Mt. Olivet (Lower Bermudian) Union Church (East Berlin, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 068

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Lower Bermudian (Mt. Olivet) Union Church collection consists of 1 box containing: - Cemetery Records: Tombstone Inscriptions copied by George Merle de Fere Zacharias - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1754-1864, Copied by George Merle de Fere Zacharias - Church Records (original & photocopy): Baptisms, 1886-1925, 1937-1940; Marriages, 1886-1896; Deaths, 1886-1924; Communicants, 1890-1930; Membership, 1895-1924, 1937; Officers, 1895-1928, 1937; Pastoral Register, 1886-1937; Statistical Reports, 1886-1901 - History: General; News Clippings - Photographs

Dates

Creation: 1745 - 1989

Conditions Governing Use

Biographical / Historical

Reformed Pastors who served include: 1745-1769 Jacob Lischy 1770-1774 supplies including John Christian Faber 1775-1779 Carl Ludwig Boehme 1780-1789 John Christopher Gobrecht 1791-1805 John Ernst 1808-1826 Charles Helffenstein 1827-1834 Frederick William Van der Sloot 1834-1836 Daniel Ziegler 1840-1845 John G. Fritchey 1845-1846 William C. Bennett 1847-1851 Samuel Gutelius 1852-1863 Emmanuel Hoffheins 1864-1885 1886-1889 John Stauffer 1889-1894 O. F. Schaeffer 1895-1896 W. G. Welsh 1897-1906 Paul M. Spangler 1906-1908 William Aaron Yeisley 1909-1915 W. H. Miller 1915-1920 Irwin S. Ditzler 1920-1922 Harry Kehm 1923-1925 Irwin S. Ditzler 1925-1936 Harry Houtz 1937-???? Richard E. Shaffer

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Transcription of Church Records, by William J. Hinke, 1942 SEE ALSO: MKZZ AD R1-3 or Microfilm #133 For: Additional copy of Tombstone Inscriptions copied by Zacharias SEE ALSO: Microfilm #97 For: Pastoral Records, 1858-1866 of Jacob Ziegler (1809-1888) SEE ALSO: Ms. Coll. 128 or Microfilm #171