The Ancestry of Esther Kraus
Church Records
Zion Church (Formerly Zion Evangelical, Zion UCC)
Millstadt, St. Clair County, Illinois
- Founded: 1836, church erected in 1844
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The records below are for the ancestors of Esther Clara Kraus and their siblings - Esther's direct ancestors are highlighted.
In appears that Esther's ancestors celebrated marriages and baptisms at Zion Evangelical in the period before Zoar and St. Paul Evangelical churches were founded in Monroe County.
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Births and Baptisms
- Source: Zion UCC, Millstadt, St. Clair Co, IL Baptism Records (1835-1845) SCCGS Quarterly Vol 1 (1978)
| NAME | BIRTH | BAPTISM | Parents (from transcription) |
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| Catharine Margaretha Maurer | 3 Oct 1838 | 14 April 1839 | parents: Abraham Maurer and Catharine Krauss |
| Johanes Stumpf | 5 Oct 1839 | 8 March 1840 | parents; Johannes Stumpf and Elisabetha Rodemich |
| Johann Philip Stumpf | 11 Dec 1841 | 8 March 1844 | parents; Johannes Stumpf and Elisabetha Rodemich |
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Confirmations
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Marriages
- Source: "Marriages of Zion Evangelical Kirche, Millstadt, St. Clair Co., IL (1836-1865)" SCCGS Quarterly Vol. 5 #2
- Source: "Marriage Records, Zion United Church of Christ, Millstadt, IL (1866-1871)" SCCGS Quarterly Vol. 7 #3
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| Elizabetha Rodemich | Johannes Stumpf | 10 April 1838 | ? | |
| Caroline Wenkel 1st marriage |
Frederick Schaffer [Schaefer] | 12 September 1846 | Vol 2 p.93 by JJ. Riep in Monroe County | |
| Charlotte Wenkel [Dorothea] |
Lewis Schaffer [Schaefer] 1st marriage |
12 September 1846 | Vol 2 p.93 by JJ. Riep in Monroe County | |
| Augusta Maul | Frederick Wenkel 1st marriage |
14 February 1852 | Vol 2 p.167 by F. Knauß in Monroe County | |
| Friedericke Wenkel | Carl Heinrich Mund | 1 February 1853 | Vol 2 p. 179 LOOK UP NAMES in Monroe County | |
| * | Catharine Stumpf | William Wenkle [Wenkel] 1st marriage |
26 March 1853 | Vol.2 p.180 in Monroe County |
| Caroline (Krauss) Huch 2nd marriage |
George Doerr | 1 February 1877 | ? in Centreville by Jacob Knauss, Minister of the Gospel [NOTE: could be different church sharing Knauss as minister, information fro St. Clair County marriage record] |
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Death & Cemetery Records
- St. Clair County, IL Tombstone Surname Index (includes Zion - also known as Freivogel Cemetery)
- Photo of Freivogel Cemetery
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Pastors
- Zion Evangelical Pastors [note that some of the early pastors were shared with St. Paul's Evangelical in Columbia]
- Konrad Riess (1836-1846) [also was pastor at Zoar in New Hanover]
- J J Reip
- F. Knauss
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Members
- "Zion Church Family Register, Millstadt, St. Clair County, IL", SCCGS Quarterly Vol. 10 No.1 (1987)
[none of Esther's ancestors were listed in the register]
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History
- The History of Millstadt, Illinois (with section on Zion)
- Zion Church withdraws from UCC (Belleville News-Democrat 12/30/2005)
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Building Photos
- none