Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT
1859 - Baptism, ZION'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF PITTSFIELD, MASS.

Wilhelm Endmann Theunert, b. 29 Oct 1859, Pontoosuc Ave., Pittsfield, MA - baptised 1 Jan 1860. Parents August Theunert and Johanne Walther. Witnesses: Wilhelm Feige, Daniel Karuse, Marie Frohlich.

MY NOTE: Wilhelm Feige is the husband of Augustus Theunert's sister, Augusta. Marie Frohlich is Augustus Theunert's sister.


The German Evangelical Lutheran church - In 1859, when the Protestant German population of Pittsfield was about 400, arrangements were made by a portion of them for devine service in their own language. These services were first held in private houses, and with occasional visits by clergymen from New York. But in April, 1859, Rev. Augustus Grotrain, a learned and able minister of Albany, accepted a call, and organized the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pittsfield. The town subsequently granted a pleasant site in the corner of First street burial-ground, where the church was erected, at a cost of $2,274.00 and which was dedicated September 14, 1865. There present pastor is Rev. John D. Hagar.

Title Gazetteer of Berkshire County, Mass., 1725-1885
Compiled by Hamilton Child
Publisher Printed at the Journal Office, 1885
Page 322

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