Background
PENTREATH, Edwyn Sandys Wetmore was born on December 5, 1846 in Clifton, New Brunswick, Canada. Son of Captain Edwin Pentreath and Elizabeth R. Wetmore.
PENTREATH, Edwyn Sandys Wetmore was born on December 5, 1846 in Clifton, New Brunswick, Canada. Son of Captain Edwin Pentreath and Elizabeth R. Wetmore.
General Theol. Seminary, New York. St. John’s College, Winnipeg, Manitoba (B. D. and Doctor of Divinity). Doctor of Divinity.
Ordained Deacon, 1872. Priest, 1874; Incumbent^ of Grace Church, Rutherford Park, N.J., 18/2-4. Rector of Moncton, N.B., 1874-1882.
Rector of Christ Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1882-1895. Honourable Canon of St. John’s Cathedral, Winnipeg. Rural Dean, and Chaplain of 91st Battalion.
Archdeacon and Superintendent of Missions for the Diocese of New Westminster. Archdeacon of Columbia since 1897, Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia (Archdeaconry founded and endowed by Lady Burdett-Coutts in 1860).
Spouse 1875, Clara Woodford, 3rddaughter of Thomas S. Sayre, barrister-at-law, of Dorchester, 1594 New Brunswick.