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Tiffany Census

American Presbyterian Church, Montréal, Québec

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 49.2.1
Rating: Nothing
Address: Corner of Boulevard René-Lévesque O and Rue Drummond
Location: Montréal, Québec H3B 4X4, Canada
Lat/Lng: 45.49734, -73.57099
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Page 66
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Demolished
Building date: 1865-1866 [ORG]
Architect: James Morill [ORG]
Comment: Building demolished 1937 [HIST1999]
Also of interest: 1901 Holden Memorial Window, "The Good Housewife", designed by Edward Peck Sperry and made by Calvert and Kimberly (likely sub-contracted from Church Glass and Decorating Company) [MG1901, CK1904, PART2009, DEDUCED]

Site Items

49.2.1.1: Lyman Memorial Window: Christ at Emmaus (1897) (Removed)
49.2.1.2: Wells Memorial Window: The Good Shepherd (1897) (Removed)
49.2.1.3: Nelson Memorial Window: Angel of Praise (1905) (Removed)
49.2.1.4: Cassils Memorial Window: Faith (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.5: Babcock Memorial Window: St. Paul (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.6: Greene Memorial Window: Come Unto Me (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.7: Hayes Memorial Window: Charity (Unknown)
49.2.1.8: McWilliams Memorial Window: Christ Blessing Children (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.9: Hastings Memorial Window: Faith (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.10: Nelson Memorial Window: Cornelius and Angel (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.11: Greene Memorial Window: Angel of Resurrection (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.12: Holton Memorial Window: Hope (Unknown)
49.2.1.13: Childs Memorial Window: Nativity (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.14: Cassils Memorial Window: St. Agnes (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.15: Cassils Memorial Window: Shepherd (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.16: Cassils Memorial Window: Madonna and Child (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.17: Angel (1902) (Removed)
49.2.1.18: Angel of Glory (1902) (Removed)

Item 49.2.1.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Lyman Memorial Window
Theme: Christ at Emmaus [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Page 66
Signature:
Other documentation: [MG1897]
Designer: Edward Peck Sperry [TCL2009]
Memorial details: Benjamin Lyman (11 Jun 1810 - 6 Dec 1878) [INSCRIPTION, MG1897, ORG, HIST1999]
Donor: his children, Charles Lyman and Mrs. Els [MG1897]
Date: Dedicated 5 Sep 1897 [MG1897]
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / BENJAMIN LYMAN // ABIDE WITH US FOR IT IS TOWARD / EVENING AND THE DAY IS FAR SPENT [PHOTO, HIST1999, ORG]
Category: Emmaus
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.1

Item 49.2.1.2

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Wells Memorial Window (Cheney Memorial Window)
Theme: The Good Shepherd [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Page 66
Signature:
Other documentation: [MG1897]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TCL2009, TIFF1896]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Rev. George Huntington Wells (10 May 1839 - 13 Mar 1897) [INSCRIPTION, MG1897, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: the congregation [HIST1999]
Date: Dedicated 5 Sep 1897 [MG1897]
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM GEORGE H WELLS D D // PASTOR OF THIS CHURCH / 1871 TO 1899 [PHOTO]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 call this the Cheney Memorial Window, so possibly Gilman Cheney, elder and Board of Trustees chairman, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 49.2.2.2

Item 49.2.1.3

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Nelson Memorial Window
Theme: Angel of Praise [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TCL2009]
Memorial details: Albert D. Nelson (1843-1904) [TCL2009, ORG, HIST1999]
Donor: Anna S. Warren Nelson, and their children [ORG, HIST1999]
Date: 1904-1905 [TCL2009]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ALBERT D. NELSON / 1843-1904 / THIS WINDOW IS PLACED BY HIS / WIFE AND CHILDREN [ORG, HIST1999]
Category: Angel of Praise
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.3

Item 49.2.1.4

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Cassils Memorial Window
Theme: Faith [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TCL2009]
Memorial details: William Cassils (25 Jun 1832 - 25 Dec 1891) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1999]
Donor: his family [HIST1999]
Date: Installed 1902 [HIST1999]
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM / WILLIAM CASSILS / 1832 - 1891 [PHOTO]
Category: Faith; Truth
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Cassills [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Comment: The window design is normally what Tiffany would call "Truth", and possibly this item should have been called "Truth", given that there is another "Faith" window (ITEM:49.2.1.9) [DEDUCED]
Same as item: 49.2.2.4

Item 49.2.1.5

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Babcock Memorial Window (Ross Memorial Window)
Theme: St. Paul [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Michael Babcock (d. 28 Nov 1899) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1999]
Donor:
Date: Installed 1902 [HIST1999]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MICHAEL BABCOCK / 'BLESSED ARE THE PVRE IN HEART' [PHOTO, HIST1999]
Category: St. Paul
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Ross Memorial Window so likely Mr. Babcock's daughter, Ida Elizabeth Babcock Ross, was at least one of the donors and was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Same as item: 49.2.2.5

Item 49.2.1.6

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Greene Memorial Window
Theme: Come Unto Me [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: Tiffany Studios [ORG, HIST1999]
Other documentation:
Designer: attributed to Frederick Wilson [TCL2009]
Memorial details: Jean Malloch Greene (1839 - 7 Jan 1888) [ORG, HIST1999]
Donor:
Date: Installed 1902 [HIST1999]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JEAN MALLOCH GREENE / 1839-1888 / WIFE OF GEORGE A. GREENE [ORG, HIST1999]
Category: Christ
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Green [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Same as item: 49.2.2.6

Item 49.2.1.7

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Unknown
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name: Hayes Memorial Window
Theme: Charity [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category: Charity
Comment: There was a Holden Memorial Window with the same theme, but this seems to have been made by Calvert and Kimberly [TCL2009, DEDUCED]

Item 49.2.1.8

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: McWilliams Memorial Window
Theme: Christ Blessing Children [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TCL2009, TIFF1896]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of (the right side of) a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:
Donor: Thomas Samuel McWilliams and Susan Probasco Nipgen McWilliams [INSCRIPTION, HIST1999]
Date: 1902 [TCL2009]
Inscription: OF SVCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN / THE GIFT OF THOMAS S. AND SVSAN N. MCWILLIAMS / IN MEMORY OF TEN HAPPY YEARS [PHOTO]
Category: Christ Blessing Children
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.7

Item 49.2.1.9

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Hastings Memorial Window
Theme: Faith [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Margaret Olgivie Hastings (2 May 1821 - 18 May 1890) [ORG, HIST1999, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: her daughter, Maria Hastings [HIST1999]
Date: Installed 1902 [HIST1999]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MARGARET OGILVIE HASTINGS / 1821-1890 [ORG]
Category: Faith
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.8

Item 49.2.1.10

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Nelson Memorial Window
Theme: Cornelius and Angel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TCL2009, TIFF1896]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of (the right side of) a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Horatio Admiral Nelson (22 Oct 1816 - 24 Dec 1882) and Maria Davidson Nelson (d. 25 Jun 1882) [ORG, HIST1999]
Donor: their children [HIST1999]
Date: Installed 1902 [HIST1999]
Inscription: THY PRAYERS AND THINE ALMS ARE / IN MEMORIAM / H.A. NELSON - M.D. NELSON / FROM THEIR CHILDREN // COME UP FOR A MEMORIAL BEFORE GOD / IN MEMORIAM / H.A. NELSON - M.D. NELSON / FROM THEIR CHILDREN [HIST1999, ORG]
Category: Cornelius
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.9

Item 49.2.1.11

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Greene Memorial Window
Theme: Angel of Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TCL2009, TIFF1896]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Edward Kirk Greene (d. 3 Dec 1899) [ORG, HIST1999]
Donor: his family [HIST1999]
Date: Installed 1902 [HIST1999]
Inscription: IN BELOVED MEMORY OF / EDWARD K. GREENE / DECEMBER THIRD 1899 [ORG, HIST1999]
Category: Angel of Resurrection
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Green [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Same as item: 49.2.2.10

Item 49.2.1.12

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Unknown
Confidence: Medium
Memorial name: Holton Memorial Window
Theme: Hope [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category: Hope
Same as item: Possibly 49.2.1.17

Item 49.2.1.13

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Childs Memorial Window
Theme: Nativity [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [MG1902A, MG1902B]
Designer: possibly Edward Peck Sperry [TCL2009, TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Sperry as the designer of a similar composition, although he left Tiffany in 1899 to co-found the Church Glass and Decorating Company and the window dates to 1901/1902 [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Memorial details: George Childs (1825 - 14 Apr 1895) and Christian Murphy Childs (d. 5 May 1891) [MG1902A, MG1902B, ORG, HIST1999]
Donor: their sons, George A. Childs and Arthur Childs [MG1902A, MG1902B]
Date: Erected 1901 [INSCRIPTION]
Installed 1902 [ORG]
Dedicated 9 Feb 1902 [MG1902A, MG1902B]
Lancets: 2 [MG1902A]
Inscription: To the honored memory of / George Childs / and his wife Christian Murphy // Erected by / their sons / 1901 [MG1902A, HIST1999, ORG]
Category: Nativity
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.11

Item 49.2.1.14

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Cassils Memorial Window
Theme: St. Agnes [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: attributed to Frederick Wilson [TCL2009]
Memorial details: Agnes Simpson Hossack Cassils (1843-1868) [INSCRIPTION, ORG]
Donor: the Cassils family [HIST1999]
Date: Installed 1902 [HIST1999]
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM / A.S.C. 1843-1868 [PHOTO]
Category: St. Agnes
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.12

Item 49.2.1.15

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Cassils Memorial Window
Theme: Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: John Cassils (1800-1880) and Margaret Murray Cassils (1808-1889) [INSCRIPTION, ORG]
Donor: their children [HIST1999]
Date: Installed 1902 [HIST1999]
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM / J.C. 1800-1880 / M.M.C. 1808-1889 [PHOTO]
Category: Christ the Good Shepherd
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.13

Item 49.2.1.16

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Cassils Memorial Window
Theme: Madonna and Child [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 119
Duncan 1980: Page 224
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: Tiffany Studios 1902 [ORG, HIST1999]
Other documentation:
Designer: Frederick Wilson [TCL2009]
Memorial details: Amy Grizel Cassils (13 Jul 1877 - 14 Nov 1901) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1999]
Donor:
Date: Signature 1902 [SIGNATURE]
Installed 1902 [HIST1999]
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM / AMY GRIZEL CASSILS / 1877 - 1901 [PHOTO]
Category: Madonna
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.14

Item 49.2.1.17

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Theme: Angel [ORG_NEW]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [TCL2009]
Designer: attributed to Frederick Wilson [TCL2009]
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: 1902 [TCL2009]
Inscription:
Category: Angel
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.15; Possibly 49.2.1.12

Item 49.2.1.18

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [ORG, HIST1999]
Confidence: High
Memorial name:
Theme: Angel of Glory [ORG_NEW]
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation: [TCL2009]
Designer: attributed to Frederick Wilson [TCL2009]
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date: 1902 [TCL2009]
Inscription:
Category: Angel
History: Moved with congregation to new building (SITE:49.2.2) in 1938 [ORG, HIST1999]
Same as item: 49.2.2.16

References

CK1904: Calvert & Kimberly leaflet (1904)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1999: The History of the Tiffany Windows at the Erskine and American Church, Montreal, Christine Johanne Mathieu (Mar 1999)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
MG1897: The Montreal Gazette (6 Sep 1897, p. 3)
MG1901: The Montreal Gazette (20 Dec 1901, p. 5)
MG1902A: The Montreal Gazette (8 Feb 1902, p. 9)
MG1902B: The Montreal Gazette (10 Feb 1902, p. 5)
ORG: Organization
ORG_NEW: Organization that is new owner
PART2009: Stained Glass Quarterly, "Whodunit: Or When is a Tiffany not a Tiffany", Phyllis Partridge (Winter 2009, Vol. 104, p. 292-305)
PHOTO: Photo of item
SIGNATURE: Signature on item
TCL2009: Tiffany Color and Light, Rosalind Pepall (2009, p. 224-241)
TIFF1886: Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893: Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1896: Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896)
TIFF1897: A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897)
TIFF1910: A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910)

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