J. E. Shipway

John Edward Shipway (15 October 1885 – 24 August 1960) was a Churches of Christ pastor in Victoria and South Australia.

History

Shipway was a grandson of pioneer[a] John Shipway (c. 1813–1897)[2] and the eldest son of Henry Cornelius ("Harry C.") Shipway (c. 1858–1942)[3] and Margaret A. "Maggie" Shipway, née Goldsworthy[4] (1858–1941) of Myrtle Vale, near Currency Creek, South Australia,[5] and longtime adherents of the Churches of Christ.

He was a graduate of the College of the Bible, Glen Iris, Victoria.[6]

In 1911 he accepted a call by the Churches of Christ to take a position as Evangelist at Stawell, Victoria.[7] He was pastor of Kyneton, Taradale, and Drummond from 1914 to 1916, and for part of that time ran a tent mission to Bamawm, Echuca and Rochester,[8] becoming pastor of Rochester in April 1916, then was called to the church at Port Pirie, South Australia, preaching his first sermon there on 25 November 1916.[6] and in 1920 was elected president of Port Pirie's Council of Churches.[9] In 1921 he was elected president of the Churches of Christ, Northern District Conference.[10]

He left Port Pirie in May 1923[11] in response to a call from the Swanston Street, Melbourne, Church of Christ. He was elected president of the Conference of Churches of Christ in Victoria for the year 1925–1926, succeeded by A. W. Connor. Towards the end of this term he accepted a call to the church at Carnegie.[12]

In 1928 he was elected president of the Council of Churches in Victoria,[13] an ecumenical organisation.

In 1935 he accepted a call to the Church of Christ, Nailsworth, South Australia.[14] and was replaced by A. H. Hughes.[15]

He succeeded C. M. Verco as president of the Churches of Christ Conference of South Australia for 1940–1941[16][17]

He died in 1960 and his remains were buried at the Dudley Park cemetery.

Family

Shipway married Ethel Maud Kilpatrick (1890–1965) at Swan Hill, Victoria, on 12 August 1911.[18] They were welcomed in 1914.[19] No record of children has been found.

William H. Shipway of Myrtle Grove was a brother.[20] He married Lorena E. Moore on 8 September 1917.[21] Hilda Myrtle Shipway was a sister. She married Alexander Stuart Grundy on 27 April 1910.[22]

Notes

  1. ^ The Shipways of Currency Creek had their origin in Leighterton, Gloucestershire.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Personal". The Observer (Adelaide). Vol. LXXX, no. 5, 945. South Australia. 6 January 1923. p. 32. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Deaths of Old Colonists". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. XXXIX, no. 11945. South Australia. 29 January 1897. p. 6. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXV, no. 4, 848. South Australia. 19 November 1942. p. 11. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Family Notices". South Australian Register. Vol. L, no. 11, 912. South Australia. 17 January 1885. p. 4. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Mrs M. A. Shipway". The Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXIII, no. 4, 752. South Australia. 16 January 1941. p. 33. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ a b "Church Notes". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. LX, no. 18, 457. South Australia. 8 December 1917. p. 12. Retrieved 6 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Call Accepted". The Herald (Melbourne). No. 11, 163. Victoria, Australia. 14 August 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "The Church of Christ". Kyneton Guardian. No. 7, 755. Victoria, Australia. 4 April 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Local and General". The Recorder (Port Pirie). No. 3, 453. South Australia. 16 July 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Churches of Christ". The Wooroora Producer. Vol. xiii, no. 605. South Australia. 24 March 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Farewell to Rev. J. E. Shipway". The Recorder (Port Pirie). No. 7, 321. South Australia. 29 May 1923. p. 1. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "The Churches". The Age. No. 22211. Victoria, Australia. 12 June 1926. p. 17. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Council of Churches". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 25, 591. Victoria, Australia. 18 August 1928. p. 19. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Church Notes". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 6 April 1935. p. 21. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Church Men and Events". The Sun News-pictorial. No. 4011. Victoria, Australia. 27 July 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "New President For Churches of Christ". The News (Adelaide). Vol. XXXV, no. 5, 347. South Australia. 13 September 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "News Items From the Churches". The News (Adelaide). Vol. XXXV, no. 5, 352. South Australia. 19 September 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia. Article includes photo of Shipway.
  18. ^ "Family Notices". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 94, no. 28, 974. South Australia. 22 August 1951. p. 20. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "Personal". Stawell News and Pleasant Creek Chronicle. Vol. LXXX, no. 8602. Victoria, Australia. 26 May 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "Weddings". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 6, no. 278. South Australia. 15 September 1917. p. 12. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "Family Notices". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. LX, no. 18, 403. South Australia. 6 October 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "Family Notices". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXV, no. 19, 819. South Australia. 20 May 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
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