Organ
Vegreville Regional Museum
Tous droits réservés.
| Nom de l'objet : | Organ |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Category 6 - Tools & Equip for Communication |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Sound Communication T & E 180 |
| Matériaux : | wood metal fabric |
| Numéro d'accession : | 2003.92.1. |
| Fabricant : | Woodstock Canada |
| Pays d'origine : | United-States |
| Province d'utilisation : | Alberta |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
| Culture : | Canadian |
| Période : | 1917 |
| Description : | Dark wooden organ with ornate carvings across the top and down the sides. |
| Fonctions : | This organ was given to the Salem congregation in 1917, the year the church was completed south of Vegreville. The early ancestry of the Salem congregation came from the village of Norka, which is situated on the Volga River in the province of Saratov, Russia. Their ancestors before them had come to Norka from Hessen, Germany, during the eighteenth century. In the years 1893-1894 five families immigrated to the United States of America and from there to Canada, settling in the Stony Plain district near Edmonton, Alberta. More land became available in the west, so letters were sent to their homeland encouraging others to come to Canada, and in February 1899 a further five families emigrated, arriving in Canada in April of the same year. Being agronomists, they took the opportunity of buying land and opening it up for agriculture. In those days, 160 acres of land sold for $10. The settlement started south of Vegreville and north of Holden in the Martin's Post Office District. These pioneers endured many hardships and at first were required to work as labourers until they had earned and saved enough money to begin farming. The roads for travel were but trails and there was no railway until 1905 when the Canadian Northern Railway was put through Vegreville and in 1909 the Grand Trunk Line was put through Holden. An important part of the lives of these early settlers was gathering in different homes to read and study scriptures. These gatherings became the nucleus that formed the congregation. The families from Norka, Russia were of the Reformed Church. In 1901 Rev. C. F. W. Graeser from Josephburg Reformed Church (northwest of Vegreville) visited the congregation at Vegreville on a bi-monthly basis. In between the minister's visits the congregation would continue to meet. An elder would either preach a sermon in German or read from a sermon book, also printed in German, when the church was without a minister. The sermons were conducted in German until the 1950s. A Sunday School was held for the children, and at night there was catechism study. Soon the minister from Josephburg began serving the community once each month, holding the services in private homes or in the schoolhouse. On February 18, 1910 the congregation was officially organized. In April 1917 the congregation unanimously decided to build the church and on July 1, 1917 the cornerstone was laid. Through the years the name of the church changed from the 'Redeemer Church of the Salem Congregation' (July 1, 1917), to 'Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church' (1934), to 'Salem United Church' (November 1, 1961) but the congregation has always retained the name "Salem" which in Hebrew means "peace." |
| Hauteur : | 135 |
| Largeur : | 57,5 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Établissement : | Vegreville Regional Museum |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Vegreville |
| Province de l'établissement : | Alberta |
Coordonnées de cette page web
-
Pour proposer des corrections ou des mises à jour sur cette page, veuillez contacter directement le Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine (RCIP).