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Beliefs > Churches > German Evangelical Congregation Brethren Church > Confirmation Classes > 1933

German Evangelical Congregation Brethren Church Confirmation Class of 1933

German Evangelical Congregation Brethren Church Confirmation Class of 1933
The German Congregational Evangelical Brethren Church Confirmation Class of April 9, 1933.

Front row from left to right: ?, Esther Hessler, ?,  ?,  ?, Reverend Conrad J. Wagner, ?,  Sylvia Katherine Urbach,  Edna Leichner, ?

Middle row from left to right: ?,  ?,  Ruth Geist,  ?,  ?,  ?,  ?,  ?,  ?,  ?,  ?

Back row from left to right: ?,  ?,  ?,  ?,  ?, Philip Leichner,  ?,  ?

Unidentified members of the 1933 confirmation include: Herry R. Stevens, Robert Geist, Alexander Kreick, Reuben Hohnstein, Wilhelm Fink, John Schulz, Edward Hohnstein, Leo Carl Gunther, Robert Raymond Lutz, Reuben G. Jorg, Margaret Fox, Esther Brill, Ada Phenning (Pfenning), Maria Weber, Lena Traudt, Leah Gerlach, Leona Kaiser, Bernice Malie Glanz, Lydia Blum, Frances Perrine, Edna Walker, Elisabeth Miller.

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

Sources

Photograph courtesy of Donna Pfenning Tetrault. Donna identified Esther Hessler. The Hessler family emigrated from Norka, Russia.

Pennee Mill identified her mother, Edna Leichner, and uncle, Philip Leichner.

Daniel Geist identified his aunt, Sylvia Katherine Urbach, and aunt, Ruth Geist.

Krieger, Joanne, trans. Evangelical Congregational Brethren Church, Portland, Oregon, 1922-1967. Portland, OR: n.p., 2000. Print. The names are spelled as shown in this book. Alternate spellings are shown in parenthesis.
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