Methodist Local Preachers' Who's Who 1934

[mary elms]

Thanks to a forum member who spotted my 'Who's Who in Methodism' thread I now have a copy of 'The Methodist Local Preachers' Who's Who 1934'. (Thanks again Hugh!!!) This is a very similar book to the 1933 book except that it's fatter! It contains the same sort of detail.

There's also a short obituary section at the end for those preachers who died between January 1933 and September 1934. This gives the name of the preacher, the Circuit in which they preached and, where known, the year they were appointed as preachers, the date of their death and any other roles they had in the church.

If you think that one of your ancestors may have been a Methodist Local Preacher in 1934 or have been in the obituary list I would be happy to look for you.

In the meantime I shall continue indexing the 1933 book - see if I can finish it this time!

Mary.

[Chrissy]

Hello Mary

I wonder if you might look for a preacher by the name of Percy Metcalfe of Sutton on the Forest near York.

I have been informed that he preached around this area and at Easingwold, I would be very grateful for any information.

Kind regards

Chrissy

[mary elms]

Hello Chrissy,

I'm afraid there's no Percy METCALF(E) / MEDCALF(E) either in the 1934 list of local preachers or in the 1933 lists of ministers and lay officers. What are your man's dates? Would he have been alive in 1934? If he was a Methodist preacher in 1934 is it possible that he belonged to one of the churches that stayed outside the union in 1932?

The Metcalfs in the '1934 Who's Who of Methodist Local Preachers' are -

Henry Wardill MEDCALF born Skipsea Brough 1873
Jospeh MEDCALFE born Dalton in Furness 1880
Arnold Charles METCALF born Birmingham
Bernard METCALF born Harborne 1910
H A METCALF living in Grimsby
J S METCALF living in Birmingham
Thomas Wiliam METCALF born Holme 1880
John METCALFE born Shipley 1868
John METCALFE born near Pateley Bridge 1857
John METCALFE born Swaledale 1878
John Auton METCALFE born Askrigg 1893
John Richard METCALFE born Nelson 1911
N METCALFE living in Leeds
Richard METCALFE born Eastburn 1876
Robert Henry METCALFE born Barnard Castle 1871
T METCALFE living in Kendal, Westmorland
Thomas METCALFE born Low Row 1883
Thomas Jackson METCALFE born Wolsingham 1892

If any of these are of particular interest I'd be happy to give you the details.

Best Wishes,

Mary.

[topo60]

Hello Mary
Are you still indexing the Methodist Local Preachers' Who's Who?
I don’t know if you can help me but my Gt Gt Grandfather, Robert Bottoms, was a Lay Preacher who died in 1937 at New Branspeth, Durham. This is what I know of him:
Robert Bottoms was an active Methodist all his life and the oldest preacher on the Brandon and Deerness Valley Methodist Circut, Robert preached for 67 years; preaching nearly 1,000 sermons while in the Crook Circuit alone. Other circuits he has served at include Durham, Newcastle and Bishop Auckland. There were times when he would walk over 20 miles to fulfil his duties. When Mr Bottoms began to preach he could neither read nor write. His wife used to read passages of scriptures to his, which he memorised, and along with verses of hymns he would build his sermons. By assiduous efforts he later taught himself to read and write. (This was taken from a newspaper article about his funeral).
An interesting ‘snippet’ I found out about Robert was the following;
The Wesleyan Methodists at Ushaw Colliery are first recorded as holding their meetings in 1894. Two leaders of the movement from New Brancepeth, Robert Bottoms and Isaac Wood are remembered as helping with the first services which were held in the colliery house of Mrs Metcalfe. Later the mine owners, Pease & Partners, allowed them to use 'the huts', a row of 12 wooden houses which had been used to accommodate the first workmen.
I believe that his wife, Jane Bottoms (nee Lock), may also have had an obituary written about her in the Local Preacher’s Magazine about June 1903. She died in April 1903 aged 64.
Hope you can come up with more information about Robert & Jane Bottoms.

[mary elms]

Hello,

Apologies for taking so long to answer.

I can't find a Robert BOTTOMS in the Local Preachers' Who's Who 1934. If he was no longer actively preaching he may have decided not to have his details included - though he would still have been on the plan as a local preacher.

There is a Thomas BOTTOMS in the book - born in Croxdale in 1876.
Also a Daniel Wade BOTTOM (b. Worksop 1913) and a Thomas BOTTOM (born Huddersfield 1886).

Let me know if any of these are related.

Mary.

[lorraine smith]

Hello Mary,
I have a thomas johnson holmes b1840 solicitors clerk and lay preecher at easingwold.He married mary hannah mountain b1847 from sherriff hutton. I would be very interested in anything you can tell me about him.
thank you
lorraine

[frangelico]

Hello Mary

I have only joined this site a couple of weeks ago and on looking through the postings I noticed this old one of yours and I noticed that you have the name of one of my ancestors name in the list of Methodist preachers from 1934. His name was Thomas Jackson Metcalfe from Wolsingham, he was my grandmother,s cousin. I was wondering if it gave any details of him in your book. I also had a gt uncle.....Vincent Iley, and a gt granda ...Joseph Collingwood Iley, who were lay preachers. I don,t know if you are still on this site so I hope you get my request.


Thank You
Frangelico

[Ladkyis]

Mary has not visited the site since 2010 and we don't know if the email address she gave is still active. Please don't be too disappointed if you don't get a reply

[mary elms]

Hmmm ... is it that long ? Oh dear

METCALFE Thomas Jackson b. Wolsingham 1892 e: Elem & Sec Sc m: Annie Florence Sanderson d: 1 Teacher of Handicraft y.a.: 1914 c: Darlington South c.o.: Soc Stwd, Ex S.S.Supt., asst Organist, Guild Sec. Ints: temperance a: Taylors Cross Fm, Bude, Cornwall

meaning

born. Wolsingham 1892 educated: Elem & Sec Sc married: Annie Florence Sanderson ddaughter: 1 . Teacher of Handicraft year appointed: 1914 circuit: Darlington South church office.: Society Steward, Ex Sunday School Superintendant., assistant Organist, Guild Secretary. Interests: temperance address: Taylors Cross Fm, Bude, Cornwall

[RayK23]

Not too practised in how these threads work. Is this the place to enter a new query? I would like to find out if the 1934 Who's Who would have a record of a local preacher in Wesleyan and then Methodist Church called John Robert Slater, known as Jack. His church was Husthwaite in Easingwold circuit, N. Yorks. I'm just not really sure if he was the relative who was indeed the preacher.
Ray