Reverend John Pentland, c. 1865
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white portrait photograph of Reverend John Pentland (1804-1871). Reverend Pentland is pictured standing turning slightly to his left.
- Notes
- Reverend John Pentland was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1804 and was educated at Kilkenny, Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin; and Cambridge University in England. He served in the British Army from 1824 until he married in 1830 and served in France, Spain and Italy. In 1830 he became a minister of the Church of England and served in Wales, France and Ireland before coming to Canada in 1835. He established his first church in 1835 at Columbus in Whitby Township (St. Paul's Anglican Church). He founded St. John's Anglican Church at Port Whitby in 1841 and built a church of Kingston limestone in 1846. He served as minister of this congregation until his retirement in 1863. He continued to preach in Prince Albert and Port Perry for a while, but poor health caused him to lead a quiet life in Whitby where he died on May 18, 1871. Rev. John Pentland is buried at St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Whitby.
This photograph is found in the book "Historic Sketches of Oshawa" by Dr. Thomas Erlin Kaiser, between pages 96 and 97. Printed in 1921 by Reformer Printing and Publishing Company, Oshawa. It is available in Whitby Central Library and Brooklin Branch. - Date of Original
- c. 1865
- Dimensions
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Width: 6 cm
Height: 6 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 6cm
Image Height: 6cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-008-002
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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