Minister of the Gospel

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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 8 Send Message	Ann	Report	13 Jul 2013 11:41
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 8 Send Message	In 1858 on the wedding certificate of his son John Dodd Fisher his father William Fisher's profession is described as Minister of the Gospel - does anyone known what religion that might be. Thank you.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	13 Jul 2013 11:46
	Probably a Protestant non conformist. Added - or possibly the Church of Scotland/Presbyterian A CofE Priest is likely to be named as a Clerk in Holy Orders or something more specific like Curate, Priest etc. What was the denomination of the place they married as that might give a clue. Or have you found any baptisms of subsequent children in a non-conformist place of worship?
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Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	13 Jul 2013 12:07
	Which country ?
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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	13 Jul 2013 12:24
	No marriage coming up in England and Wales for a John Dodd Fisher.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	13 Jul 2013 12:29
	Only ref on Ancestry for the name: Name: John Dodd Fisher Birth: 28 Jan 1919 Death: Dec 1981 - Northumberland Central, Tyne and Wear, England
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	13 Jul 2013 12:32
	Nothing on Scotlandspeople, either.
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	13 Jul 2013 12:40
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	Have deleted incorrect 1958 marriage, according to a tree on ancestry, it's this one: Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Marriages Jun 1858 Fisher John Tynemouth 10b 284 Patterson Sarah Tynemouth 10b 284
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	13 Jul 2013 13:14
	The 1861 census attached to him on that tree has his POB as Scotland.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	13 Jul 2013 13:28
	Did John have a brother Fergus? If so, Sarah is shown as a widow in 1881 and then married to John D Fisher in 1891!!!
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 19,536 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	14 Jul 2013 19:31
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Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 443 Send Message	Malcolm	Report	15 Jul 2013 09:08
	Re: "Minister of the Gospel". This refers to the Scottish Protestant Church where we do not use the term Vicar. The preacher "Ministers" to his congregations needs. After the reformation in the 16th century the Scots were very wary of a return to "Romish Practices". This resulted in many arguments about the "True Religion" and details of ceremony and theology which produced splits between sects. In 1842 there was major split, known as the Disruption in the Established Church of Scotland during which about a third of worshippers elected to join the new "Free Church of Scotland". Even this group produced dissenting sub groups up to the end of the 19th century at which time some re-formed creating yet more confusion. When searching Scottish records expect to find "Establshed" "Free" "Episcopal" Church of Scotland as well as "Burghers" "Anti-Burghers" "Glassites" and other sects which are worth looking up on Wikipedia if they occur in your tree.
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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 8 Send Message	Ann	Report	15 May 2014 20:11
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 8 Send Message	Malcolm Is a Dissenting Minister the same as a Minister of the Gospel and would a dissenter be more likely to be Scottish than English. Regards Ann
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,287 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	15 May 2014 20:56
	English / Welsh / Irish - according to this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissenter "The term does not apply to those bodies who dissent from the Presbyterian Church of Scotland ."
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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 8 Send Message	Ann	Report	16 May 2014 20:06
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 8 Send Message	Thank you for your reply, yet another brick wall in cracking where William Fisher and his son John Dodd Fisher were born. Regards Ann
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,287 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	18 May 2014 17:12
	Related thread: http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1340614
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