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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1883
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| Oct. 14 | Robert Ellsworth Miller | Albert R. and Alice | April 12, 1883 |
| Oct. 11 | Laura Bohn | Adam L. and Susan U. | May 15, 1883 |
| Oct. 28 | Lizzie Ellen Nora Gerhart | Franklin P. and Emma E. Peifer | Sept. 8, 1883 |
| Oct. 28 | Katie Viella Elizabeth Riegel | Franklin and Amanda | Mar. 28. 1883 |
| Oct. 28 | Paul Reuben Snader | Jacob W. and Mary Ellen Hain | Sept, 18, 1883 |
| Nov. 11 | Maryetta Grate | John Franklin and Sarah | Sept. 14, 1883 |
| Nov. 25 | Adam Harvey Stitzel | Henry H. and Caroline Spatz | Aug. 11, 1883 |
| Nov. 25 | Elliem Leininger | Darius and Amelia | Aug. 31, 1883 |
| Dec. 19 | Lila Schell Ludwig | Harvey P. and Lizzie | July 12, 1883 |
| Dec. 23 | Eva Elizabeth Gaul | Franklin M. and Mary | Oct. 2, 1883 |
| Dec. 29 | Lizzie Minerva Snyder | Moses and Kate | Dec. 2. — |
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1884
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| Jan. 19 | Howard Levi Beecher | Levi R. and Ellen Lake | Sept. 20, 1883 |
| Jan. 19 | Charles Raymond Hellinger | August and Mary | June 30, 1883 |
| Jan. 19 | Louisa Ann Gerhart | Albert B. and Susannah | Oct. 19, 1883 |
| Mar. 12 | Henrietta Deborah Schweitzer | Abraham and Lizzie | Jan. 6, 1884 |
| Mar. 15 | Lizzie Rebecca Hile | William and Rebecca | Feb. 23. 1883 |
| Mar. 30 | Willie Samuel Wolfenberger | Geo. and Rosie Yoh | Jan. 18, 1884 |
| Mar. 28 | Maggie Elizabeth Koch | John and Amelia | Nov. 14, 1883 |
| May 10 | Howard Stief | Benjamin F. and Mary A. Yoh | Jan. 31, 1884 |
| April 27 | Lewis Elias Bender | Franklin G. and Emelia | Feb. 11, 1884 |
| April 13 | Michael Ruth | John A. and Emma C. Leise | Jan. 28, 1884 |
| May 14 | Emma L. Klopp | Lewis M. and Emma A. Field | Feb. 16. 1884 |
| May 31 | Lillie Mary Angelina Himmelreich | Samuel and Kate | Dec. 9, 1883 |
| May 29 | Sallie Grace Dunkelberger | Daniel and Caroline | April 20, 1884 |
| Mar. 30 | Willie Samuel Wolfenberger | George and Rosa | Jan. 18, 1884 |
| June 8 | Adam Ruth Gaul | Henry and Mary Zacharias | April 6, 1884 |
| June 21 | Sallie Rebecca Schaeffer | Isaac and Mary Amanda | Jan. 5, 1883 |
| June 29 | William Harvey Sheidy | Wm. H. and Isabella | April 6, 1884 |
| July 10 | Jennie Foressia Yoder | Franklin S. and Amelia Gerhart | April 7, 1884 |
| July 14 | James Blaine Reed | John and Maria | April 4, 1884 |
| July 21 | Levi Harry Ellsworth Drase | Harry E. and Sallie E. Moyer | Feb. 26, — |
| July 23 | Howard Lewis Mountz | James and Annie Hull | May 17, 1882 |
| July 23 | Beula May Mountz | James and Annie Hull | Feb. 29, 1884 |
| Aug. 15 | John Binkley | W.B. and Ellen | Feb. 24, 1884 |
| Sept. 23 | Geo. Washington Zimmerman | Wm. H. and Mary Stiely | Oct. 18, 1882 |
| Aug. 17 | Carrie Lula Yocum | John S. and Emma J. Hull | July 20, 1884 |
| Aug. 17 | Harry Ulysses Sell | Geo. F. and Kate | June 16, 1884 |
| Aug. 17 | Paul Levan Knorr | John B. and Rebecca Levan | July 9, 1884 |
| Aug. 31 | Wm. Isaac Grimes | James W. and Ida | Feb. 2, 1884 |
| Oct. 15 | Gertie Wengert | Wellington and Mary | Aug. 17, 1884 |
| Nov. 6 | Charles Harvey Weitzel | Wm. E. and Elizabeth | Oct. 6, 1884 |
| Nov. 8 | Herbert Henry Knoll | Geo. M. and Eva S. | July 14, 1884 |
| Nov. 8 | Eddie Whitmoyer | Geo. and Kate | Mar. 21, 1884 |
| Dec. 12 | Martha Eulie Hatt | Henry and Mary | Nov. 5, 1884 |
| Oct. 12 | Katie Stitzel | Henry H. and Caroline Spatz | Oct. 5. 1884 |
| Dec. 7 | Franklin Cleveland Bricker | James E. and Kate D. | Nov. 7, 1884 |
| Dec. 7 | Lizzie Eva Klopp | John and Eva | Oct. 16. 1884 |
| Nov. 22 | Esther Mary Gaul | David M. and Mary M. | May 10, 1884 |
| Dec. 19 | Lois Martha Sell | John L. and Permilla M. | Aug. 15, 1884 |
| Nov. 20 | Reuben Walter Shlott | Henry and Sarah Arnold | July 27, 1884 |
| Nov. 27 | Lillie Anderson | Adam and Henrietta | Nov. 18, 1884 |
| Aug. 22 | Harvey Adam Werner | Wm. and Mary Ann | July 5, 1884 |
| June 15 | Katie Ellen Griffith | Geo. and Hannah S. Simmons | Jan. 2, 1884 |
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1885
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| Jan. 3 | Edward Clarence Sohl | Frank B. and Elmira R. | Sept. 11, 1884 |
| Jan. 14 | Lloyd Jacob Schwartz | Lemon W. and Lizzie | July 30, 1884 |
| Jan. 16 | Minnie Louisa Barnet | John and Ellen Louisa Leoline | Feb. 21, 1884 |
| Jan. 18 | Laura May Wenrich | Samuel E. and Sallie R. | Nov. 1, 1884 |
| Feb. 2 | Mary Wummer | Charles and Liddie Gerhart | Nov. 10, 1883 |
| Feb. 27 | Henry Isaac Holl | John J. and Carmilla Hiester Holl | Oct. 28, 1884 |
| Mar. 14 | Lizzie Fiant | Henry L. and Sarah E. | Nov. 5, 1884 |
| Mar. 20 | Willie Calvin Horn | Isaac H. and Ettillia E. | July 29, 1884 |
| Mar. 24 | Harry Stephen Hauder | Geo. and Mary Moyer | Jan. 25, 1885 |
| April 26 | Lea Minerva Stiely | Jonathan and Valaria | Feb. 10, 1885 |
| May 3 | Charles Eli Beatzel | Thomas B. and Rebecca | Aug. 8, 1884 |
| May 8 | Franklin Albertis Washington Michael | Henry and Elizabeth | July 10, 1884 |
| May 10 | Milton Jacob Smith | Jacob and Catharine | Oct. 1, 1884 |
| May 10 | Elmer Meck Cleveland Spayd | Jonathan and Precilla | Feb. 23, 1885 |
| May 17 | Grover Cleveland Gerhart | Calvin E. and Amelia Lambert | Jan. 21, 1885 |
| June 2 | John Calvin Reber | John F. and Chesta S. | Dec. 31, 1884 |
| June 7 | Mary Ann Moyer | Geo. and Caroline | Nov. 11, 1884 |
| June 14 | Bessie Amanda Greth | Franklin P. and Ellen E. | June 5, 1885 |
| June 18 | Harvey Franklin Grime | Wellngton and Emma R. | Feb. 9, 1885 |
| June 21 | Frederic Solomon Yoder | Jacob S. and Jennia | Mar. 17, 1885 |
| July 5 | Paul William Hain | J.W. and Mary H. | April 25, 1885 |
| July 6 | Emma Lizzie Leise | Peter F.C. and Hannah | April 20, 1885 |
| July 19 | Harry Beard | James R. and Lillian | April 4, 1885 |
| July 19 | Laura Virginia Ruth | James and Kate | May 24, 1885 |
| Aug. 12 | Edgar Walter Risser | Aaron P. and Emma E. Ruth | May 29, 1885 |
| Aug. 20 | Harry Peter Schaeffer | John B. and Rebecca | July 1, 1881 |
| Aug. 20 | Mable Laura Schaeffer | John B. and Rebecca | Mar. 17, 1883 |
| Aug. 22 | Annie May Werner | Wm. L. and Kate S. Gaul | May 29, 1885 |
| Sept. 1 | Lloyd L. Klopp | Lewis M. and Emma A. | July 24, 1885 |
| Sept. 13 | Mary Amelia Ulrich | Peter and Emma Boyer | July 26, 1885 |
| Sept. 17 | Harry Kottlieb Gouse | Gottlieb C. and Mary | July 2, 1885 |
| Sept. 27 | Esther Elizabeth Simmon | Daniel and Kate Ulrich | Aug. 2, 1885 |
| Sept. 27 | Eva Rebecca Bohn | James W. and Sarah A. Stamm | Aug. 9, 1885 |
| Sept. 27 | Edward Blaine Furry | Thomas F. and Agnes P. | Sept. 11, 1884 |
| Oct. 11 | Lattra Elizabeth Gaul | John H. and Clara C. Fidler | June 29, 1885 |
| Oct. 11 | Walter Jacob Wentz | Harvey F. and Sallie Horn | July 29, 1885 |
| Oct. 20 | Lucy Amanda Clouse | Henry and Sarah S. Wenrich | Dec. 21, 1883 |
| Nov. 7 | Mable Ellie Sloat | Jonathan I. and Mary E. Bricker | June 28, 1885 |
| Nov. 8 | Stella Elizabeth Greth | Franklin and Sallie Grimes | Sept. 16, 1885 |
| Nov. 22 | Laura May Gerhart | Albert B. and Susan R. Weinhold | Aug. 13, 1885 |
| Nov. 22 | John Lloyd Yocom | John S. and Emma Jane Hull | Aug. 24, 1885 |
| Dec. 6 | Adam Hain Ruth | Adam H. and Clara | Oct. 17, 1885 |
| Dec. 17 | James Martin Yoh | James Thomas and Lucy A. | Sept. 7, 1885 |
| April 25 | Morris Cleveland Bohn | Jeremiah and Mary G. | Jan. 15, 1885 |
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1886
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| Jan. 3 | Harry William Hatt | Henry Wm. and Mary L. Cramer | Sept. 27, 1885 |
| Jan. 16 | Charles Sell | George L. and Kate Y. | Aug. 24, 1885 |
| Feb. 9 | Clinton Fry | Lando and Mary Schupp | June 30, 1884 |
| Feb. 18 | John Adam Gingrich | John Adam and Ellen M. Briner | Feb. 26, 1885 |
| Mar. 9 | Emma Balinda Holl | Benjamin F. and Mary M. Hain | Mar. 9, 1885 |
| Mar. 10 | George Gaul | Esram and Hannah Merkle | July 24, 1885 |
| Mar. 15 | Harry Richard Stoudt | James Richard and Mary Texter | Dec. 4, 1885 |
| Mar. 15 | Mary J. Stoudt | James and Elizabeth Reed | Sept. 6, 1879 |
| Mar. 15 | Walter Cleveland Kantner | Wm. F. and Asian Brossman | Feb. 13, 1886 |
| Mar. 27 | Ellen Nora Dunkelberger | Daniel and Caroline Yoh | Jan. 13, 1886 |
| Mar. 31 | Eva Ann Riegel | Franklin L. and Amanda Greath | Mar. 21, 1886 |
| April 24 | Geo. Franklin Wenrich | Samuel E. and Sallie R. Hain | Jan. 29, 1886 |
| May 9 | Edward Clarence Rollman | Aaron R. and Maggie S. Strunk | Nov. 8, 1885 |
| May 22 | Clido Grover Fisher | Samuel and Lillie E. Schaeffer | Feb. 16, 1886 |
| May 22 | Bertha Bessie Lamm | Reily N. and Mary Ann Moyer | Feb. 16, 1886 |
| May 22 | Paul Jared Bickel | Amandan L. and Ella M. Matz | April 1, 1886 |
| May 23 | Bertha Caroline Bohn | Daniel W. and Lizzie M. Lamm | Mar. 27, 1886 |
| May 29 | James Isaac Babb | Paris R. and Kate G. Bear | May 24, 1886 |
| May 29 | Adam Willoughby Berger | Davilla R. and Malinda Reber | Oct. 22, 1885 |
| May 29 | Wm. Ulysses Moyer | Wm. and Amelia Field | April 6. 1885 |
| June 3 | Clara Susan Bohn | Darius H. and Lydia A. Yoder | Feb. 24, 1886 |
| June 6 | Bertha Weitzel | Charles R. and Clara E. Unger | April 4, 1886 |
| June 6 | Andrew Pierce Rens | John and Emma E. Weitzel | April 3, 1886 |
| June 6 | Willie Erwin Eirich | Milton and Kate A. Brossman | April 3, 1886 |
| June 7 | Kate Ellenora Horne | Peter and Eliz. Aulenbach | May 10, 1886 |
| July 4 | Howard Benjamin S. Snader | Jacob W. and Mary E. Hain | May 9, 1886 |
| July 18 | Sallie Susan Ulrich | John and Sarah Bower | Mar. 15, 1886 |
| July 24 | Mary Sallie Wolfensberger | Richard A. and Maggie G. Sharman | June 11, 1886 |
| Aug. 7 | Charlie Fry | Adam and Emma D. Borneman | May 27, 1886 |
| Aug. 8 | Mamie Anderson | Adam and Henrietta Mountz | Feb. 14, 1886 |
| Aug. 13 | Katie Lydia Reed | John F. and Maria Moyer | June 13, 1886 |
| Aug. 14 | Harrison Herman Hartman | Harrison and Lydia Bear | June 9, 1886 |
| Aug. 29 | Eva May Gaul | Henry M. and Mary C. Ruth | June 10, 1886 |
| Sept. 3 | Anna Magdalena Drupp | Wilson M. and Sarah Reber | May 16, 1886 |
| Sept. 19 | Minnie Catharine Bressman | Reuben and Sallie Dunkelberger | Mar. 21, 1886 |
| Sept. 27 | Charles Wm. Dunkelberger | Albert W. and Sallie Seidel | July 14, 1886 |
| Oct. 4 | Mary Elvina Koller | Franklin and Mary Whitmoyer | Jan. 18, 1886 |
| Oct. 9 | Eva Etna Reber | James and Martha Hemmig | June 26, 1886 |
| Oct. 9 | Annie Louisa Bohn | Jeremiah and Mary Ann Bear | July 7, 1886 |
| Oct. 9 | Lillie Fayetta Yessler | Charles and Louisa Young | July 14, 1884 |
| Oct. 9 | Bessie Minnie Yessler | Charles and Louisa Young | July 11, 1886 |
| Nov. 7 | Rosa Nora Troop | John W. and Susan E. Renninger | Oct. 21, 1886 |
| Nov. 21 | Benjamin Samuel Yoh | Isaac and Katie Hoover | Jan. 21, 1886 |
| Nov. 21 | Eva Ann Ulrich | John H. and Hannah S. Simmon | Sept. 27, 1886 |
| Nov. 21 | Freddie Wm. Knoll | Geo. M. and Eva S. Werner | Oct. 2, 1886 |
| Nov. 21 | Howard Stief | Benj. F. and Mary Ann Yoh | Jan. 31, 1884 |
| Dec. 25 | Howard Fiant | Henry L. and Sarah E. Ernest | Sept. 10, 1886 |
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1887
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| Jan. 4 | Annie Swartz | Lemon W. and Lizzie Palm | Sept. 1, 1886 |
| Jan. 16 | Florence May Schaeffer | Walker and Sarah Zeimer | Nov. 5, 1886 |
| Jan. 26 | Calvin Israel Greth | J. Franklin and Sallie Grime | Nov. 23, 1886 |
| Jan. 30 | Clara Annie Rice | Samuel B. and Harrietta R. Lerch | Oct. 12, 1886 |
| Feb. 6 | Geo. David Gaul | David M. and Mary M. Huyett | Nov. 12, 1886 |
| Feb. 9 | Mary Magdelena Fisher | Daniel and Ellen Spierce | Sept. 15, 1872 |
| Feb. 16 | Hellena Smith | John and Emma Louisa Focht | Jan. 30, 1883 |
| Feb. 16 | Annie Katie Smith | John and Emma Louisa Focht | Sept. 15, 1885 |
| Feb. 19 | Mamie Estella Coleman | John and Agnes Keim | Oct. 28, 1884 |
| Feb. 27 | Annie Elvina Werner | George B. and Kate M. Schaeffer | May 23, 1886 |
| Feb. 27 | Maggie Esther Gerhart | Harry F. and Alice S. Zechman | Jan. 2, 1887 |
| Mar. 12 | Annie Nora Bickel | Gassan J. and Sarah Hunsinger | Dec. 13, 1886 |
| Mar. 21 | Henry Harrison Ensinger | John H. and Harriet E. Hartman | Dec. 2, 1886 |
| Mar. 26 | Sylvester Texter | John and Kate Ulrich | Dec. 31, 1886 |
| Mar. 27 | John Wm. Werner | Will L. and Kate S. Gaul | Dec. 1, 1886 |
| Mar. 27 | Frederic Reuben Gaul | John and Clara Fidler | Nov. 20, 1886 |
| April 17 | Annie Virgie Hart | Adam and Mary Fleisher | Jan. 31, 1887 |
| April 24 | Nellie Elizabeth Kate Overholter | Cyrus and Annie | Feb. 11, 1887 |
| April 24 | Jennie Trieval | Calvine B. and Rosa Jane Smith | Mar. 7, 1887 |
| May 7 | Mary Maria Drupp | Wilson M. and Sarah B. Reber | Nov. 30, 1886 |
| May 14 | Willie Jacob Bohn | Darius H. and Lydia A. Yoder | April 18, 1887 |
| May 14 | Nora A. Yoder | Adam S. and Sallie Gloss | Aug. 27, 1887 |
| May 23 | Edwin Peter Gerhart | Franklin P. and Emma E. Peifer | May 10, 1887 |
| May 29 | Howard Stitzel | Henry H. and Caroline Spatz | Jan. 11, 1887 |
| May 29 | Annie Kate Hain | Albert J. and Polly B. Bennetch | Oct. 30, 1886 |
| June 12 | Ellen Mary Koch | Nathan and Annie M. Hassler | April 30, 1887 |
| July 10 | Eva Elizabeth Werner | Henry B. and Mary E. Pappenberger | April 20, 1887 |
| July 24 | William Albert Greath | Franklin P. and Ellen E. Seidel | Jan. 23, 1887 |
| July 28 | Nora Leininger | Darius and Emeline Spatz | July 30, 1886 |
| Aug. 7 | Harold Franklin Ludwig | G.M. and Ella S. Schmehl | June 1, 1887 |
| Aug. 11 | Harry Evans Kahler | Elias E. and Mary E. Evans | June 27, 1887 |
| Aug. 27 | Ulyses Werner Bickel | Isaac and Angelina Werner | Jan. 9, 1887 |
| Aug. 28 | Paul Herbert Stiely | Adam W. and Agnes Yoh | April 30, 1887 |
| Sept. 11 | Lizzie Dunkelberger | Daniel and Caroline Yoh | July 11, 1887 |
| Sept. 11 | Eva Ann Hite | Wm. and Susan Knoll | July 5, 1887 |
| Sept. 16 | Annie Matilda Hain | D.H. and Sallie Fisher | Sept. 13, 1887 |
| Sept. 18 | Grace June Hain | J.W. and Mary H. Klopp | June 29, 1887 |
| Sept. 18 | Jannie May Eirich | Milton J. and Kate A. Brossman | June 26, 1887 |
| Sept. 21 | Mary Rebecca Bitter | Franklin H. and Lizzie A. Miller | July 6, 1887 |
| Sept. 21 | Agnes Clara Holl | John J. and Carmillia Hiester | Aug. 3, 1887 |
| Sept. 25 | Gertie Fietta Bickel | Reily S. and Emma Schaeffer | Aug. 6, 1887 |
| Oct. 9 | Mary Elizabeth Sell | Geo. F. and Kate Y. Gerhart | Oct. 11, 1886 |
| Oct. 9 | Charles Weitzel | Nolen and Rosa Wissenport | April 20, 1887 |
| Oct. 9 | Ella Eleanor Ruth | Edwin G. and Emma E. Moyer | Sept. 6, 1887 |
| Oct. 22 | Bessie May Tice | Clinton and Ellen Miller | July 21, 1887 |
| Oct. 23 | Dallace Calvin Gerhart | Albert B. and Sue Weinholt | July 29, 1887 |
| Oct. 23 | Howard Franklin Ruth | James F. and Sallie E. Ruth | July 15, 1887 |
| Oct. 23 | John Spatz | John and Agnes Krick | Sept. 3,1887 |
| Oct. 23 | Eva Catharine Reno | John and Emma E. Weitzel | Sept. 11, 1887 |
| Oct. 24 | Laura Mabel Stiely | Adam S. and Amanda M. Brightbill | Sept. 26, 1877 |
| Nov. 4 | Bertha May Fleisher | Jerome and Emma E. Stiely | Sept. 11, 1887 |
| Nov. 21 | Elizabeth May Kantner | Wm. F. and Asian Brossman | Oct. 15, 1887 |
| Nov. 27 | Elsie Amanda Stoudt | Calvin and Sallie | Oct. 15, 1887 |
| Dec. 6 | Clara Miller | Edward M. and Emma C. Whitmoyer | Sept. 13, 1887 |
| Dec. 12 | Paul Benjamin Bender | Franklin G. and Amelia E. Hiester | Sept. 16, 1887 |
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. 320-324.
Submitted by: Nancy.