Hi Bob; Thanks so much for the information. I will contact Fellowship United Church of Christ in Wickliffe and see if they can tell me where the older records are. As always, I appreciate your help. Laura Hine On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:20:43 -0700 (PDT) German Bob <germanbob@ameritech.net> writes: > The following is from my upcoming book on the Cleveland Germans. Call > the church and check with the WRHS > Deutsche Evangelisch-Protestantische Dreifaltigkeits-GemeindeEarly > Clergy: Duerr, Horn, Schneider, Stempel, H.C. Germann (until 1878), > August Kimmel (1878-1929), John Etjen. This church was formed in > 1874 by members who split from Die Deutsche Evangelische > Protestantische Kirche and met at the home of Christian Nobbe on old > Clifton Street (E.39th). At a later meeting at Louis Zimmermann?s > Hall at St. Clair and Lyman (E.41st) they resolved to incorporate. > Pastor Duerr, who was then serving the Christ Episcopal Church on > Orange Street, declared willingness to preach to this new > congregation. Meeting temporarily in an English-speaking Episcopal > church at Superior and Alabama (E.26th), the members decided to buy > land at the southwest corner of Case Avenue (E.40th) and Cooper for > $7500. After setting the cornerstone in June 1874, Pastor Duerr > stepped down and Bishop William Horn of the Evangelical Association, > and Pastors Schneider and Stempel served as > interim ministers. Stempel dedicated the church building in 1875. > In 1919, this church consolidated with Die Deutsche Evangelische > Protestantische Kirche, which relocated to Thornhill Drive and > Arlington Avenue. It became known as the First Evangelical and > Reformed Church which went through subsequent consolidations to > become Fellowship United Church of Christ in Wickliffe. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "genealogygal2@juno.com" <genealogygal2@juno.com> > To: OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 8:50:42 AM > Subject: [OHCUYAHO] Trinity Evangelical Independent Church > > Hi: > > I'm interested to know if anyone knows where I might find the church > records for Trinity Evangelical (Independent) Church which was > located at > 71 Case in the year 1899. Case later became E. 40th and this church > was > located at approximately Case and Cooper. I haven't been able to > find > this church still in existence today and am hoping someone might > know > where their records would be located. In 1899, the Pastor there was > Rev. August Kimmel. > > Thanks for any help that anyone can offer. > Laura > ____________________________________________________________ > Save hundreds on an Unsecured Loan - Click here. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m3iTr6VvZmjytyl9JN6Hyr LwzE8cSm2WlPRDM6KT1zrXeJD/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHCUYAHO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHCUYAHO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ Click here for great computer networking solutions! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3oHgMQ97gaeySswT0W3BrywBUvDfh5lINJHutYPMr3jwYwtJ/