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PATSTONE, ARTHUR JOB (1881-1978)

PATSTONE, ARTHUR JOB, Anglican missionary, Ludlow and Blissfield, 1916-20; b. Birmingham, England, 28 Feb 1881, s/o Alfred Patstone and Elizabeth Chalk; m. 1905, Florence Emily Bearsley, from near Liverpool, England; d. Peterborough, Ont., 2 Jan 1978.

Arthur J. Patstone was educated at St John's School, Birmingham, and while later employed at office work in that city pursued evening studies at Queen's College and other educational institutions. In 1901 he was admitted as a lay evangelist of the Church of England. While serving in that capacity he was privately tutored in theology, and after six years he satisfied the Colonial and Continental Church Society that he was qualified for ordination in Canada.

Patstone immigrated to Alberta with his wife and infant son in 1907 and was assigned missionary duties in Blind Man Valley. He later designed and built a log church at Rimbey, Alta, which is now a national historic site. He was ordained a deacon of the Anglican Church in 1908 and a priest in 1910. He was rector at Lacombe, Alta, between 1910 and 1916 and then transferred to Fredericton as temporary assistant at Christ Church Cathedral.

In August 1916 Patstone was appointed to succeed the Rev. Henry Waterton as missionary of Ludlow and Blissfield. During his tenure St James the Greater Church at Ludlow was the home church of the mission. Boiestown services were being conducted in "St Peter's Church Room," which he described as a "remodelled old store." He stayed until the fall of 1920, when he was appointed to the mission at Grand Falls. In 1924 he became rector of Greenwich and Westfield in Kings County. In 1929 he transferred to Ontario. He was rector of Newmarket, and later of Hastings and Roseneath, until his retirement in Peterborough in 1961, at age eighty. He was ninety-six at the time of his death.

Patstone and his wife, Florence E. Bearsley, had two daughters and three sons. Their son A. Theodore Patstone was a teacher and educational leader in New Brunswick and the first principal of the Miramichi Rural High School at Bayside (1939-41).

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[b/m] Patstone family data [d] Francis research / Advocate 30 Aug 1916; JDS 1920; Telegraph 9 Oct 1920, 10 Aug 1996


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