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Surnames: Schroeder, Pfeiffer
Classification: Query
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Are Trinity Lutheran Church records available for the period 1885 - 1904? Four of my
grandmother's siblings were born while the family lived in Vallonia, and I am looking
for any available records--baptism, marriage, etc. I've been told the family most
likely attended Trinity Lutheran.
My family is:
John Henry Schroeder, b. 17 Feb 1858, Hannover
Sarah Elizabeth Pfeiffer, b. 13 Mar 1866, Jennings County, IN
Children:
Mary L. L. Schroeder, b. 14 Oct 1885, Vallonia, IN
George H. Schroeder, b. 16 Oct 1887, Lovett, Jennings County, IN
Mettie Schroeder, b. 20 Feb 1890, Sandborn, Knox County, IN
Julia Schroeder, b. 19 Dec. 1893, Sandborn, Knox County, IN (my grandmother)
Lucinda Schroeder, b. 9 Jun 1896, Vallonia, IN
John H. Schroeder, b. 25 Jul 1898, Vallonia, IN
Edna Schroeder, b. 6 Mar 1901, Vallonia, IN
George H.'s baptism is listed in "Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1873-1936", but
apparently the other children were baptised elsewhere.
Mary Schroeder married Henry F. Borcherding 23 Oct 1904 in Jackson County shortly before
the family moved from Indiana to Texas. I don't know if they were married in a
church.
I am preparing for a research trip to Jackson, Jennings, Ripley and Knox counties, and
trying to do as much advance work as possible. I will be grateful for any help and advice
as I have never been to the counties where I will be doing research. A Jackson County
Pfeiffer family cousin, met through an query to the JCGS, has been very helpful, but I
still have much work to do on the Schroeder family.
Sandra Powell