St. Boniface was built abt 1880-1882, my gg grandmother's funeral (Maria
Katharina Jann Zuber) was at St. Boniface in the fall of 1882. She was
buried at St. Joseph (Mesker Park DR). I think there is a web site of
the Catholic Churches in Evansville and their dates, but I don't have it.
Holy Trinity, was more or less downtown (near the old L&N depot and many of
the German Catholics who lived in the Lamasco area (the west side) went
there. My g grandfather and his first wife were married in Holy Trinity
in the late 1850's. I think St. Boniface may have been the first chuch
to open that was actually on the west side. Howell is a bit past the west
side-- west of St. Joe Avenue.
Chris, if I am wrong on any of this info-- please correct me and put it
on the Vander list as I am sure others would like to know. I think there
was one common Catholic burial ground in the 1850's to about 1875, and that
was adjacent to St. Joseph Church which is on E. Virginia St. Before
1850, there may have been one downtown, I am not certain. When St. Joe
opened about 1875 or so, the Catholics buried on VA st. were disinterred
and buried at St. Joseph. There were many at the old cemetery that didn't
have a marker-- putting a tombstone up wasn't too high a priority back then.
The graves which were unmarked were put in a common grave in St. Joe near
the entrance-- the statue of St. Joseph is in the area where the unmarked
graves are. A couple of summers ago, the people who work in their
office building by the gate told me that. The people there are very
helpful. Hope this helps.
Helen Zuber Keusch (a Dubois County transplant)
forever searching the EAKINS, FORD/FOARD, MELTON, WALCUP, SANDEFUR, EZELL,
HANDLEY, THOMASSON, BIGGERSTAFF, ZUBER, GUTEKUNST/GOODART, ANTHIS, BANGERT,
LAND, CRABTREE, BENNETT, EDWARDS, REEVES, WOFFORD families--my lines; and on
hubby's side the families of MEHRINGER, SCHITTER/SCHUETTER, HOCHGESANG,
SCHMITT, HURST, BECHER, KEUSCH, ZIMMERMAN, ACKERMAN, BURGER, and HOPF (and
some side-lines).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Bogue" <rbogue(a)frontiernet.net>
To: <INVANDER-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [INVANDER] Howell Catholic Church
Thank you, Chris, for providing that information.
By "their cemetery", do you mean St. Joseph on Mesker Park Dr?
Also, do you know the name of the earlier church? Was it the only
Catholic church on the West Side before 1885?
At 10:12 PM -0500 5/20/06, Chris Myers wrote:
>
>http://www.evansville-diocese.org/parishes/Parishes-West.htm
>Sacred Heart was established in 1885 and St Agnes in 1892.
>
>Sacred Heart had an earlier church near their cemetery and St. Agnes now
>has
>those records.
>
>Also, they may have went to St. Mary's or Holy Trinity in Evansville
>or perhaps St. Philip in Posey County.
>
>-Chris
>
>
>At 04:35 PM 5/20/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >I know Howell was an area of Evanville on the west side, what
> Catholic Church was in that area? Would it be Sacred Heart on West
> Franklin? Thanks. Helen Zuber Keusch
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