Rev. Franz Adam "Francis" Peifer

1817 - 1859  (42 years)

• Name	Franz Adam "Francis" Peifer
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	4 Jan 1817	, Prussia, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	31 Aug 1842	New York City, New York, USA.   [2]
  	ship Isabella
  Name	F. A. Pfeifer
  Occupation	1852	St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	minister
  	St. Paul's, associated with St. Peter's, Heidelberg, was founded in 1852 by Rev. Franz Adam Peifer (1852-1859). Land was donated for a cement block church (since known as Allemang Church) and cemetery, which were located several miles north of Erbsville. The church was completed in 1853 and the Kirchenbuch (Church Book) was begun in the next year, 1854, by Rev. Peifer. The present yellow brick church was built in 1877 in the village. Rev. Peifer died in 1859 and in 1860 Rev. Daniel Stahlschmidt began his ministry to the two congregations of St. Paul's and St. Peter's, Heidelberg;1a 1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]
  Naturalization	2 Jul 1856	, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-111119
  Died	16 Oct 1859	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Buried	Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I111119	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Ann Maria Forler,   b. 4 Feb 1829, Bischholtz, Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 13 Nov 1916, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Wilhelmina Amelia Pfeifer,   b. 5 Jun 1847, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1915  (Age 67 years)   2. Henry Theodore Peifer,   b. 1849, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Johannes Wilhelm "John" Pfeifer,   b. 3 Sep 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Dec 1924, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F51793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church The congregation was founded in 1837 by Rev. F.W. Bindemann, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Kitchener; early services were held in homes or other suitable meeting places. Property for the first church building was purchased from Jacob C. Snider for 5 shillings (approximately $1.25). The cornerstone was laid in the spring of 1838 and dedication services in the new church at 72 King Street North in Waterloo were held in the fall of the same year. Rev. Bindemann was pastor. He was replaced in 1841 by Rev. Jacob Huettner of Preston who then ministered to both congregations. When the church's first membership list was compiled on October 24, 1841, the congregation numbered sixteen persons. The frame church was destroyed by fire and replaced by a new, larger one in 1883. This, too, was destroyed by fire - on October 31, 1959. The congregation then built a new stone church at a new location on Willow Street, with dedication taking place on October 14, 1962. Early pastors except for Rev. Bindemann (1837-1841), who was asked to resign in 1841, were Revs. J. Huettner (1841-1849), F.A. Peifer, Immanuel Wurster (1851-1855), and Jacob Hoelsche who began his ministry in 1855. Rev. Wurster ministered to St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Preston jointly with St. John's for one year until assuming charge of only Preston in 1855. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose __________________ St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Erbsville Begun: 1852 St. Paul's, associated with St. Peter's, Heidelberg, was founded in 1852 by Rev. Franz Adam Peifer (1852-1859). Land was donated for a cement block church (since known as Allemang Church) and cemetery, which were located several miles north of Erbsville. The church was completed in 1853 and the Kirchenbuch (Church Book) was begun in the next year, 1854, by Rev. Peifer. The present yellow brick church was built in 1877 in the village. Rev. Peifer died in 1859 and in 1860 Rev. Daniel Stahlschmidt began his ministry to the two congregations of St. Paul's and St. Peter's, Heidelberg; he was followed by Rev. J. Brezing in 1873 who ministered to the congregation until 1887. Services in German were conducted in this church from the beginning until 1939 when German language services were discontinued. An addition was built on the back of the church in 1952. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57811071. [S2176] New York, Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1850. Franz Peifer Arrival Date 31 Aug 1842 Birth Date abt 1815 Age 27 Gender Male Destination Buffalo Port of Departure Bremen, Germany Port of Arrival New York, New York Ship Name Isabella [S1633] Book - Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900, 39.

  
  

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  Born - 4 Jan 1817 - , Prussia, Germany Arrival - ship Isabella - 31 Aug 1842 - New York City, New York, USA. Occupation - minister - 1852 - St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Naturalization - 2 Jul 1856 - , Canada Died - 16 Oct 1859 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth