I859 On October 26 in Nova Scotia, the Free Church and the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia unanimously adopted a union, becoming the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces. When this union was accomplished, an attempt was made to unite the Charlottetown Free Church congregation and the Queen Square Secessionist congregation into one, but they did not love each other well enough to agree to a union.

I860 On July 25, Queen Square Church was granted 'church' status by the Presbytery of P.E.l. The congregation moved from the Temperance Hall to the new building on Richmond Street.

On October 5, the Synod appointed a committee in an endeavour to unite the two congregations of Charlottetown, being the Free Church and

Queen Square Church.

l86l Rev. J. D. MacGillvray was the first minister of record for the new building following a steady rotation of supply preachers. The new church

was free of debt. Of the P. E. l. population of 80,857, Presbyterians accounted for

25,862.

1862 On August 14, Rev. Robert Alexander Falconer was inducted as Minister with a stipend of $600.00 per year.

On July 30, William Mutch was commissioned by Presbytery as an Elder.

The first two recorded deaths by the church were Ellen age 1 year, 8 months and Emma Jane age l4 years, both died September 9, daughters of William Mutch, Elder.

I864 Aug l0 recorded the commissioning of David Laird, elder for Queen Square Church and George Henderson, elder for the Free Church.

1865 Rev. Alexander Falconer married Susan C. Douglas, daughter of the late Rev. Robert Douglas on Nov l l, with Rev. William Frame and William Mutch as witnesses.

1866 Hannah Blanchard Douglas, one of the founders of Queen Square Church congregation, died on April 9, in Pictou of pneumonia.

Robert Robertson was representative elder for the Free Church, having been appointed on Oct 3rd.

On October 23, the Rev. George Sutherland placed in the hands of Presbytery the demission of his congregation "with the view of devoting himself to the work of an evangelist in the home of the work of a missionary in the Foreign Field."

-22-