Researchers are required to use the photocopy as the original is quite fragile
Reverend Doctor John Knox was born in Edinburgh in 1817. He was educated and began his professional life in London in 1839. He apparently did not complete the full medical course at this time. He came to Prince Edward Island in 1842 and became the Pastor of the Disciples of Christ First Baptist Church in Crossroads, Prince Edward Island from 1842 until 1882. With this charge, he also became the First Baptist Pastor for East Point and Summerside. John Knox married Margaret Ferguson [ ?-1867], daughter of Malcom Ferguson of Lot 48, Prince Edward Island, on 29 May 1855. Following her death he married Catherine Dewar on 28 January 1878. John Knox was licensed to practice medicine on 3 January 1872, after having received his degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Laws from an American College. He died on the 16 November 1892 and is buried at the Crossroads Church Cemetery.
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Title based on provenance of the collection
The volume consists of a volume a record of the marriages performed by Rev. Knox , primarily in Lot 48, between the years 1843 and 1892. The back of the book has been used for writings on certain religious tenets, possibly preparatory to sermons or lectures. There are also some newspaper clippings pasted in concerning Rev. Knox and the Dewar family.
This volume was donated to the Public Archives and Records Office by Earle Kennedy on 14 July 1998
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