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Beliefs > Churches > Second German Congregational Church > Confirmation Classes > 1927

Second German Congregational Church Confirmation Class of 1927

The Second German Congregational Church Confirmation Class of April 10, 1927.
The Second German Congregational Church Confirmation Class of April 10, 1927.

Top row from left to right: ?, ?, Otilia Hilderman, ?, ?, Henry Fritzler, ?

Second row from left to right: Reinhold Elsasser, Erika Koch, ?, Martha Miller, ?, ?, ?, Esther Deines.

Third row from left to right: Emelie Reich, Henry Schneider, Olga Ebel, Rev. Heinrich Hagelganz, Elisabeth Hilderman, ?, Lydia Grasmick.

Fourth row from left to right: ?, Alexander Schreiber, Jacob Meier, ?, ?, ?

Bottom row from left to right: Henry Pauli, Alexander Lorenz, ?, Lydia Metzler, Adam ("Joe") Kell, ?, Reinhold Vogel

Unable to identify: Victor Dietz, Fred Elsasser, Rudolf Foos, Ruby Friauf, Maria Glanz, Maria Habermann, Rubi Friauf, Jack Keller, Roy Kilthau, Katharina Koch, Marie Krieger, John Leichner, Martha Lorenz, Ester Schafer, Lydia Scheurerman, Adam Seder.

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Sources

Photograph courtesy of Joanne Krieger. Unless noted below, Joanne identified the class members shown above.

Allison Wysocki identified Adam Joseph ("Joe") Kell and provides the following information: The Kells were German and came from the Volga village of Holstein. The name was originally "Koelln" and then became "Kelln" and was eventually shortened to Kell at some point. 

Lynda Pyatt and Mary Fulgroat Page identified their uncle, Alexander Schreiber.

Krieger, Joanne, Robert Beall, Marie Krieger, and Willis Krieger, trans. Second German Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon, 1913-1969. Portland: n.p., 2001. Print. All names are listed as shown in the church records. Alternate spellings are shown in parenthesis.
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