=========== London Missionary Society Missionaries 1823 - 1974 ============ RESOURCE: ©Cook Islands Government site (http://www.ck/religion.htm) The above site includes the background of the London Missionary Society in the Cook Islands and is an excellent for people studying the effects that the LMS had on the Cook Islands way of life. Taken from the above resource by Carol Whyte, for the genealogy research site - Cook IslandsGenWeb on 15 August 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 --- The missionaries of the London Missionary Society who served in the Cook Islands were:- 1.Rev John Williams . . . Several visits between 1823-1839 2.Rev Charles Pitman. . . 1827-1854 3.Rev Aaron Buzacott. . . 1828-1857 4.Rev William Gill. . . . 1845-1860 5.Rev Henry Royle. . . . 1839-1876 6.Rev George Gill. . . . 1845-1860 7.Rev Wyatt Gill. . . . 1852-1883 8.Rev Ernest Krause . . . 1859-1867 9.Rev James Chalmers. . . 1867-1877 10.Rev George Harris . . . 1871-1893 11.Rev John Hutchin . . . 1882-1912 12.Rev William Laurence . . 1884-1905 13.Miss Ardill . . . . 1892-1898 14.Rev James Cullen . . . 1894-1902 15.Miss Large . . . . 1895-1902 16.Rev Percy Hall . . . . 1900-1916 17.Rev John Jones . . . . 1901-1905 18.Rev Bond James . . . . 1902-1934 19.Rev George Eastman. . . 1913-1918 20.Rev Herbert Bralsford. . 1927-1930 21.Rev Henry Cater. . . . 1931-1943 22.Rev Robert Challis. . . 1933-1947 23.Rev William Murphy. . . 1947-1956 24.Rev Bernard Thorogood. . 1956-1963 25.Rev John Sturney . . . 1963-1964 26.Rev John F. Clerke. . . 1964-1967 27.Rev Bernard Thorogood. . 1968-1970 28.Rev B.G. Bealing . . . 1972-1974 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ©1998 Cook Islands Government ==================== F I L E A C C E S S I B I L I T Y =================== This file, and all copies of this file, are to be made accessable to ALL national and international researchers - professional, amateur, or otherwise, and the General Public through a Worldwide Accessible Medium such as the Internet - Indefinately, Without Exclusion and Without Cost to the general public or researcher. All individuals, associations, societies, groups, organisations and others agree to these terms, once this file is copied from: http://www.cynetcity.com/deepwaters/192/ This file, and copies of this file, are NOT to be held OFFLINE by individuals, associations, societies, organisations and other groups who ask, hint or require - an exchange in any way, shape or form including, but not limited to, physical, material, or electronic gain, association, or exclusive membership. ------------------------------------------------------------ Cook IslandsGenWeb ------------ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cokwgw/ ------------