St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church St. Jacobs

• Name	St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church St. Jacobs
  Born	congregation begun 1864	1407 King St. N., St. Jacobs, Ontario
  Gender	Unknown
  Church	21 May 1866	St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church - St. Jacobs, Ontario
  	construction 1st church
  Church	1961	St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church - St. Jacobs, Ontario
  	construction of 2nd church
  Died	still exists 2011
  Person ID	I724	Properties
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2011

  
  

• Photos

  St. Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Church sepia-toned photographic print mounted on black card. It is a picture of a small church with wooden steeple and a stone and white picket fence around it and two large poplar trees on either side. Handwritten across the bottom is: St. James Lutheran/ St. Jacobs, Ont. Handwritten on the back is: J. H. Thoms/ St. James Luth./ Church/ St Jacobs Ont/ Elfrieda Schlitt/ Built 1866/ torn down & rebuilt/ same site 1961-62. In possesion of Doon Heritage Crossroads

  
  

• Notes

  St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church Begun: 1864 The congregation was organized in 1864, and met in the schoolhouse, which is located behind the present church. The cornerstone for a new church was laid on May 21, 1866 and the brick church which was built adjoining the school, was dedicated on August 22, 1866. Land was purchased for a cemetery in 1868. Rev. Daniel Stahlschmidt was the first pastor. The congregation had become part of the Elmira Parish as of December 1865 and this association remained until 1905 when the congregation was joined with Conestogo. Rev. A.R. Schultz of St. James, Elmira had been pastor to the St. Jacobs congregation from 1879 until this time. A parish hall was built in 1905 and in 1918 the church was enlarged - a tower and main entrance were built. Land was purchased in 1956 on the north side of the church and on August 13, 1961 the ground breaking service for a new church was held. Construction began immediately and the final service was held in the old church on November 18, 1961. Dedication services for the new church were held on May 27, 1962. The congregation celebrated the church's 125th Anniversary on September 8, 1991. Records: Baptism dates: 1866- Location of records: at church Marriage dates: 1866- Location of records: at church Burial dates: 1866-* Location of records: at church *A list of Deaths from September 14, 1868 to April 6, 1991, according to the church records, is included in a pamphlet published for the Church's Memorial Service on July 7, 1991. A copy of the pamphlet is in the Grace Schmidt Local History Room of the Kitchener Public Library. [ADDRESS/LOCATION: King St, St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0; 664-2511.] References: Bowman, WHS 1945(33):19; Cronmiller 1961:165; Devitt, WHS 1947(35):44; Eylands 1945:119-121; St. Jacobs W.I.; R. Taylor 1986; WHS 1966(54):35. Church History: Centennial of St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Jacobs, Ontario 1866-1966, 1966.1a 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]

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - congregation begun 1864 - 1407 King St. N., St. Jacobs, Ontario Church - construction 1st church - 21 May 1866 - St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church - St. Jacobs, Ontario Church - construction of 2nd church - 1961 - St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church - St. Jacobs, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth