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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1891
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| Jan. 5 | Florence Mable Gerhart | Henry R. and Catherine Fair | July 18, 1890 |
| Jan. 7 | Herbert Joseph Sheidy | Joseph H. and Mary A. Unger | Sept. 5, 1890 |
| Jan. 10 | Irene Helman | Abraham B. and Hellen Stiely | Oct. 10, 1890 |
| Jan. 15 | Wm. Jacob Ruth | John G. and Annie E. Zerr | Nov. 30, 1890 |
| Jan. 19 | Harry Eugene Schmehl | Ephraim B. and Lizzie Y. Gerhart | Sept. 10, 1890 |
| Jan. 24 | Emma Laura Gerhart | Franklin P. and Emma R. Peifer | Jan. 2, 1891 |
| Jan. 26 | Viella Lamm | Wm. D. and Alva Hinnershitz | Sept. 1, 1890 |
| Jan. 29 | Mary Miller Binkley | W.B. and Ellen H. Miller | Aug. 5, 1890 |
| Jan. 30 | Jenetta Catherine Werner | Wm. D. and Kate S. Gaul | Aug. 26, 1890 |
| Feb. 1 | Martha May Dunkelberger | Levi D. and Clara A. Mountz | Dec. 12, 1890 |
| Feb. 8 | Mary Susan Ruth | James H. and Kate S. Dundore | April 6, 1890 |
| Feb. 22 | Irwin Henry Stoudt | Henry L. and Emma L. Klopp | Dec. 6, 1890 |
| Feb. 22 | Bessie Eva Spatz | Adam P. and Eva A. Brossman | Oct. 27, 1890 |
| Feb. 22 | Edward E. Sheidy | Jacob and Elizabeth Eckenroth | Nov. 21, 1890 |
| Feb. 28 | Eva Ann Hain | Peter A. and Katie S. Linsman | Feb. 10, 1891 |
| April 2 | James Jacob Boyer | John Wm. and Emma S. Fidler | Dec. 22, 1890 |
| April 15 | Daniel Ruben Hartman | Cornelius and Mary Ann Hayes | June 26, 1890 |
| Mar. 28 | Lizzie M. Mentzer | William and Eliza Brossman | July 27, 1872 |
| Mar. 30 | Edward Adam Yoder | Adam S. and Sallie Glass | Dec. 8, 1890 |
| April 7 | Harold Emmon Miller | Edward M. and Emma C. Whitmoyer | Dec. 13, 1890 |
| April 14 | Carrie Kramer | Albert and Amanda Heilig | Dec. 21, 1890 |
| April 15 | Valle May Huy | Isaac and Mary Shover | Feb. 14, 1891 |
| April 23 | Walter Wm. Koch | Jacob W. and Emma F. Hossler | Jan. 8, 1891 |
| April 25 | Carrie May Reber | James F. and Lydia Fidler | Mar. 3, 1891 |
| April 25 | Morris Reber | John F. and Jestina Strunk | Oct. 13, 1890 |
| April 29 | Eva Spatz | John F. and Kate M. Hiester | Feb. 28, 1891 |
| May 2 | Chester Michael Ludwig | John R. and Mary F. Ruth | Dec. 28, 1890 |
| May 11 | Walter Ruben Gaul | Henry M. and Mary C. Ruth | Dec. 24, 1890 |
| May 5 | Isaac John Knoll | Calvin J. and Mary Richards | April 7, 1891 |
| May 16 | Paul Wengert | Wellington and Mary Noll | Dec. 17, 1890 |
| June 23 | Jonathan Henry Farlow | John K. & Lillie J. Dundore | — |
| May 25 | Paul Wengert | Wellington and Mary Noll | Dec. 17, 1890 |
| May 25 | Wm. Waldorf Astor | Farlow & Catherine H. Moyer | July 5, 1890 |
| May 27 | Florence Swartz | Alfred W. and Lizzie R. Matz | Dec. 30, 1890 |
| May 31 | Emma Dunkelberger | Daniel and Caroline Yoh | May 30, 1891 |
| June 6 | John Herbert Strunk | Aaron D. and Rebecca Herbert | April 7, 1891 |
| June 27 | Annie Eva Krick | Wm. Y. and Eva E. Spatz | April 9, 1881 |
| July 3 | Maggie Elizabeth Horn | Peter H. and Elizabeth Achenbach | April 13, 1891 |
| July 5 | Jacob Jonathan Yoh | Adam M. and Ida E. Dundore | April 26, 1891 |
| July 16 | Harry Frederic Mint | Geo. and Alice L. Himmelreich | July 18, 1891 |
| July 16 | Paul Albert Hart | Henry Wm. & Mary Ellen Kramer | Aug. 6, 1890 |
| July 18 | Cora Malinda Reed | J. Cyrus and Annie R. Yoh | June 28, 1891 |
| July 18 | Emma Lea Reed | J. Cyrus and Annie R. Yoh | June 28, 1891 |
| July 19 | Israel Gottshall | Lewis and Annie A. Greth | Jan. 24, 1891 |
| July 25 | Ardie Lee Sloat | Jonathan and Mary C. Bricker | April 28, 1891 |
| Aug. 1 | Harvey Irwin Spohn | John A. and Kate E. Gring | Nov. 21, 1890 |
| Aug. 4 | Wm. Harry Eimes | Wm. H. and Kate E. Fehr | July 15, 1891 |
| Aug. 5 | Geo. Daniel Yoder | Adam B. and Sallie I. Emes | Jan. 24, 1891 |
| Aug. 15 | Isaac Henry Swartz | Lemon W. and Lizzie R. Palm | April 17, 1888 |
| Aug. 15 | Paul Daniel Swartz | Lemon W. and Lizzie R. Palm | Nov. 10, 1890 |
| Sept. 12 | Edwin Smith | Daniel F. and Sallie Z. Miller | June 24, 1891 |
| Sept. 14 | Sallie Estella Ruth | James F. and Sallie E. Ruth | July 23, 1891 |
| Sept. 14 | James Guy Hiester | James W. and Emma H. Reber | Mar. 8, 1891 |
| Oct. 1 | Nicholas Charles Eidle | Frank and Susannah E. Ruth | July 20, 1891 |
| Oct. 11 | Robert Sheidy | Edward and Sallie Greth | Sept. 16, 1891 |
| Oct. 17 | Katie Ann Sell | Charles T. and Sarah M. Mountz | June 17, 1891 |
| Oct. 21 | Ema Katie Yoh | Isaac H. and Katie Hoover | June 23, 1891 |
| Oct. 25 | Amelia May Bohn | Samuel and Amanda Rothenberger | Aug. 13, 1891 |
| Oct. 25 | Eva Hannah Hossler | Martin and Kate Scheaffer | May 28, 1891 |
| Nov. 7 | Hattie Ann Freeman | Geo. and Maria Jane Batdorff | June 13, 1891 |
| Nov. 7 | Laura Virgie Ulrich | John H. and Hannah S. Simmon | Oct. 16, 1891 |
| Nov. 8 | Edith Barlet | Levi G. and Mary Ellen Heffner | Aug. 26, 1891 |
| Nov. 9 | Minnie Stella Adams | John H. and Sarah M. Grimes | Oct. 17, 1887 |
| Nov. 9 | Hellen Cristie Adams | John H. and Sarah M. Grimes | April 1, 1889 |
| Nov. 9 | Sarah Elizabeth Adams | John H. and Sarah M. Grimes | Jan. 31, 1891 |
| Nov. 23 | Sallie Stockdale Texter | John R. and Kate Ulrich | July 16, 1891 |
| Nov. 30 | Nora Elizabeth Simmon Wayne | Annie Stoudt | Dec. 1, 1889 |
| Nov. 30 | Geo. Edwin Bucke | Harvey S. and Adeline Yoh | Sept. 30, 1891 |
| Nov. 30 | Franklin Jacob Zeller | Elmer E. and Ellen E. Palm | Mar. 24, 1891 |
| Dec. 6 | Stella Elizabeth Werner | Geo. R. and Sallie S. Peifer | Jan. 27, 1891 |
| Dec. 6 | Reymond Kerper Zechman | Darius E. and Rosa H. Kerper | Aug. 17, 1891 |
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1892
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| Jan. 11 | Laura Ebling | Jacob H. and Kate Fisher | Oct. 25, 1891 |
| Jan. 24 | Maudie Sallie Bohn | Eli S. and Emma Stricker | Oct. 27, 1891 |
| Jan. 24 | Annie Amanda Dunkelberger | Albert and Sallie A. Seidel | Nov. 12, 1891 |
| Jan. 24 | James Adi Bricker | Thomas B. and Sallie A. Machmer | Nov. 5, 1891 |
| Jan. 31 | Edwin Samuel Hafer | Adam F. and Mary M. Ohnmacht | Nov. 15, 1891 |
| Feb. 13 | Mable Edith Kelchner | Jacob B. and Alice L. Noll | Jan. 24, 1892 |
| Feb. 19 | Paul Henry Gerhart | Henry R. and Catherine Fair | Oct. 9, 1891 |
| Feb. 26 | Franklin Herbert Greth | Franklin J. and Sallie B. Grime | Nov. 11, 1891 |
| Mar. 7 | Geo. Nelson Stiely | Franklin B. and Maggie Kerchner | Jan. 22, 1892 |
| Mar. 12 | Robert Levi Knoll | Geo. N. and Eva S. Werner | Nov. 14, 1891 |
| Mar. 12 | Walter W. Brossman | C.W. and Mary S. Werner | Jan. 8, 1892 |
| Mar. 12 | Bessie Matilda Koller | Franklin and Mary Whitmoyer | July 23, 1891 |
| Mar. 19 | Annie Laura Eirich | Milton and Kate A. Brossman | Oct. 4, 1891 |
| Mar. 26 | Edwin Reber | Geo. D. and Sarah Field | Nov. 28, 1891 |
| April 4 | Frederic Michael Fisher | Wm. H. and Annie M. Kintzer | Nov. 7, 1891 |
| Jan. 4 | Stella Susan Virginia Werner | J. Jefferson and Emma R. Kissling | Aug. 7, 1891 |
| April 16 | Ira Jacob Snader | Jacob W. and Mary E. Hain | Feb. 24, 1892 |
| April 16 | Mamie Adeline Seitzinger | Charles Jacob and Katie A. Riegel | Feb. 1, 1892 |
| April 16 | Lenhard Hiester | Charles E. and Sallie Fisher | Dec. 11, 1891 |
| April 16 | Emma Almeda Boyer | Peter Franklin and Almeda R. Bricker | Jan. 24, 1892 |
| April 30 | Luther Franklin Mathias | Charles & Amanda C. Hartz | Jan. 22, 1892 |
| May 9 | Estella Elizabeth Fleescher | Gerome & Emma E. Stiely | May 8, 1892 |
| June 4 | Walter Himmelreich | John and Sarah Fassnacht | Sept. 9, 1891 |
| June 5 | Geo. Washington | Geo. S. and Lovine Schoener | April 12, 1892 |
| June 5 | Vera Maria Stiely | Charles and Lizzie Helman | July 2, 1890 |
| June 25 | Le Royal Kaufman | Nicholas and Emma A. Ruth | April 5, 1892 |
| July 7 | Sarah Catherine Farlow | Lemon and Catherine H. Moyer | Jan. 17, 1892 |
| July 10 | Albert Benjamin Gerhart | Albert B. and Susannah Weinhold | May 24, 1892 |
| July 19 | Mary Hannah Clouse | Henry and Sarah S. Wenrich | May 10, 1892 |
| July 21 | Lizzie Ellenora Rebecca Webber | Franklin M. and Annie M. Reedy | May 14, 1890 |
| July 21 | Jennie May | Franklin M. and Annie M. Reedy | Dec. 24, 1891 |
| July 21 | Harry Benjamin Koch | Nathan and Annie M. Hassler | May 18, 1892 |
| July 21 | Bertha May Reed | John F. and Mary Maria Moyer | May 7, 1892 |
| July 21 | Eli Bender Snyder | Benjamin F. & Sarah A. Hoster | Jan. 11, 1892 |
| July 25 | Florence Maud Gelsinger | Harry E. and Minnie M. Grim | Oct. 1, 1891 |
| July 30 | Aquilla May Gottshall | Mr. Gottshall and Annie A. Greth | May 31, 1892 |
| Aug. 7 | Levi Walace Beecher | Wm. L. and Clara S. Moyer | May 29, 1892 |
| Aug. 7 | Florence Staudt | Aaron L. and Kate Spatz | April 22, 1892 |
| June 9 | Stella Clair Hain | David H., M.D. and Sallie R. Fisher | June 9, 1892 |
| Aug. 7 | Charles Grover Cleveland Hain | Abner & Joanna J. Blatt | April 6, 1892 |
| Aug. 7 | Geo. Elkana Wolfenberger | Richard A. & Magdelena | May 7, 1892 |
| Aug. 8 | Herbert John Greath | Franklin P. & Ellen E. Seidel | May 17, 1892 |
| Aug. 20 | Wm. Henry Hart | David and Alice M. Moyer | May 30, 1892 |
| Aug. 27 | Lillie May Stoudt | Conrad and Elmira Strause | July 2, 1892 |
| Sept. 1 | Martha Alva Werner | Geo. B. and Kate M. Schaeffer | Dec. 12, 1891 |
| Sept. 4 | Nathan W. Fromm | Nathan E. and Catherine Spangler | June 19, 1892 |
| Sept. 9 | Sarah Marie Cole | Wm. Henry and Sarah Eva Strous | Nov. 29, 1891 |
| Sept. 11 | Paul Raymond Bricker | James C. and Lizzie Machmer | May 25, 1892 |
| Sept. 17 | Sallie Drupp | Wilson M. and Sarah B. Reber | July 27, 1892 |
| Sept. 18 | Cora Ellen Ramsey | Thomas and Martha White | Jan. 20, 1890 |
| Sept. 18 | Amy Clair Ramsey | Thomas and Martha White | Mar. 1, 1892 |
| Sept. 25 | Charles Horn | Adam J. and Clara M. Fisher | May 15, 1892 |
| Sept. 25 | John David Boyer | Wm. Y. and Sallie A. Kurtz | Nov. 21, 1891 |
| June 15 | Robert Wm. Boyer | Wm. Y. and Sallie A. Kurtz | Jan. 10, 1889 |
| Oct. 21 | Levi Henry Miller | Edwin Z. and Maria Gerhart | April 25, 1892 |
| Oct. 23 | Adam Sell | Adam and Rose Annie Rollman | Feb. 27, 1892 |
| Oct. 25 | Wm. Jonathan Parson | Geo. McClellan and Sarah E. Moyer | Jan. 19, 1892 |
| Oct. 31 | Mable Florence Bender | David and Sallie A. Koenig | Aug. 31, 1892 |
| Dec. 11 | Adam Adlai Stoudt | C. Jacob and Mary K. Reed | Oct. 13, 1892 |
| Dec. 18 | Virgin Mary Hafer | Irwin M. and Mary M. Reifsnyder | Oct. 21, 1892 |
| Dec. 18 | Floyd Wm. Reiss | Wm. B. and Carrie M. Hinnershitz | Nov. 6, 1892 |
| Dec. 18 | Edgar John Stricker | Moses F. and Annie E. Horst | Nov. 3, 1892 |
| Dec. 26 | Elda Sarah Greth | Isaac C. and Katie Himmelreich | Nov. 16, 1892 |
| Dec. 31 | Eva Magdelena Ruth | Isaac and Amanda Moyer | Sept. 15, 1892 |
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1893
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| Jan. 7 | Lula Mary Lamm | George B. and Annie E. Whitmoyer | Nov. 21, 1892 |
| Jan. 21 | David Monroe Grime | Wellington and Sallie M. Weitzel | Dec. 28, 1892 |
| Jan. 29 | George Irwin Spayd | Charles J. and Mary M. Haas | Aug. 28, 1892 |
| Feb. 29 | Bessie Elvina Krick | Wm. Y. and Eva A. Spatz | Sept. 23, 1892 |
| Feb. 5 | Minnie Mable Hafer | Adam Franklin and Mary M. Ohnmacht | Oct. 23, 1892 |
| Feb. 17 | Clara Annie Troop | John W. and Ellen Renninger | Dec. 30, 1892 |
| Feb. 18 | Conrad Kasper Wieser | John A. and Bertha Karver | Oct. 19, 1892 |
| Feb. 23 | Bula Bessie Otto | John R.A. and Thamson M. Stiely | Dec. 12, 1892 |
| Feb. 23 | Oscar Keller | Josiah and Jane Hess | June 23, 1889 |
| Mar. 3 | Stella Laura Dunkleberger | Levi R. and Clara A. Mountz | Jan. 21, 1893 |
| Mar. 8 | Carrie Mary Hafer | Frederic J. and Ellen W. Stamm | Nov. 10, 1892 |
| Mar. 8 | David Dunkleberger | Daniel and Caroline Yoh | Sept. 17, 1892 |
| April 9 | Robert Simmon Ulrich | David Wm. and Annie L. Long | Jan. 10, 1893 |
| April 9 | Katie Elizabeth Wenrich | Samuel E. & Sallie Hain | Oct. 20, 1892 |
| April 20 | Paul Daniel Barnet | George Daniel and Mary R. Strunk | Mar. 22, 1893 |
| April 22 | Henry Franklin Ulrich | John Henry and Hannah S. Simmon | Feb. 20, 1893 |
| April 29 | Hattie Violet Reed | J. Cyrus and Annie R. Yoh | Jan. 22, 1893 |
| May 4 | Eva Rosa Koller | David W. and Alice K. Reise | Nov. 6, 1892 |
| May 5 | Annie Mary Ditzler | Franklin and Maria Simmon | Feb. 7, 1892 |
| May 13 | Franklin Spatz | John and Agnes M. Krick | Feb. 4, 1893 |
| April 29 | Hattie Violet Reed | J. Cyrus and Annie R. Yoh | Jan. 22, 1893 |
| May 4 | Eva Rosa Koller | David W. and Alice K. Reise | Nov. 6, 1892 |
| May 5 | Annie Mary Ditzler | Franklin and Maria Simmon | Feb. 7, 1892 |
| May 13 | Franklin Spatz | John and Agnes M. Krick | Feb. 4, 1893 |
| May 20 | Annie Eva Werner | Milton S. and Mary Ann Krick | March 21, 1893 |
| May 20 | Ella Mary Werner | Harry S. and Emma R. Gerhart | Mar. 20, 1893 |
| May 28 | Emma Elizabeth Barnet | Charles and Mary Krick | June 30, 1891 |
| May 28 | Annie Amanda Barnet | Charles and Mary Krick | April 7, 1893 |
| June 2 | Willie Franklin Bollinger | Wm. and Carrie S. Nie | Jan. 30, 1893 |
| June 2 | Lillie Sibbilla Yoh | James Thomas and Lucy Ann Frey | Mar. 20, 1893 |
| June 11 | Reily Koch | Samuel and Catharine Long | April 24, 1880 |
| June 11 | John L. Kocn | Samuel and Catharine Long | April 11, 1882 |
| June 11 | Nora Koch | Samuel and Catharine Long | Sept. 29, 1884 |
| June 11 | George Koch | Samuel and Catharine Long | Dec. 9, 1886 |
| June 23 | Mandon Barlet | Levi G. and Mary E.B. Heffner | April 18, 1893 |
| June 25 | Reily Michael Fisher | Samuel R. and Ellen C. Ruth | Feb. 18, 1893 |
| July 1 | Marguerite Hassler | Harry S. and Sarah A. Kochel | May 5, 1893 |
| July 21 | Mable Caroline Hetrich | Eugene C. and Emma C. Bricker | April 13, — |
| July 29 | Henrietta Elizabeth Fisher | Charles B. & Kate Eidel | Jan. 20, 1893 |
| July 29 | Clayton Reber | John F. and Jestina S. Strunk | June 23, 1893 |
| July 29 | Elmer Cleveland Himmelberger | Charles F. and Kate E. Babb | April 8, 1893 |
| July 29 | Martin Irwin Dunkleberger | George B. and Sarah A. Reifsnyder | July 23, 1893 |
| Aug. 6 | Stella Susan Yoder | Wm. S. & Lizzie Ellen Schaeffer | June 17, 1893 |
| Aug. 18 | Even H. Miller | J.F. and Emma M. Heckman | April 2, 1893 |
| Aug. 20 | Ella Margretta Fiant | Charles L. and Anna E. Fidler | July 15, 1893 |
| Aug. 23 | Hellen May Renninger | Charles and Ida Stoudt | June 20, 1891 |
| Aug. 26 | Earl Clinton Farlow | Lemon and Catharine Moyer | June 3, 1893 |
| Sept. 9 | Paul William Greth | Charles A. & Annie M. Kintzer | Jan. 16, 1893 |
| Sept. 20 | Bessie Agnes Bright | Augustus and Sarah K. Drupp | Feb. 3, 1893 |
| Sept. 24 | Luther Edward Bernet | John and Ellen L. Brightbill | Nov. 10, 1890 |
| Sept. 24 | John Franklin Horn | Aaron J. and Lizzie A. Gaul | June 22, 1893 |
| Sept. 25 | Nora Maria Parson | Walker and Mary Smith | Aug. 31, 1893 |
| Sept. 25 | Carrie Spatz | John F. and Katie M. Hiester | Oct. 30, 1892 |
| Oct. 15 | John Wm. Rollman | Aaron R. and Maggie S, Strunk | Aug. 25, 1893 |
| Oct. 17 | Catharine Brant | Harry and Kate C. Umbahand | Aug. 28, 1893 |
| Oct. 21 | Florence Irene Sohl | Frank B. and Elmira Bower | Nov. 29, 1892 |
| Oct. 22 | William Henry Mentzer | Aaron A. & Sallie Hossler | Aug. 6, 1893 |
| Oct. 22 | Bertha May Adams | John and Sarah A. Booth | Mar. 7, 1893 |
| Oct. 28 | Leona Helman | Abraham B. and Hellen Stiely | Aug. 9, 1893 |
| Oct. 30 | Willie Abner Stief | Abner and Sallie Koch | Sept. 8, 1893 |
| Nov. 8 | Florence Rebecca Geiss | Morris J. and Kate A. Wahl | July 13, 1893 |
| Nov. 19 | L. Lloyd Even Rentz | George M. and Kate H. Whitmoyer | Sept. 25, 1893 |
| Nov. 21 | Lizzie Ann Snyder | Daniel R. and Rebecca A. Dautrich | Sept. 26, 1893 |
| Dec. 2 | William Lewis MacKilwere | Daniel and Amelia Emore | Aug. 13, 1893 |
| Dec. 12 | Charles Edward Hiester | Isaac and Anna A. Noll | Sept. 14, 1893 |
| Dec. 12 | Herbert Raymond Bender | David and Sallie A. King | Aug. 23, 1893 |
| Dec. 17 | Leonard Franklin Bender | Franklin G. and Amelia E. Hiester | Oct. 17, 1893 |
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. 329-334.
Submitted by: Nancy.