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{{Infobox person
| name = William Odber Raymond
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1853|2|3}}
| birth_place = Lower [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]], [[New Brunswick]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1923|11|24|1853|2|3}}
| death_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| occupation = [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]]
| alma_mater =
| spouse = Julia Nelson
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'''William Odber Raymond''' (February 3, 1853 – November 24, 1923) was a Canadian [[clergyman]] and [[historian]] from [[New Brunswick]]. While serving as a [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], he contributed towards writing and editing historical works of [[Loyalist]] settlement in New Brunswick, having spent several years contributing for and serving as the president of the [[New Brunswick Historical Society]]. His 1905 writing ''Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John'' contains a record of the first known [[Black Canadians in New Brunswick|Black person in New Brunswick]].
== Life and career ==
Raymond was born on February 3, 1853 in Lower [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]], [[New Brunswick]] to parents Charles William Raymond and Elizabeth Mary Carman.<ref name="DoCB">{{cite web |title=Biography – RAYMOND, WILLIAM ODBER – Volume XV (1921-1930) |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/raymond_william_odber_15E.html |website=www.biographi.ca |publisher=[[Dictionary of Canadian Biography]] |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> He attended the [[University of New Brunswick]] after receiving the [[Carleton County, New Brunswick|Carleton County]] scholarship, and received a BA degree in mathematics and natural science in 1876.<ref name="NBArchive">{{cite web |title=William Odber Raymond - ArchivesCANB |url=https://search.canbarchives.ca/william-odber-raymond |website=search.canbarchives.ca |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> Afterwards, he studied [[theology]] under Bishop [[John Medley]], was ordained as a [[deacon]] in 1877 and as a priest the following year. He ministered in [[Stanley Parish, New Brunswick|Stanley Parish]], [[York County, New Brunswick|York County]] for the next six years, where he married Julia Nelson, later having two children together.<ref name="DoCB"/><ref name="NBArchive">{{cite web |title=William Odber Raymond - ArchivesCANB |url=https://search.canbarchives.ca/william-odber-raymond |website=search.canbarchives.ca |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
In 1884, Raymond became [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of St. Mary's Church in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], during which he became the [[archdeacon]] of Saint John in 1908. Alongside his clerical work, Raymond contributed heavily towards historical writings.<ref name="NBArchive"/> Over nearly 20 years, he contributed towards the [[New Brunswick Historical Society]], additionally serving as its president for multiple years.<ref name="1923TheProvince">{{cite news |title=The Week-end |url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/499038646/ |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The Province |date=8 December 1923}}</ref> Raymond also made heavy contributions towards editing the Winslow Papers,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Winslow Papers at the University of New Brunswick |url=https://web.lib.unb.ca/winslow/winslowunb.html |website=web.lib.unb.ca |publisher=[[University of New Brunswick]] |access-date=28 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Quebec">{{cite web |last1=Bélanger |first1=Claude |title=Quebec History |url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/WilliamOdberRaymond.htm |website=faculty.marianopolis.edu |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> a significant record of [[Loyalist]] settlement in New Brunswick.<ref name="1923TheProvince"/>
He wrote the 1905 ''Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John'', documenting the history of the [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|Saint John River]].<ref name="1923TheProvince"/><ref name="NBArchive"/> Additionally, it contains the first known record of a [[Black Canadians in New Brunswick|Black person in New Brunswick]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spray |first1=W. A |title=The Blacks in New Brunswick |date=1972 |publisher=Brunswick Press |page=13 |url=https://preserve.lib.unb.ca/wayback.../blackloyalists/en/context/articles/spray.pdf}}</ref> who, as described by Raymond as being "probably the first of his race to set foot within the borders of New Brunswick," had been forcibly taken from the [[New England Colonies]] to [[Fort Nashwaak]] by the French before being taken back during a [[Siege of Fort Nashwaak|New England-led attack]].<ref name="River">{{cite book |last1=Raymond |first1=W. O. (William Odber) |title=Glimpses of the past. History of the river St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 |date=1905 |publisher=St. John, N.B. |page=52 |url=https://archive.org/details/glimpsesofpasth00raymuoft/page/52/mode/2up |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> In 1910, Raymond issued a revised version.<ref name="DoCB"/>
== Later life and death ==
In 1916, Raymond retired from his position as a rector due to his declining health. Him and his family moved to [[Toronto]] after having previously moved to [[Michigan]] and [[Vancouver]],<ref name="DoCB"/><ref name="NBArchive"/> where he gave a lecture in the Vancouver Institute.<ref name="1923TheProvince"/> On November 24, 1923, Raymond died in Toronto.<ref>{{cite news |title=Archdeacon Raymond Dead |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=EGotAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13 |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=[[The Montreal Gazette]] |date=26 November 1923}}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1853 births]]
[[Category:1923 deaths]]
[[Category
eople from Woodstock, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Writers from Saint John, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Canadian clergy]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian historians]]
[[Category:Historians from New Brunswick]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{Infobox person
| name = William Odber Raymond
| birth_name =
| image =
| image_size =
| image_upright =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1853|2|3}}
| birth_place = Lower [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]], [[New Brunswick]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1923|11|24|1853|2|3}}
| death_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| occupation = [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]]
| alma_mater =
| spouse = Julia Nelson
}}
'''William Odber Raymond''' (February 3, 1853 – November 24, 1923) was a Canadian [[clergyman]] and [[historian]] from [[New Brunswick]]. While serving as a [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], he contributed towards writing and editing historical works of [[Loyalist]] settlement in New Brunswick, having spent several years contributing for and serving as the president of the [[New Brunswick Historical Society]]. His 1905 writing ''Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John'' contains a record of the first known [[Black Canadians in New Brunswick|Black person in New Brunswick]].
== Life and career ==
Raymond was born on February 3, 1853 in Lower [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]], [[New Brunswick]] to parents Charles William Raymond and Elizabeth Mary Carman.<ref name="DoCB">{{cite web |title=Biography – RAYMOND, WILLIAM ODBER – Volume XV (1921-1930) |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/raymond_william_odber_15E.html |website=www.biographi.ca |publisher=[[Dictionary of Canadian Biography]] |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> He attended the [[University of New Brunswick]] after receiving the [[Carleton County, New Brunswick|Carleton County]] scholarship, and received a BA degree in mathematics and natural science in 1876.<ref name="NBArchive">{{cite web |title=William Odber Raymond - ArchivesCANB |url=https://search.canbarchives.ca/william-odber-raymond |website=search.canbarchives.ca |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> Afterwards, he studied [[theology]] under Bishop [[John Medley]], was ordained as a [[deacon]] in 1877 and as a priest the following year. He ministered in [[Stanley Parish, New Brunswick|Stanley Parish]], [[York County, New Brunswick|York County]] for the next six years, where he married Julia Nelson, later having two children together.<ref name="DoCB"/><ref name="NBArchive">{{cite web |title=William Odber Raymond - ArchivesCANB |url=https://search.canbarchives.ca/william-odber-raymond |website=search.canbarchives.ca |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
In 1884, Raymond became [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of St. Mary's Church in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], during which he became the [[archdeacon]] of Saint John in 1908. Alongside his clerical work, Raymond contributed heavily towards historical writings.<ref name="NBArchive"/> Over nearly 20 years, he contributed towards the [[New Brunswick Historical Society]], additionally serving as its president for multiple years.<ref name="1923TheProvince">{{cite news |title=The Week-end |url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/499038646/ |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=The Province |date=8 December 1923}}</ref> Raymond also made heavy contributions towards editing the Winslow Papers,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Winslow Papers at the University of New Brunswick |url=https://web.lib.unb.ca/winslow/winslowunb.html |website=web.lib.unb.ca |publisher=[[University of New Brunswick]] |access-date=28 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Quebec">{{cite web |last1=Bélanger |first1=Claude |title=Quebec History |url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/WilliamOdberRaymond.htm |website=faculty.marianopolis.edu |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> a significant record of [[Loyalist]] settlement in New Brunswick.<ref name="1923TheProvince"/>
He wrote the 1905 ''Glimpses of the Past: History of the River St. John'', documenting the history of the [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|Saint John River]].<ref name="1923TheProvince"/><ref name="NBArchive"/> Additionally, it contains the first known record of a [[Black Canadians in New Brunswick|Black person in New Brunswick]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spray |first1=W. A |title=The Blacks in New Brunswick |date=1972 |publisher=Brunswick Press |page=13 |url=https://preserve.lib.unb.ca/wayback.../blackloyalists/en/context/articles/spray.pdf}}</ref> who, as described by Raymond as being "probably the first of his race to set foot within the borders of New Brunswick," had been forcibly taken from the [[New England Colonies]] to [[Fort Nashwaak]] by the French before being taken back during a [[Siege of Fort Nashwaak|New England-led attack]].<ref name="River">{{cite book |last1=Raymond |first1=W. O. (William Odber) |title=Glimpses of the past. History of the river St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 |date=1905 |publisher=St. John, N.B. |page=52 |url=https://archive.org/details/glimpsesofpasth00raymuoft/page/52/mode/2up |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> In 1910, Raymond issued a revised version.<ref name="DoCB"/>
== Later life and death ==
In 1916, Raymond retired from his position as a rector due to his declining health. Him and his family moved to [[Toronto]] after having previously moved to [[Michigan]] and [[Vancouver]],<ref name="DoCB"/><ref name="NBArchive"/> where he gave a lecture in the Vancouver Institute.<ref name="1923TheProvince"/> On November 24, 1923, Raymond died in Toronto.<ref>{{cite news |title=Archdeacon Raymond Dead |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=EGotAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13 |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=[[The Montreal Gazette]] |date=26 November 1923}}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1853 births]]
[[Category:1923 deaths]]
[[Category
eople from Woodstock, New Brunswick]][[Category:Writers from Saint John, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Canadian clergy]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian historians]]
[[Category:Historians from New Brunswick]]
Okumaya devam et...