Bethany (Cocalico) Reformed Church (Ephrata, PA)
Scope and Contents
The Bethany (Cocalico) collection consists of one box containing: - Annual Reports, 1912, 1915. - Bulletins, 1905-1980. - Cemetery Records: Tombstone Inscriptions by Abby Bowman, 2009 - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1738-1806, 1853-1861; Marriages, 1767-1779; Deaths, 1767-1777. Financial Records, 1767-1773. Transcribed in German by George Merle de Fere Zacharias, 1896. - Directories. - History. Anniversary Celebrations. Merger. News Clippings. Published History - Newsletters, 1923-1926 - Parochial Reports, 1893. - Pastoral Records (transcription). Waldschmidt, John (1724-1786). Fragments transcribed in German, 1749-1779, with notes by Zacharias, 1896. - Pastors - Photographs. - Informational Brochures. - Committees: Building Committee Minutes, 1914-1915; Parsonage Committee Notes, 1933.
Dates
- Creation: 1738 - 2009
Biographical / Historical
In 1965 First UCC of Ephrata, PA merged with Bethany UCC.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials
Many of Bethany Reformed Church's records can be found at The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley 249 West Main Street, Ephrata, PA 17522 www.cocalicovalleyhs.org.
Subject
- Bartholomaeus, John Dominicus Carlus (1723-1768) (Person)
- Berger, Frederick Julius (1855-1899) (Person)
- Boehm, John Philip (1683-1749) (Person)
- Decker, John Henry (1730-1814) (Person)
- Faber, John Theobald, Jr. (1771-1833) (Person)
- Fitz, George Taylor (1897-1976) (Person)
- Gast, Frederick Augustus (1834-1917) (Person)
- Gerhard, William Trautman (1809-1886) (Person)
- Glessner, Cyrus Tobias (1888-1967) (Person)
- Gobrecht, John Christopher (1733-1815) (Person)
- Graeff, Isaac E. (1824-1908) (Person)
- Hautz, Anthony W. (1758-1830) (Person)
- Helffenstein, Albert, Jr. (1801-1870) (Person)
- Helffenstein, Charles (1781-1842) (Person)
- Helffrich, William Augustus (1827-1894) (Person)
- Hendel, John William (1740-1798) (Person)
- Herman, Frederick A. (1795-1849) (Person)
- Hertz, Daniel (1796-1868) (Person)
- Hock, John Jacob (1695-1766) (Person)
- Johnson, Mark J. (1963) (Person)
- Lischy, Jacob (1719-1780) (Person)
- Luckenbaugh, Doyle Allen (1938) (Person)
- Lyttle, Harvey Melvin (1907-1959) (Person)
- Meck, Allen Samuel (1886-1976) (Person)
- Noss, John Boyer (1896-1980) (Person)
- Pilgram, Frederick (1837-1896) (Person)
- Pirazzini, Francis Xavier (1922-2007) (Person)
- Rieger, John Bartholomew (1707-1769) (Person)
- Schory, Peter D. (1809-1903) (Person)
- Snead, Paul Brenner (1918-2001) (Person)
- Spahn, Howard H. (1868-1956) (Person)
- Templeman, John Conrad (1692-1761) (Person)
- Tobias, Daniel Clinton (1842-1891) (Person)
- Vock, Lewis Ferdinand (1690-1750) (Person)
- Waldschmidt, John (1724-1786) (Person)
- Weiler, Christian (1804-1875) (Person)
- Wilms, John Christian (1738-1802) (Person)
- Wittner, John George (1735-1779) (Person)
- Zacharias, George Merle de Fere (DeFere) (1848-1910) (Person)
- Carbaugh, Chester E. (or. UCC 1988) (Person)
- Dodds, Patricia A. (or. UCC 2001) (Person)
- Karjian, Nayiri (or. UCC 1986) (Person)
- Bechtel, John (1690-1777) (Person)
- Huber, Lavina Smucker (1936-2020) (Person)
- Hullhorst, Frederick C., Jr. (1867-1942) (Person)
- Mearkle, Rickey Lynn (1954) (Person)
- Miller, John Peter (1709-1796) (Person)
- Müeller, Friedrich Casimir (Person)
- Weiss, George Michael (1700-1761) (Person)
- Title
- Bethany (Cocalico) Reformed Church (Ephrata, PA)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the E&R Library & Archives Repository
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Lancaster PA 17603 United States
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