George Forneret

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George Augustus Forneret (b Berthierville 23 September 1851 - Hamilton, Ontario 28 Aug 1925 [1] ) was a Canadian Anglican priest. [2]

Rigby was educated at McGill University and ordained in 1876. After a curacy at Montreal Cathedral he was an SPG missionary on the Prince Albert Peninsula. He held incumbencies at Dunham, Dundas and Hamilton. [3] He was Archdeacon of Wellington, ON from 1907 to 1911; and Archdeacon of Niagara from 1911 until his death. [4]

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References

  1. Find a grave
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 pp 508/9 London: Horace Cox; 1908
  3. Central Neighbourhood
  4. "Guelph and Wellington County : a bibliography of settlement and development since 1800" Bloomfield, E; Stelter, G.A. Guelph Regional Project University of Guelph, 1988