Christ Church of Corning records, 1841-1916.
Collection Number: 6077
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Christ Church of Corning records, 1841-1916.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6077
Abstract:
Register containing parishioners, baptisms, confirmations, mariages, communicants,
burials and church offerings. Also included is a certificate of incorporation (1841).
Creator:
Christ Church of Corning (Corning, N.Y.)
Quanitities:
2 microfilm reels.
1 folders.
Language:
Collection material in English
Christ Church of Corning was legally incorporated on April 12, 1841. The congregation
was first served by the Reverend Richard Smith, a missionary, who also held Episcopal
services at Painted Post. Services were held in the schoolhouse of District 14 and
special ceremonies (marriages, communions, etc.) were held in the Methodist church
in Corning until a chapel was built sometime before 1850. A stone church building
was begun in 1853, and consecrated by the Right Reverend William H. DeLancey, Bishop
of the Western New York Diocese on September 21, 1854. Bishop DeLancey visited the
Corning parish several times during the 1850's and his visits are recorded in the
parish register.
The certificate of incorporation (1841) is also transcribed in the register. The register
(1841-1869) records parishioners, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, communicants,
burials and church offerings in semi-chronological order. The register is paginated
but there are gaps in page numbers between each section. Some tipped-in notes at the
back of the register date to 1895.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Christ Church of Corning records, #6077. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Delancey, William H.
Places:
Corning (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Steuben County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Subjects:
Episcopal Church -- New York (State) -- Corning.
Church records and registers -- New York (State) -- Corning.
Form and Genre Terms:
Baptismal certificates.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Certificate of Incorporation,
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1841 | ||
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Scope and Contents
Signed by the church clerk. The names of church wardens and vestrymen are included.
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Parish Register,
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1841-1869 | ||
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Scope and Contents
Note: Numbered pages begin on page 22, and there are gaps in page numbers between
pp. 35-48, 150-191, 196-239, 250-257, 264-305, and 323-328.
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First page
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Scope and Contents
"Parish organized April 1841. Rev'd Richard Smith, Missionary." This is a brief history,
listing year, number of families, adults, children, baptisms, and communicants in
the parish, 1841-1869.
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Next two pages
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Scope and Contents
Lists year, number confirmed, buried; number of public services held; number of communicants,
teachers and students in the Sunday School, number of marriages; funds collected for
diocesan missions, domestic missions, foreign missions, Christmas fund, tracts, alms,
parish objects, Thanksgiving Day offering; Rector/ministers' names.
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Next 3 pages
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Scope and Contents
written history of incorporation (June 9, 1841, signed by church clerk). The certificate
of incorporation is transcribed here.
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Parishioners
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Scope and Contents
Lists dates, names, residence, hen removed, married, deceased, remarks. Note: numbered
pages begin.
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p. 22
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Scope and Contents
A family joins the Methodist church "during the excitement of the winter" of 1857-1858.
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p. 31
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Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping, tipped-in (n.d.) re: first labor day parade in Corning.
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p. 32
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Scope and Contents
Number of parishioners reported to the Diocese, August 1867.
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Baptisms (begins 1844 )
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1844 | ||
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Scope and Contents
Records date, name, parents, sponsors, birth date, officiating clergyman and remarks,
where performed.
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p. 62
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Scope and Contents
Adult baptisms (1 or 2 pages only).
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p. 107
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Scope and Contents
Three short entries regarding visits and baptisms by Bishop DeLancey in Corning.
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Confirmations (begins 1844 )
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1844 | ||
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Scope and Contents
Records date, name, officiating bishop, remarks, whether communed. Remarks are extensive
descriptions of the ceremonies .
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Communicants (begins 1850 )
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1850 | ||
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Scope and Contents
Lists date, name, residence, dismissals (and other remarks).
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Marriages (begins 1848 )
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1848 | ||
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Scope and Contents
Lists date, names, place, officiating clergyman and witness name.
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Burials (begins 1845 )
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1845 | ||
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Scope and Contents
Records date, name, place of interment, age.
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Church offerings (begins 1850 )
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1850 | ||
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Scope and Contents
Records date, object, remarks, amount, p. 317 One sheet paper, tipped in, notes "parochial
items" from August 1, 1868 to December 13, 1868.
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p. 318
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Scope and Contents
Letter, tipped in, requesting that the Christ Church of Coming's rector provide proof
of the marriage of a recent widow; also a newspaper obituary, n.d.
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p. 319
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Scope and Contents
"Chancel," tipped in paper: format of church and pews; records rentals for 1878 and
1885(7). On other side are notes of 2 baptisms (1860 and 1861), one death (1873),
and other illegible notes.
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p. 321
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Scope and Contents
"Parish Expenses," tipped in note, 1854. Records balance due to rector(?) More of
the same on other side.
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p. 323
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Scope and Contents
Pamphlet (1895) tipped in, re: 10th anniversary of the chancel building of Christ's
Church, Easter Day, 1895.
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p. 328
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Scope and Contents
Record of "disbursement of alms," n.d., 1/2 page only.
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