A history question about Brandon churches ...
8/10/2010 at 1:32 PM
This is the information I have from:
http://www.brandonchurch.ca/our-past.html
First Methodist Church existed in the Manitoba community of Brandon from 1881 to 1925. The First Methodist service in the Brandon area was held August 29, 1881, conducted by The Rev. Thomas Lawson, who became the first minister.
The congregation was originally known as Grand Valley and then Brandon Methodist.
The first church building was a Union Church, and was a frame, one story building on the west side of 6th Street between Princess and Rosser Avenue.
A Methodist Church was later built on 7th Street between Lorne and Louise Avenue and used until a new church, built on the north east corner of 8th Street and Lorne Avenue, was dedicated on November 5th, 1899.
My question ... would a Methodist wedding in 1883 have been held in the Union Church on 6th street?