Waukesha Baptist Church still stands on the corner of Wisconsin and Grand Avenue and is still active. The office address is 247 Wisconsin Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186. Addie in Waukesha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Chase" <joec@inxpress.net> To: <WIWAUKES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [WIWAUKES] Waukesha Baptist Church in 1850 > From the "History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin-1880", pp.647-648, First > Baptist Church: "In 1844, the church society built a church edifice on the > corner of West Division and Wisconsin streets, which was then the largest > and best built in the place .... the congregation continued to occupy the > first church edifice until 1871 ..." "In 1871... the old house was removed > from the lot where it was built 27 years before, on to lots farther east, on > Wisconsin street, and occupied by the church while the new edifice was being > erected." Afterward it was sold to the Town of Waukesha, and used as a town > hall. > The new church edifice was bulit on the corner of Grand and Wisconsin and > finished in the summer of 1872. > > I don't have information on the current status. > > --Joe Chase > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <katbox1@socal.rr.com> > To: <WIWAUKES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 6:07 PM > Subject: [WIWAUKES] Waukesha Baptist Church in 1850 > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Houghton, Dingman > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/585 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > William Houghton and Susan A. Dingman were married 7 Jun 1850 in Waukesha, > Waukesha, Wisconsin by George Silver a Baptist Minister. > > > > Does anyone know who now holds the records for the Baptist Church in > Waukesha and where it was located in 1850 and also it's present day > location? > > > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > Kitty > > > > > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > ============================== > 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 > >