Dear Marilyn, Thanks so much for the lookup! The next time I'm up at the Beaver Falls research center, I'll research that Church and see if the records may be up there. Meanwhile I'll write them and see if they can locate a few items for me. -=Steve Bloomquist ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Hesse" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [PABEAVER-L] Pastor M. F. Lauffey? > Steve- > According to the Beaver Falls Area Centennial book the First Lutheran > Church "was originally known as "The First German Evangelical Lutheran > St. Paul's Church". The charter was secured Dec. 7, 1874" .....and the > list of ministers includes Rev. M.F. Lauffer, 1886-87... > > "Three church buildings have been erected. The cornerstone of the > first church was laid Nov. 3, 1871, with dedication June 212, 1872. > This frame building on Fifth Street was sold to the school board in > 1882. > > Cornerstone of the second church was laid July 8, 1882, with > dedication Nov. 19, 1882. This brick building at Sixth Avenue and > Ninth Street served the congregation until 1910, when it was sold to > the Polish Catholic (Holy Trinity) congregation. > > Cornerstone of the third building was laid at Fourth Avenue and 17th > Street, the present location, Nov. 27, 1910, and the building > dedicated Sept. 4, 1911. The present parsonage was built on the church > ground in 1921. > > Begun as a German congregation, the church conducted services only in > German for 50 years. English services were introduced in 1920, and > both languages have been used since. Financial difficulties burdened > the congregation until 1944, when a debt-free jubilee was held." > > Marilyn Mills Hesse [email protected] Windsor, CT, USA > website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mmhesse/ > > Researching: > CRAIGHEAD- Allegheny Co.,Beaver Co.PA > LYNCH - Co. Derry and Co.Antrim,Ireland>Beaver Falls, PA > LYTLE - Washington Co.,Allegheny Co.,Beaver Falls, PA > MOODY - Co.Derry and Co.Antrim,Ireland>Beaver Falls,PA > ROBINSON - Jefferson Co.OH>Beaver Co.PA > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bloomquist, Steve" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:36 PM > Subject: [PABEAVER-L] Pastor M. F. Lauffey? > > > > Does anyone know what church this pastor was affiliated with? (The > name looks like M. F. Lauffey) > > > > He was an 'Evangelical Lutheran Pastor' who married some of my > ancestors in Beaver Falls in 1887. > > > > The particular couple that he married were later affiliated with the > German Evangelical Protestant church (modernly, First Congregational > Church) in Beaver Falls, but that congregation wasn't founded until a > few years after this marriage. > > > > The book "Beaver Falls Centennial 1868-1968" may mention this > pastor, if anyone on the list has it. > > > > -=Steve Bloomquist > > > > > > ==== PABEAVER Mailing List ==== > > To contact Mark Roberts, Listowner, click below: > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > ______________________________ >