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- ↑ "A History of St. George's Church Guelph, Ontario 1832 - 1982" Moore, Archdeacon Peter B. Published by Anniversary Committee, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1982
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948 p1170 London: Horace Cox; 1908
- ↑ St George's web-site
- ↑ "Guelph and Wellington County : a bibliography of settlement and development since 1800" Bloomfield, E; Stelter, G.A. Guelph Regional Project University of Guelph, 1988
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