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Ebenezer Lutheran Church (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: Collection ID-2308

Scope and Contents

Official Acts
  • Baptisms 1911-1979
  • Confirmations 1913-1977
  • Marriages 1912-1981
  • Deaths 1911-1982
Minutes / Reports / History
  • History
  • Constitutions and By-Laws
  • Financial / Annual Reports 1929-1984
  • Council Meeting Minutes 1963-1990
  • Voters' Meeting Minutes 1974-1991
  • Ladies Auxililary Meeting Minutes / Records 1910-1991
  • Men's Club Meeting Minutes 1928-1932
  • Senior Society Meeting Minutes 1941-1964
  • Ebenezer School Mothers' Club Meeting Minutes 1948-1969
  • School Information
  • Building / Insurance / Legal
NOTE: Meeting Minutes in both English and German

Dates

  • Creation: 1910 - 1991

Biographical / Historical

This congregation began between 1910 and 1912. The church building was built in 1913 and a school was built in 1927. The school operated until 1977, the final eight years with Immanuel Lutheran Church. The school building became the first home of Sheboygan Area Lutheran High School for the 1978-79 school year. The school building was sold in 1983. The twenty-fifth anniversary was celebrated on September 26, 1943, the thirty-fifth on October 25, 1953. Mortgage Burning took place on November 13, 1955. Building renovations dedications took place in 1941 and 1962. The fiftieth anniversary was celebrated on May 19, 1963. On Jul 11, 1992, the congregation celebrated seventy-five years in the LCMS. The congregation closed around 1998.

List of Pastors

  • Rev. Frederick Proehl 1918?-1926
  • Rev. Ernest Stoeckhardt 1926-1941
  • Rev. Erich Keller 1941-1969
  • Rev. Victor Meyer 1970-1986
  • Rev. Clarence Stangohr 1977-1989
  • Rev. Mark Christ 1989-?

Extent

2 Linear Feet (One cubic foot box; one 5" letter box)

2 Volumes (One scrap book; one photo album)

1 Church Record Book(s)

Language of Materials

German

English

Physical Location

5.21.1.5

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Rev. Bradley A. Smith, May 1998; additional material added July 2000.

Title
Ebenezer Lutheran Church (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) Records
Status
In Progress
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Concordia Historical Institute Repository

Contact:
804 Seminary Place
Saint Louis MO 63105 USA
314-505-7935