1881. An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan-Methodist Ministers, and Preachers on trial … 1881

An Alphabetical Arrangement of all the Wesleyan-Methodist Ministers, and Preachers on trial … 1881  14^th ed 1882 by Marmaduke C. Osborn

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The value of this edition to family historians is that individuals may be linked to the 1881 census returns, although it should be remembered that on 3rd April ministers were still in their 1880 stations.

By 1881 a number of separate Conferences were in existence.

All Irish ministers are listed.

Full details of those ministers in France, who entered the ministry before 1852 are given.

Full details of those ministers in Australasia, who had entered the ministry before 1855 are given.

The work concludes with a list of all ministers who had died in the work before 1st September 1881