a Russian Parish?

[kath]

Good evening

Does anyone know why an english clergyman would be in Russia sometime in the early 1900s.The date is 1891? I have a photo of a great uncle in clergymans clothes. It is mounted on a board with russian writing. It has St. Petersbourg , what looks like the name of the photographer and the date 1891. This could be the year it was established. It also says about a grand aprix at the universel exhibition of 1900 in Paris.
I have yet to establish which denomination my great uncle was. No luck so far with finding him.

Regards

Kath

[Andrew Sellon]

Kath -

Just guesses.

1/. He was attached to a ship of the RN that was visiting St. Petersbourgh. (One of the "Church Navigant" as Sydney Smith described them).

2/. He was a minister of the local "English Church". There were such churches in the major European cities of the time, St. Petersburgh could well be included amongst these.

[Ladkyis]

There was a city in Russia called Hughesovska - where a man with the surname Hughes started a steelworks and hundreds of people from South Wales went there to work in the steelworks so they would have had vicars with them too - perhaps there was more than one British colony in Russia. Hughesovska is acalled something beginning with D now, I'll look it up in my FHS Journal

[kath]

Hi everyone

Thanks for your ideas. I'll try to follow them up. I get the feeling that he may have been a nonconformist minister.He was called GEORGE WILLIAM CLARKE and I know that in 1991 he was living with his parents in Ashton under lyne and was a scavenger in a cotton mill. he was 16 years old. He may have incorporated his mothers maiden name of PACKWOOD in his name. Now, knowing what little I do about clergymen it seems unlikely that he went to train in the Anglican or Roman Catholic faith. Its the time factor for the training. I wondered if he went with a mission.
Anyway thanks for your thoughts

Kath