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This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1391. Surnames: MILLER, YEAGER, WENDT, GROH, BOYER, WEBER St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Boyertown, Pa. The first record of this congregation is a baptism on the 30th of June, 1811. Whatever historical records may have been kept are either … Read more
History of St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hamburg, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomerys 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1378. Surnames: KERCHER, KEARCHER, MISHLER, LEHMAN, KNOSKE, ENGEL, STREIN, WALZ, KELLER, IAEGER, EBERMAN, KLINE, ZWEIZIG, DRUMHELLER, MILLER, GABLE, KLINE St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hamburg, Berks County, Pa. Since June, 1901, … Read more
History of St. Lukes Evangelical Lutheran Church, Reading, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1381. Surnames: HUNTZINGER, MOSER, FOX, FRY St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rev. F. K. Huntzinger, Pastor. One of the largest Lutheran congregations in Pennsylvania is St. Luke’s, in the city of … Read more
History of Zion’s Union Church, Perry Township, Pennsylvania This information appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1379. Surnames: HAUSIHL, KERSCHNER, STARR, MICHAEL, HERZEL, WACK, DIEFFENBACH, HERMAN, SCHAEFFER, BERKEY, LEBERMAN, APPEL, LEINBACH, BARTHOLOMEW, SCHUMACHER, KRUG, MOELLER, LEHMAN, KNOSKE, ENGEL, IAEGER, MILLER, GABLE, KLINE Zion’s Church, Perry Township, formerly of … Read more
History of St. Paul’s Church, Windsor Township, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1379. Surnames: SCHUMACHER, IAEGER, HERMAN, WEISS, BARTHOLOMEW, HUNTZINGER, SMOLL, DRUMHELLER, MILLER, GABLE, KLINE St. Paul’s Church, Windsor Township. This church is on the State Road in Windsor township, about two miles northeast … Read more
History of St. Paul’s Memorial Reformed Church, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1393. Surnames; BAUSMAN, CREITZ St. Paul’s Memorial Reformed Church, Reading, Pa. St. Paul’s Memorial Reformed Church came into being in response to the need of another English congregation in Reading. A constantly … Read more
History of Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 1385. Surnames: ARNOLD, KUTZ, WAGNER, WORDMAN, SCHUMACHER, HARTWIG, HAUSIHL, KRUG, NIEMEYER, GROTZ, MOLLER, MUHLENBERG, LEHMAN, WILDBAHN, MARCARD, SCRIBA, MILLER, KELLER, RICHARDS, HOFFMAN, SCHANTZ, RIGHTMEYER, HORN, KUENDIG, FRY, DRACH, LAZARUS, SNYDER, DEININGER, OAKLEY, LIVINGOOD, … Read more
History of Trinity Lutheran Reformed Church, Mount Penn, Pennsylvania This history appeared in Morton Montgomery’s 1908 edition of The History of Berks County, p. 985. Surnames: LUDWIG, KEEHN, WILLIAMS, SODERS, YEAKEL, DUNDORE, SCHEARRER, HERBEIN, LEINBACH, MANWILLER, ADAM, KRAEMER, ADAM, NEIN, MOSSER, PALM, STEINMETZ, STEIN, BROWN, SNYDER, BRIDENBAUGH, LUTZ, HEIN, HAFER, RAUENZAHN, DICKINSON, FISTER, MILLER Trinity … Read more
Amity Township Formation Petition 1744 Reaffirming 1719 To the honorable Justices of ye Peace at ye Court of Quarter Sessions held at Philada. March ye 3d 1744, the petition of ye Inhabitants of Amity humbley sheweth that about twenty fives years since the inhabitants of that 10,000 acres of land lyings up Schuylkill, called ye … Read more
History of Bern Township The following information is from The History of Berks County, Pennsylvania by F.W. Balthaser (1925), pages 190-191: Bern was settled in 1733 and erected into a township in 1738. It was named after Bern in Switerland, whence many of its settlers came. At the time of the erection of the county … Read more