The History of St. John’s (Hain’s) Reformed Church
Baptisms by Rev. Wm. J. Kershner
1883-1916
| Baptized | Name of Child | Parents | Born |
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1888
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| Jan. 29 | Jennie Grace Ruth | James H. and Kate S. Dundore | Jan. 15, 1887 |
| Feb. 5 | John Sallade | Geo. and Isabella Himmelreich | Dec. 19, 1887 |
| Feb. 20 | Harry Isaac Scheaffer | Isaac and Mary Ann Lambert | Dec. 7, 1887 |
| Feb. 20 | Maud Elizabeth Esterline (Twin) | John B. and Clara J. Richard | Dec. 29, 1887 |
| Feb. 20 | Fietta Annie E. Esterline (Twin) | John B. and Clara J. Richard | Dec. 29, 1887 |
| Mar. 18 | Bennivell Henry Rice | Samuel B. and Harrietta R. Lerch | Nov. 25, 1887 |
| Mar. 18 | Anna Elizabeth German | Robert and Ellen M. Lerch | Mar. 3, 1888 |
| Mar. 23 | James Paul Yoder | Adam D. and Sallie I. Emes | Mar. 4, 1888 |
| Mar. 25 | Hiram Samuel Yocom | John S. and Emma J. Hull | Jan. 25, 1888 |
| Mar. 30 | Virtie Adele May Zimmerman | Wm. H. and Mary M. Stiely | June 6, 1887 |
| April 22 | Bertha May Kintrer | David M. and Clara B. Greath | Nov. 7, 1887 |
| April 22 | Eva Jane Wentz | Harvey F. and Sallie H. Horne | Jan. 13, 1888 |
| April 22 | Cora Themson Yoh | Isaac and Katie Hoover | Jan. 27, 1888 |
| April 22 | Ida Elizabeth Gelsinger | Daniel and Mary E. Dundore | Feb. 24, 1888 |
| April 22 | Willie Wilson Dundore | Morgan W. and Caroline Ernst | June 27, 1887 |
| April 23 | Eva Huber | John B. and Leanna M. Muthart | Oct. 6, 1887 |
| April 28 | Herbert Wm. Hull | Benj. F. and Mary M. Hain | Oct. 18, 1887 |
| May 6 | Robert Aaron Werner | Geo. B. and Kate M. Schaeffer | Mar. 15, 1888 |
| May 6 | George Franklin Werner | Geo. B. and Kate M. Schaeffer | Mar. 15, 1888 |
| May 9 | Gertie Swartz | Alfred W. and Lizzie M. Matz | Dec. 8, 1887 |
| May 9 | Henry Edward Bohn | Daniel M. and Lizzie A. Lamm | April 16, 1888 |
| May 14 | Charles Frederic Texter | Martin and Sarah A. Koch | Feb. 18, 1888 |
| May 14 | Adam Henry Schaeffer | Samuel and Amanda Koch | Dec. 7, 1887 |
| May 26 | Mamie Mable Leiby | Henry and Sarah Stoudt | Nov. 21, 1887 |
| May 27 | Sallie Miller | John R. and Sophia Diefenbach | Feb. 26, 1888 |
| May 30 | Reuben Lewis Werner | Wm. and Mary A. Boyer | April 3, 1888 |
| June 24 | Charles Hiram Knoll | Geo. M. and Eva S. Werner | Mar. 10, 1888 |
| June 25 | John James Phillip | Elias and Hettie R. Babb | June 4, 1888 |
| July 8 | Lorah Reber | Wm. F. and Amanda E. Sterner | Feb. 22,1888 |
| July 14 | William Frederic Reed | J. Cyrus and Annie R. Yoh | Mar. 21, 1888 |
| July 20 | Edwin Smith | Jacob and Catherine Feather | Feb. 5. 1888 |
| Aug. 3 | Mertie May Stiely | Charles and Lizzie Helman | Mar. 3, 1888 |
| Aug. 5 | John Daniel Werner | Milton S. and Mary Y. Krick | June 6, 1888 |
| Aug. 5 | Bertha Sallie Wenrich | Samuel A. and Sallie E. Hain | Feb. 28, 1888 |
| Aug. 11 | Annie Mariah Reed | John F. and Mary M. Moyer | June 6, 1888 |
| Aug. 13 | Louisa Texter | John and Kate Ulrich | May 11, 1888 |
| Aug. 13 | Edward Lewis Klopp | Lewis M. and Emma A. Leib | April 26, 1888 |
| Aug. 13 | Emma Gouse | Gottlieb and Mary Richard | Mar. 16, 1888 |
| Aug. 13 | Luther Harry Miller | Jeremiah F. and Emeline Heckman | Nov. 22, 1877 |
| Aug. 15 | Wm. Keim Coleman | John and Agnes E. Keim | July 2, 1888 |
| Aug. 31 | Lillie May Ramsey | Thomas and Martha W. White | May 17, 1887 |
| Sept. 9 | Paul Ruth | John A. and Emma C. Leis | July 21, 1888 |
| Sept. 10 | Harvey Fry | Adam and Emma D. Borneman | Mar. 14, 1888 |
| Sept. 10 | Paul Wike | James B. and Maria M. Hartz | Mar. 31, 1886 |
| Sept. 16 | Raymond Milton Mountz | Milton H. and Minnie E. Keim | June 26, 1888 |
| Sept. 30 | Abraham Moyer | Geo. and Caroline Moll | Oct. 17, 1887 |
| Sept. 30 | Ida Esther Koller | Franklin and Mary Whitmoyer | June 7, 1888 |
| Sept. 30 | James Beard | James R. and Lydia Weitzel | June 8, 1888 |
| Oct. 7 | Robert Cleveland Earhart | Joseph and Annie Stief | Nov. 28, 1887 |
| Oct. 13 | Bessie Reber | John F. and Christine Strunk | July 6, 1888 |
| Oct. 13 | Grace Reber | Henry H. and Lizzie M. Greth | Sept. 6, 1888 |
| Oct. 14 | Henry Marshall Gaul | Henry M. and Mary C. Ruth | July 21, 1888 |
| Oct. 25 | Dasie Florence Reedy | Wm. Jacob and Clara R. Machmer | Aug. 2, 1888 |
| Oct. 27 | Harry Snyder | Henry B. and Mary McCauley | June 12, 1881 |
| Oct. 27 | Wm. Snyder | Henry B. and Mary McCauley | Oct. 13, 1883 |
| Oct. 27 | George Snyder | Henry B. and Mary McCauley | Aug. 9, 1886 |
| Nov. 21 | Katie Laura Resh | Wm. and Emmaline Hoover | April 2, 1888 |
| Nov. 21 | Clarence Debbin | Daniel and Mary A. Schlott | Mar. 30, 1888 |
| Nov. 21 | Charles Clouse Wenrich | Geo. H. and Emma Greth | Sept. 14, 1887 |
| Nov. 21 | Geo. Washington Talbort | Charles B. and Ida M. Quigg | Sept. 27, 1888 |
| Nov. 22 | Franklin Adam Hain | John A. and Katie A. Blatt | Oct. 12, 1888 |
| Nov. 29 | John Boyer | Franklin B. and Ealmeta Bricker | Aug. 11, 1888 |
| Dec. 6 | Mary Matilda Grime | Wellington and Emma Smith | Nov. 18, 1888 |
| Dec. 6 | Florence Joanna Hughes | Clement B. and Adaline Keith | Nov. 19, 1888 |
| Dec. 6 | Eva Rebecca Berger | Dewilla R. and Malinda Reber | Dec. 3, 1887 |
| Dec. 16 | Nora Miller | John H. and Sarah A. Kintzer | Nov. 1, 1888 |
| Dec. 25 | Annie Laura Klopp | John A. and Eva Bender | Oct. 6, 1888 |
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1889
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| Jan. 23 | Daniel Cleveland Smith | Charles and Rosa E. Machmer | Nov. 8, 1888 |
| Feb. 2 | Geo. Lewis Gerhart | Henry R. and Catherine Fehr | Feb. 18, 1888 |
| Feb. 2 | Frederic Charles Gerhart | Henry R. and Catherine Fehr | Jan. 21, 1889 |
| Feb. 10 | Clarence David Eirich | Milton J. and Kate A. Brossman | Aug. 27, 1888 |
| Feb. 25 | Robert Elmer Smith | Reuben and Emma Becker | Jan. 6, 1886 |
| Feb. 25 | Hettie Bertha Smith | Reuben and Emma Becker | Jan. 19, 1889 |
| Mar. 2 | David Himmelreich | Samuel and Kate E. Renninger | Nov. 25, 1888 |
| Mar. 9 | Bird Wm. Althouse | Morris E. and Alice I. Fause | May 19, 1887 |
| April 1 | Paul Franklin Bucks | Harvey L. and Adeline Yoh | Mar. 14, 1889 |
| April 14 | Harry Wm. Hart | Adam and Mary E. Fleisher | Jan. 4, 1889 |
| April 14 | Florence Mary Rice | Samuel B. and Harrietta R. Lerch | Feb. 9, 1889 |
| April 21 | Lillie May Sloat | Jonathan I. and Mary E. Bricker | Nov. 18, 1888 |
| April 21 | Willie Edward Spatz | Adam P. and Eva A. Brossman | Mar. 16, 1889 |
| April 22 | Ammon Grover Simmon | Daniel and Kate Ulrich | Jan. 23, 1889 |
| May 8 | Daniel Isaac Dunkelberger | Daniel and Caroline Yoh | Jan. 7, 1889 |
| May 19 | Herbert Benj. Gerhart | Calvin E. and Amelia Lambert | Feb. 11, 1889 |
| May 19 | Marion Lilly Hain | J.U. and Mary H. Klopp | Nov. 20, 1888 |
| May 27 | Annie Abbie Dunkelberger | Wm. and Catherine Faust | Dec. 30, 1888 |
| June 4 | Harvey Scheaffer | Samuel and Amanda Koch | Mar. 15, 1889 |
| June 8 | John Samuel Bitler | John and Mary Heberling | May 12, 1864 |
| June 8 | Carrie Annie Bickel | Levi Bickel and Clara Mountz | Jan. 25, 1889 |
| June 9 | Lilly Elvina Bickel | Reily L. and Emma Schaeffer | Dec. 13, 1888 |
| June 11 | Paul Franklin Greth | John Franklin and Sallie Grime | Mar. 22, 1889 |
| June 22 | Raymond Fisher Hain | Dr. D.H. and Sallie Fisher | May 16, 1889 |
| June 23 | Jacob Greath | Franklin and Ellen Seidel | Dec. 16, 1888 |
| June 23 | Paul Albert Dunkelberger | Albert and Sallie Ann Seidel | Dec. 6, 1888 |
| July 7 | Harry M. Tice | Clinton S. and Ella G. Miller | Jan. 12, 1889 |
| July 11 | Eva May Scheaffer | Isaac and Mary Ann Lambert | Feb. 26, 1889 |
| July 20 | Emily Hain Gaul | David M. and Mary M. Huyett | Dec. 30, 1888 |
| July 21 | Virgie E. Binkley | Geo. E. and Annie E. Shappel | Jan. 22, 1889 |
| July 30 | Sollie Ulysses Horn | Peter and Eliz. Auchenbach | April 24, 1889 |
| July 4 | Charles Kerper Zechman | Darius and Rosa H. Kerper | June 3, 1889 |
| July 4 | Jennie Werner | Harry and Sallie M.E. McKutch | Jan. 2, 1889 |
| July 4 | Mamie Spatz | John F. and Kate M. Hiester | April 29, 1889 |
| July 4 | Eleanora Leise | Peter T.C. and H. Agnes Ruth | May 9, 1889 |
| July 10 | Lizzie Catherine Emes | Wm. H. and Kate E. Fehr | June 11, 1889 |
| July 10 | Edwin Calvin Scheidy | Joseph H. and Mary A. Unger | Feb. 3, 1889 |
| April 22 | Ammon Grover Simmon | Daniel and Kate Ulrich | Jan. 23, 1889 |
| Aug, 19 | Annie Berger | Davilla and Malinda A. Reber | April 2, 1889 |
| Dec. 11 | Mable Estella Werner | James F. and Mary Ida Petre | Oct. 6, 1887 |
| Aug. 21 | Emma Laureto Souders | Frank G. and Maggie Sturges | Feb. 7, 1889 |
| Aug. 23 | Nora Maria Lebo | Geo. W. and Mary G. Parson | April 20, 1889 |
| Aug. 25 | George Edwin Knoll | George M. and Eva S. Werner | July 29, 1889 |
| Aug. 26 | Harold Bird Phillip | Elias and Hettie R. Babb | Aug. 23, 1889 |
| Sept. 15 | Mary Connell Yocom | John S. and Emma Hull | Aug. 18, 1889 |
| Sept. 22 | Mable May Kramer | Harry and Maggie Stiely | Aug. 20, 1889 |
| Sept. 22 | Mary Solome Weitzel | Nolen and Rosa Wissenport | Aug. 7, 1889 |
| Sept. 29 | Katie Ann Ruth | Edwin G. and Emma E. Moyer | April 11, 1889 |
| Oct. 8 | James Irwin Sell | Charles T. and Sarah A. Mountz | July 7, 1889 |
| Oct. 16 | Gertie Hertz | Adam M. and Kate A. Fry | July 14, 1889 |
| Oct. 17 | Annie Eltilla Rebecca Horn | Isaac H. and Eltilla S.E. Gruber | July 8, 1889 |
| Oct. 17 | David Ellsworth Parson | Geo. (Moyer) and Sarah E. Moyer | Aug. 10, 1889 |
| Oct. 25 | George Adam Gaul | John H. and Clara C. Fidler | Feb. 21, 1889 |
| Oct. 25 | Erwin Jacob Simmon | John and Mary Bohn | Nov. 23, 1888 |
| Oct. 25 | Alice Tobias Sell | Charles T. and Sarah Ann Mountz | Oct. 29, 1887 |
| Oct. 25 | Bessie Luella Kintzer | David M. and Clara C. Greath | Sept. 17, 1889 |
| Nov. 11 | Harvey Anthony Spayd | Wm. H. and Sarah A. Bohn | Sept. 9, 1889 |
| Nov. 11 | Sarah Catherine Barnet | Charles and Mary E. Texter | June 2, 1889 |
| Nov. 17 | Herbert Wilson Stiely | L.S. and Rebecca P. Oyler | July 24, 1889 |
| Dec. 2 | Mamie Matilda Fiant | Charles M. and Annie E. Fidler | Sept. 5, 1889 |
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1890
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| Jan. 1 | Calvin Gerhart | Geo. F. and Kate Sell | Dec. 20, 1887 |
| Jan. 1 | John Fincher | John H. and Mary Sell | Nov. 15. 1889 |
| Jan. 11 | Margaretta Elmira Ruth | James F. and Sallie E. Dundore | Sept. 1, 1889 |
| Jan. 23 | Geo. Daniel Leininger | Isaac S. and Mary Alice Albright | Dec. 11, 1889 |
| Jan. 26 | Nellie Nora Hain | Reily and Annie G. Gaul | Nov. 14, 1889 |
| Jan. 27 | Eddie Daniel Bohn | Wm. F. and Kate Dunkelberger | Nov. 10. 1889 |
| Feb. 3 | Hellen Merita Longenderfer | Wm. C. and Katie E. Snyder | Aug. 23, 1889 |
| Feb. 15 | Stella Eve Bohn | Darius H. and Lydia A. Yoder | Dec. 18, 1889 |
| Feb. 15 | Sallie Matilda Yoh | Isaac H. and Katie Hoover | Nov. 27, 1889 |
| Feb. 16 | Emma Huber | John B. and Anna Muthard | Nov. 23, 1889 |
| Feb. 22 | Wm. Abraham Latshower | Abraham and Annie I. Wyant | Sept. 27, 1889 |
| Feb. 23 | Harry Weitzel | Charles R. and Clara E. Unger | Sept. 25, 1889 |
| Mar. 10 | Carrie May Reed | J. Cyrus and Annie R. Yoh | Oct. 24, 1889 |
| Mar. 16 | Annie Daborah Stiely | Harry B. and Lizzie D. Bixenstine | Jan. 19, 1890 |
| Mar. 20 | Willie F. Reed | John F. and Mary M. Moyer | Feb. 16, 1890 |
| Mar. 20 | Lizzie Ann Seitzinger | Jacob R. and Katie I. Regal | Oct. 27, 1889 |
| Mar. 27 | Lizzie Matilda Ulrich | Franklin P. and Sallie R. Simmon | Dec. 14, 1889 |
| Mar. 30 | Charles Morris Wentz | Harvey F. and Sallie H. Horn | Dec. 1, 1889 |
| April 1 | Adaline Valeria Reed | Levi R. and Maria T. Hog | Feb. 6, 1890 |
| April 11 | Calvin Adam Yoh | Adam M. and Ida E. Dundore | Feb. 11, 1889 |
| April 16 | Geo. Rufus Lutz | Jacob and Sarah E. Seitzinger | May 23, 1889 |
| April 25 | James Waldman | Adam and Rebecca Engehard | Mar. 14, 1890 |
| April 27 | James Daniel Bickel | Jassan J. and Sarah A. Hensinger | Nov. 22, 1889 |
| May 6 | Carrie Liddie Hiester | John L. and Caroline G. Koenig | Jan. 31, 1890 |
| May 10 | Gertrude Miller | Edwin Z. and Maria Gerhard | Jan. 22, 1890 |
| May 15 | Raymond Matthias Ludwig | Richard Luke and Alice Dent | Sept. 20, 1889 |
| May 24 | George Wm. Hite | Wm. and Susan S. Knoll | Feb. 23, 1890 |
| May 24 | Harry Wm. Fidler | Geo. Wm. and Jane L. Gamlar | Mar. 17, 1890 |
| May 24 | Minnie Shenetta Koch | John and Annilla Himmelberger | May 27, 1889 |
| May 24 | Lula Elizabeth Ulrich | John Henry and Hannah S. Simmon | May 22, 1890 |
| May 24 | Cora May Spatz | John and Agnes M. Krick | Jan. 1, 1890 |
| May 30 | Edward Samuel Wenrich | Samuel E. and Sallie R. Hain | Mar. 21, 1890 |
| June 8 | Charles Adam Fisher | Wm. H. and Annie M. Kintzer | Feb. 4, 1890 |
| June 9 | Willie Franklin Koch | Nathan and Anna Maria | April 26, 1890 |
| June 9 | Ruben Allie Texter | John and Kate Ulrich | Jan. 24, 1890 |
| June 17 | Charles Frederic Bohn | John and Emma S. Faust | May 13, 1890 |
| June 17 | Barton Daniel Simmon | Daniel and Kate Ulrich | Mar. 9, 1890 |
| June 17 | Mary Mable Gerhart | Albert B. and Susan Weinhold | Feb. 17, 1890 |
| June 30 | Nellie May Sterrett | Harry and Annie E. Weitzel | April 24, 1888 |
| June 30 | Emily Susan Sterrett | Harry and Annie E. Weitzel | Jan. 9, 1890 |
| June 30 | Barbara Dillon | Geo. and Rebecca Weitzel | May 12, 1890 |
| July 11 | Mary E. Virgie Greth | David S. and Ellen Boyer | Mar. 12, 1889 |
| July 12 | Emma Drupp | Wilson M. and Sarah B. Reber | Dec. 9. 1889 |
| July 13 | John Peter Bitler | Franklin H. and Lizzie A. Miller | Mar. 4, 1890 |
| July 13 | Laura Eve Werner | Wm. and Mary Ann Boyer | May 3, 1890 |
| July 14 | Ammon Hassler | Joseph B. and Amelia Bitting | Feb. 1, 1890 |
| July 17 | Charles Henry Matz | Samuel H. and Lizzie A. Nee | June 14, 1890 |
| July 18 | Jennie Eva Parson | Geo. M. and Mary G. Parson | June 30, 1890 |
| July 18 | Ellinore Odies Rambo | Royal and Mary G. Zerr | Feb. 23, 1890 |
| July 18 | Charles Samuel Parson | Walker and Mary Smith | April 10, 1890 |
| July 19 | Lizzie Rebecca Degler | Geo. J. and Rebecca F. Heffner | May 17, 1890 |
| July 20 | Stella Margie Smith | Cyrus B. and Sarah Weiser | May 7, 1890 |
| July 20 | Edwin Henry Werner | John A. and Kate E. Knoll | Mar. 29, 1890 |
| July 26 | Katie Agnes Kachel | John W. and Elizabeth E. Fothero | July 14, 1889 |
| July 27 | Mable Bertha Yoder | Amos and Candace M. Keim | Mar. 15, 1890 |
| Aug. 24 | Burtha Black Greth | David S. and Ellen F. Boyer | April 7, 1887 |
| Aug. 26 | Lovie Emma Ludwig | Wm. and Ida Lambert | May 9, 1890 |
| Aug. 26 | Elsie Mari Ann Boyer | Wm. J. and Sallie A. Kurtz | May 6, 1890 |
| Aug. 31 | Adam Frederic Rintz | John and Emma E. Weitzel | July 18, 1890 |
| Aug. 31 | Robert Henry Miller | Geo. S. and Lovina Shoener | June 17, 1890 |
| Sept. 24 | Laura Lush | Alexander and Violet M.J. Boyer | July 20, 1890 |
| Sept. 24 | Charles Henry Clause | Henry and Sarah S. Wenrich | Sept. 7, 1890 |
| Oct. 11 | Margie Norma Gorman | Robert E. and Ellen M. Lerch | July 5, 1890 |
| Oct. 11 | Robert Calvin Gruber | Levi E. and Vilanda A. Horn | Sept. 6, 1890 |
| Oct. 24 | Eve Ann Schaeffer | Samuel and Amanda Koch | Sept. 29, 1890 |
| Oct. 25 | Ernas William Lerch | John D. and Betsey Stoudt | June 10, 1890 |
| Oct. 26 | John Edward Werner | Geo. B. and Kate M. Schaeffer | Mar. 10, 1890 |
| Nov. 8 | Ira James Early | Wm. and Mary Elta Stiely | Sept. 11, 1890 |
| Nov. 15 | Paul Franklin Unger | John A. and Rebecca A. Miller | Sept. 19, 1890 |
| Dec. 9 | Essie May Phillips | Elias and Hettie R. Babb | Dec. 7, 1890 |
| Dec. 15 | Lewis William Ensinger | Adam G. and Lizzie McAllister | Aug. 26, 1890 |
| Dec. 15 | Laura Schaeffer | Isaac F. and Alice Hecker | Sept. 7, 1890 |
| Dec. 15 | Mable May Fisher | Samuel and Lillie Scheaffer | Oct. 31, 1890 |
| Dec. 28 | William Harber Berger | Daville R. and Malinda A. Reber | April 9, 1890 |
| Dec. 29 | Gussie May Stiely | Adam W. and Agnes R. Yoh | June 25, 1890 |
Source: History of St. John’s (Hain’s) Reformed Church in Lower Heidelberg Township Berks County, Penna. by Rev. W.J. Kershner and Adam G. Lerch. Reading, PA: I.M. Beaver, Publisher, 1916, pp. 324-329.
Submitted by: Nancy.