Oley Hill (St. Joseph's & St. John's) Union Church (Boyertown [Pike Twp.], PA)
Scope and Contents
The Oley Hill (St. Joseph's & St. John's) Unon Church collection consists of 1 box containing: - Bulletins - Cemetery Records: Constitutions, 1920 - Church Records (fragments): Baptisms, 1945-1956; Confirmations, 1944-1957; Marriages, 1949-1957; Deaths, 1944-1957 - Church Records (original): Baptisms, 1892-1943; Confirmations, 1894-1942; Marriages, 1893-1943; Deaths, 1893-1943; Communicants, 1898-1954; Membership, 1774-1799, 1906-1956; Officers, 1899-1913; Pastoral Register, 1800-1909; Statistical Reports, 1893-1904 - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1731-1799; Marriages, 1731-1797; Deaths, 1754-1796; Communicants, 1754-1779; Membership, 1754-756 Copied by A. S. Leiby & Revised by William J. Hinke, 1938 - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1757-1772, 1958-2004; Confirmations, 1757, 1771, 1968-2002; Marriages, 1959-2004; Deaths, 1958-2004; Membership, 1976-2004 Compiled by Judith A. Meier & Indexed by Paul Brumbach, 2004 - Constitutions, n.d. - Financial Records, 1770-1804, 1950-1955 - Genealogy, 1692-1757 (found with trans. records) - History: General (some in orig. record book); News Clippings; Published - Legal Records, 1957 - Parochial Reports, n.d., 1884, 1937 - Pastors - Photographs - Programs & Activities - Committees: - Joint Council (Consistory): Minutes, 1949-1957 - Study Committee: Minutes, 1975-1980 - Auxiliary Organizations: - Sunday School, 1954-1976 - Women's Guild: Financial Records, 1955 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CHURCH ON OLEY HILL, an address delivered before the Historical Society of Berks County, PA, November 14, 1899 by Rev. J. W. Early. HISTORY OF HISTORIC HILL UNION CHURCH, 1731-1953 , by Charles W. Eckert, Sr., 1953.
Dates
- Creation: 1731 - 2004
Biographical / Historical
This Union Church was made up of St. John's Reformed Church (St. John-Hill UCC) and St. Joseph's Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Reformed congregation changed its name from St. Joseph's to St. John's in 1901. Reformed pastors include: unknown J. C. Dill unknown John William Ingold 1790-1796 F. Dallicker 1797-1977 J. H. Faber 1800-1840 Frederick Herman 1840-1859 Lewis Herman 1859-1864 Robert Van Court 1864-1890 P. P. A. Hoffman 1890-1891 M. H. Brensinger 1891-1892 H. A. I. Benner 1893-1909 M. H. Mishler 1909-1927 C. F. Bartholomew 1927-1929 W. E. Horstmeirer 1929-1933 W. L. Meckstroth 1933-1943 Donald M. C. Englert 1943-1957 John L. Herbster 1958-1961 George K. Ludwig 1962-1967 G. Harry Nice 1967-2003 James W. Rogers 2003-2004 James Dunn (interim) 2004-???? Judith A. Meier (interim)
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Bartholomew, Calvin Edgar (1862-1929) (Person)
- Benner, Henry A. J. (1862-1955) (Person)
- Brensinger, Morris Henry (1864-1937) (Person)
- Daelliker (Delliker), Frederick (1738-1799) (Person)
- DeLong, Irwin Hoch (1873-1957) (Person)
- Dill, John Casper (1758-1824) (Person)
- Englert, Donald Marcus Charles (1909-2005) (Person)
- Herbster, John Lewis (1894-1984) (Person)
- Herman, Frederick A. (1795-1849) (Person)
- Herman, Lewis C. (1813-1884) (Person)
- Hoffman, Philip P. A. (1836-1890) (Person)
- Ludwig, George K. (1925-1995) (Person)
- Meckstroth, William L. (1878-1933) (Person)
- Meier, Judith Ann (1936) (Person)
- Mishler, Mahlon H. (1854-1910) (Person)
- Nice, Gideon Harry (1926-2009) (Person)
- Rogers, James Walter (1931-2018) (Person)
- Vancourt, Robert A. (1831-1889) (Person)
- Dunn, James Lee (or. UCC 1982) (Person)
- Horstmeier, William Frederick (1850-1937) (Person)
- Ingold, John William (1737) (Person)
Geographic
- Title
- Oley Hill (St. Joseph's & St. John's) Union Church (Boyertown [Pike Twp.], PA)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the E&R Library & Archives Repository
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