St. Paul's Anglican Church, Southampton, Ontario, Canada

St. Paul's Anglican Church, Southampton, ON, Canada

(Second) St. Paul's Anglican Church,
248 High St, Southampton, Ontario, N0H 2L0 Canada

(Above) "In loving Memory of
Victor A. GILBERT & His Wife Ethel
Presented by Their Daughters"

(Above) Stained Glass Memorial Windows at Altar,
Left side: Katherine Myrtle TRANTER,
d: 03 Mar 1912, erected by her parents
(Joseph Enoch TRANTER & Annie COOK);

Center: Lieut. Joseph Lionel (sic) TRANTER
who fell at the Battle of Givenchy, France 15 Jun 1915
(son of Joseph Enoch TRANTER & Annie COOK);
Casualty Details Name: TRANTER, Joseph Lionel;
Cemetery: VIMY MEMORIAL
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais.

Right side: Sergt. William Victor TRANTER,
wounded at Festubert 24 May 1915,
d: Wimereux Hospital, Boulogne, France 10 Jun 1915
(son of William V. TRANTER & Anne BEATTIE);
Casualty Details Name: TRANTER, William Victor;
Cemetery: WIMEREUX COMMUNAL
Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais.

From GILBERT Family Bible in St.Paul's Anglican Church, Southampton ON:
"Eliza Wager TRANTER GILBERT & her sister (?)
were the first persons confirmed in 'new' St. Paul's, Southampton ON."
The new St. Paul's was built in 1889 to replace the Church of England
which was destroyed in great fire of 1886.

Great Fire:

On 04 Nov 1886, a disastrous house fire started just north of what is now the WALKER House (GILBERT's Hotel in the 1860's, on the corner of High & Grosvenor), but was at that time the GILBERT property. High winds spread the flames to the house across Grosvenor Street from the GILBERT property, but very fortunately for the GILBERT's, the fire did not consume their buildings. The flames did move east for two blocks along High Street, leaving more than 30 families homeless, destroying more than 50 buildings in just four hours, including St. Paul's Anglican Church. Although there is no particular mention of the GILBERT family during this fire, it is almost certain that they were very much involved in fire fighting & helping the destitute afterward.

Links to:
Battle of Givenchy;
Festubert;
Southampton, ON, Canada;
William Victor TRANTER (AutomatedGenealogy.com)
Includes scanned images of his Attestation papers;
Southampton, ON, Canada (Bruce County Tourism);
Wimereux Hospital, Boulogne, France;
World War One Memorial at Sounthampton >

Maps:
Southampton, ON, Canada (Area Map)

< Back to Family Photos page
< Back to Biography of Joseph GILBERT, Mary Ann BIRT & Family
< Back to Biography of Willam "Billy" GILBERT, Eliza Wager TRANTER & Family
< Back to GILBERT page
< Back to TRANTER page
< Back to SURNAMES page
< Home

All Rights Reserved & Not to be Copied Without Permission ©.
No Unauthorized Commercial Use.