Fonds glen-2285 - Samuel and Catherine Trivett fonds

Samuel Trivett, 1852-1931, was born in England and was ordained in the Anglican church in 1878. He came to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in that same year with his first wife, Annie Maria, 1852-1879. In 1880 he established a mission among the Bloods in Alberta and remained there until 1891. He later served parishes in Manitoba, Michigan, USA and Nova Scotia. In 1885 he married Catherine Jennings, 1858-1950. He established St. Paul's Anglican Residential School on the Blood reserve in 1881 and also wrote a Blackfoot dictionary. The Trivetts died in Halifax. Samuel's memoirs, "Eleven Miles of Prayer", were published in the Canadian Churchman. For further information see Samuel Trivett: Missionary with the Blood Indians, or What's a Nice Boy Like You Doing in a Place Like This? / David John Carter. - Calgary : Kyle Printing & Stationery, 1974.