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“Over 400 burials from St. Johns Anglican Church in Walmer, Port Elizabeth.
Family names to be found here include Challis, Crooks, Curtis, Dismore, Feather, Hopkins,Reynolds and Wormersley
The foundation stone for the first building was laid on the 23 April 1881 and the Church was consecrated by Bishop Merriman on the 3rd Sept of that year. The rectory was the next to be built and was completed in 1893. The first resident minister was the Revd A.H.D.Cass.
It was in 1907 that the Church was extended as pictured above. This happened during the ministry of the Revd H.G. Mosel who served as Rector of this Parish for 46 years.
The current Parish Centre was the original rectory built in 1893 and the Lych Gate was the next to be built in 1912 in honour of Richard Smith. The Lych Gate dedicated on the 27 October 1912
After the First World War the community of Walmer worked hard to build the Memorial Hall to commemorate the men and women of Walmer who died in service during that war. The Hall was formally opened on the 11th October 1928 by the Revd J Pattison….”
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