Rev. Julius Kermis^[1]

1846 - 1902  (55 years)

• Name	Julius Kermis
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	21 Aug 1846	, Germany   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Minister
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-53074
  Died	4 Aug 1902	Potsdam, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States   [3]
  Buried	Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Potsdam, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I53074	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Catharine Magdelene Fretus,   b. 9 May 1858, Argenta, Macon, Illinois, United States ,   d. 18 Jun 1928, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Magdalena Maria Catharina "Catherine" Kermis,   b. 23 Dec 1876, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Dec 1944, Potsdam, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States  (Age 67 years)   2. Catharine M. M. Kirmis,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Julius Charles G. Kermis,   b. 11 Dec 1879, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1952, Lisbon, Ransom, North Dakota, United States  (Age 72 years)   4. Julius C. G. Kirmis,   b. 1879, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Conrad Heinrich Kermis,   b. 22 Apr 1884, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 1970, Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota, United States  (Age 85 years)   6. George Phillip Kermis,   b. 7 Jun 1886, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jun 1944, Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota, United States  (Age 58 years)   7. Emelie Elizabeth Johanna Kermis,   b. 19 Aug 1888, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Sep 1976, Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States  (Age 88 years)   8. Martha Barbara Kermis,   b. 24 Mar 1891, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jun 1959, Elgin, Wabasha, Minnesota, United States  (Age 68 years)   9. Johann Michael "John" Kermis,   b. 6 Jan 1893, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Sep 1984, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F15571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  REV. J. KERMIS DEAD. Word has just reached here bringing the sad news of the death of Rev. J. Kermis, which occurred at his home in Potsdam, Minn., on August 24th last, in his 56th year, from the result of an operation. Deceased was pastor of the Missouri Synod Lutheran church for a period of nineteen years, until about nine years ago when he resigned. The older members of the community have still tender memories of their former pastor and his estimable wife, to whom their profound sympathy goes out in her great sorrow. Wellesley Maple Leaf, September 11, 1902 Obituary is supplied by the Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society Click here to go to their website. ______________ Emmanuel Lutheran Church Begun: 1844 The first church was built in 1844 on the future cemetery site when Rev. F.A. Peifer was the pastor. A new frame church was built at another site in 1851 during the pastorate of Rev. Immanuel Wurster (1851-1853) of the Canada Synod, and consecrated on January 18, 1852. The congregation at that time was called "Emmanuel's Congregation." Pastors who immediately followed Rev. Wurster were Revs. Charles Friedrich Diehl (1853-1855), Frederick T. Feysel (1855) and W.B. Ralby (1858). Another new church, built in 1876, was struck by lightning in 1915 and completely destroyed. The present church was begun in 1915, on property belonging to August Knipfel, which was exchanged by him for title to the former church site. The church was completed in 1916; an addition was built in 1962. The cornerstone reads: "Ev. Luth. Emmanuels Gemeinder 1915". Pastor Henry Koch of First St. Paul's, the Missouri Synod church in Wellesley, accepted a call to Emmanuel in 1867 - to serve the Petersburg congregation along with Wellesley and St. John's, Poole. Pastor Koch was followed by Revs. Adam Ernst (1869), F. Dubpernell (1870-1876), and J. Kirmis (1876-1895). Emmanuel remained with Wellesley and Poole until the late 1970s when it became an independent congregation with the Rev. Allan Scharlach as pastor. Ambrose, 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]

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 19 Jan 1893. 06 Jan 1893 The wife of Pastor J. Kirmis, in Wellesley, a son. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 3 Page 38. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, I., America, N., County, O., & Cemetery, I. (1846). Rev Julius Kirmis (1846-1902) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12603368/julius-kirmis.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Aug 1846 - , Germany Occupation - Minister - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Aug 1902 - Potsdam, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States Buried - - Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Potsdam, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth