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Today in History (March 1): 1638 The first Swedish settlers in America landed in modern-day Delaware; they soon established the first Lutheran congregation in the country 1845 U. S. annexed Texas *(or vice-versa),* led to Mexican War [*...*do I detect a touch of humor-ajb the contributor] 1862 Emil Hoffmann, president of the Canada Synod of the United Lutheran Church, born in Oebisfelde, Germany 1893 St. John's College, Winfield, Kansas, dedicated 1906 Erhard C. Rupp, Thiensville, 1930; pastor in Manistique, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan; Lomira, Wisconsin; Detroit, Michigan; Redwood City, Healdsburg, California; retired 1982; born in Zilwaukee, Michigan 1915 Peter Laurentius Larsen, Kristiana University, emigrated to America 1857; professor at St. Louis Seminary; professor and president at Luther College (Decorah, Iowa); vice-president of Norwegian Synod; president of the Synodical Conference; editor; knighted by King Haakon VII of Norway; died 1916 Ernst Gustav Hermann Miessler, American Lutheran missionary to the Chippewa Indians, died in Chicago, Illinois (b. 1826); educated for missionary service at Dresden, Germany; came to the United States as a Leipzig missionary to the Chippewas near Saginaw, Michigan in 1851; the mission was nearly broken up by governmental transfer of the Indians to Isabella Co., Michigan, but Miessler continued to serve until 1869, when he moved to Saginaw, retiring in 1871 to engage in the study and practice of medicine in Chicago --------- If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ contributed by, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404
Today in History (February 25): 1835 Adolf Hoenecke, studied theology at Halle; came to America with the Berlin Missionary Society and the Wisconsin Synod; pastor in Farmington; professor at Watertown, Wisconsin; pastor in Milwaukee; editor and author; spiritual leader of the Wisconsin Synod; "generally acclaimed, within and without his synod, as one of the great men of the Lutheran Church of this country"; born in Brandenburg ------------------- If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ contributed by, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404
FYI -- Those of you with an interest in the Posen/Poznan area of Poland may be interested to learn about this project, which involves the indexing of marriage records, including some for Lutherans. Those of you with an interest in the area may wish to volunteer for the project. -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mdtaffet@syr.edu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: PML Search Result matching Lutheran ANDNOT x-loop/LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:22:43 -0800 From: KarenHob@aol.com To: mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu ============================================================ A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ============================================================ Source: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L] Anouncement of the Poznan Project Some GB list members have indicated they also have ancestors from Posnan district of Poland. The following announcement regarding construction of a marriage index for the region may be of interest: In a message dated 02/22/2000 1:55:50 PM Mountain Standard Time, bielecki@rose.man.poznan.pl writes: To those interested in the genealogical research of the Poznan/Posen region: For some time, we have been discussing the possibility of undertaking a joint project on indexing the marriages which had taken place in the former Prussian province of Posen (now region of Poznan, Poland) within the timeframe of 1836-85. It is commonly known that a vast number of immigrants declared 'Posen' as their place of origin, which is presently often misunderstood as the city of Posen/Poznan being only the capital of a large area. Thus, numerous families had lost the information of the actual place of origin of their ancestors - and the mere surname is rarely an efficient hint. Many of us have already been trying various strategies of pinpointing the actual town of parish of origin for cases like that. This was often done seeking the 'needle in a haystack', i.e. checking a number of parishes from some part of the province. The objective is, in a word, doing it once and for all - and a good way for this would be indexing marriages from the entire Posen territory. The resultant database would definitely help anybody find the right couple within Posen, or at least identify parishes where the surname occurs. Given there were 530 Catholic parishes and about 150 Lutheran communities in the area in question (this sort of indexing would not be very helpful for Jewish research, due to the destruction of records), it should be feasible to index the marriages - if only a necessary number of volunteers can be found. Over the 50 years period there would be ca. 200 up to 2000 marriages in typical parishes to write down - and the information to extract would be essentially only the names and age of the spouses. As the major part of the records necessary for this have already been microfilmed by the LDS church, it would be possible to anybody in the world to participate. Please send this announcement to anybody who might be interested in the Posen/Poznan region. If you would like to join the project, please email me and I will send you further information on how to combine our efforts. It will be appreciated if you declare to 'host' an individual parish which you might already have worked with. With best regards Lukasz Bielecki ============================================================ Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Noskowskiego 12/14, PL-61-704 Poznan, phone: +48 61 8528503 ext. 193 mailto:bielecki@ibch.poznan.pl http://www.man.poznan.pl/~bielecki ============================================================ >>
I am researching the STOVER FAMILY of York Co. Paradise Township Pennsylvania. Georg Michel Stover, Johan Jacob Stover, and Johan Jacob Jr.. Circa 1722-1870. Any information or connection appreciated.
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Sheri: I noticed the name BEFFORT in your message on the Lutheran-Roots List. My niece married a young man named BEFORT from Hays, Kansas. I understand that's a common name there. Have you seen this spelling in your research? I really haven't done much with that line, but would be interested to know more if there could be a connection. I'd be glad to help you if I can. Thanks and best wishes! Ruth Olson Council Bluffs, IA/Bellevue, WA fenley wrote: > Dear Bjohnson, > I thank you in advance for your kind offer. My surnames that I am > researching are : HOBROCK, BORGSTADTER, BEFFORT, BESSON and ERMAL(Irmal). > Sheri Beffort-Lantzy > fenley@lodinet.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Johnson" <bjohnson@wctc.net> > To: <LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 8:23 PM > Subject: [LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L] Willing to do lookups > > > Have following church member directories for St John's Lutheran churches > > found in Wood County, WI in the Town of Sigel and Kellner > > > > 1990 - 125th anniversary book-this one gives birth/death/marriage > > /confirmation information from the time this church was > > begun. > > > > 1990 - 125 years of hearing Christ's message-this one also gives > > birth/death > > /marriage/confirmation information from the time this church > > was begun. > > > > These 2 churches started as one and a pastor served both for quite a few > > years. They then began having their own pastors. So the very beginning > > lists are alike. > > > > If you want a lookup let me know. It may take up to a week to do it > > because I do work and have a family. > > > > Bjohnson > >
Dear Barbara, I am so sorry to hear about your husband. My prayers go out to you both. If I can be of any assistance to YOU, please call on me! The probable years are 1850 to 1950. Again, if another time is better for you.....They've been hiding from me all these years, what's a few more! Good luck. Sheri Beffort-Lantzy fenley@lodinet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Johnson" <bjohnson@wctc.net> To: <LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L] Willing to do lookups > Hi, > Will do the lookups as soon as possible. Do you have any years these people > may have attended these churches? > > My husband just went into the hospital today so be patient with me. > > Barbara Johnson bjohnson@wctc.net > >
Hi, Will do the lookups as soon as possible. Do you have any years these people may have attended these churches? My husband just went into the hospital today so be patient with me. Barbara Johnson bjohnson@wctc.net
Dear Bjohnson, I thank you in advance for your kind offer. My surnames that I am researching are : HOBROCK, BORGSTADTER, BEFFORT, BESSON and ERMAL(Irmal). Sheri Beffort-Lantzy fenley@lodinet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Johnson" <bjohnson@wctc.net> To: <LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 8:23 PM Subject: [LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L] Willing to do lookups > Have following church member directories for St John's Lutheran churches > found in Wood County, WI in the Town of Sigel and Kellner > > 1990 - 125th anniversary book-this one gives birth/death/marriage > /confirmation information from the time this church was > begun. > > 1990 - 125 years of hearing Christ's message-this one also gives > birth/death > /marriage/confirmation information from the time this church > was begun. > > These 2 churches started as one and a pastor served both for quite a few > years. They then began having their own pastors. So the very beginning > lists are alike. > > If you want a lookup let me know. It may take up to a week to do it > because I do work and have a family. > > Bjohnson >
Have following church member directories for St John's Lutheran churches found in Wood County, WI in the Town of Sigel and Kellner 1990 - 125th anniversary book-this one gives birth/death/marriage /confirmation information from the time this church was begun. 1990 - 125 years of hearing Christ's message-this one also gives birth/death /marriage/confirmation information from the time this church was begun. These 2 churches started as one and a pastor served both for quite a few years. They then began having their own pastors. So the very beginning lists are alike. If you want a lookup let me know. It may take up to a week to do it because I do work and have a family. Bjohnson
Today in History (February 7): 1919 Johannes Schaller, president of Wisconsin Synod colleges, died in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (b. 1859); son of Professor G. Schaller; graduate of Northwestern College and St. Louis Seminary; pastor in Little Rock (1881); Cape Girardeau (1885); professor at New Ulm (1889); became its president in 1893; he was an ardent and convincing advocate of parochial schools; on Hoeneke's death, he became president of Wauwatosa Seminary in 1908, taking the vacant chair of dogmatics; had a winning personality; author of a number of theological works; his death in his prime was a serious loss to Lutheran America If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404
Today in History (February 5): 1682 This date became February 16 in Alsace (part of France at that time) when the Gregorian calendar was adopted 1705 Philip Jakob Spener, father of Pietism, died at Berlin (b. 1635 in Upper Alsace); received a devout education from his parents and additional spiritual nourishment from Johann Arndt; was a pastor in various locations, including the influential position of court preacher at Dresden; in 1691 he was called as provost of St. Nicolai to Berlin, where he was instrumental in placing his friends, A. H. Francke and Paul Anton, as professors in Halle; Spener was also influenced by Reformed sources and stood for a mild form of Chiliasm; his religious upbringing caused him to set up weekly sessions in his home where pastors and laymen could meet together for Bible study and prayer; his most famous writing is no doubt the 1675 _Pia Desideris_ (Pious Desires), in which he set forth the essence of his doctrines of Pietism; his emphasis on the new birth and exemplary Christian living helped revitalize stagnant German Lutheranism 1736 John and Charles Wesley, the two English brothers who helped pioneer the Methodist movement, first arrived in America at Savannah, Georgia; while yet students at Oxford University, they had been invited by Georgia's governor Oglethorpe to come to America as missionaries to the Indians 1837 Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist, born at Northfield, Massachusetts; at age 18, he gave his life to Jesus Christ through the testimony of his Sunday-school teacher, Edward Kimball; five years later he left his job in his uncle's shoe repair shop to devote his life to Christian evangelism and education 1887 The Chicago Evangelization Society was founded by evangelist Dwight L. Moody and English-born educator Emma Dryer; this educational organization eventually grew to become the Moody Bible Institute 1903 Eugen Adolf Notz, Hebrew professor in Wisconsin Synod, died 1917 Justus Heinrich Naumann, president of Minnesota Synod, died 1927 Johan Arndt Bergh, United Norwegian Lutheran Church leader, died If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404
Mary/Jeff, I want to add my two bits. When I was researching the history of our original Hackensack Lutheran Church, NJ (1703 - ca 1775), I found references to Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg coming to the Trinity Lutheran Church in New York (The first Lutheran Church in NYC) as well as to the Hackensack congregation in New Jersey. I used an earlier translation of Muhlenberg's notes which mainly described his work in New Jersey. (These notes from his day book are now fully translated in "The Journals of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg") Henry Melchior Muhlenberg was noted for his great organizational capabilities, having been the first to organize Lutheran congregations in the colonies. He organized the Ministerium of Pennsylvania by 1748. At about that time, the Trinity Lutheran Church in NYC called on Muhlenberg to become their pastor. His first visit to Trinity was in May 1751. He preached in New York and Hackensack from June 1751 through August 1751. (The Hackensack church also issued a call to him in August 1751.) Because of pressures from the congregations he left behind in Pennsylvania and because of family matters, he returned to Trappe, Pennsylvania by September. He returned to New York the next year in May and stayed through July. He then recommended that the Trinity and Hackensack churches extend a call to Rev J. Albert Weygand. Weygand served both congregations from 1753 through 1767. As an aside, Muhlenberg had been training young men to become pastors. One of them was Jacob von Buskirk, a son of the Hackensack congregation. Von Buskirk was the first American born Lutheran pastor to be ordained (1763). Muhlenberg did return occasionally to the NY/NJ area. The last record that I had found was dated 1760. If I remember correctly, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg did have sons. It is possible that one of them came later to preach in NYC. Arnie "Mary D. Taffet" wrote: > > Jeff, > > It's a long shot, especially since there was more than one Pastor > Muhlenberg, but you might try to get access to the three volume set > called "The Journals of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg". You will need all > three volumes, because the third volume is the only one with an index. > Every surname that appears anywhere in one of the three volumes is > indexed in the third volume, by first name. You will find out from the > index which volume(s) & page number(s) are applicable. > > If however the Pastor Muhlenberg involved was not Henry Melchior, then I > don't know where to lead you next. > > Henry Melchior Muhlenberg was, as I understand it, one of the first, if > not the first, Paster of the Lutheran church in America. He was > ordained in Germany and then sent to Pennsylvania certainly by 1743, if > not before then. He travelled a lot, so many different locations are > addressed in his journals. He made notes of every baptism, every > marriage, and every death he attended (at least as far as I know...). > > Two entries in Volume II of this series proved crucial for my own > research, as they linked together two generations that I would have no > other way of linking. > > -- Mary Taffet > List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS > mdtaffet@syr.edu > > jeff_lintner@dph.sf.ca.us wrote: > > > > Thank you to all on this list that have helped provide some suggestions to me in > > the past. I am presenting a question that has stumped myself and an ancestor of > > the other person involved in this question. Let me explain. I am looking for any > > information/leads/suggestions regarding Lutheran church records for NYC between > > 1766 and 1774, thereabouts. It is known that my ancestor Georg Lindner/George > > Lintner and Stephen Schreiber were residents of NYC in 1773 when they bought > > land together. Where they lived in NYC is a mystery at present. Also, it is > > known that these two men had "partaken of the Lord's Supper" from a Lutheran > > minister. Here is the exact reference. > > > > "Calendar of New York Historical Manuscripts - English 1664-1776, pg. 825, 1774 > > April 18 - certificates- Muhlenberg, minister of the Lutheran Congregation of > > New York that Stephen Schreiber and George Lintner had partaken of the Lord's > > supper." > > > > This reference was important as it was noted in George and Stephen's > > naturalization document that they had partaken of the Lord's supper. > > > > Would anyone be so kind as to point me in the direction of being able to contact > > the present location of the Lutheran Congregation of New York and/or Minister > > Muhlenberg? Mr. Screiber's ancestor believes that Minister Muhlenberg was a > > traveling minister, perhaps out of Philadelphia. I am hoping that the statement > > 'Lutheran Congregation of NY' does serve a greater purpose than to state their > > religious preference. > > > > Thank you for any help that can be offered. > > > > Jeff Lintner -- Arnold Lang arnielang@worldnet.att.net Visit the Research Guide to Immigration and Ships Passenger Lists at: http://home.att.net/~arnielang
Jeff, It's a long shot, especially since there was more than one Pastor Muhlenberg, but you might try to get access to the three volume set called "The Journals of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg". You will need all three volumes, because the third volume is the only one with an index. Every surname that appears anywhere in one of the three volumes is indexed in the third volume, by first name. You will find out from the index which volume(s) & page number(s) are applicable. If however the Pastor Muhlenberg involved was not Henry Melchior, then I don't know where to lead you next. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg was, as I understand it, one of the first, if not the first, Paster of the Lutheran church in America. He was ordained in Germany and then sent to Pennsylvania certainly by 1743, if not before then. He travelled a lot, so many different locations are addressed in his journals. He made notes of every baptism, every marriage, and every death he attended (at least as far as I know...). Two entries in Volume II of this series proved crucial for my own research, as they linked together two generations that I would have no other way of linking. -- Mary Taffet List Administrator for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mdtaffet@syr.edu P.S. For some reason, the properties of the list seem to have been changed such that the reply no longer goes to the list. Should I change it back, or leave it the way it is now? jeff_lintner@dph.sf.ca.us wrote: > > Thank you to all on this list that have helped provide some suggestions to me in > the past. I am presenting a question that has stumped myself and an ancestor of > the other person involved in this question. Let me explain. I am looking for any > information/leads/suggestions regarding Lutheran church records for NYC between > 1766 and 1774, thereabouts. It is known that my ancestor Georg Lindner/George > Lintner and Stephen Schreiber were residents of NYC in 1773 when they bought > land together. Where they lived in NYC is a mystery at present. Also, it is > known that these two men had "partaken of the Lord's Supper" from a Lutheran > minister. Here is the exact reference. > > "Calendar of New York Historical Manuscripts - English 1664-1776, pg. 825, 1774 > April 18 - certificates- Muhlenberg, minister of the Lutheran Congregation of > New York that Stephen Schreiber and George Lintner had partaken of the Lord's > supper." > > This reference was important as it was noted in George and Stephen's > naturalization document that they had partaken of the Lord's supper. > > Would anyone be so kind as to point me in the direction of being able to contact > the present location of the Lutheran Congregation of New York and/or Minister > Muhlenberg? Mr. Screiber's ancestor believes that Minister Muhlenberg was a > traveling minister, perhaps out of Philadelphia. I am hoping that the statement > 'Lutheran Congregation of NY' does serve a greater purpose than to state their > religious preference. > > Thank you for any help that can be offered. > > Jeff Lintner
Thank you to all on this list that have helped provide some suggestions to me in the past. I am presenting a question that has stumped myself and an ancestor of the other person involved in this question. Let me explain. I am looking for any information/leads/suggestions regarding Lutheran church records for NYC between 1766 and 1774, thereabouts. It is known that my ancestor Georg Lindner/George Lintner and Stephen Schreiber were residents of NYC in 1773 when they bought land together. Where they lived in NYC is a mystery at present. Also, it is known that these two men had "partaken of the Lord's Supper" from a Lutheran minister. Here is the exact reference. "Calendar of New York Historical Manuscripts - English 1664-1776, pg. 825, 1774 April 18 - certificates- Muhlenberg, minister of the Lutheran Congregation of New York that Stephen Schreiber and George Lintner had partaken of the Lord's supper." This reference was important as it was noted in George and Stephen's naturalization document that they had partaken of the Lord's supper. Would anyone be so kind as to point me in the direction of being able to contact the present location of the Lutheran Congregation of New York and/or Minister Muhlenberg? Mr. Screiber's ancestor believes that Minister Muhlenberg was a traveling minister, perhaps out of Philadelphia. I am hoping that the statement 'Lutheran Congregation of NY' does serve a greater purpose than to state their religious preference. Thank you for any help that can be offered. Jeff Lintner
jeff_lintner@dph.sf.ca.us wrote: > Thank you to all on this list that have helped provide some suggestions to me in > the past. I am presenting a question that has stumped myself and an ancestor of > the other person involved in this question. Let me explain. I am looking for any > information/leads/suggestions regarding Lutheran church records for NYC between > 1766 and 1774, thereabouts. It is known that my ancestor Georg Lindner/George > Lintner and Stephen Schreiber were residents of NYC in 1773 when they bought > land together. Where they lived in NYC is a mystery at present. Also, it is > known that these two men had "partaken of the Lord's Supper" from a Lutheran > minister. Here is the exact reference. > > "Calendar of New York Historical Manuscripts - English 1664-1776, pg. 825, 1774 > April 18 - certificates- Muhlenberg, minister of the Lutheran Congregation of > New York that Stephen Schreiber and George Lintner had partaken of the Lord's > supper." > > This reference was important as it was noted in George and Stephen's > naturalization document that they had partaken of the Lord's supper. > > Would anyone be so kind as to point me in the direction of being able to contact > the present location of the Lutheran Congregation of New York and/or Minister > Muhlenberg? Mr. Screiber's ancestor believes that Minister Muhlenberg was a > traveling minister, perhaps out of Philadelphia. I am hoping that the statement > 'Lutheran Congregation of NY' does serve a greater purpose than to state their > religious preference. > > Thank you for any help that can be offered. > > Jeff Lintner You should contact the Lutheran Historical Society at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. 61 W. Confederate Ave 17325. Tele 410 945 6268 lhs@abs.net http://www.abs.net/~lhs hope that this helps. John Dornheim