paul Webster Davis [Neepawa, Wesley College]	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 December 1899	28 September 1918
John George Downs [Neepawa]	Laborer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 August 1889	6 October 1916
Thomas Elgin Farrell [Neepawa]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 April 1897	15 September 1916
Joseph Rolfe Gibson [Lansdowne, Neepawa]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 September 1899	2 September 1918
Bernhard Francis Greentree [Neepawa]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 April 1897	30 August 1918
William Henry Hearn [Kelwood, Neepawa]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	28 August 1892	10 August 1918
Andrew Blair Hockin [Mentmore, Neepawa]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 December 1891	11 August 1918
Robert Reid Howden [Neepawa]	Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian infantry	Lance Corporal	21 February 1895	8 October 1916
Harold Oakley Leach MC [Next of Kin]	Civil Engineer	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Lieutenant	2 May 1890	2 September 1918
Richard Hamilton Lloyd [Lansdowne, Neepawa]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 January 1896	27 September 1918
John Loftus Lord [Neepawa]	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 August 1896	21 August 1917
George Harold Martin [Lakeside, Maryland Methodist, Neepawa, Newdale]	Bank Clerk, Union Bank of Canada	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 April 1897	6 November 1917
Fred Reid [Neepawa]	Watchmaker	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 June 1898	30 October 1917
Gwilym Roberts [Neepawa]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 November 1897	8 August 1918
Thomas William Sutton [Neepawa]	?	HM Trawler Sapper Herbert Bennett, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve	Ordinary Seaman	?	29 December 1917

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. James Anglican Church (535 Mountain Avenue, Neepawa)

Sources:

For the names of First World War casualities from Manitoba who do not appear on any physical monument in the province, see the Manitoba Historical Society War Memorial. If you know of a name that is omitted from this list, please contact the MHS War Memorial Researcher Darryl Toews (darryl@mhs.mb.ca).

Soldiers of the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (2015-2016).

Neepawa, Land of Plenty by A. F. McKenzie, Leech Printing, Brandon, Manitoba, 1958.

Heritage: A History of the Town of Neepawa and District as told and record by its people, 1883-1983, History Book Committee, Neepawa, Manitoba.

Neepawa Methodist Church, Manitoba Archival Information Network.

“Neepawa Press looking back,” The Neepawa Press, 14 June 2017, page 2.

We thank Mickey Hersak and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 July 2022

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