Category:St. John’s Lutheran Church, Arlington Township, MN
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Brief History
Home of the Lieske family.
From Prussia with Love
The Michael Gabbert family members were effectively charter members of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Henderson Township which was a "filial" (daughter congregation) of St. John's Lutheran Church of Arlington Township (located in Section 35). Early church records from St. John's regularly show that the resident pastor and the Reiseprediger ("circuit-riding minister") of Sankt Johnannes Gemeinde of "Prairie Moundt" regularly held services at the "Gabberts". The St. Paul church apparently was built as a 16x24 foot log structure in the southwest corner of what later was known as the Fred Lieske farm in Section 9 of Henderson Township. Both congregations were begun in 1856 and St. Paul's merged with St. John's in 1891. From 1888 to 1891 the St. Paul's records were kept independently of St. John's, otherwise they included in the St. John's records. The St. John Lutheran Church congregation published a Centennial 1859-1959 book as well as a supplement covering the next 25 years, 1959-84. Church records are also available on microfilm from its very beginning in 1859 to 1973. The editor has never seen a photograph of the St. Paul Lutheran Church building, which was later sold to Friedrich Boettcher (later spelled "Battcher"), father of Anna Louse Boettcher the future wife of William L. Lieske. It burned in the early 1900s, and hopefully someone will some day locate a long-lost photograph of the building where our ancestors attended.
Picture Captions
St. John's Evangelical Church in Arlington Township. The wooden church above was torn down after the brick one built in 1915.
Above: Laying of the cornerstone of te current St. John's Luthean Church in Arlinton Twoship in 1915.
Left: The current church.
source:From Prussia with Love
Important Facts
Parent congregation of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Arlington, MN
Other
Related Links
| Sibley County History of St. John's |
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