I know that my fathers family always claimed to be Methodist Episcopal;
which would certainly align with your description.
On 1/7/2021 8:14 AM, Elwyn Soutter via CoTyroneList wrote:
Rick,
I don’t have any specific knowledge of Methodism in Canada, but it was
established by members of the Church of Ireland/England who broke away
to form a separate denomination. Charles Wesley didn’t want that. He
wanted Methodism to be a way of promoting religious adherence whilst
remaining part of the Church of England & Ireland. However that didn’t
happen, but in Ireland it took a long time for the split to be complete.
There was considerable resistance to separating from the Church of
Ireland. It was 1815 before Methodists started to conduct their own
baptisms. Because of continuing loyalty and other factors, many
continued to use the Church of Ireland for baptisms for years after
this and it was 1871 before all Methodists routinely performed their own.
For Methodist marriages, the earliest that I am aware of, date from
1835 (Belfast Donegall Square, the first Methodist church in Ireland).
However in the mid 1800s there were only a few Methodist Ministers
(Methodism relied heavily on lay preachers). So that shortage led to
the continuing practice of marrying in the Church of Ireland. In
addition, in the early years, many Methodist Meeting Houses were not
licensed for marriages so that too contributed to couples marrying in
the Church of Ireland.
So to summarise, the two denominations are close to each other, and
were once the same. So moving from Church of England to Methodist, or
vice versa, wasn’t a very big step. (The Church of Ireland and
Methodist congregations in Lisburn, Co. Antrim share the same church).
Elwyn
On Thursday, 7 January 2021, 15:59:26 GMT, Rick Smoll via CoTyroneList
<[email protected]> wrote:
yes ... 1915-1919
I may have been that he and his wife to be had been in a relationship
before he left for Canada, and that she followed after him.
Rick
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Hi Rick - well not that I am aware of; however, you typed " (late
19-teens) "........... do you mean like 1918 era?? OR ??
Jim
Jim McKane
CoTyroneIreland.com
On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 10:51 AM Rick Smoll via CoTyroneList
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This question goes out most specifically to Jim McKane since I
understand he hails from the Toronto area, however anyone with
knowledge of the answer should feel free to chime in.
In tracing the paths of my ten great aunts and uncles who were the
last generation to be born on our family farm in C.T., I have
found that one of my great uncles emigrated to Canada (late
19-teens) and was a farmer in the area of Simcoe County. He
married a woman who was from a neighboring townland back in C.T.
who had also emigrated to the area. I am wondering if Simcoe
County (or that region outside Toronto in general) was an area
that attracted Ulstermen at that time, and perhaps an ethnic
community had evolved. I also noticed that on his marriage
certificate his religious affiliation was listed as Church of
England, although he had been raised Methodist back in NI ... any
comments on that?
Thanks!!
Rick Smoll
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