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Hawkesville United Brethren in Christ Church

Begun: 1864
Closed: c.1906

In 1862 Rev. S.L. Downey, a United Brethren in Christ missionary, was asked to conduct a series of revival services in Hawkesville. The services were held in the Temperance Hall. Two years later, in 1864, a church was built on the north side of the main street of Hawkesville, and was opened and dedicated by Bishop Edwards of the United Brethren in Christ Church on January 1, 1865. From 1864 until the church was closed c.1906 Hawkesville shared a pastor with West Montrose and Bloomingdale. Early ministers were Revs. A.B. Sherk, D.B. Sherk and J.B. Bowman.

At the Quarterly Conference of the United Brethren in Christ on December 29, 1883 a committee was appointed to discuss "the sale of the Hawksville [sic] Church." The situation of the church may not have been helped by the split in the United Brethren in Christ Church in 1889. In 1898 the Hawkesville church was rented to the Evangelical Association  "for their use every fourth week."

Finally, the Hawkesville Trustees were given permission at the Quarterly Conference on November 25, 1905 to sell the church property. Hawkesville, as a congregation, was last mentioned in the Conference Minutes of October 1905.

Records:
Baptism dates: 1874-1893                        Location: United Church Archives
Marriage dates: 1874-1893,1898-1931     Location: United Church Archives
Burial dates: 1874-1893                            Location: United Church Archives

Marriage records from the Waterloo Circuit, United Brethren in Christ, January 11, 1898-September 12, 1906,  have been transcribed (Madill 1986a) and are available at the Kitchener Public Library. The original records, which are contained in the Waterloo Circuit Marriage Register 1898-1931, are at the United Church Archives. There  are  references to Hawkesville in the Circuit Register of the Waterloo Circuit, United Brethren in Christ for 1874-1893, also at the United Church Archives.
 
References: Bloomingdale W.I.; Maple Leaf 1983:96; Ogram, WHS 1986(74):120; R. Taylor 1986; United Brethren in Christ Church.

Information excerpted from: Waterloo County Churches, A Research Guide to Churches established before 1900, by Rosemary Willard Ambrose © Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. It is reproduced by permission.

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