What is the correct name of the church in St. Clair? My grandmother was from there. Her mother was buried at St. Boniventure now across 61 and way up the hill behind the "town" cemetery..right at the intersection of Wade. I did not not have much luck with church records in St. Clair. At one time there were at least 17 churches. Have seen the name Hoy but not Bummerbach. Peggy > [Original Message] > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/8/2010 2:52:43 PM > Subject: [PASCHUYL] St. John's Friedensburg > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: advancedinfo1 > Surnames: Hoy, Bummersbach > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counti es.schuylkill/11968/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I'm trying to locate the marrige record of Sarah "Salome" Hoy and Peter Bummersbach (around 1830). Sarah was baptised at St. John's in Friedensburg in 1812 and in 1840 they lived in Rush Township before moving to St. Clair. I'm wondering if they were married at St. John's though Peter was buried from the German catholic church in St. Clair. I interested to see if they're parents names are on the church record. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]," <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [PASCHUYL] St. John's Friedensburg > What is the correct name of the church in St. Clair? My grandmother was > from there. Her mother was buried at St. Boniventure (???now called St.Bonifacius The church itself was one of those -mostly catholic churches which were closed and sold recently) now across 61 and way > up the hill behind the "town" cemetery..right at the intersection of Wade. (Yes) > > I did not not have much luck with church records in St. Clair. At one time there were at least 17 churches. > (and twice as many taverns!!) Not sure if the records for those closed churches went to Allentown diocese or where) From my husband's experience with his grandparents church in Port Carbon, you must "Grease the palm of the priest" very well to get information" and then they follow up with a request for an additional donation if they should find any records. The only one he had much help from was the german catholic church in pottsville, those people helped him find the records and were tremendously kind, but he had to go to the church. Writing doesn't seem to work. No one I know personally had much luck if they write. But then there are many churches I write to for "directional assistance" and never hear from --Bermuda triangle of churches, everything goes in a deep hole never to be heard from again. :) The ministers either ignore or bend over backwards to help! One exception, the minister in Williamstown, at the church adjacent to the cemetery where John Hain is buried (I thought the cem. belonged to that church) explained and apologized that his church was not the owner of the cem, then sent me all the Bixler's and Hain's listed in the telephone book! Not too many like him! He said the present day store that is up the street from his church was where Seybert's Church was and to his knowledge the past records were lost or burned. Many of the older catholic records are written in Latin or Galic or something so the given names are even hard to recognize. Gugliome for William etc. > Have seen the name Hoy but not Bummerbach. (Me neither I have the book for Friedensburg St John's church but it had no marriages it does have Salome's bapt. + parents do you have book? are you sure it is not Bergenbach?? p. 99: Hoy aka Heu / HAAY Johann Bergenbach (aka Borgenbach/ Borkenbach/ Birkelbach)and wife Barbara were sponsors for a Hoy child. That is another name that will drive you crazzzzyyyy!!!! In the very early days it was not the minister's duty to marry couples in many churches, his main job was to baptize children in gods name.Because of the lack of available ministers, I presume. It was later when more churches were established that marriages were performed by the minister, I've been told)> Sounds like fun with your grandson!!!! Will you go in costume? cuz S > Peggy > > >> [Original Message] >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: 10/8/2010 2:52:43 PM >> Subject: [PASCHUYL] St. John's Friedensburg >> >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Author: advancedinfo1 >> Surnames: Hoy, Bummersbach >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counti > es.schuylkill/11968/mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> I'm trying to locate the marrige record of Sarah "Salome" Hoy and Peter > Bummersbach (around 1830). Sarah was baptised at St. John's in Friedensburg > in 1812 and in 1840 they lived in Rush Township before moving to St. Clair. > I'm wondering if they were married at St. John's though Peter was buried > from the German catholic church in St. Clair. I interested to see if > they're parents names are on the church record. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Important Note: >> The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >