Julie Thames Howell wrote re family bible record of Charleston wedding in 1848 by minister named Rev. I. H. Honor - and hoped to learn his church. I believe I might have the answer !! These past few years, I have had much success in corresponding wih several historic Charleston Lutheran Churches - re records of my maternal and paternal lines. Thanks to a recent mention on the List - I called historic St. Joannes Lutheran Church. No records of my family, but they referred me to a near neighbor - St. Andrew's Lutheran Church on Wentworth Street. I spoke with their Church Historian - and he kindly researched my family names, and mailed me photocopies of the church index cards - recording baptism, confirmation, marriage, funeral, etc. Most were for collateral lines - but to my complete surprise and joy - one was record of my own Droze great grandparents' wedding. Also per my request, he mailed me a booklet re History of the Church, which he had written in 1978. The St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (originally called the Wentworth Street Lutheran Church) was formed in 1866 after the Civil War, by merger of two congregations - the Zion's Lutheran Church and the Wentworth Street Methodist Protestant Church. (Note: The Methodists then became members of the Lutheran faiith.) The Lutheran Pastor was Rev. William S. Bowman - and the Methodist Pastor was Rev. Dr. John H. Honour. During the 1800's, the capital letters "I" and "J" were often written the very same way. So I believe that your Rev. I. H. Honor - was the Methodist Pastor - Rev. J. H. Honour - who in 1848, was still a member of the Methodist Church . Also, remember per custom, weddings were not in church - but usually in home - nearly always that of the bride. (Same for funerals.) As I write this, I am looking at a picture of Rev. Honour. Wish I had a scanner - but alas !! I do not. Julie, let me know if you would like a photocopy of this page and/or church address for further direct correspondence with them. Mary Alice Droze Erwin

hello mary alice - thank you so much for your reply. what a surprise...i received not only your reply but one from the sc room at the charleston county public library on this subject. (yours was more involved, and i thank you for that.) to add a bit of the history that the ccpl gave me, as follows: "after the civil war, the wentworth street church had been badly damaged by shelling and the church lacked enough money for repairs. it merged with the zion lutheran church, who needed a larger building but couldn't afford the extremely high prices of the post-civil war time. the wentworth medhodist church became a lutheran church but honour would still have been a methodist minister in 1848." i would love to have a photocopy of the page and the church address. re the picture of rev. honour, if you do not have access to someone with a scanner, you might contact a good photo shop (not drugstore-type) and see if they could scan the picture and save it as a "jpeg" file on a floppy disk. thanks again for the info. have a nice day. julie thames howell, jax, fla MErwin114@aol.com wrote: > Julie Thames Howell wrote re family bible record of Charleston wedding in > 1848 by minister named Rev. I. H. Honor - and hoped to learn his church. > > I believe I might have the answer !! > These past few years, I have had much success in corresponding wih several > historic Charleston Lutheran Churches - re records of my maternal and > paternal lines. > > Thanks to a recent mention on the List - I called historic St. Joannes > Lutheran Church. No records of my family, but they referred me to a near > neighbor - St. Andrew's Lutheran Church on Wentworth Street. I spoke with > their Church Historian - and he kindly researched my family names, and mailed > me photocopies of the church index cards - recording baptism, confirmation, > marriage, funeral, etc. Most were for collateral lines - but to my complete > surprise and joy - one was record of my own Droze great grandparents' wedding. > > Also per my request, he mailed me a booklet re History of the Church, which > he had written in 1978. > The St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (originally called the Wentworth Street > Lutheran Church) was formed in 1866 after the Civil War, by merger of two > congregations - the Zion's Lutheran Church and the Wentworth Street Methodist > Protestant Church. (Note: The Methodists then became members of the Lutheran > faiith.) > > The Lutheran Pastor was Rev. William S. Bowman - and the Methodist Pastor was > Rev. Dr. John H. Honour. > > During the 1800's, the capital letters "I" and "J" were often written the > very same way. So I believe that your Rev. I. H. Honor - was the Methodist > Pastor - Rev. J. H. Honour - who in 1848, was still a member of the Methodist > Church . > > Also, remember per custom, weddings were not in church - but usually in home > - nearly always that of the bride. (Same for funerals.) > > As I write this, I am looking at a picture of Rev. Honour. Wish I had a > scanner - but alas !! I do not. > Julie, let me know if you would like a photocopy of this page and/or church > address for further direct correspondence with them. > > Mary Alice Droze Erwin > > ==== SCCHARLE Mailing List ==== > Another 'MUST' for South Carolina genealogical research > South Carolina Department of Archives and History > http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/