Checking my copy of parishes from the 1865 City Directory, I would have to conclude that the North Side German population was largely Protestant. St. Joseph's was the only German Catholic parish west of the Milwaukee River, and Old St. Mary's the only German parish east of it. In the Walker's point area, there was only Holy Trinity. German Lutheran churches that would have served this area near Vliet Street included: First Evangelical (Tamarack & 5th) St. John's (Prairie & 4th) St. Paul's (5th between Prairie & Tamarack) The Evangelical parishes in this area were: Evangelical Trinity (Sherman & 6th) Zion Evangelical (Cedar & 4th). Finally, there was also: German Methodist Church (5th between Prairie & Tamarack) German Reformed (4th & Cherry) Cedar, Tamarack and Prairie are now Kilbourn, Highland and State; Sherman was a block north of Walnut. At total of FIVE German Protestant churches were concentrated in a SIX SQUARE BLOCK area of the old Second Ward! Two more churches were in the 6th Ward. It also would appear that some of these churches moved west and north along with the population. My 1910 City Directory has: St. John's at 8th & Vliet St. Paul's at 7th & Galena Zion Evangelical at 11th & Harmon First German M.E. at Prairie & 21st Incidentally, by 1910 there were 5 German M.E. churches, 2 German Baptist churches and 1 German Presbyterian church in Milwaukee. There was also a group of German 7th Day Adventists and a German Spiritualist Church. Mary Popovich Busia's Roots, Genealogy