Hello All....My wife, Dorris Ann (Loest) and her brother Elroy William Loest who are both from Goliad (Weesatche), had a ggGrandfather who was a pastor in Berlin, Tx sometime around 1870......His name was Heinrich Jacob Pfenninger, b in Baerentschweil, Zurich, Switszerland in1840, baptized Aug 25 1840; died Jan 28 1918, Weesatche, Goliad Co, Tx.and is buried at the cemetery located behind St Andres (Andrews) Lutheran Church near Weesatche. He married Christiana Fredericke Paulina Gollmer in New Orleans upon her arrival from her homeland......she was born in Kircheim, Wuerttenberg, Germany, Feb 27 1851. She died on Aug 14 1926 and is buried beside her husband. Would like to have any information folks might have concerning this couple and their family and any of the following.... They had 11 children, and at least some of them were born in Berlin area of Washington co, Tx. The children were: Minnie, Heinrich Immanual, Samuel, Anna, Lydia Amalie, Dora Marie Sophia, Elisabeth Christiana, Johann Carl, Edmund Paul Heinrich, Cornelia Martha, Pauline Hermaine. Would also like to know the address of where to buy this book if it has anything in it regarding the Pfenninger family I am researching. Researching: Ludwig, Christoph, Rosina ALBRECHT; Heinrich August, Henry, Wilhelm, Christian Bernhard, Benida E.ARNECKE; Marie Sophie BRANDES; Wilhelm (Willie) F.H. Sr and Jr, Martha, Ernst, Albert, Emil, Anton, Berthold, Heinrich, Frieda Louise, Bertha Ida LOEST, STORBECK, PFENNINGER, Johanna WEIGMANN Bob Curtis in San Antonio, Tx....formerly from Cambridge, Guernsey Co, Oh.....retired US Air Force ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Werth (by way of Dave Crane <dcrane@hal-pc.org>) <rwerth@tenet.edu> To: <GERMAN-TEXAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-TEXAN-L] Pioneer German Families of Berlin Texas > Dave: > > The book is a record of the Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Berlin, Texas. > This church is about 3 miles west of Brenham off Highway 290. It > is the > oldest Lutheran Church in Washington County. I have studied this book > and found it to be very helpful in providing information for several > branches of my family tree. > Ray Werth > > Dave Crane wrote: > > > I ran across a reference to a book I've never seen before. Can > > anyone tell me which church(es) the book surveys? > > > > TITLE: Church Records of the Pioneer German Families of Berlin Texas > > ISBN: 0943162041 > > Publisher: Genealogical Inst > > Publish Date: June 1985 > > Author: Edward C. Breitenkamp, Jack Autrey. Dabbs,Janice Curtis. > > Pampell > > Binding: Hardcover > > List Price: USD 39.95 > > > > ==== GERMAN-TEXAN Mailing List ==== > > > >