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Postcard - Old St. Thomas Church, St. Thomas, Ontario
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940]
- Accession Number
- 2016-30
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh4 B2 46
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- File Number
- R4 S5 Sh4 B2
- Accession Number
- 2016-30
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh4 B2 46
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940]
- Series
- Ken Verrell Collection - Postcards series
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- History / Biographical
- The church was erected in 1824, after Captain Daniel Rapelje, one of the first settlers in this area, conveyed by deed two acres of land from his grant to the Lord Bishop of Quebec for the creation of a churchyard and the erection of a church. The graves of Captain Rapelje and his two sons are located in the churchyard. The gothic steeple was added to the church in 1827, with the help of a monetary donation from Colonel Thomas Talbot, the British officer sent by the Crown to command the area around what was then a garrison of the British Empire.
- Scope and Content
- Postcard featuring an illustration of the Old St. Thomas Church, located on Walnut Street, in St. Thomas, Ontario. The image is surrounded by a white border, and the following caption appears in the border, below the image: "Old St. Thomas Church, St. Thomas, Ontario, opened 1824 - Ontario, Canada - 8."
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Old St. Thomas Church
- Old St. Thomas Church Cemetery
- Subject Access
- Churches
- Related Material
- Colour version of R4 S5 Sh4 B2 45, with a slightly different caption.
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