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| Mormon History Gazetteer
for Upper Canada (1831–1839) |
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| Brantford (5 mi. N of Mt. Pleasant)
/ Brantford Township / Gore District |
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On Grand River, portage location; laid out, 1830; 1846 population about 2,000. |
Canadian Gazeteer, 18. |
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Oct. 19 [20], 1833 |
Joseph, Sidney, Freeman Nickerson |
"at 10 oclock we met an attentive
congregation at Brantford and the same evening a large assembly at Mount
Pleasant, at Mr. Nickerson's. The people gave good heed to the things spoken." |
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| Colborne (on the lake)
/ Northumberland Co., Ontario |
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Oct. 22–24, 1833 |
Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon |
"we went to the villagfe of Colburn
[Colborne], and, although it snowed severely, we held a meeting by candle
light, <on wednesday evining> and were publicly opposed by a Wislyan Methodist.
He was very tumultuous, but exjoboted a great lack of reason knowledge
and wisdom; and gave us no opportunity to reply. |
Diary-1,
Papers, 8. |
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| Earnestown / Ernestown Township / Midland District |
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On Lake Ontario, west of Kingston, south of Camden; includes villages of Bath and Wilton; 1846 population, 4,317. |
Canadian Gazeteer, 56. |
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June 1832 |
Phinehas Young, Elial Strong, Eleazar Miller, Enos Curtis |
[Phinehas Young:] "We arrived in Earnest Town at the close of the yearly conference of the Methodist Reformed Church, and attended their quarterly meeting on the Sabbath. The priests had heard that I had become a Mormon, and consequently did not know me, although it was not two years since I had preached in the house and attended a conference with the most of them where we then were. At the close of the meeting I begged the privilege of preaching in their meeting-house at five the same evening, which they very reluctantly granted. I had a full house and good liberty, and at the close of my meeting I had more invitations to preach than I could attend to, but I sent seven appointments to different places for the ensuing week. |
BY history 25, no. 24 (June 1863): 376. |
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"We labored in Canada about six weeks with great success, raised the first branch in British America, and returned home rejoicing." |
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| Mt.
Pleasant (5 mi. S of Brantford) / Brantford Township / Gore District |
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On road to Simcoe; 1846 population, "about 130" with Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches, "four stores, two taverns, one wagon maker, two blacksmiths, two tailors, and two shoemakers." |
Canadian Gazeteer, 119. |
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Oct. 21–27,
1833 |
Joseph, Sidney,
Freeman Nickerson |
Joseph gives first sermon in
Mt. Pleasant on the 21st, baptize 12 on the 27th, 2 on the 28th |
Diary-1 in JS personal,
120. |
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Oct. 24, 1833 |
Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon |
[From Colborne to Waterford to Mount Pleasant]
"and preached to a large congregation the same evening, when Freeman Nickerson
and his wife declared their belief in the work and offered themselves for
baptism. Great excitement prevailed in every place we visited. |
Diary-1, 362 // Diary-2
in JS personal, 120. |
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Dec. 29, 1833 |
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"[T]here are 34 members
attached to the church at Mount Pleasant, all of whom appear to live
up to their profession, five of whom have spoken in tongues, and three
sing in tongues; and we live at the top of the mountain!" |
M.
C. Nickerson, EMS 2, no. 17 (Feb. 1834): 134. |
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May 19–[July]
1834 |
John P. Greene |
Received at brother Nickerson's "with
expressions of joy by all the brethren." Labors two months. |
John P. Greene (n.d.), MA 1,
no. 1 (Oct. 1834): 7. |
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| Scarborough (12 mi.
north of Toronto) |
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[May–June] 1836 |
Orson Hyde |
Debate "a learned Presbyterian priest," resulting
in 40 baptisms. |
¶ Orson
Hyde |
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| Toronto |
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Apr.
19, 1836 |
Parley
P. Pratt |
First missionary
arrives. |
¶ Parley
P. Pratt letter |
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May 21, 1836 |
Parley
P. Pratt |
Baptize 9, including
Isabella Russell Walton. |
¶ Parley
P. Pratt letter
¶ Joseph Fielding diary |
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May 22, 1836 |
Parley
P. Pratt |
Membership 25. |
¶ Parley
P. Pratt letter |
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Spring 1836 |
Orson Hyde |
Joins Parley. |
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May 10, 1837 |
Thomas B. Marsh, Parley P. Pratt |
From Far West, Marsh writes Pratt in Toronto requesting he postpone his trip to England until after a meeting of the Twelve in Kirtland on July 24. |
Thomas B. Marsh to Parley P. Pratt (1837) |
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| West
Loboro |
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[Jan.–Feb.] 1832 |
Joseph and Brigham Young |
Organize "West Loboro and other Branches." |
BY history 25, no. 28 (July 11, 1863): 439. |
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June 1833 |
Brigham Young |
Visits. |
BY history 25, no. 28 (July 11, 1863): 440. |
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June 29, 1835 |
The Twelve |
Conference (scheduled). |
¶ Minutes
of March 12, 1835 |
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