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James Rickard

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James Rickard (c. 1850 – 25 January 1909) was an Australian Congregationalist minister, remembered as the founder of the Council of Churches in the state of Victoria, Australia.

History

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Rickard was a son of James Rickard (died 1 February 1887) of Stawell, Victoria.[1]

He studied for the Methodist ministry in the early 1870s[2] and served in the Fingal circuit in Tasmania in 1873,[3] transferred to Toolamba, Victoria in 1875.

He began his Congregational ministry at the Glebe, New South Wales, church in August 1875.[4] Living at the pastorage, St John's Rd Glebe.

He transferred to the Congregational Church of Brighton, Victoria, in 1885.

He was largely responsible for the creation and early success of the Victorian Council of Churches, serving as secretary from its inception to 1906, when he relinquished that position due to illness, and was elected president.[5]

In 1907 he accepted a transfer to the less demanding pastorate of Surrey Hills, and died a few years later.

Recognition

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A memorial tablet dedicated to his memory was unveiled at the Brighton Congregational Church in November 1909.

Family

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Rickard married twice:

  • to Elizabeth Smith (c. 1845 – 11 September 1879)[6] on 4 October 1875.[7]
She gave birth to a son at the Glebe on 15 August 1879;[8] and died a month later.
  • to Elizabeth Clark (born c. 1843?) of Hobart on 24 September 1880.[9] They had at least one child:
  • Elizabeth Mary Rickard born Glebe 28 July 1881[10] – 15 February 1926

His eldest daughter Ethel Jane Rickard married Thomas Stephen Hart, MA., lecturer at Ballarat School of Mines, on 14 December 1898,[11] Other daughters were Harriet "Hattie", Irene, Elizabeth, Mabel "Maisie".

James E. Rickard was a son,[12] perhaps the same person as E. Rickard, who was accepted as a probationary student of the Congregational College of Victoria in 1900,[13] and as James E. Rickard was Congregational minister in Queensland.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Country News". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 12, 677. Victoria, Australia. 11 February 1887. p. 10. Retrieved 24 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Conference". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. XV, no. 656. New South Wales, Australia. 25 January 1873. p. 103. Retrieved 24 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Wesleyan District Meeting". Launceston Examiner. Vol. XXXIII, no. 140. Tasmania, Australia. 22 November 1873. p. 5. Retrieved 24 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Religious Memoranda". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 12, 555. New South Wales, Australia. 15 August 1878. p. 7. Retrieved 23 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "News and Notes". Brighton Southern Cross. Victoria, Australia. 12 May 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 24 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 12, 931. New South Wales, Australia. 12 September 1879. p. 1. Retrieved 24 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Family Notices". Weekly Examiner. Vol. IV, no. 41. Tasmania, Australia. 9 October 1875. p. 18. Retrieved 24 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 12, 933. New South Wales, Australia. 15 September 1879. p. 1. Retrieved 24 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Family Notices". The Mercury (Hobart). Vol. XXXVII, no. 6028. Tasmania, Australia. 5 October 1880. p. 1. Retrieved 23 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 13, 532. New South Wales, Australia. 13 August 1881. p. 1. Retrieved 24 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Social". Melbourne Punch. Victoria, Australia. 8 December 1898. p. 17. Retrieved 23 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Family Notices". Table Talk (magazine). No. 704. Victoria, Australia. 23 December 1898. p. 24. Retrieved 23 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Congregational". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 19, 343. New South Wales, Australia. 12 March 1900. p. 8. Retrieved 23 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Official Notifications". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LIX, no. 14, 088. Queensland, Australia. 9 March 1903. p. 7. Retrieved 24 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.