TRINITY GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN This church was organized January 30, 1870, by the following twelve Christian men; Jacob Stahmer, Paul Stahmer, John C Stahmer, Fritz Meier, John Meier, Franz Peters, Peter Ruehmann, Franz Hagermann, Christian Harsch, Heinrich Oldson, Heinrich Dose, Frederick Loehndorf.  At this time there were eighty-three members, and the first pastor was William Vonhof, who served from 1870 until 1871.  His successor was E. Gieseke, whose pastorate continued from 1872 until 1875.  From 1875 until 1878 Theo Bensen was the pastor.  He was followed by J. Streckfuss, who remained until 1882.  A. D. Greif was his successor, and filled the pulpit acceptably from March, 1883, to April 10, 1910, at which time it was his purpose to leave for Charter Oak, Iowa.  During his pastorate here Mr. Greif had two assistants, Christian W. Otto, from 1886 to 1887, and his son, H. P. Greif, from 1897 until 1900.  The church erected a building in 1870 which now used as a school for children of the congregation and in 1883 the present building was erected on Myrtle street near Fifth.  The membership now numbers 435, with 200 in the Sunday school. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

Hello list, I wonder if Fritz Meier and John Meier were related to Maria Meyer, who was married to Paul Stahmer? It could be the same family, just different spelling? Ruth Stahmer Schneider ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bare67deb@aol.com> To: <IASCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 6:56 AM Subject: [IASCOTT] 1910 - Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran > TRINITY GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN > > This church was organized January 30, 1870, by the following twelve Christian > men; Jacob Stahmer, Paul Stahmer, John C Stahmer, Fritz Meier, John Meier, > Franz Peters, Peter Ruehmann, Franz Hagermann, Christian Harsch, Heinrich > Oldson, Heinrich Dose, Frederick Loehndorf. At this time there were > eighty-three members, and the first pastor was William Vonhof, who served > from 1870 until 1871. His successor was E. Gieseke, whose pastorate > continued from 1872 until 1875. From 1875 until 1878 Theo Bensen was the > pastor. He was followed by J. Streckfuss, who remained until 1882. A. D. > Greif was his successor, and filled the pulpit acceptably from March, 1883, > to April 10, 1910, at which time it was his purpose to leave for Charter Oak, > Iowa. During his pastorate here Mr. Greif had two assistants, Christian W. > Otto, from 1886 to 1887, and his son, H. P. Greif, from 1897 until 1900. The > church erected a building in 1870 which now used as a school for children of > the congregation and in 1883 the present building was erected on Myrtle > street near Fifth. The membership now numbers 435, with 200 in the Sunday > school. > > > Debbie Clough G-erischer > > > G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ > Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County > http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ > List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L > Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L > EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L > > ______________________________