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the stipend for Mr.
Kid was made equal to
value of the pew rents
ad of a stated amount.
Andrew's procured its
mentioned Registration
Tor marriage records,
.ms and deaths in 1851
an appointee was chosen
ep these records and was
tee s.1'2d. for each entry.
e report made to the
d with which St.
w's was associated tells
r264sittings in 1859, with
rentals of $300.00, stipend
rs $200.00, value of
h $3,000.00, and manse
.00, Glebe $4,000.00, in
83,600.00.
1860, the land on which
t. Andrew's Manse stood
the land also in front of
anse (part of the Glebe)
sold to Mrs, MacKid for
ounds, of which amount
Pounds was paid by the
rogation to the loan
pony on the debt and 300
ds went to pay for a law
in which the church had
involved.
r, MacKid resigned in
and was succeeded by
D, Camelon in 1867 and a
rented for a manse.
etime previous to 1867, a
had been placed on the
ch to serve not only as St.
dW's Church bell, but as
eneral community one.
Ion had a horse and
purchased for hkm by
Ial subscriptions.
rtisement in The Signal
a precentor for St,
ew's found response in
being secured for three
sfor$12.i0
1869 subscriptions were
for the purchase of a
manse for the minister,
Mr. Camelon did not
Y it, his resignation
place that year.
characteristic energy,
ev, James Sieveright,
ecessor to Mr. Camelon
d new life and hope into
drew's during the very
ear of his ministry, but
Ministry among the
About BENMILLER and "The Hollow"
people forming the
con'gregdtion was not to be a
lengthy one with St. Andrew's
alone, for only a very little
time has passed, less than
four years, when the eventful
day of 1875 arrived which saw
the two families of the
Presbyterian fold in Goderich
linked together and
thereafter known as now -
Knox Church.
The St. Andrew's Church
was given over the the Gaelic
Mission subject to its being
kept in good repair. The bell
was to be rung for all regular
services and for any special
services requested by the
Management Committee but
"not at the request of anyone
else". St. Andrew's was used
as a Gaelic Mission until 1895,
"the use of Gaelic had
practically died out in
Goderich." The building was
sold and removed. The
residence beside it was for
many years the manse, first
of St. Andrew's and later of
Knox Church.
Mr. MacKid who bcught the
first manse and resided there
in his years of retirement,
died in 1873.
"He labored in the ministry
with much acceptance," the
Huron Signal said, "and
though he had his faults (and
who has not?) he detested
anything that savored of cant,
and was much respected by
those wlio knew him longest
and best."
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Benmiller hamlet was a
bustling, classic example of a Canadian pioneer community that had
developed from an original settlement around 1$40 known as "The
Hollow". Sharpe's Creek, flowing through- the village, was a prime social
and economic influence and, in fact, was the community's "raison d'etre"
since it was the source of power for the textile, flour. and saw mills which
lined its hanks. One of the founders was Benjamin Miller, owner of one of
the flour nulls. To him. Benmiller owes its name. His son Jonathan, whose
photograph (enlarged from an original snapshot of the early 1900's) hangs
on the wall of the bridge connecting The Swimming Pool and 'Die.' River
Mill. brought fame to the area by reputedly. achieving the remarkable
weight of 450 pounds.
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