The Ancestry of Esther Kraus
Church Records
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois
- Founded: 1846
- Official Web Site: Immaculate Conception Parish (with podcasts of the Sunday homilies)
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The records below are for the siblings of ancestors of Esther Clara Kraus. Additional records may be found in the linked indices. All transcriptions are off-site.
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Births and Baptisms
- No birth or baptisms of Esther's close relatives were at Immaculate Conception.
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Communion Class
- 1946 Communion Class (photo)
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Marriages
- The following marriages were listed in the Monroe County marriage records as having been performed by the Catholic Priest in Columbia. I have not checked for a record at Immaculate Conception, and it's possible that the marriagea did not actually take place there.
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| Miss Francisca Steppig | Frederick Lepp | 5 November 1884 | unknown: by Jul. Maurer Catholic Priest | |
| Mary M. Weilbacher | Albert Wehinger | 12 May 1896 | unknown |
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Death & Cemetery Records
| MARRIED NAME (not necessarily same as record - may match gravestone) |
BIRTH | DEATH | DEATH RECORD | CEMETERY (PHOTOS) links to www.rootsweb.com/~ilmonroe |
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| John Lepp | 1834 | 1918 | [see St. Paul Evangelical Death Records] | Row 6, Center Sect.,S.E, stone 7 (Stone is 3' behind line of row 6) |
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| Agatha (Wehinger) Lepp | 1854 | 1920 | FUNERAL CARD | Row 6, Center Sect.,S.E., stone 7 (Stone is 3' behind line of row 6) |
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| Frances (Steppig) Lepp | 1859 | 1939 | Row 3, Center Sect., S.E., stone 14 | ||
| Fred Lepp | 1857 | 1934 | FUNERAL CARD | Row 3, Center Sect., S.E., stone 15 | |
| Albert Wehinger | 1869 | 1933 | Row 12, Old Sect., E., stone 1 ( row H - # 3 in old system ) |
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| Mary (Weilbacher) Wehinger | 1871 | 1949 | FUNERAL CARD | Row 10, Center Sect., S.E., stone 10 "SISTER" (buried near other Weilbachers) | |
| Lena (Wenkel) Weissler | 1882 | 1896 | Row 11, Center Sect.,S.E., stone 10, husband: John Weissler on same stone |
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Pastors
- Rev. Arnold Pinkers of Belgium (appointed 1858)
- Rev. Francis Bloesinger (1860)
- Rev. William Koenig (1861)
- Rev. Julius Maurer (1863)
- Rev. Bernard Claus (1892)
- Rev. Joseph Duenn (1903)
- Rev. Henry Goosens (1903)
- John F. Schreuder
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Members
- Early member family names: Frierdich, Platz, Beckerle, Janson, Brand, Schnmidt, Kuehner, Wilde, Riebeling, Schuler, Eichmueller, Reis, Ritter, Koenigsmark, Vahles, Kohlmer, Weilbacher, Habermehl, Juengling, Oexner, Herrmann, McQuade, Knott, and others.
- 1904 Census (increase the number in the URL to go to the next page)
Relatives of Esther Kraus:
- Charles Lepp & ? neé Wehinger ("gem. Ehe, Frau und Kinder kath.)
Children: Alma 15, Arthur 14
[This is probably John Lepp (brother of Wilhelm) & Agatha Wehinger. The notation probably means that only the wife and children were Catholic. In 1904, the oldest daughter, Anna Maria "Mary" was already married to Herman Mundinger, first born son John had died in 1900, leaving daughter Anna F., age 15 and Arthur A., age 14. Agatha was the niece of Paulina (Wehinger) Lepp.]
- Friedrich Lepp & ? neé Steppig
Children: William 18, Georg 16, Emilia 15, Friederich 13, Henry 9
[Friedrich was the son of Wilhelm & Paulina (Wehinger) Lepp, twin of Margaret (Lepp) Wenkel. His wife was Francisca Steppig.]
- Albert Wehinger & Maria neé Weilbacher
[Nephew of Paulina (Wehinger) Lepp, brother of Agatha (Wehinger) Lepp.]
- Charles Lepp & ? neé Wehinger ("gem. Ehe, Frau und Kinder kath.)
- School Children of 1882 (not named)
- Altar Society 1946
- St. Vincent De Paul Society 1946
- Young Men's Sodality and Young Ladies' Sodality 1946
- Parish Retreat League 1946
- Mass Servers 1946
- "daughters" and "sons" (Juengling, Weissler, Schmidt, Beckerle, Janson)
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History
- 1903-1904 History and Directory (in German)
- Immaculate Conception Centennial 1846-1946
- History of Columbia and Columbia Precinct, 1859-1959
- History from the Immaculate Conception Parish web site
