Alfred Charles Warren pastored Upper Island Cove Church of England parish 1876-1899. Warren, was a noted scholar. He studied medicine and surgery for two years under a St. John’s doctor by the name of Doctor Crowley. After listening to a very moving sermon by Bishop Kelly during Lent at the Cathedral in 1867, he decided to change the course of his life to study Divinity. He graduated Queen’s College in 1873 as a Church of England priest. According to the 25 Nov 1882 edition of "The Harbor Grace Standard and Conception Bay Advertiser", a "serious fire occurred at Upper Island Cove, resulting in the total destruction of the Parsonage House. Thirty pounds in money together with the Church Registers were also lost." Reverend Warren lost everything except the clothes on his back. A few nights later one of his children succumbed resulting from the chill received the night of the fire. “yet, he labored on. And in spite of all his difficulties, enjoyed the goodwill and esteem of his poor people.” It was while attending to an ailing parishioner in Upper Island Cove that he contracted smallpox in 1889. The afflicted man had contracted the sickness having visited a sailor on the brig William. Although he was a medical doctor, he had never seen the symptoms of the dreaded disease. The sick man, whom Reverend Warren treated, passed away. He was waked for two days without people realizing that the epidemic of smallpox was already in full force throughout the community. Twenty-five to thirty people died that week in Upper Island Cove including Reverend Warren.
The Health officer in Harbour Grace ordered that Reverend Warren be buried in the evening immediately after his death to prevent the spreading of the disease.
When Cannon John Noel of Harbour Grace heard of his death and of his body not being permitted to enter the church, he came to Upper Island Cove to commit Reverend Warren’s body at the gravesite after dark on Noel’s Road. Cannon Noel and his Curate, Mr. LeMoine , took their positions windward of the body, several feet away from the grave. There, by the dim light of a lantern, Noel read the opening sentence, one psalm, and the graveside portion of the C. of E. Burial Service, Mr. LeMoine making the responses therein. They then sang a hymn before lowering the body to its rest. Reverend Noel and his Curate were determined that a man who had given so much, deserved a Christian burial.
The Health officer in Harbour Grace ordered that Reverend Warren be buried in the evening immediately after his death to prevent the spreading of the disease.
When Cannon John Noel of Harbour Grace heard of his death and of his body not being permitted to enter the church, he came to Upper Island Cove to commit Reverend Warren’s body at the gravesite after dark on Noel’s Road. Cannon Noel and his Curate, Mr. LeMoine , took their positions windward of the body, several feet away from the grave. There, by the dim light of a lantern, Noel read the opening sentence, one psalm, and the graveside portion of the C. of E. Burial Service, Mr. LeMoine making the responses therein. They then sang a hymn before lowering the body to its rest. Reverend Noel and his Curate were determined that a man who had given so much, deserved a Christian burial.
Alfred Charles Warren pastored Upper Island Cove Church of England parish 1876-1899. Warren, was a noted scholar. He studied medicine and surgery for two years under a St. John’s doctor by the name of Doctor Crowley. After listening to a very moving sermon by Bishop Kelly during Lent at the Cathedral in 1867, he decided to change the course of his life to study Divinity. He graduated Queen’s College in 1873 as a Church of England priest. According to the 25 Nov 1882 edition of "The Harbor Grace Standard and Conception Bay Advertiser", a "serious fire occurred at Upper Island Cove, resulting in the total destruction of the Parsonage House. Thirty pounds in money together with the Church Registers were also lost." Reverend Warren lost everything except the clothes on his back. A few nights later one of his children succumbed resulting from the chill received the night of the fire. “yet, he labored on. And in spite of all his difficulties, enjoyed the goodwill and esteem of his poor people.” It was while attending to an ailing parishioner in Upper Island Cove that he contracted smallpox in 1889. The afflicted man had contracted the sickness having visited a sailor on the brig William. Although he was a medical doctor, he had never seen the symptoms of the dreaded disease. The sick man, whom Reverend Warren treated, passed away. He was waked for two days without people realizing that the epidemic of smallpox was already in full force throughout the community. Twenty-five to thirty people died that week in Upper Island Cove including Reverend Warren.
The Health officer in Harbour Grace ordered that Reverend Warren be buried in the evening immediately after his death to prevent the spreading of the disease.
When Cannon John Noel of Harbour Grace heard of his death and of his body not being permitted to enter the church, he came to Upper Island Cove to commit Reverend Warren’s body at the gravesite after dark on Noel’s Road. Cannon Noel and his Curate, Mr. LeMoine , took their positions windward of the body, several feet away from the grave. There, by the dim light of a lantern, Noel read the opening sentence, one psalm, and the graveside portion of the C. of E. Burial Service, Mr. LeMoine making the responses therein. They then sang a hymn before lowering the body to its rest. Reverend Noel and his Curate were determined that a man who had given so much, deserved a Christian burial.
The Health officer in Harbour Grace ordered that Reverend Warren be buried in the evening immediately after his death to prevent the spreading of the disease.
When Cannon John Noel of Harbour Grace heard of his death and of his body not being permitted to enter the church, he came to Upper Island Cove to commit Reverend Warren’s body at the gravesite after dark on Noel’s Road. Cannon Noel and his Curate, Mr. LeMoine , took their positions windward of the body, several feet away from the grave. There, by the dim light of a lantern, Noel read the opening sentence, one psalm, and the graveside portion of the C. of E. Burial Service, Mr. LeMoine making the responses therein. They then sang a hymn before lowering the body to its rest. Reverend Noel and his Curate were determined that a man who had given so much, deserved a Christian burial.
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