German Immigrants In American Church Records - Vol. 10: Illinois North Protestant

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German Immigrants In American Church Records - Vol. 10: Illinois North Protestant; Roger Minert; First Printed 2011, Reprint 2025; 571 pp; Hard Cover; Every-name index; Acid-Free Paper; ISBN: 978-1-62859-320-4; Item #: FR0590

Dr. Minert and a team of researchers at BYU are currently involved in a project wherein they read and extract Americans' German vital records from historic local church vital records. These church records often pinpoint German origins in the "old country." Places and dates of birth, marriage, and previous residence in Germany are commonly found in these records. Dr. Minert estimates that 65-76 percent of historic local church records give an immigrant's exact place of birth. Entries found in the volumes include people born in Switzerland.

This volume has 17,502 entries which includes information on 8,263 immigrants from Germany.

Typical entries from one of these Illinois churches is as follows:

Dorothea Elise Barthels b. Braunschweig (duchy) 1 Jan 1820; d. 28 Nov 1879; bur.

Ashton, IL 29 Nov 1879; m. Wilhelm Frees. Ref: p. 1:205.

Anna - - b. Delmenhorst, Oldenburg 6 Dec 1849; d. 13 Oct 1880; bur. Rochelle, Ogle Co., IL 15 Oct 1880; m. Johann Biederstedt. Ref: p. 1:206.

Katharina Elisabeth - - b. Heinebach, Hessen-Nassau 7 Oct 1838; d. 23 Oct 1880; bur. Ashton, IL 25 Oct 1880; m. Adam Beck. Ref: p. 1:206.

Hermann Grothe b. Quakenbrtick, Hannover 16 Feb 1810; d. 16 Sept 1881; bur. Ashton, IL 18 Sept 1881. Ref: p. 1:207.

Wilhelm Fries b. Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1 Jan 1822; d. 19 May 1882; bur. Ashton, IL 21 May 1882; m. Doris Elise Barthels; 2m. Margarethe Torey. Ref: p. 1:207.

Marie Elisabeth Beck b. Otmannshausen, Hessen-Nassau 1 Dec 1809; d. 28 June 1883; bur. Ashton, IL 1 July 1883; m. Engelhardt Fernau. Ref: p. 1:208.

Franz Ludwig Kohl b. Schonwerder, Pommem 6 July 1882; son of August Kohl and Karoline Bettin; d. 30 April 1884; bur. Ashton, IL 2 May 1884. Ref: p. 1:208.

Friedrich Neumann b. Hofgeismar, Hessen-Nassau ca. 1859; son of Karl Neumann; d.14 July 1887, age ca. 28; bur. Ashton, IL 15 July 1887. Ref: p. 1:209.

Karl Neumann b. Hofgeismar, Hessen-Nassau. Ref: p. 1:209.

E. August Bode b. Barnum, Braunschweig 1 Aug 1849; d. 16 July 1887; bur. Ashton, IL 18 July 1887; m. Martha Lotzel. Ref: p. 1:209.

Wilhelm Wendt b. Kallin, Pommem 3 June 1839; d. Ashton, IL 13 Aug 1887; bur. Ashton 15 Aug 1887; m. Louise Emilie Engel. Ref: p. 1:210.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Map of Illinois

Map of Northern Illinois: Churches included in this volume

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Sample Entries from Northern Illinois Protestant Church Records

German Immigrants in Northern Illinois Protestant Churches

1. Anchor: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

2. Ashton: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

3. Belvidere: First Evangelical Church

4. Benson: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

5. Benson: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

6. Carthage: Immanuel Lutheran Church

7. Castleton (Wyoming): St. Timothy's Lutheran Church

8. Charlotte: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

9. Chatsworth: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

10. Chenoa: Trinity Lutheran Church

11. Chillicothe: St. Mark's Lutheran Church

12. Coal City: St. Petri Evangelical Lutheran Church

13. Compton: Immanuel Lutheran Church

14. Crescent City: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

15. Cullom: St. John's Lutheran Church

16. Derinda Twp.: Trinity Lutheran Church

17. Dixon: Bethel Evangelical Congregational Church

18. Dixon: Emmanuel Lutheran Church

19. Flanagan: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

20. Forrest: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

21. Forreston: St. James Lutheran Church

22. Frankfort: St. Peter's Evangelical Church

23. Franklin Grove: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

24. Galena: St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church

25. Galena: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

26. Germanville Twp.: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

27. Glasford: St. Peter's Lutheran Church

28. Granville: Immanuel Lutheran Church

29. Hanover: Zoar Church

30. Harlem (Forest Park): St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

31. Hinsdale: Zion's Lutheran Church

32. Huntley: St. Paul's Evangelical Church

33. Lacon: St. John's Lutheran Church

34. Lena: Basswood United Methodist Church

35. Limestone (Peoria): St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

36. Long Point: Long Point Lutheran Church

37. Massbach: St. Johannis Lutheran Church

38. Mendota: St. John's Lutheran Church

39. Mills Creek: St. John's Zion Lutheran Church

40. Mokena: United Evangelical Church

41. Mokena: St. John's Church

42. Mokena: St. John's United Evangelical Church

43. Nauvoo: Nauvoo United Methodist Episcopal Church

44. Nauvoo: Christ Lutheran Church

45. Oregon: Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church

46. Ottawa: Zion's Lutheran Church

47. Peoria: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

48. Peoria: St. John's Lutheran Church

49. Peoria: Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church

50. Plano: St. Johannes German Evangelical Church

51. Princeton: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

52. Princeton: St. John's Lutheran Church

53. Rock Falls: German Evangelical Immanuel Lutheran Church

54. Sterling: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

55. Sterling: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

56. Stockton: Christ Lutheran Church

57. Sutter: Bethlehem German Lutheran Church

58. Tioga: Bethany Tioga Church of Christ

59. Toluca: St. John's Lutheran Church

60. Troy Grove Twp.: St. John's Lutheran Church

61. Walnut: Evangelical Lutheran Church

62. Warren: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

63. Yorktown: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Index of Personal Names