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Trinity Lutheran Church (Roanoke, Illinois) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: Collection ID-0857

Scope and Contents

Two Church Record Books:

  • Book 1: 1874-1940 German
  • Book 2: 1941-2014 English


One folder contains some loose items and a copy of a newspaper article in German.

Dates

  • Creation: 1874 - 2014

Biographical / Historical

A group of German Lutherans living in Linn Township, Woodford County, Illinois who had been ministered to by Pastor Buszin of Secor, decided in a special meeting in October 1871 to organize a congregation. In April 1872, Trinity joined the Missouri Synod. Three acres of donated land were recorded as property of the congregation. One half acre was set aside for cemetery use. A teacherage or pasronage was built in 1873 to which a room was added the next year. In September 1874, a call was extended to Pastor Carl Weber of Golberts, Pennsylvania. The congregation closed in 2014.

List of Pastors

  1. Rev. Theo Buszin 1871-1874
  2. Rev. C. Weber 1874-1879
  3. Rev. Theo Pissel 1879-1899
  4. Rev. B. Graupner 1899-1910
  5. Rev. KF Linse 1910-1922
  6. Rev. WJ Eifrig 1927-1932
  7. Rev. F. Pfotenhauer 1933-1936
  8. Rev. EH Hahn (Eureka) 1936-1946
  9. Rev. AC Meier 1946-1947
  10. Rev. M. Beer 1947-1955
  11. Rev. L. Mietzner 1957-1963
  12. Rev. John Ricker 1965-

Extent

2 Church Record Book(s)

1 Folders

Language of Materials

German

English

Physical Location

1.12.2.6

Existence and Location of Copies

Official acts filmed by Ancestry, Inc. February 7, 2022

Source

Title
Trinity Lutheran Church (Roanoke, Illinois) Records
Status
Completed
Author
Margaret Robson
Date
March 12, 2018
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