Tom and list,
The Catholic church in West Union is Holy Name
Catholic Church. The current Lutheran church is Zion
Lutheran. I'm not familiar with a United Bretheran
Church. At one time, there was another Lutheran church
in West Union, but I don't recall the name of it at
the moment. I'm going to be in West Union this
weekend, I'll see what I can find out.
Stacy Nesvik
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Searching for ancestry of Betsey A. GILBERT, born February 10, 1862 in
Elgin, Fayette Co., IA. Her parents were Iver (or Ivor) and possibly
Annie (last name unknown) GILBERT who, at least Iver, immigrated from
Norway. Betsey's siblings were (Americanized names); Olaf, Gilbert,
Henry, Barbara, and Rachel. Betsey and I'm assuming the entire family
moved to Wisconsin before 1882 (Betsey married Tollef BRATTLIE on March
12, 1882 in Ridgeway, Iowa Co., WI).
Any information on any of Betsey's siblings, pare
The United Brethren Church in Center township was located in Section 35. Today it is the site of the Center Grove Cemetery which is near Twin Bridges county park north of Maynard or south of Randalia. Milton M. Taylor who died 1 June 1895, age 53 yr., 1 mo., 11 days is among the burials in what was the church cemetery and today in in the care of the Center township trustees who do NOT take good care of it.
The church reportedly was active from about 1880 until the 1920's. It disbanded and the buildin
Does anyone have info on the following family?
Francis "Frank" Ware (1867-?) married Elizabeth Thompson (1868-?) had several children including Lavon Ware who married Lloyd Birdsell and Iva Ware who married a ___ Paul. They lived in Fayette area.
ANY help, including cemetery, obit, or general lead info would be greatly appreciated!
Steven
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I'm interested also. Could you give some hints online?
Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Krakow"
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: West Union church records: KRAKOW, WONNENBERG, and FROEHLICH
> Hi,
>
> I want to investigate the church records in West Union, Fayette County.
> Specifically, my ancestors were listed in the 1895 census as Lutherans,
> United Bretherans, and Catholics. Could someone on the list give me
> pointers to
I have Catholic families in my West Union families, but they apparently went
over the county line to the Church of Seven Dolors, in Festina, Winneshiek
Co. This was primarily a German Catholic congregation, but my Irish
ancestors are also buried there. I found tombstones records for it on
Ancestry.com under 'Tombstone Records of Winneshiek Co.'.
Good luck!
Stacey Fitting
My 2nd great grandfather, Milton M. Taylor was a pastor, and I've been told
that the group he belonged to was United Brethren. The census puts him in
Center Twp, Fayette County from 1885-1895. Would that be West Union? So
I'm also interested in learning more about the churches of West Union.
Phyllis Stengl
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From: Stacy N. [mailto:slnez47@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:55 AM
To: IAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: West Union Churches
Tom and list,
The Catholic church
Interested in information on Christian BERGER listed in the 1870 Pleasant
Valley Twp. census living with Jacob LEHMANN (age 64) and his daughter,
Catherine (age 32). Christian BERGER immigrated in 1856; his wife dying at
sea during the course of the voyage. Christian and family first stopped in
Fayette Co. A Winona Co., MN bio sketch of Christian's daughter, Anna
Elizabeth, indicates they lived with an uncle in Fayette Co. - is that Jacob
LEHMANN? In 1874, Christian BERGER moved to Winona Co., MN
Hi,
I want to investigate the church records in West Union, Fayette County.
Specifically, my ancestors were listed in the 1895 census as Lutherans,
United Bretherans, and Catholics. Could someone on the list give me
pointers to the names and addresses of these faiths in West Union?
I am researching the following surnames in West Union: KRAKOW,
WONNENBERG, and FROEHLICH.
Thanks,
Tom Krakow
706 Emory Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
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Hi, Phyllis,
The Fayette County, Iowa USGenWeb page is wonderful! I don't promise that
you will find the United Brethren church you are looking for, but I do
promise that you will find some excellent sources there. Linnie Howell is
the "person in charge" of that site, and she does an excellent job. It's
site can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~iafayett/
Good luck,
Doris A. Smith -- dormarbil@earthlink.net
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From: "Phyllis Stengl"
To:
That was about the time of the split of the first American denomination -
United Brethren Church, so depending on which branch they stuck with and what
time researching, it's the loose combination of Mennonite and Reformed
churches, "United Brethren in Christ"; and then the other branch eventually
merged with Evangelical, which later merged with Methodist to form United
Methodist.
If looking for 1880s to 1900 time frame records, I'd start my search in
nearby UB archives. Unfortunately, I don't find
The following information was taken from "History of West Union, Iowa, 1849-1974".
Holy Name Catholic Church - Records for the Holy Name Catholic Church of West Union date back to 1861 when the members of the congregation came mostly from the East.
Among those early names we find Owens, Loftus, Wimber, Muldowney, Foley and Riley. The Catholics from this community were served by priests from Elkader, Waucoma and McGregor. The Rev. Patrick McMahon came to West Union in 1879. From his records we find