Introducción

En 1855, los inmigrantes escoceses radicados en lo que es ahora Florencio Varela en el Partido de Quilmes, resolvieron formar una congregación y construyeron una iglesia. El primer pastor de la iglesia fue el Revdo. Francis Gebbie, que llegó en 1857 y trabajó hasta que se retiró por razones de salud en 1883.

Durante este período, Gebbie también se encargó de la atención pastoral de una congregación formada por los residentes escoceses en Jeppener. La iglesia en Jeppener continuó en uso hasta 1927.

El segundo pastor, el Revdo. Lachlan McNeill, había llegado a la Argentina en 1866 para ocuparse de los pobladores escoceses en Uruguay y en la Provincia de Entre Ríos. En 1883 él fue invitado a trasladarse a Florencio Varela. McNeill fue el pastor de St John's en Quilmes hasta que se jubiló en 1910.

A partir de esa fecha, no se nombró ningún otro pastor para St John's. La iglesia se usó de vez en cuando hasta 1955, fecha en que cerró definitivamente.

La propiedad se vendió y se destinó a una quinta de verduras, el edificio aún queda, abandonado, deteriorandose con el tiempo a pesar de haber sido declarado Monumento Histórico Nacional.

Introduction to St John's Church, Quilmes

In 1855, Scottish immigrants, who had settled in the country districts to the south east of Buenos Aires, formed a congregation. It was centered in a part of Quilmes now named Florencio Varela and there they built a church. The first minister, the Rev. Francis Gebbie, arrived to take up his post in 1857 and worked until his retirement in 1883 on the grounds of ill-health.

During this time he also assumed responsibility for a subsidiary congregation for the local Scottish settlers at Jeppener, who also built a church in 1860 that remained in use until 1927.

The second minister, the Rev. Lachlan McNeill, arrived in Argentina in 1866 to minister to the Scots settlers in Uruguay and the Province of Entre Rios. He was invited to move in 1883 to Florencio Varela to assume responsibilities for St John's, remaining there until his retirement in 1910.

No full time minister was subsequently appointed to St John's, though occasionally services were held there until its closure in 1955.

The church site was sold for use as a market garden and the former church building still stands, abandoned and falling to ruin, although being declared a Monumento Histórico Provincial. Its future is uncertain.

Reg. no.	Pág.	Marido bridegroom	Mujer bride	Fecha date of marriage	Ofic iante
1	130	Barclay, Alexander	Bell, Marion	27/3/1857	fg
2	130	Young, Thomas	Esnider [Snider], Landocia	8/4/1857	fg
3	130	Torry, John	Hardie, Margaret	14/10/1857	fg
4	130	Greig, James	Hart, Janet Hector	23/2/1858	fg
5	130	McGaul, Samuel	McGaw, Elizabeth	2/3/1858	fg
6	131	Burnet, Robert	Cribes [Cribbes], Mary	18/2/1859	fg
7	131	Sutton, Lucio	Graham, Jessie	15/4/1859	fg
8	130	Dick, John	Gilmour, Ellen	7/12/1859	fg
9	131	Watson, Thomas	Bonallie, John Ann	2/1/1860	fg
10	131	Bell, James	Bell or Balleny, George? Jeanie	6/1/1860	fg
11	131	Black, Neil	McRevie or Rogers, Elizabeth	17/2/1860	fg
12	131	Brown, Reuben	Moodie, Jane Hampton or	18/2/1860	fg
13	131	Johnstone, Joseph	McCargo, Jane	24/2/1860	fg
14	132	Orphant, George	Dods [Dodds], Isabella	2/3/1860	fg
15	132	Barclay, James	Barclay, Margaret	15/3/1860	fg
16	132	Sinclair, James	Bonallie, Margaret	15/3/1860	fg
17	132	Cribes [Cribbes], George	Dow, Catharine	13/6/1860	fg
18	132	Lawrie, James	Hardy, Jane Margaret	15/8/1860	fg
19	132	McArthur, Archibald	Watson, Christina	21/12/1860	fg
20	132	Denholm, Alexander	Brown, Isabella	1/2/1861	fg
21	133	Palmer, George	Carrigle [Carrigall], Eusebia Ignacia	25/2/1861	fg
22	133	Temperley, William	Graham, Ellen	1/4/1861	fg
23	133	Ramsay, James Tweedie	Robson, Jane	4/6/1862	fg
24	133	Mohr Bell, James	Robson, Mary	4/6/1862	fg
25	133	Young, John	Barclay, Euphemia	22/1/1863	fg
26	133	Frers, Otto	Mayer, Elisa	18/3/1863	fg
27	133	Blackhall, James	Longstaff, Sarah	20/4/1863	fg
28	134	Petersen, Otto	Kirkerup, Ida	21/8/1863	fg
29	134	Young, Andrew	McDonald or Macadam, Margaret	30/11/1863	fg
30	134	Hardy [Hardie], John	Ford, Isabella	19/1/1864	fg
31	134	Ferguson, Martin Paterson	Schmidt, Augusta E.	13/12/1864	fg
32	134	Shedden, James	Purvis, Margaret	6/1/1865	fg
33	134	Cowes, James Robert	McCargo, Mary	14/3/1865	fg
34	135	Brünner, Charles William	Althorn, Christina Fredericka	10/2/1866	fg
35	135	Buchanan, John	Buchanan, Mary Ann	9/4/1866	fg
36	135	Brown, Joshua	Manson, Marion	25/4/1866	fg
37	135	Roscoe, Roger	Wylde, Margaret	2/3/1868	fg
38	135	Bell, Andrew	Woollens, Mary Ann	21/4/1868	fg
39	135	Bell, George	Robson, Margaret	9/7/1868	fg
40	135	Robinson, Richard	Temperley, Mary Ann	13/12/1868	fg
41	136	Gebbie, Andrew	Manson, Margaret	26/3/1869	fg
42	136	Brown, William	Hardy, Cathrine	24/6/1869	fg
43	136	Behrens, John	Miller, Margaret	2/9/1869	fg
44	136	Miller, Louis	Behrens, Christina	30/12/1869	fg
45	136	Nielsen, Peter	Larsen, Catalina	19/1/1870	fg
46	136	Larsen, Peter	Madsen, Ana Margarita	19/1/1870	fg
47	136	Petersen, Adolf Enrique Waldemar	Wagner, Edel Sofia	19/1/1870	fg
48	136	Kaiser, Francisco	van Domselaar, Gertrudis	8/9/1870	fg
49	137	Osgood, William	Barnes, Ellen	26/9/1871	fg
50	137	Jörgensen, Frederick	Nielsen, Maria Johanna	1/10/1871	fg
51	137	Smith, John C.	Hardie, Elizabeth	3/10/1871	fg
52	137	Walton, Joseph Starrett	Gow, Helen	17/10/1871	fg
53	137	Evans, Martin	Stanley, Mary Ann	8/12/1871	fg
54	137	Gentles, James	McCloskie, Isabella	13/3/1872	fg
55	137	Saunders, John	McMorrine, Janet	19/3/1872	fg
56	138	Guthrie, Thomas	Brown, Mary	24/5/1872	fg
57	138	Marshall, John	Mackay, Jemima Smith	19/11/1872	fg
58	138	Cowes, James Robert	McCargo, Isabella	30/4/1873	fg
59	138	Stewart, John	McGaul, Elizabeth	13/5/1873	fg
60	138	Lustan, Cayetano	Anthony, Elizabeth	18/6/1874	fg
61	138	Young, Andrew	McCargo, Margaret	28/7/1875	fg
62	139	Inglis, John Byng	Cowan, Catherine Anne	24/8/1876	fg
63	139	Behrens, Carlos	Müller, Abemina	27/11/1876	fg
64	139	Scott, David	Cowes, Rubina [Robina]	20/2/1878	fg
65	139	Cowes, William	Reid, Louisa	17/4/1878	fg
66	139	Cowan, James	Marr, Margaret	27/6/1878	fg

Reg. no.	Pág.	Marido bridegroom	Mujer bride	Fecha date of marriage	Ofic iante	Lugar where married	Testigos witnesses
67	140	Wilkie, Andrew	McGaul, Mary Faulkes	1/1/1879	lm	Brandsen Partido
68	140	Goodfellow, Hugh (aged 41)	Dow, Margaret (aged 29)	24/1/1879	fg	The Macedonia, Arroyo de los Huesos, Partido de Tandil	Frederick Manly, James Harris
69	140	Murray, Alexander	Black, Margaret	18/2/1879	fg
70	140	Barnes, Edward (aged 24)	Rice, Mary (aged 21)	14/3/1879	fg	Residence of the father of the bridegroom in the Partido de Azul	William B Grant, Robert Bruce Gibbings
71	140	Bell, John	Marr, Jane	22/10/1879	fg
72	141	Lawrence, Henry (of full age)	Daniel, Elizabeth (of full age)	22/3/1880	fg	Estancia La Margarita in the Partido of Rauch	John Brabazin [Brabazon], jr., Thomas Daniel
73	141	Dodds, Thomas	Crosbie, Elizabeth McDuff	22/7/1880	fg
74	141	Rodman, Robert	Burnet, Catherine	5/10/1880	fg	San Felipe, Partido de Chascomus
75	141	Sives, Archibald	Phillpott, Caroline	28/3/1881	lm		William Lyle, William Rodger, Jack Lyle
76	142	Naylor, William (England)	Adie, Mary Susana (Australia)	8/3/1882	fg	Estancia Pendu?, Partido de Azul	William B. Grant, Charles S. Fay
77	142	Brown, Archibald (Buenos Aires)	Dempster, Jane (Scotland)	27/4/1882	fg	Partido de Ensenada	John Davidson, jr., James Reid.
78	142	Rundie, John Shamyl? Angel (Johnstone, Scotland)	Murphy, Honor Philomela (London)	26/10/1882	fg	Town of Azul	Joseph Barnes, Thomas Barnes
79	143	Purvis, William (Buenos Aires)	Mahon, Margaret (Buenos Aires)	30/1/1883	fg	Partido de Brandzen	Antonio Garcia, Carolina Broklyn
80	143	McFarlane, Alexander	Sinclair, Ann	1/5/1884	lm	Department of Concordia, Entre Ríos	Peter McDonald, George Paterson
81	143	Brown, Alexander	Harris, Mary Ellen	26/6/1884	lm	Estancia Floresta, Partido Brandzen	David Brown, John Manwell, Charles Harris
82	143	Allen, James Laurie	Marini, Virginia	1/10/1884	lm	St John's Scotch Church, Partido Quilmes	William Rutherford Lockart and ---
83	144	McDonald, Duncan	McLachlan, Mary	15/1/1885	lm	Department of Concordia, Entre Ríos	Archibald McLean, George Paterson, John McLachlan
84	144	Jackson, Joseph Benson	Shillingford, Isabella	26/1/1886	lm	Chascomús	Robert Shillingford, Emilia Shillingford, Christina Greig
85	144	de la Luz, Antonio	Lamstead, Annie	22/7/1886	lm	Department of Concordia, Entre Ríos	Lachlan McNeill, James McAuslane, Bessie McNeill
86	144	Brown, Joseph	Anthony, Agnes or Lucy Ritchie	30/7/1886	lm	Estancia Los Pinos, Partido Ensenada	Isbella Brown, D. M. Munro, Archibald Brown
87	145	Erben, Francisco	Engelman, Carolina	27/7/1887	lm	Mandisoví, Entre Ríos	Hanibal Harwig, Carlos Engelman, Isabel McNeill
88	145	Bush, George	Jacobson, Anita	19/3/1888	lm	Scotch Church, Quilmes	Jacob Jacobsen, Daniel Bellie
89	145	Northmore, Solomon	Fernández, Desderia	19/4/1888	lm	Sauce, Province of Corrientes	Thomas Ogilvie, Alexander McFarlane, Thomas Morley
90	145	Cowan, William	Marr, Ann	26/4/1888	lm	Partido Las Flores	Alexander Marr, George Copland
91	146	Kannemann [Kaneman], Alberto	Lanz, Maria	3/10/1888	lm	Mandisoví, Federación, Entre Ríos
92	146	Heinz, Erig Hyronimus Max	Oberhorer, Maria Rappetta Paulinos	3/10/1888	lm	Mandisoví, Federación, Entre Ríos
93	146	Harezek, Jose	Trevanz, Emilia Teresa	3/10/1888	lm	Mandisoví, Federación, Entre Ríos
94	146	Hiez, Emilio	Walter, Matilde	3/10/1888	lm	Mandisoví, Federación, Entre Ríos	Augusto Graph, James McNeill, John Frasek?
95	146	Schultz, Alberto	Bussie, Augusta	14/10/1888		Estancia La Florida, Partido Brandzen	John T. Simons, Alberto Schultz
95: Los contrayentes de este matrimonio han reconocido y dejan legitimizado en este acto a su hijo natural Alberto nacido en Alemania 29/3/1878, firman Augusta Bussie, Alberto Schulz, Lachlan McNeill, Alberto Schmitt, Jose Sangner?, 8/11/1888
96	147	Kaht, Hugo Ernesto	Schulz, Luisa Auguste	9/12/1888	lm	Jeppener	Carlos Kirchner, Christina Stephan
97	147	Burnet, Robert Paterson	Cowan, Mary Elizabeth	24/1/1889	lm	Partido Rauch	William Burnet, William Cowan
98	147	Walther, Luis Adam	Barclay, Isabella	15/3/1889	lm	Partido Ranchos	James Walther, James Barclay, Isabella Cowes

Reg. no.	Pág.	Marido bridegroom	Mujer bride	Fecha date of marriage	Ofic iante	Lugar where married
99	148	McLean, Hector	Heggie, Catherine	12/7/1890	lm	Buenos Aires
100	148	Young, William	Cort, Rebecca	1/10/1890	lm	Merinos, Partido Ranchos, Buenos Aires
101	148	McMullen, Edward Henry	Denholm, Mary Elizabeth	26/12/1890	lm	Bahía Blanca
102	148	McLaren, Simon	Cameron, Christina	27/7/1891	lm	Salado
103	148	McTavish, Archibald	Majatan, Janet	20/1/1892	lm	Concordia, Entre Rios
104	148	McFarlane, John	Buchanan, Christina	2/2/1892	lm	Mandisoví, Federación, Entre Ríos
105	149	McGregror, Allan	Barclay, Johnann	10/8/1892	lm	Estancia Arromo, Partido General Paz
106	149	Burnet, William Charles	Cowan, Ann Alice	22/3/1893	lm	Las Flores
107	149	Orphant, George Dodds	Young, Barbara Rankin	7/9/1893	lm	Sajones, Partido General Paz
108	149	Müller, Frederick	Landaburu, Pilar	12/10/1893	lm	St John's Church, Partido Florencio Varela
109	149	Gragitina [Gragetena], John Miguel	Sanders, May Ellen	19/12/1893	lm	Partido Florencio Varela
110	150	Pettigrew, John McDonald	Sherriff, Jane	25/12/1893	lm	Estancia Los Agarrobos [sic] Partido Bahía Blanca
111	150	Loder, Robert Howard	Quade, Harriet Crescencia	18/7/1894	lm	Buenos Aires
112	150	Barclay, Robert	Johnstone, Jane R.	17/4/1895	lm	La Plata
113	150	Weir, Douglas Scott	Dodds, Isabella Watt	28/3/1896	lm	Pergamino
114	150	Purvis, Thomas Allan	Young, Margaret Ann Campbell	24/6/1896	lm	Airfield San Vicente
115	151	Orphant, James	Young, Mary Ellen Eliza	7/1/1897	lm	General Paz
116	151	Watson, James	Young, Euphemia Rodger	16/6/1897	lm	Buenos Aires
117	151	Marr, Alexander	Foster, Hannah Victoria	17/6/1897	lm	Las Flores
118	151	McNeill, Lachlan	McKellar, Mary Ellen	22/3/1899	lm	San José Feliciano, Entre Ríos
119	151	Peter, John Stewart	O'Dwyer, Belinda Ada	14/12/1899	lm	San Guillermo, Gualeguay, Entre Ríos
120	151	Christie, Lawrence	Guthrie, Anne Hope	17/5/1900	lm	Phoenix Hotel, Buenos Aires
121	152	Osterman, John	Greig, Caroline	20/11/1900	lm	Jeppener
122	152	Purvis, David	Lyon, Mary	28/2/1901	lm	San Vicente
123	152	Johnstone, Ernest John	Henderson, Olivia Clara	6/3/1901	lm	General La Madrid
124	152	Boulan, Justo	MacInnes, Guillermina	20/7/1901	lm	San Vicente
125	152	Gebbie, Thomas St John	Robson, Juanita	11/5/1903	lm	St Andrew's Church, Buenos Aires
126	152	Grant, John	Lyon, Ellen	22/5/1903	lm	Chascomús
127	152	McCall, William	Moon, Marian Amy	13/6/1903	lm	Bonnement, FCS
128	153	Lutken, Charles	Young, Margaret Barbara	25/6/1903	lm	Santa Isabel, Partido Colón, Buenos Aires
129	153	Young, Thomas Adam	Stewart, Helen McGaul	7/4/1904	lm	Cañelas
130	153	Christophersen, Knud	MacGregor, Elizabeth Jessie	8/3/1905	lm	San José [de] Flores
131	153	Fallesen, Edward Charles	Fallesen, Matilde Rosina	3/3/1906	lm	San Vicente
132	153	Puga, John Ramón	Burnet, Mary Jane	19/5/1906	lm	Olavarría
133	153	McNeill, James Murchland	Macdonald, Annie C.	27/3/1907	lm	Mandisoví Church, Entre Ríos
134	154	Simons, Ernest C.	Niven, Elizabeth	24/3/1908	lm	Bahía Blanca
135	154	Ferreira, Ramón Felipe	MacInnes, Sarah	27/4/1908	lm	San Vicente Station, FCS
136	154	Watson, John	Broughen, Bertha	23/12/1908	lm	St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Buenos Aires
137	154	Marinero, Pedro Bautista	Buchanan, Margaret Manuell	16/1/1909	lm	Domselaar
138	154	Buchanan, John	Lyon, Marion Wallace	12/05/1909	lm	Brandzen
139	154	Buchanan, John	MacGregor, Mabel	09/10/1909	lm	Flores

Fuente: Archivo Iglesia San Andrés Centro, Buenos Aires
© La forma de presentación de estos datos se reserva al autor, Jeremy Howat, noviembre 2008.