Background

Squires, Charles William was born on January 23, 1877 in Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. Son of Review John and Amelia Davis (Hippisley) Squires.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Mount Allison U., Sackville, N.B., 1900, Master of Arts, 1902, Bachelor of Divinity, 1905. Master of Arts, Harvard Division School, 1903. Bachelor of Divinity, Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal, 1918, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1919, Presbyterian Theological College, Montreal, 1921.

S.T.D., Wesleyan Theological College, 1920. Doctor of Divinity, Presbyterian College, Montreal, 1923.

Career

Ordained Methodist ministry, 1900, changed to Presbyterian, 1918. Began preaching in Newfoundland, 1893, continued there until 1902. Pastor Andover, N.B., 1905-1907, St. John, 1907-1910, Campbellton, 1912-1916, Newcastle, 1916-1918, Presbyterian Church, Lehighton, Pennsylvania, 1919-1923, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1923-1934, First Baptist Church, Limerick, Maine, since October 1934.

Moderator Boston Presbytery, 1925-1926. Chairman Lynn Inter-Church Union, 1926. Chairman Lynn Chapter League of Nations Association.

Commissioner to Presbyterian General Assembly, Pittsburgh, 1931.

Membership

Mason, Odd.

Connections

Married Ethel May Hoyle, July 6, 1905. Children: Virginia Lora Sybil, Cedric Wilmot Harvard, Arleen, Evelyn Gloria.

father:

Review John Squires

mother:

Amelia Davis (Hippisley) Squires

spouse:

Ethel May Hoyle

child:

Cedric Wilmot Harvard Squires

child:

Evelyn Gloria Squires

child:

Virginia Lora Sybil Squires

child:

Arleen Squires