Barbara, I am interested in any responses you receive to these questions. If they are posted to you personnaly and not to the list, please forward them to me at: snokes@tscnet.com Thank You Susan ----- Subject: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 > My ggrandfather was born in Milwaukee in August, 1858. I've already looked in the pre-1907 Wisconsin birth record index and I don't find him there, so I think that I need to find the church he was christened in. Can anyone help? > > In the 1860 census, his parents are in the 9th Ward. They emigrated from Mecklenburg (Germany) in 1857 or 1858, so I'm guessing they were Lutheran (although they could have been Catholic.) How can I find the churches in the 9th Ward in 1860? Would there have been a particular church that Germans would have used? > > Is there a city directory for Milwaukee for that period so I could pinpoint their address? > > Any other suggestions? Anything online? Is there anywhere I could find a ward map? > > Thanks, > Barbara >

The 9th Ward was west of 7th Street and North of Vliet. Early Lutheran churches (from 1870 City Directory) in this area included: First Evangelical (Tamarack [now Highland] & Fifth) St. John's (Prairie [now State] & Fourth) St. Paul's (Fifth between Prairie & Tamarack) If the family was Evangelical, they might have belonged to: Zion Evangelical (Cedar [now W. Kilbourn] & Fourth) Evangelical Trinity (Sherman [now Vine] & Sixth) - don't confuse with Trinity Lutheran Mary Popovich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Nokes" <snokes@tscnet.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 > Barbara, > > I am interested in any responses you receive to these questions. If they > are posted to you personnaly and not to the list, please forward them to me > at: > snokes@tscnet.com > > Thank You > Susan > ----- > Subject: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 > > > > My ggrandfather was born in Milwaukee in August, 1858. I've already > looked in the pre-1907 Wisconsin birth record index and I don't find him > there, so I think that I need to find the church he was christened in. Can > anyone help? > > > > In the 1860 census, his parents are in the 9th Ward. They emigrated from > Mecklenburg (Germany) in 1857 or 1858, so I'm guessing they were Lutheran > (although they could have been Catholic.) How can I find the churches in > the 9th Ward in 1860? Would there have been a particular church that > Germans would have used? > > > > Is there a city directory for Milwaukee for that period so I could > pinpoint their address? > > > > Any other suggestions? Anything online? Is there anywhere I could find a > ward map? > > > > Thanks, > > Barbara > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >