| St. Peter's United Church of Christ New Albin Record of Baptisms 1936-1984 |
Some Interesting Facts
on Baptism at St. Peter’s U.C.C.
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| Rev. Ervin Florin | |
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| Rev. Paul Franzmeier | |
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| Rev. Paul Franzmeier | |
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| Rev. Emil Burrichter | |
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| Rev. Clyde Lee | |
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| Rev. James Dahlgren | |
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| Rev. Richard Waters | |
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Some Interesting Facts on Baptism at St. Peter’s U.C.C.
Only two pastors of St. Peter’s have had a
child baptized in New Albin while they were service the church
here.
JAMES CALVIN DENNINGHAFF, a son of Rev. Louis and Lucia
Denninghaff, was born on September 13th, 1925, and baptized on
December 6, 1925, at the parsonage.
MARK RICHARD WATERS, son of Rev. Richard and Jeanne Waters, was
born on {Private} and baptized on {Private}, at the church.
Three children were baptized on the same day; June 9, 1929. Rev.
P.C. Keinath was the pastor. The sacrament was performed in the
homes of the children. Those who were baptized that day were;
LESTER BOLTZ, son of Theo. and Louise Boltz: RUTH MEYER, daughter
of Paul and Alma Meyer; and GILMAN MEYER, son of Walter and Hulda
Meyer.
Three sets of twins were baptized by our church; ALBERT and
ALFRED Renk, sons of Wilhelm and Lena (Luttchens) Renk; born on
Feb 21, 1900, and baptized by Rev. Henry Kunz on Feb. 25, 1900.
GENEVA and JEANETTE FINK, daughters of Leo and Lydia (Meyer)
Fink; born on July 22, 1927, and baptized by Rev. P. C. Keinath
on Sept. 18, 1927.JAMES and JASON STRONG, sons of David and
Angela (Wuennecke) Strong; born on {Private}, and baptized by
Rev. James Dahlgren on {Private}.
The greatest number of baptisms performed in one year was 12
– in 1889 and again in 1895.1940, 1966, 1969, 1980, and 1981
– there was only one baptism performed during each of these
years.
The first baptism in our present church building was for RANDY
GENE WOHLERS, son of Earl and Berth (Jannsen) Wohlers. Randy was
born on {Private}, and baptized by Rev. Paul Franzmeier on
{Private}. The sponsors were Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wohlers.
The first baptism at St. Peter’s was that of IDA MINNA
MESSALL, daughter of Louis and Ida (Lenz) Messall. She was born
on Feb. 24, 1885, and baptized on April 12, 1885, by Rev. Jacob
Maierle. The sponsors were Frederick Lenz and Henrietta
Hadelbrink.
The last baptism to be performed (during our first one hundred
years) was for STEVEN RAY NEUMANN., son of Darrell and Anita
(Mahler) Neumann. He was born on {Private}, and baptized on
{Private}, by Rev. Richard Waters. The sponsors were Beth Heckman
and Barton and Wendy King.
Until 1954 (the beginning of Rev. Burrichter’s pastorate),
the large majority of baptisms were performed at the homes of the
child’s parents or grandparents, or at the parsonage. After
Rev. Burrichter began his ministry here, only 4 baptisms were
done at the home and just 2 at the parsonage. All the rest were
in the church, and this tradition has continued to the present
time.
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*transcribers notes, re: Renk Twins (1900): Alfred Renk lived until he was about 12 years old, dying 2 June 1911 and is listed in the Wheatland Cemetery records. Albert died shortly after birth living only a few days. Sadly, their mother Lena also died a few days later. Lena is also listed in the Wheatland Cemetery records (in error under her maiden name). Albert is not listed, but I believe he is buried with his mother.
- transcribers notes: I have added {private} to
any information that maybe current
- source: St. Peter's United Church of Christ Anniversary Book
"Celebrating Our Centennial" 1885-1985
- transcribed by Diana Henry Diedrich (the Renk Twins and the
Fink Twins were cousins of mine)
- proof-read by Richard Diedrich
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