Ed: This is terrific! THANK YOU so much for this help. Tying it together nicely is the fact that the person who was buried worked at the United Oil Company. Don't think he had any particularly strong religious connections ... bet this was a connection made through his place of employment. THANKS again! Gary 8 June 2002 Baltimore http://home.att.net/~g.ruppert > Gary, > > I checked out Kanely's book on Maryland Ministers and there was no reference > for S.E. Poultney. However, with the help of Francis O'Neill I found the > name of the church to be PE Church of the Evangelist at the corner of > Potomac and Dillon Sts, Canton, cornerstone was laid on 17th of May 1874. > It is a mission station and is in charge of a lay reader. (Scharf History of > Baltimore etc.). The 1879 City directory shows that S.E. Poultney was S. > Eugene Poultney, supt, United Oil co warehouse, Clinton and Fifth Ave, dw > cor Linden and Hoffman. I believe this solves your problem. Looks like > Poultney was a lay reader at the church of the Evangelist that was a mission > station in charge of a lay reader. > > Ed Arthur > -----Original Message----- > From: g.ruppert@att.net [mailto:g.ruppert@att.net] > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 11:07 PM > To: BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BALTGEN-L] Ch. of Holy Angels, Rev. Poultney > > I have found a reference in an 1879 Baltimore City > German newspaper for someone whose funeral was conducted > by S.E. Poultney from the "Kirche der Holy Engels," > which although it is a weird mix of English and German > I'm translating as the Church of the Holy Angels. This > person died at his residence in Canton, was raised > Lutheran but married (in a Methodist church) an Irish > woman whose religion is unknown. > > Now, I can't find any church named Holy Angels, at least > not in Scharff's History of Baltimore City nor in > Kanely's Directory of Maryland Church Records. > > Does anyone have a clue? Does anyone have Kanely's book > on Maryland ministers who is willing to check for me? > > THANKS > > Gary > 7 June 2002 > Baltimore > http://home.att.net/~g.ruppert > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > The Baltimore County Genealogical Society web site: > http://www.serve.com/bcgs/bcgs.html > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > The Maryland Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdsgs >