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Rev. Robert Alder
1796-1873

Robert Alder was a Methodist minister and Anglican priest born in England in 1796.   He was the first ordained Methodist minister to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He then served on several circuits in the Maritime provinces and Lower Canada before returning to England in 1827. Alder was one of the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society from 1833 to 1851.  Alder watched over the growth of the Methodist organization in the Maritime provinces. He visited the area in 1839 and in 1847. Alder resigned his position as a missionary secretary in 1851. Two years later he left the Methodist ministry and was ordained in the Church of England. He became a canon of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Gibraltar, where he died on 31 December 1873.

Source

French, G.S. "Robert Alder." Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol 10, University of Toronto, 2003.  Accessed 19 July 2023.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Saint John

Stipple engraving on paper of Rev. Robert Alder

Rev. Robert Alder

Credit

Jenkins, Joseph. "Robert Alder, fl. 1820, Wesleyan minister." Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Accession EP V 349.1. Accessed 19 July 2023.

Bibliography Items

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Alder, Robert. Zeal in the Cause of Missions: A Sermon Delivered in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, City St. John, New Brunswick, on Sunday Evening, October 27, 1822. Saint John, NB: Henry Chubb, 1822, 24 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Alder, Robert. The Substance of a Sermon, Delivered in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, City Saint John, New-Brunswick, on Sunday, December 22d, 1822, at the Funeral of the Late Mrs. Isabella Whelpley. Saint John, NB: Henry Chubb, 1823, 28 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Alder, Robert. A Sermon Delivered in the Wesleyan Chapel, City of Saint John, on Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett, Wife of the Rev. William Bennett, Wesleyan Minister, Who Departed This Life, at Newport, Nova Scotia, February 12th, 1825. Saint John, NB: Henry Chubb, 1825, 19 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Alder, Robert, M'leod, Alexander, and Priestley, James. A Defence of the Proceedings of the Extra District Meeting, of the Wesleyan Missionaries, Begun in Saint John, New-Brunswick, Thursday, July 29, 1824: Together with the Communications That Were Published Against Them. Saint John, NB: Henry Chubb, 1825, 64 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Alder, Robert. Wesleyan Missions: Their Progress Stated and Their Claims Enforced, With Observations and Suggestions Applicable to Kindred Institutions. London: Wesleyan Missionary Society, 1842, 104 pp.. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion