St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Historic St. Pauls) Kitchener

• Name	St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Historic St. Pauls) Kitchener
  Born	congregation began 1835	137 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Gender	Unknown
  Alt Address	St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  alt name	German Protestant Evangelical Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Church	1889	137 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  	construction
  Name	German Protestant Evangelical Church Kitchener
  Died	congregation still exist 2011
  Person ID	I204	Properties
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2011

  
  

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  St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Begun: 1835 A congregation was formed in 1834 by the missionary  Rev. Friedrich Wilhelm Bindemann.  The first church, known as the German Protestant Evangelical Church, was built on the south side of Church and Queen Streets in 1848 with Rev. Bindemann as the first pastor. The name of the church was changed on Easter Monday, 1869 to St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Berlin, Ontario. Two years previously St. Paul's had called Rev. Adam Ernst who succeeded Rev. H.W.H. Wichmann. Pastor Ernst's conditions to the congregation when accepting its call were that 1) the congregation join the Missouri Synod and 2) the church's name be changed. In the fall of 1871 the congregation made the decision to affiliate with the Eastern District, Missouri Synod. Pastor Ernst was followed by Rev. Peter Andres, from 1881-1894. A decision was made to build a new church and the last service in the old church was held on March 10, 1889. The next day the tearing down of the old building began. Work then began on lowering the hill on which the church had stood, before construction could begin on the new building. The cornerstone for the new church was laid on June 2, 1889 and the service of dedication was held on December 8, 1889. Of interest is the fact that the benches from the old church were retained for use in the new one. Records: Baptism dates: 1835- Location of records: at church Marriage dates: 1835- Location of records: at church Burial dates: 1835- Location of records: at church Births, Marriages, Deaths and Confirmations for 1835-1864 are at the Kitchener Public Library; indexed. See Waterloo County Marriages 1858-1869 for marriage information 1858-1862, 1864. Taylor (1986:70) reports that "exact birth places in Germany [are] often given." [ADDRESS/LOCATION: 137 Queen St. S., Kitchener, ON N2H 1W2; 745-4891.] References: Cronmiller 1961:115-116; Eylands 1945:64-67; Malinsky 1954:63-64; Moyer 1979:21; Stroh, WHS 1931(19):275; R. Taylor 1986; Threinen 1989:14; Uttley 1937:42-49; Weicker 1976:20; Weicker 1985. Church Histories: 1) 100th Anniversary: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kitchener, 1835-1935. Kitchener, ON: Merchants' Printing Co., 1935. 2) Fiftieth Anniversary of the Dedication of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Ontario, 1889-1939. 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] December 10, 1939.

  
  

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  Born - congregation began 1835 - 137 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Alt Address - - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario alt name - - German Protestant Evangelical Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Church - construction - 1889 - 137 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth