Hello John Thank you for taking the time to send the email with interesting little pieces of info. Great news for you, finding a photograph of the Minister. I have noted the address of museum for my trip to Melbourne (Geelong). Of much interest at the bottom of your email I read John Sebire, Lilydale. Is that you, living in Lilydale Tasmania? Kind regards Sandra Murphy Auckland New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sebire" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:10 AM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] MEEK(S) James and Ann Abt 1869 > Marion and Sandra, my wife and I called into the Wesleyan Church last > Tuesday and met the Rev Paul Stephens. He told us that at the formation > of the Uniting church all churches were required to forward completed > registers to the Uniting Church Centre (Headquarters) in Elsternwick. > The current marriage register started in the 1890s and is large enough > to handle a couple of hundred years of marriages, earlier register > presumably were sent to Elsternwick. In a room at the back of the > church (Yarra Street end) is a small museum of items that were not sent > to Elsternwick. It includes items from the other denominations churches > that combined into the Uniting Church. Of great interest to us was a > series of photo montages of all the ministers of the Geelong Wesleyan > Church. We were able to take a digital photo of the Rev John Cope who > married my wife's ggrandfather Carl Erickson from Uusikaarlepyy > (Nykarleby), Finland and ggrandmother Wilhelmina Ellis from Mount Duneed > (born in Elstead, Surrey) on 22 October 1870. In their pamphlet rack > they have an 8 page church history handout. Using Google you can find a > 390 page thesis (book) on the Wesleyan revival missions throughout > Australia in the 1800s and you can see why many small communities like > Mount Duneed built their own Wesleyan Churches which were visited a > couple of times a month by a Minister from Geelong, John Sebire, Lilydale > > Marion Stainsby wrote: > > Hello Sandra > > > > I have been away over Easter and some messages have been deleted, but > > I saved yours to make a comment or two. > > > > According to a list of ministers published in the "A Century of > > Victorian Methodism" ed. C I Benson 1933, there was a Rev Charles > > Lane, born in Dorset 1823, entered the ministry in 1856, died 1910. > > > > The church would probably have been the present Wesley Uniting Church > > at Yarra St. on the north-west corner of Little Ryrie St. It was the > > central Wesleyan Methodist church for Geelong, although there was > > another early church at South Geelong (Moorabool St), but by 1869 the > > "South" would have been added to the name. After the various > > Methodist groups reunited in 1902, the name became the Yarra Street > > Methodist Church, and in about the 1950s it was renamed Wesley Church > > - becoming "Uniting" when the Methodists, Presbyterians, and > > Congregationalists came together in 1977. It now incorporates both > > Wesley Church and the Wesley Centre which provides counselling and > > other services. > > > > I wonder whether this Annie Maria ADCOCK might have been a widow? An > > Anne Maria CAMPION, b about 1829, is said to have married Henry > > ADCOCK in Jan 1854. He was a nurseryman, and one of the three > > founding trustees of what is now St Luke's Church, Highton, whose > > history some of us are writing at the moment. Henry died of diabetes > > in 1863, aged 36, leaving, so I am told, four children - Edward b > > 1855. Clement 1857, Annie Maria 1858, and Gertrude Helena 1859. The > > younger Annie Maria would of course be too young to marry in 1869. > > I'd be interested to learn of your connection with them. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Marion > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > > http://www.zades.com.au > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://www.zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >