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.
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