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CHURCHES IN WESTFIELD PARISH

 
Saint Augustine's Church (R.C.) - Westfield, Kings County (photo)
    Saint Augustine's Church is a relatively young church (1926 onward). Before its formation the catholic population was serviced by two different areas of the province. From at least the 1860s to the early 1900s, the priest from Petersville Parish, Queens County, (St. Ignatius) served the area, with a bit of help from Church of the Assumption (Carleton, Saint John County) in the 1850s. I have found no records for Catholic's pre these dates. 
    Records available at PANB -  Westfield: St. Augustine 1926-1927 (F1167) and 1949-1972 (F1224, F1185) (ALL RESTRICTED)
    The only old catholic cemetery I have found at this time, is the one on my great-grandparent's farm, Keating Cemetery, on the corner of the Campbell and Brittain Roads, along the Nerepis River. I have not heard of any church in that area, and the records for christening, etc. for the people buried there are found in the Petersville Church.
St James Church (Church of England / Anglican), Westfield, Kings County, NB (photo)

    St James Church church was built to replace the old St. Peters Church, which I believe was either on the grounds of, or near the cemetery, at Woodman's Point. It is a fairly young church, and has only a small cemetery on the adjoining ground. Although it is still in use, it now has a very small congregation. The records available for Westfield: Church Records, 1797-1953 (F1096) extend into St James Church time.

  • Memorial to Dennis & Adrianna (Brittain) Finley - Stainglass window in St. James Anglican Church, Westfield - View Two - An enlargement of the dedication portion at the bottom of view one.
  • Some church photo can be found at the New Brunswick's Past site.
St. Peters Church (Church of England / Anglican) Westfield and Greenwich Parishes.

    St Peters Church was at Woodman's Point. Their records cover both Westfield and Greenwich, as well as a few records for the Anglican Church that was in Headline, Queens County listed as Welsford. There are also a few scattered records of people from Kingston Parish. This building was believed to have been situated slightly above the Saint John River in the lower half of what is now just the cemetery, and indeed there was for many years a rough area that could well be the old building site.

Greenwich & Westfield Anglican Church Records | A transcribed index, which has NOT been proofread after completion. (see below) Use as an index ONLY.| PANB - Westfield: Church Records, 1797-1953 (F1096)

CAUTION: Not proof read after transcripting - use as index only

These parish records were combined in the originals, and in most cases are only identified by the residence section of the entries. At this point in time I cannot remember if the Welsford records were combined into my recording. Those marked "copies of" were not checked against the others. There are also some missing records from the group that were indexed. cbb
  chr 1801-1821
  m   1801-1803
A chr 1820-1902
B m   1822-1901  1846-1859 not copied
C b   1822-1902

Vestry Minutes 1797-1853

D chr 1848-1860 Weslford Records:
E chr 1820-1863 copies of above / Westfield
F m   1822-1866 copies of above / unspecified
G bur 1822-1860 copies of above / unspecified
H chr 1903-1953
I m   1903-1949
J bur 1903-1953

Notes:
D =  1848-1860 Baptism from p. 1 to 8, copied from the Welsford records / exact duplicates of parts of A/B/C/ = Copy not taken.
E =  1820 from p. 9 to ... copied from the Westfield Records by HH Cody
Methodist Church:  I have no idea at this time where this church was located. It is possible that the church itself was in another community. - Nerepis: Records 1873-1952 (F7827)