Scots Presbyterian Ministers in Nineteenth Century Argentina
officiating at baptisms and marriages

Buenos Aires
Revd William Brown [WB] Pastor to the Monte Grande Colony1826-1829
  Scots Minister in Buenos Aires 1829-1849
Revd August Ludwig Siegel [ALS] German Pastor in Buenos Aires
responsible for officiating at baptisms and marriages, 1850-1851
1843-1854
Revd James Smith [JS] Teacher in Buenos Aires 1849-1851
  Minister of St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1851-1883
  Continuing ministry in Argentina1883-1900
Revd James W. Fleming [JWF] Assistant Minister, St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1879-1883
  Minister of St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1883-1925
Revd Charles Robertson, MA BD [CR] Assistant Minister, St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1884-1885
Revd Alexander MacDonald Assistant Minister, St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1889
Revd William Williams [WW] Schoolmaster and Pastor, Barracas, Buenos Aires 1886-c.1889
Revd W. B. Strong [WBS] Interim Minister, St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1889
Revd D. J. Moir Porteous [DJMP] Assistant Minister, St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1890-1892
Revd W. Lyall Wilson [WLW] Assistant Minister, St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1892-1894
  Interim Minister 1899-1900
Revd T. Edward Taylor, M.A. [TET] Assistant Minister, St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1894-1895
Revd A. R. Howell, M.A. [ARH] Assistant Minister, St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1895-1897
Revd J. H. Horton McNeill [JHHM] Assistant Minister, St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1897-1900
Revd C. Gordon MacKenzie [CGM] Assistant Minister, St Andrew’s Scots Church, Buenos Aires 1900-1902
Revd J. Mitford Mitchell [JMM] officiating Oct/Dec 1900
In the Argentine Provinces
Revd Francis Gebbie [FG] Minister at St John’s Church, Florencio Varela and Jeppener 1857-1883
Revd Martin P. Ferguson [MPF] Minister at Chascomús, Province of Buenos Aires 1863-1903
Revd Lachlan McNeill [LM] Minister in Entre Rios and neighbouring parts of Uruguay 1866-1883
  Minister at St John’s Church, Florencio Varela and Jeppener 1883-1910
Clergy of other churches and laity who occasionally officiated
Revd John Armstrong [JA] English Chaplain at St John’s Church, Buenos Aires 1825-1839
Revd Thomas Schongraf [TS] Montevideo [?] 1854
Revd William Goodfellow [GF] Minister of the American Methodist Church, Buenos Aires 1857-1869
Revd William Gordon [WG] [unknown] 1859-1860
Revd Robert Turnbull [RT] [unknown] 1862
Revd Thomas Prosser Powell [TPP] Assistant Chaplain of St John’s Church, Buenos Aires 1865-1868
Revd Abraham Matthews [AM] Congregational Minister in the Welsh Colony, Chubut Valley 1865-1899
Revd Theophilus Fredric Schmid [TFS] Anglican Chaplain at Fray Bentos, Salto and Concordia 1867-1874
Revd John Shiells [JSh] Anglican Chaplain at Paysandú and Fray Bentos 1868-1873
Revd M(?) Jackson[M?J] [unknown] 1875
Revd William Henry Shimield [WHS] Anglican Chaplain at Salto 1874-1882
Revd John F. Thomson [JFT] Minister of the American Methodist Church, Buenos Aires—“El Apostol del Plata” March 1882
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