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
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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