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ST-JOSEPH, CHATHAM, BAPTISMS, 1850-1942

St-Joseph’s Church, located in Chatham, Ontario, serves as a cornerstone of the local Catholic community.  The original church was built in 1847.  The current church was built in 1886 and was officially dedicated by Bishop John Walsh of the Diocese of London on 23 Oct 1887.  The distinctive twin bell towers were completed in 1916.  Throughout the 1990s, both interior and exterior underwent extensive renovations to preserve and enhance the building’s historical significance.  Today, St Joseph’s Church continues to be an integral part of the Chatham Catholic Family of Parishes.

The file was compiled by Mark Drouillard and Agathe Vaillancourt, volunteers at the Franco-Ontarian Research Centre.  It has 748 pages.  The baptisms are sorted alphabetically by the surname of the child or adult being baptized. There is no index but the file is searchable. The sources used in the compilation were:

Registre des baptêmes pour la Paroisse de St-Joseph, Chatham 1850 to 1942
St-Joseph, Chatham Parish Registers, 1850-1942
Ontario, Canada. Catholic Church Records, Drouin Microfilm Collection
Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1936, Archives of Ontario, Toronto. (O.D.R.)
Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Births, 1869-1911, Archives of Ontario, Toronto. (O.B.R.)
Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1801-1928, Archives of Ontario, Toronto. (O.M.R.)
Notes from Amédée Emery

Members of the Essex Branch of Ontario Ancestors can view this file in the Members Library section of the website under the Franco-Ontarian Research Centre tab here.