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Beliefs > Churches > Ebenezer German Congregational Church > Confirmation Classes > 1913

Ebenezer Confirmation Class of 1913

Ebenezer German Congregational Church Confirmation Class of March 16, 1913
The Ebenezer German Congregational Church Confirmation Class of March 16, 1913.

Front row from left to right: ?, ?, ?, ?

Second row from left to right: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?

Third row from left to right: ?, Katie Doerr, ?, ?, Rev. Johannes Hopp, ?, ?, ?, ?

Fourth row from left to right: ?, Anna Elizabeth (Peggy) Doerr (Derr), Balthasar (John) Herder, ?, ?, ?, ?, Christina Schmeer, ?

Back row from left to right: ?, ?, ?, ?, Elisabeth Yeager, ?, ?, Katie Yost.

Unidentified members of the confirmation class include: John Yeager, Amalia Steinepreis, Katie Schwab, Adam Schwarz, Henry Hoelzer, Mathaeus Miller, Ludwig Hahn, Maria Leel, Philip Schnell, Elisabeth George, Paulina Sinner, Emma Scheideman, Maria Miller, Christina Wacker, Margarete Feuerstein, Carrie Weigandt, John Yost, John W. Spady, Anna Heizenreter, Henry Hauser, Emma Hinkel, Ida Obermiller, Henry Schiebelhut, John Aschenbrenner, William Yaeger, Amalia Kniss, Harry Adam Miller, Emma Albert, Katie Dick, Wilhelm Schnell.

Please contact us if you have additional information about this confirmation class.

Sources

Krieger, Joanne, trans. Ebenezer Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon 1909-1984. Portland, OR: 2002. Pages 225-226. Print. The names are spelled as shown in this book. Alternate spellings are shown in parentheses.

Photograph courtesy of Jene Goldhammer (née Herder). According to Jene, John Herder was born in 1898 in Beideck, Russia, and is the father of John Herder Jr. (born April 14, 1930), who was baptized (on June 7, 1931) and confirmed at the Zion German Congregational Church.

Katie Doerr was identified by her great-granddaughter, Donna Palmer Wakefield.
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      • Second German Baptist Church
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        • Rivercrest Community Church
    • Pastors
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    • Denominations >
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      • United Church of Christ
    • Church Music
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