Free Evangelical Brethren Church Confirmation Class of 1911 and 1912
The photographs below are believed to be the 1911 and 1912 Confirmation Classes of the Free Evangelical Brethren Church. It is currently not known which photo belongs to 1911 and 1912.
Rev. Hagelganz served as an Elder at this church and became an ordained minister in July 1911. His first charge was the small German Congregational Church of Cedar Mill in the Bethany community (located at the current intersection of Highway 26 and the Bethany Boulevard overpass), organized in 1887. He ministered to this congregation for about four years. The family lived near the church but continued associating with friends from the Free Evangelical Brethren Church in Portland, who had encouraged him to become a pastor. It is very possible that Rev. Hagelganz led the confirmation classes at the Free Evangelical Brethren Church from his ordination until he was called to become pastor of the Second German Congregational Church in 1913. The church records do not list members or the pastor of the confirmation classes for 1911 or 1912. Some class members may be from the Bethany church.
Rev. Hagelganz served as an Elder at this church and became an ordained minister in July 1911. His first charge was the small German Congregational Church of Cedar Mill in the Bethany community (located at the current intersection of Highway 26 and the Bethany Boulevard overpass), organized in 1887. He ministered to this congregation for about four years. The family lived near the church but continued associating with friends from the Free Evangelical Brethren Church in Portland, who had encouraged him to become a pastor. It is very possible that Rev. Hagelganz led the confirmation classes at the Free Evangelical Brethren Church from his ordination until he was called to become pastor of the Second German Congregational Church in 1913. The church records do not list members or the pastor of the confirmation classes for 1911 or 1912. Some class members may be from the Bethany church.
Photograph courtesy of Judith Lynn Wilderman (née Harding)
This photo belonged to Judith Lynn Harding. Her grandmother, Elisabeth Katherine Deines (born 1896), is a member of this confirmation class.
Front row from left to right: ?, Rev. Heinrich Hagelganz, ?, ?
Second row from left to right: ?, ?, ?, Elisabeth Katherine Deines, ?
Back row from left to right: ?, ?,
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Front row from left to right: ?, Rev. Heinrich Hagelganz, ?, ?
Second row from left to right: ?, ?, ?, Elisabeth Katherine Deines, ?
Back row from left to right: ?, ?,
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Photo courtesy of Anna Lee Walton
Anna Lee Walton donated this photograph and recalls that this confirmation photograph was from a church west of Union Avenue. This information provides supporting evidence that this is probably a class from the Free Evangelical Brethren Church located on NE Mallory.
Front row from left to right: ?, ?, Rev. Heinrich Hagelganz, ?, ?
Second row from left to right: ?, ?, ?, ?
Back row from left to right: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
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Front row from left to right: ?, ?, Rev. Heinrich Hagelganz, ?, ?
Second row from left to right: ?, ?, ?, ?
Back row from left to right: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
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Sources
Anna Lee Walton
Judith Lynn Harding and Richard Wilderman
Judith Lynn Harding and Richard Wilderman
Last updated October 30, 2023