Church Record Sunday: Baptism of Theodor Mandius Eriksen

Theodor Mandius Eriksen, the son of my 2nd-great-grandmother Marthe Elisabeth Eriksdatter/Erickson's brother Svend Jacob Eriksen/Erickson and his wife Laura Thomsen, was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois on 9 March 1884.

Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois. Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. ELCA, Birth, Marriage, Deaths. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Chicago, Illinois.

Theodor was born on 20 December 1882.

The baptismal sponsors were Jorgen and Antonetta Thompson, Andreas and Martha Anderson (my 2nd-great-grandmother Marthe Marthe Elisabeth Eriksdatter/Erickson and her husband, my 3nd-great-grandfather Andreas Troedson/Andrew T. Anderson, and Hans Olson.

Church Record Sunday: Confirmation of Kari Boe

Immanuel Lutheran Parish (Synod), 5 m. N.E. of Watson, Minnesota. Ministerial Records, 1869-1908. Confirmations, 28 October 1888. Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

On 28 October 1888. my great-grandfather's sister Kari Boe was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Parish, 5 miles northeast of Watson, Chippewa County, Minnesota.

In addition to the date of confirmation, the record gives the names of her parents (Jorgen Boe and Aaste Halvorsdatter), her place of birth (Rock Dell [Olmsted, Minnesota]), her date of birth (5 April 1874), and her date of baptism (5 August 1874).

Church Record Sunday: Matilde Josefine Eriksen

Chicago's vital records prior to 8 October 1871 were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. However, church records record the birth, baptism, and burial of Matilde Josefine Eriksen.

Matilde Josefine was the daughter of my 2nd-great-grandmother's brother Elias Eriksen (also spelled Erickson) and his wife Ingeborg. She may have been their first child; I have not found records for any earlier children. She was born on 4 November 1863.

Records for Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois are available on Ancestry.com in the collection U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940. Although it would seem from the name of the collection that no records are available before 1875, some earlier records are available for Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.

Contents of Membership Record Books #2, #3, and #4, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois. Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. ELCA, Birth, Marriage, Deaths. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Chicago, Illinois.

On 31 January 1864, Matilde Josefine was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.

Baptismal record for Matilde Josefine, daughter of Elias and Ingeborg Eriksen, 31 January 1864. Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois. Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. ELCA, Birth, Marriage, Deaths. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Chicago, Illinois.

An August 1864 burial was recorded for Elias Eriksens Barn (Elias Eriksen's child.)

Burial record for Elias Eriksens Barn [Elias Eriksen's child], August 1864. Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois. Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. ELCA, Birth, Marriage, Deaths. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Chicago, Illinois.

Although no name is given, I believe that this child is Matilde Josefine. I have not found any earlier children of Elias Eriksen, and I have found no further record of this Matilde Josefine. Another child of Elias Eriksen, born on 24 September 1869, was given the same name and was baptized at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church on 25 December 1869.

Without these church records, I would not know about the first Matilde Josefine Eriksen. Now she will be remembered.

Church Record Sunday: Immanuel Lutheran Church Records, St. Louis, Missouri

The records of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, 3450 Marcus, St. Louis, Missouri are online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lindainmo/mo_imm_luth/. Records from 1883 to 1920 are available. The records include baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths. Digital photos of the records, taken by Linda Reichert, are available. The original records are located at Concordia Historical Institute in St, Louis, Missouri.

Entry 42 in Image 064 is the baptismal record of Erwin Edgar Schaefering, the husband of my maternal grandfather's sister Vivian Evelyn Boe. He was born on 29 November 1901, and baptized on 15 December 1901. His parents were Georg and Emma Schaefering. Baptismal sponsors were [?] Hallenberg, Alfred Schaefering, and Elisabeth [Schulemeyer?].

Church Record Sunday: Catholic Church Records in New York City

Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral, Mulberry Street, New York, New York

Yesterday I attended the lecture "Finding Your Ancestors in Catholic New York" at the Parish House of the Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral in New York City. The lecture was sponsored by the New York Irish History Roundtable. Kate Feighery, Archival Manager for the Archdiocese of New York, talked about different types of sacramental records, where to find the records, and finding an ancestor's parish.

The Archdiocese of New York covers Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island, as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester Counties. The Archives of the Archdiocese of New York are located at 201 Seminary Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704.

The Diocese of Brooklyn covers Brooklyn and Queens. The Archives of the Diocese of Brooklyn are located at 310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Sacramental records are kept by parishes. The Archives of the Archdiocese of New York do not have sacramental records, and the Archives of the Diocese of Brooklyn only have the sacramental records of nine closed parishes, three closed hospitals, and two orphanages.

Church Record Sunday: Südbadische Standesbücher

Church records from southern Baden are available online at http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/web/49484. The records, which are held by Staatsarchiv Freiburg, cover the years 1810-1870, although the full date range may not be available for every locality.

I have ancestors from southern Baden, so I was very excited when I learned that these records are available online. I have been looking at Catholic church records from Görwihl and Niederwihl.

I found the birth record for my 3rd-great-grandmother Maria Bär in the Görwihl Catholic church records:

Birth record, Maria Bär, 10 September 1818. Staatsarchiv Freiburg L 10 Nr. 5711, Bild 94. Permalink: http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=5-497910-94. Standesbücher / 1810-1870 > Waldshut; Amtsgericht > Görwihl WT; Katholische Gemeinde: Geburtenbuch 1810-1869.

I found the marriage record for my 3rd-great-grandparents Jakob Dreier and Franziska Schäuble in the Niederwihl Catholic church records:

Marriage record, Jakob Dreier and Franziska Schäuble, 1848. Staatsarchiv Freiburg L 10 Nr. 5776, Bild 81. Permalink: http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=5-498377-81. Standesbücher / 1810-1870 > Waldshut; Amtsgericht > Niederwihl, Görwihl WT; Katholische Gemeinde: Heiratsbuch 1810-1869.

I found the death record for my 4th-great-grandmother Eva Stäuble in the Niederwihl Catholic church records:

Death record, Eva Stäuble, 21 December 1858. Staatsarchiv Freiburg L 10 Nr. 5777, Bild 174. Permalink: http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=5-498378-174. Standesbücher / 1810-1870 > Waldshut; Amtsgericht > Niederwihl, Görwihl WT; Katholische Gemeinde: Sterbebuch 1810-1869.

I found the death record for my 3rd-great-grandfather Fridolin Gersbacher (also known as Fridolin Gerspacher) in the Görwihl Catholic church records:

Death record, Fridolin Gersbacher, 23 February 1865. Staatsarchiv Freiburg L 10 Nr. 5713, Bild 221.
Permalink: http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=5-497912-221. Standesbücher / 1810-1870 > Waldshut; Amtsgericht > Görwihl WT; Katholische Gemeinde: Sterbebuch 1810-1869.

Church Record Sunday: Marriage of Edward Lucas and Bridget Scott

My 8th-great-grandparents Edward Lucas and Bridget Scott married in 1700. They were Quakers, so they first had to declare their intentions. Bridget belonged to the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting in Burlington Co., New Jersey, where Edward declared his intentions on the 4th day of the 5th month 1700 (4 July 1700).

Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Minutes, 1688-1809. 4th day of 5th month 1700. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Edward and Bridget declared their intentions again at the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting on the 1st day of the 6th month 1700 (1 August 1700). Edward brought a certificate from the meeting he belonged to, the Falls Monthly Meeting in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania.

Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Minutes, 1688-1809. 1st day of 6th month 1700. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

 

Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Book of Records, 1684-1756. 1st day of 6th month 1700. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Edward and Bridget married on the 3rd day of the 7th month 1700 (3 September 1700) at the house of Thomas Lambert (the husband of Bridget's sister Margaret) in New Jersey.

  

Marriage of Edward Lucas and Bridget Scott. 3rd day of 7th month 1700. Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Minutes, 1682-1847. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Church Record Sunday: Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Board of Deacons and Board of Trustees, 1941-1943

The Bethlehem Star, v. 45 no. 6 (October 1941)

The October 1941 issue of the Bethlehem Star (a publication of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 58th and South Wells Streets, Chicago, Illinois) lists the members of the church's Board of Deacons and Board of Trustees for 1941, 1942, and 1943. Many members of my family were on these boards.

Board of Deacons, 1941
C.F. Dahlquist -  Carl Frederick Dahlquist, my great-grandmother's brother

Board of Deacons, 1943
Edw. T. Anderson - Edward Theodore Anderson, my great-grandfather
C. J. Dahlquist - Charles John (Carl Johan) Dahlquist, my great-grandfather; father of Carl Frederick Dahlquist; father-in-law of Edward Theodore Anderson and Fritz Arthur Gilbert

Board of Trustees, 1942
Reuben A. Anderson - Reuben Alexander Anderson, my great-grandfather Edward Theodore Anderson's brother

Board of Trustees, 1943
Arthur F. Gilbert - Fritz Arthur Gilbert, husband of my great-grandmother's sister Juliet Dahlquist; son-in-law of C. J. Dahlquist and brother-in-law of C. F. Dahlquist

Church Record Sunday: Disownment of Edward Lucas

Ancestry.com recently added Quaker records from the late 1600s-late 1900s to their collection. I have some Quaker ancestors, so this was exciting news to me. Among the records, I found these items referring to my 7th-great-grandfather Edward Lucas:

Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks Co,, Pennsylvania, 4th of 11 mo. 1737. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 177.

Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks Co,, Pennsylvania, 7th of 5 mo. 1760. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 177.

Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, 4th of 6 mo. 1760. Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 177.

Edward Lucas married out of unity, and long before 1760, he left Bucks County, Pennsylvania and settled in Virginia (now West Virginia). But in 1760, he was disowned. It can be worthwhile to look at records in an ancestor's former place of residence, even if the person left the area long ago; you still might find something!