Introducción
En julio de 1896 la llegaron a Rosario el misionario Rvdo. Hugh Blair y su hermana Katherine. Esto significó un adelanto en el trabajo de la Iglesia Anglicana. Rosario ya crecía rápidamente dada su importancia como centro de vías ferroviarias y puerto fluvial.

Entre 1886 y 1890 el Ferrocarril Central Argentino había construido sus talleres al noroeste del centro de la ciudad. Pasando los talleres ferroviarios estaba la zona residencial de Alberdi.

El Rvdo. Blair contaba con un ayudante, el Revdo. Jasper B. Hunt. Esto le permitió responder a los llamados de los miembros de la iglesia que vivían en los alrededores de Rosario. Como resultado de estas visitas Blair decidió ampliar el ministerio de San Bartolomé, localizado en el centro de la ciudad de Rosario. En 1897 abrió otro centro en el barrio de Alberdi dejándolo a Hunt a cargo de la iglesia principal.

La otra preocupación de Blair era el futuro de los niños huérfanos de padres británicos, en forma paralela a la preocupación del Revdo. William C. Morris que trabajaba en el barrio de Palermo de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Blair y su hermana Katherine ya habían alojado en su casa un número creciente de niños, dándoles un hogar seguro y feliz.

El resultado de esta preocupación fue la fundación en 1897 del Allen Gardiner Memorial Institution en Alberdi con el apoyo de la Sociedad Misionera Sundamericana. Con el tiempo llegaron a tener dos escuelas y hogares para niños y niñas. En 1898 Blair fundó la Junín English School en Junín, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Vea las páginas Historia de la Allen Gardiner Memorial Institution, y Historia de la Iglesia San Bartolomé de Rosario

Los registros de bautismo muestran que Blair continuó viajando por los alrededores de Rosario sirviendo las necesidades espirituales de las familias de inmigrantes británicos.

En 1906 la institución, Allen Gardiner Memorial Homes, se mudó a Los Cocos, Sierras Chicas de Córdoba. Hugh Blair continuó como director hasta 1923. En Alberdi las escuelas Spanish Free School y la English School continuaron hasta mediados de la década de 1920. Una iglesia que se construyó en Alberdi en 1907-08 fue usada por la congregación Anglicana hasta 1937. Posteriormente se vendió a la Iglesia Metodista y está todavía en uso.

Introduction
With the arrival of the missionary Rev. Hugh Blair and his sister Katherine in Rosario in July 1896, the work of the Anglican Church took another significant step forward. By then, Rosario was rapidly growing as a result of its importance as a railway centre and a port on the River Paraná.

Between 1886 and 1890, the Central Argentine Railway constructed its major workshops and locomotive repairs centre northwest of the city centre. Beyond it, lay the residential zone of Alberdi.

Blair had the help of an assistant minister, the Rev. Jasper B. Hunt. This freed him to respond to the calls to him to visit members of the Anglican Church living in the region around Rosario. As a result of what he found, he decided that the ministry at St Bartholomew's, located in the centre of Rosario, should be enlarged by opening up a second centre of activity in the suburb of Alberdi. This he did in 1897, leaving Hunt in charge of the main church.

His other major preoccupation was the future of orphaned children of British descent. In this he was echoing the pastoral concerns of the Rev. William C. Morris, working in Palermo, Buenos Aires. He and Katherine had been giving, in their own home, an increasing number of such children a place to live with security and happiness.

The outcome was the foundation in 1897 of the Allen Gardiner Memorial Institution in Alberdi by Blair with the support of the South American Missionary Society. In time, this consisted of two schools and a boys' and a girls' home. In 1898, he also found the Junín English School in the Province of Buenos Aires. Follow these links for a more extended history of this work: History of the Allen Gardiner Memorial Institution and History of St Bartholomew's Church.

At the same time, the baptism registers show that Blair continued to travel into the surrounding country districts in his desire to meet the spiritual needs of families who had migrated from Great Britain.

In 1906, Hugh Blair moved with the Allen Gardiner Homes to Los Cocos, Sierras Chicas de Córdoba, and continued to serve as Director until 1923. In Alberdi, the Spanish Free School and the English School continued until the mid 1920s. A church was built on the Alberdi site in 1907-08 and remained in use for an Anglican congregation until 1937. It was sold sometime afterwards to the Methodist Church and is still in use.

#	Fecha nacido	Fecha bautizado	Candidato	Nombre del padre	Nombre de la madre	Domicilio	Profesión	Padrinos	ofic.
1	24/2/1894	29/7/1897	Battcock, Rosa Anna	Frederick William	Jane	Pergamino	Empleado Ferrocarril	George Scott, Jannet G. Battcock	WHTB
2	x/3/1897	8/8/1897	Dove, Margaret Mary	John Bain	Margaret Bain	Talleres del FCCA, Rosario	FC empleado	Alexander McCormack Lamb, Annie Alice King	WHTB
3	11/8/1897	31/10/1897	Gould, Ernest	Robert	Kate	Estancia "Las Rosas"	Labrador	Charlotte Salmon, Robert Gould	WHTB
4	1/10/1897	21/11/1897	Thompson, George Henry	George	Sarah	Junín	Forjador de metales	Keir Snowdon, Emma Taylor	WHTB
5	20/11/1894	20/12/1896	Hansen, Carlos Adolfo	Henry Carl Arnold	Anna Usinger	Cañada de Gómez	FC empleado	Adolf Usinger, Catalina Kilchenman	WHTB
6	17/9/1896	20/12/1896	Hansen, Wilhelm August	Henry Carl Arnold	Anna Usinger	Cañada de Gómez	FC empleado	Peter Adolf August Schnack, Margarita Schnack	WHTB
7	15/7/1892	21/12/1897	Zbirden, Anita Carlota	Carlos August	Anna Zilla	Carlos Pellegrini (born at Los Cardos)	Ladrillero	Roberto König, Elisa König	WHTB
8	17/8/1893	21/12/1897	Zbirden, Margarita	Carlos August	Anna Zilla	Carlos Pellegrini (born at Los Cardos)	Ladrillero	Roberto König, Elisa König	WHTB
9	10/4/1896	21/12/1897	Sharvey, Antonita Catalina	Juan Sharvey	Anna Zilla Zbirden	Carlos Pellegrini	Herrero	Roberto König, Elisa König	WHTB
10	11/9/1896	20/3/1898	Unwin, Phylis Euphemia	Albert Harry	Florence Ellen	Alberdi	Gerente de la Compia. Electricidad Rosario de Sta. Fe	Francis Charles Marty, Euphemia Kidd Anderson de Marty	WHTB
11	19/3/1897	29/3/1898	Camarasa, Francisco	Jaime	Dolores	Campo de San José de la Esquina	Chacarero	Antomnio Camarasa, Modesta Hidalgo	JD
12	4/2/1898	25/4/1898	Achen, Enrique Guillermo	Pedro Enrique	Emma Elizabeth Stauch de	Rosario	Corredor	Enrique Becker, Alberto Stauch, Pastora Arganaraz de Stauch, Matilda Irigoyen de Becker	JD
13	25/1/1898	29/5/1898	Perrinet, Maria Luisa	Francisco	Mysie Milne de	Junín	Péon	Walter Malcolm Cole, Emma Rebecca Cole	WHTB
14	26/9/1897	29/5/1898	Downes, Charles Douglas	Charles	Fanny	Junín	Mechanic	George Nancollas, Bessie Nancollas	WHTB
15	26/1/1898	29/5/1898	White, Evaline	James	Edith	Junín	Engine driver o mecanista	Charles Rogers, Martha Rogers	WHTB
16	9/3/1898	29/5/1898	Moffat, John	John	Julia	Junín	Mecánico	Llewellyn Williams Makin, Winifred Taylor	WHTB
17	23/9/1896	5/6/1898	Guppy, Gladys Caroline	Albert	Helen Maud	Santiago Temple, FCCyR	Jefe de estación	Harry Herbert Keen, Constance Amelia Sutton, Emily Ragg	WHTB
18	3/9/1897	5/6/1898	Sorensen, Bertha Luisa	Christian Julius	Maria Luisa	Córdoba	Empleado del FC	Alejandra de Roths, Margarita Johansen	WHTB
19	19/1/1894	5/6/1898	Atkinson, William Herbert	John Arnold	Albertina Augusta	Córdoba	Empleado del FC	William Olle, William Dahse, Maria Dahse	WHTB
20	4/12/1897	5/6/1898	Dahse, Albertina Luise	August Wilhelm	Maria Wilhelmina	Córdoba	Mecánico	John A. Atkinson, Albertina A. Atkinson, Maria W. Dahse	WHTB
21	2/8/1893	5/6/1898	Chappell, Charles Fredrick	Arthur Duncan	Jessie	Córdoba	Empleado del FC	Arthur Duncan Chappell, Mary Wortley	WHTB
22	1/5/1898	5/6/1898	Aird, George Washington	John Henry	Lucia	Córdoba	Empleado del FC	Ambrosia Tarelli, Gaetano Tarelli, Juan Galli	WHTB
23	27/1/1898	17/6/1898	Thompson, Winifred Amy	George Frank	Edith Margaret	Estancia "Santa Isabel", Venado Tuerto	Estanciero	Fredrick William James, Mary Elisabeth Cleveland Waller, May Thompson	WHTB
24	5/1/1898	7/8/1898	Doy, Ricardo Guillermo	Enrique Doy	Luisa Kaufmann	Alberdi		Guillermo Conrad, Ana Conrad	JD
25	19/1/1897	21/8/1898	Damon, Cecil ap Iwan	William Thomas	Florence Augusta	La Carlota, Córdoba Province	Administrador General del Ferrocarril	Mihangel ap Iwan, Edith May York	WHTB
26	3/7/1898	2/10/1898	Pluss, Luisa Ida	Santiago	Berta	San José de la Esquina	Labrador	Luisa Pluss, Alberto Gerhardt	JD
27	22/3/1898	2/10/1898	Capetillo, José	Feliciano	Juana	San José de la Esquina	Labrador	Juan Coskish, Antonia Estevez	JD
28	8/4/1898	27/9/1898	Herring, William Leslie	James Muir	Gertrude Emily	Villa Constitución	Accountant	Sarah Jane Herring, David Leslie Glass	WHTB
29	24/9/1898	20/10/1898	Downes, Fanny	Charles	Fanny	Junín	Mecánico	Llewellyn Williams Makin, Elizabeth Thompson	WHTB
30	30/4/1898	18/10/1898	Locke, Arthur James	William Henry	Mary Jane McClelland de	Pergamino	Mecanista	James McConvey, Filomena Parente	WHTB
31	26/2/1891	19/12/1898	Tipping, John Henry Edmund	Henry	Emma	"La Central", Junín	Chacarero	Señora Allen, Henry Tipping	WHTB
32	24/2/1894	19/12/1898	Tipping, Annie Argentine	Henry	Emma	"La Central", Junín	Chacarero	Señora Edith May York, Emma Tipping	WHTB
33	11/7/1898	8/1/1899	Ransdale, Edith Cordelia	Herbert James	Jacobina	Las Rosas	Contador	William F. Ransdale, Maria Ransdale, Paz Severo	WHTB
34	26/12/1898	8/1/1899	Ransdale, Ethel	Alfred Henry	Paz Severo	Rosario	Corredor	Herbert James Ransdale, Cordelia Gay, Jacobina Ransdale	WHTB
35	16/12/1897	29/12/1898	Harding, Lillian Edith	Thomas	Edith	Pergamino	Mecanista	Robert Matthias, Edith Mary Harris	WHTB
36	3/3/1898	11/1/1899	Loveless, Walter Austin	Sydney George	Mary Anne	Alfonzo, FCCA	Jefe de estación	Thomas Gotheridge, Hahhah Gotheridge	WHTB
37	27/10/1898	31/1/1899	Olivier, Blanca Carlota	Eduardo	Adela	Rosario	Litógrafo	Clemente Cousteils, Emilia Dardanic	JD
38	13/8/1898	30/1/1899	Bohnhoff, Paula Veronica	Max	Anna	Pergamino	Mecanista	Bernardo Nordenholz, Bertha Nordenholz	WHTB
39	20/8/1895	30/1/1899	Schiele, Matilde	Gustavo Adolfo	Matilde	Pergamino	Confitero	Francisco Schiele, Matilde H. de Schiele	WHTB
40	13/3/1897	30/1/1899	Schiele, Eugenio Gustavo	Gustavo Adolfo	Matilde	Pergamino	Confitero	Eugenio Schiele, Bertha Schiele	WHTB
41	21/11/1898	30/1/1899	Schiele, Else Juana	Gustavo Adolfo	Matilde	Pergamino	Confitero	Alfredo Kabel, Ema S. de Aguirre	WHTB
42	16/5/1899	31/5/1899	Taylor, Albert Alexander	Samuel	Emma Watling de	Junín	Mecanista	John Alexander Forest, Elizabeth Thompson, Samuel Taylor	WHTB
43	19/4/1899	13/7/1899	Hill, Stephen Ernest	Ernest Clifford	Edith Frances	Estancia "Las Tres Arboles", El Trebol	Estanciero	Mary Agnes Burgess, Edmund Barnard Traill, John Rutherford Horner	WHTB
44	19/11/1897	17/9/1899	Parsons, John	Ernest Sampson	Mary Anne Launders de	Junín	Engine Driver	John Lauders, Ernest Sampson Parsons	WHTB
45	26/6/1899	12/9/1899	Morison, Herbero Jorge	Tomás	Rebeca Dodd	Talleres del FCCA, Rosario	Maquinista	Juan C. Dodd, Ridley Horton, Flora MacGregor de Dodd	JD
46	18/7/1897	23/8/1897	Pritchard, Walter George	Walter James	Matilda Maria Krieg de	Venado Tuerto	Mecanista	William Ratcliffe, Frances Ratcliffe	WHTB
47	13/12/1898	29/11/1899	Perigo, John William	John William	Elenor Caroline	Talleres del FCCA, Rosario	Mecanista	George Hayes, Elvira Hayes	WHTB
48	12/8/1894	3/11/1899	Michael, Carlos	Constantino	Maria	Alberdi	Tapizero	Ricardo y Marta Erefelche	JD
49	11/12/1899	20/12/1899	Dobbs, Katherine Adelaide Alice	Edmund Alexander	Katherine Alice Blair de	Estancia Las Palmas, Carlos Pellegrini	Estanciero	Mary Rogerson Searle, Annie Elizabeth Poyntz, Rev. W. Hugh T. Blair, Rev. Arthur Austin Blair, Rev. Harold Holmes Blair	WHTB
50	15/3/1899	16/2/1900	Battcock, Miguel Federico	Frederick Walter	Juana Manzini	Melincué	Empleado, FCCA	Lisa Gertrude Edwards, José Miguel Carrera	WHTB
51	7/11/1899	16/2/1900	Walmisley, Flora Pricilla	Albert Ernest	Margaret Jane	Pergamino	Clerk, FCCA	Albert Ernest Walmisley, Edith Mary Harris, Thomas Leonard Cornwall Edwards	WHTB
52	24/4/1899	20/5/1900	Toscano, Enriqueta	Jerónimo	Luisa Lucena de	Alberdi	Empleado	Emily Pegrum, Catharine Elizabeth Jones, W. Hugh T. Blair	WHTB
53	1/3/1900	23/7/1900	Pritchard, Hellenora Matilda	Walter James	Matilda Maria Krieg de	Cañada de Gómez	Mecanista	Elvira Hayes, George Hayes	WHTB
54	20/11/1898	30/9/1900	Heinecke, Alcira Felisa	Teodoro	Joesefa Fiallo de	Corrientes, Corrientes Province	Impresor y Encuadernador	Juan Fiallo, Rosalia B. de Fiallo	WHTB
55	2/1/1900	30/9/1900	Heinecke, Josefa Martiniana	Teodoro	Joesefa Fiallo de	Corrientes, Corrientes Province	Impresor y Encuadernador	Juan Fiallo, Rosalia B. de Fiallo	WHTB
56	31/5/1900	28/10/1900	Ransdale, Wilfred Robert	Herbert James	Jacobina Dewar de	The Oaks, Alberdi	Broker	Walter Robert Ransdale, Leah Wigley	WHTB
57	19/3/1900	28/10/1900	Ransdale, Jeanie Elizabeth	Alfred Henry	Paz Braudi de	Cochabamba 664, Rosario	Broker	George Lewis Ransdale, Annie Ransdale	WHTB
58	22/8/1900	11/11/1900	Hunt, Alfred Lionel	Alfred	Lillie	Alberdi	Profesor de Colegio	William Hugh Thompson Blair, Annie Elizabeth Poyntz de Blair	EPC
59	22/8/1900	11/11/1900	Hunt, Victor Stanley	Alfred	Lillie	Alberdi	Profesor de Colegio	William Hugh Thompson Blair, Annie Elizabeth Poyntz de Blair	EPC
60	5/8/1900	23/12/1900	Sims, Lila Beatrice	Robert Richard	Rosa Elisa	Talleres del FCCA, Rosario	Mecanista	José Antonio Bozano, Fortunata Motura	WHTB
61	2/9/1900	30/12/1900	Mallet, Claud Ian	Hugh Montague Henry	Octavia Durango de	Alberdi	H. B. M. Consul	Robert Gore Studdert, Albert Harry Unwin, Florence Ellen Unwin	WHTB
62	31/5/1900	3/2/1901	Cazzaretto, Ana	Antonio	Ana Perosio de	Alberdi	Herrero	Lorenzo Cazzaretto, Catalina Cazzaretto, Catalina Poggi de Perosio	JD
63	29/8/1900	30/3/1901	Pina, Juana Rosa	Rosa Pina	Cristina Nuñas	Pergamino	Peón	Jorge Enrique Edwards y Junita Isabel Edwards	WHTB
64	26/7/1901	6/10/1901	Journeur, Elisa Berta	Luis	Maria Ryes López	Alberdi	Chacarero	Fernando Guittet, Mary Nolan	JD
65	8/11/1901	14/11/1901	Journeur, Adolfina	—	Bernarda	Alberdi	—	Enrique Journeur, Maria Nolan	JD
66	22/2/1894	29/6/1902	Boivin, Marcelina	Pedro	Ana	Alberdi	Jardinero	José Aliquot, Catarina Eugenia	WHTB
67	14/1/1898	29/6/1902	Boivin, Pedro	Pedro	Ana	Alberdi	Jardinero	José Aliquot, Catarina Eugenia	WHTB
68	13/11/1901	29/6/1902	Boivin, Ana Fernanda	Pedro	Ana	Alberdi	Jardinero	Prudencio Hermer, Fernanda Pizzi	WHTB
69	6/11/1901	13/7/1902	Zarate, Isabel	Domingo	Romelia	Alberdi	Trabajador	Juan Delgado, Aurelia Piombo	WHTB
70	10/7/1901	13/7/1902	Ransdale, Ernest Edward	Alfred Henry	Paz	Rosario	Corredor	Walter Robert Ransdale, Dorothy May Ransdale	WHTB

fuente: archivo Iglesia San Bartolomé, Rosario, 44-11-01/02, 44-21-01/02
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