German Immigrant Ancestors
in Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York


St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Evang. Luth. St. Paul's-Kirche


Confirmation Class of 1899


There were 28 children confirmed that day. Subsequently the married surnames of some of the females were entered after their names; also some names were crossed out in pencil indicating subseqent death; some were later marked as dead.

Confirmationstag [Confirmation Day] - 26 March 1899
Confirmator [Confirming Pastor] - Geo. Merschroth

No. / Name des Confirmanden / Geburtsdag [Birth date]

1. John Rieth 4 March 1885
2. Alex Reissig [no birthdate listed]
3. Wilh. Schmutsler [name penciled out] ["dead"] 22 March 1885
4. Ed. Asmus [name penciled out] ["deceased"] 23 Aug. 1885
5. Jak. Schweiser [or Schweizer] ["deceased"] [no birthdate listed]
6. Jos. Kohler 15 June 1885
7. Ludw. Burg ["deceased"] 22 Sept. 1885
8. Karl Kremin 28 Oct. 1885
9. Otto Kreischer [name penciled out] 30 May 1884
10. Alfred " [Kreischer] [name penciled out] 10 Jan. 1886
11. Marie Dorst 12 Nov. 1885
12. Florence Wilhelm 26 April 1885
13. Rosa Derschang [Wallace] 29 Aug. 1885
14. Luise Ritter [Blam or Blan or Blaun] 7 June 1886
15. Marie Schweiser [Marsh] ["Deceased"] 25 March 1885
16. Anna Seib [name penciled out] [Tormsen] 27 Aug. 1885
17. Anna Rusterholz [or Rusterhobs(?)] [Thomas] 16 Jan. 1885
18. Augusta Sehmutsler [or Sehmutzler] ["moved to Germany"] 6 Dec. 1884
19. Minnie Steinhorst [name penciled out] [Mrs. Ed Schreinser] 11 June 1886
20. Kath. Kessler [name penciled out] [Daventall(?)] 4 Sept. 1885
21. " [Kath.] Sibold [Barley or Basley(?)] 13 Jan. 1886
22. Luise Werner [Nurle(?)] [name penciled out] ["deceased"] 2 Aug. 1885
23. Bertha Buckmann [Elemcus(?)] ["Deceased"] 13 March 1886
24. Luise Suhr(?) [name penciled out] 29 Aug. 1884
25. Edna Gilcher [name penciled out] 2 Aug. 1884
26. Ella Hahn [Higgins(?)] 24 Aug. 1885
27. Emma Koch [name penciled out] [Mrs. J. Werfel] [no birthdate listed]
28. Anna Schmidt [Gallup] ["deceased"] 31 Aug. 1885

Book 1 (1882-1913), pages 170-171, Confirmanden-Register (Confirmation Register), 1899, from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Syracuse, New York; records viewed at The Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia by M. Stone on 8 April 2003.



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