Collection Acc5045 - St. Margaret's Church collection

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St. Margaret's Church collection

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  • Textual record

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CA PCA Acc5045

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  • 1803, ca. 1957-1969 (Creation)
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    St. Margaret's Roman Catholic Church

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3 pages of textual records

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St. Margaret's Roman Catholic Church

Administrative history

St. Margaret’s Church is located in St. Margaret's, Lot 44, Prince Edward Island. St. Margaret's became an official parish sometime between 1772 and 1780. The first church was a log structure built by the shore around 1803. It was located about three quarters of a mile north of where the present church is situated. Forty families from the mission helped build the church. The parish grew quickly and a new wooden church was soon built. In 1837 the church was expanded. Destroyed by fire in 1921, the church was re-built in the same place in 1926. The interior was not finished until 1948. The mission was served by several priests in its early years, including Bishop McEachern who served St. Margaret's until 1835. St. Margaret's is one of the older English-speaking parishes in the Diocese, although many of the early Scottish parishioners spoke Gaelic into the 1860s.

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The collection consists of the original parish site deed and list of deeds for St. Margaret's Church in St. Margaret's, Prince Edward Island. The list of deeds (ca. 1957-1969) names and dates the following five deeds: parish farm (1893), cemetery (1894), original parish site (ca. 1805), addition to the cemetery (1957), and property by the shoreline (1890). The original parish site deed from 23 July 1803 was signed by Thomas Wright, James McCormick, John Cambridge, and certified by Thomas Desbrisay. Attached to the deed is a hand-coloured map from 1846 of St. Margaret's Church and surrounding area by Surveyor Thomas Irwin, from the office of the Surveyor General in Charlottetown.

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  • English

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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER

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NO FURTHER FINDING AID AVAILABLE

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See also Acc3271/12 for records of St. Margaret's Roman Catholic Church

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  • English

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