Yellowstone Genealogy Forum
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
(United Church of Christ – 3rd
Ave South & 34th Street)
Billings, Montana
Revised 15 October 2001c
The Evangelical Lutheran St. Pauls Church was founded and incorporated on March 3, 1923. Reverend F. T. Schmidt by order of the Honorable Missions Committee of the North Dakota District of the Lutheran Synod of Iowa and other states came to Billings several times to guide the congregation in the transactions necessary to establish a new church. There were 48 founding members. Pastor Schmidt was elected to serve the church and its congregation on April 1, 1923. Architects Link & Hair designed the building. A German master-builder, Mr. Sebodt was hired to construct the facility for $10, 750.00. The cornerstone was laid on August 5, 1923, a Sunday. Pastor H. Jannsen from Marsh, MT gave the Festival Sermon. Church history (and its congregational lists for the period of 1923 through 1992) has been donated to the Forum by Howard Guenthner. The church was officially closed by membership vote as of March 29, 1992.
These files are available for research in the GenRoom.
The
founding church officers were:
Adam Bender – Moderator Jacob Strecker - Trustee
Jacob Walter – Treasurer Conrad Wacker - Trustee
Fredrick Roth – Secretary Conrad Lenhardt – Trustee
Original
Founding Members (August 5, 1923) were:
Henry Amen, Jacob Alles, Henry Badt, Jacob Bekel, George Bender, George Deines, John Gisick, Henry C. Guenther, Henry Gunther, Sr., Jacob Eckhardt, Conrad Hein Sr., Conrad Hein, Jr., John Hein, Sr., John Hein, Jr., John Hergett, George Kissler, Conrad Kristel, Jacob Koch, George Lackman, David Lackman, Sr., Henry D. Lackman, Jr., David miller, George miller, Frederick Rutt, Jacob Ruff, Henry Rehm, Alexander Rauh, Philipp Reuter, Jacob Sailor, George Schlentz, George Stieber, David Stieber, Henry Stieber, Jacob Strecker, Jr., Wilhelm Walter, Frederich Walter, Andreas Worm, Sr., Andreas Worm, Jr., John Yerger, and George Yerger.
There
are three ledgers in the set: [Most of the information is presented in
German]
Ledger I – 1914 to 1926
Ø Personen – oder Seelen [Membership]
Ø Tauf [Baptism]
Ø Konfirmation [Confirmation]
Ø Toten [Death]
Ledger II – 1925 to 1949
Ø Miscellaneous, church seals and membership lists
Ø Gemeinde – Beamten (1923 – 1927) [Congregational officers]
Ø Personen – oder Seelen [Membership]
Ø Tauf – [Baptism]
Ø Konfirmanden – [Confirmation]
Ø Trau – [Marriages]
Ø Toten – [Death]
Ø Kommunikanten – [Candidate for Confirmation]
Ø Miscellaneous - [Member contribution, chronicles of events from April 1944 through August 17, 1952]
Ledger III – 1950 through 1995
Ø Members
Ø Congregation History
Ø Baptisms – 1950 through 1981
Ø Confirmands – 1950 through 1981
Ø Marriage Records – 1950 through 1983
Ø Deaths – 1950 through 1995, including some obituaries.
Original records are stored at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT. Evelyn
J. White, Rudolph & Marjorie Lenhardt Lackman during the summer of 2000,
copied the records.
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