German Evangelical Church, Elmira, Chemung County NY
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Baptism Records from the German Evangelical Church
located at 160 Madison Ave, Elmira, NY
Child: Anna Catherine Hebbe

Born: 07/23/1875

Baptized: 08/15/1875

Parents: Julius Hebbe of Gembitz, West Preussia & Pauline Friedmann of Lell in Baden

Godparents: Catherine Friedmann, Johann August Ludke

Child: Heinrich Albert Baumann

Born: 08/31/1885

Baptized: 05/23/1886

Parents: Eduard Albert Baumann & Carolina Stutzke Baumann

Godparents: Wilhelm Baumann, Wilhelm Voelker, Augusta Stutzke

Child: Ida Ottilie Wilhelmina Butnik

Born: 1885

Baptized: 1886

Parents: Franz Budnik & Emilie Butnik

Godparents: Wilhelmina Lindahl, Karl Kulak, Fred Nitz, Ottilie Liesner

Child: Rosa Maria Krauth

Born: 07/09/1886

Baptized: 07/13/1886

Parents: Friedrick Krauth & Wilhelmina Krauth

Godparents: none listed

Child: Hermann Julius Otto Gehrke

Born: 04/25/1885

Baptized: 01/31/1886

Parents: Julius Gehrke & Carolina Kraus Gehrke

Godparents: Ottilie Liesner, Wilhelmina Jackal, Hermann Gamlin, Julius Heppe

Child: Theresa Hulda Heppe

Born: 1885

Baptized: 10/18/1885

Parents: Julius Heppe & Pauline Heppe

Godparents: Gustav Wiese, Carolina Wilhelmina Gehrke, Hulda Kulak

Child: Rudolph Albert Nitz

Born: 02/27/1885

Baptized: 07/12/1885

Parents: Friedrich Nitz & Augusta Nitz

Godparents: Augusta Furmann, Emilie Baumann, Eduard Baumann, Franz Butnik

Child: Karl Emil Otto Liesner

Born: 03/23/1885

Baptized: 06/28/1885

Parents: Eduard Liesner & Ottilie Gehrke Liesner

Godparents: Karl Liesner, Karl Voelker, Margarethia Miller, Johanna Liesner

Child: Franz Wilhelm Ludwig Burkhold

Born: 03/13/1885

Baptized: 06/14/1885

Parents: Franz & Carolina Burkhold

Godparents: Mathias Beifsoanger, Anton Speier, Emilie Baumann, Augusta Ring

Child: Martha Anna Stutzke

Born: 07/03/1884

Baptized: 01/11/1885

Parents: Friedrich Stutzke & Augusta Gehrke Stutzke

Godparents: Anna Janowski, Karl Draht, Julius Heppe, Stephen Briessow

Child: Johann Albert Draht

Born: 10/23/1884

Baptized: 1886

Parents: Karl & Elisabeth Draht

Godparents: Anton Spreier, Emilie Baumann

Child: Augusta Anna Nitz Butnik

Born: 04/05/1884

Baptized: 03/07/1884 ? (perhaps 1885 or reverse the dates)

Parents: Franz Ludwig Butnik & Emilie Nitz Butnik (the Nitz & Butnik names get mixed up)

Godparents: Bertha Bucholz, Emilie Baumann, Friedrich Nitz

Child: Martha Rosalie Voss

Born: 05/22/1884

Baptized: 06/22/1884

Parents: Albert & Minnie Voss

Godparents: Wilhelm Baumann, Carolina Stutzke, Julius Gehrke

Child: Emil Gustav Baumann

Born: 11/14/1883

Baptized: 04/04/1884

Parents: Eduard & Carolina Stutzke Baumann

Godparents: Karl Draht, Emilie Baumann

Child: Hermann Friedrich Stutzke

Born: 04/09/1883

Baptized: 08/18/1883

Parents: Friedrich & Augusta Gehrke Stutzke

Godparents: Henrietta Voelker, Eduard Baumann, Emilie Stutzke, Wilhelm Baumann
 
 

Child: Emil Wilhelm Ring

Born: 1883

Baptized: 1883

Parents: Fritz & Augusta Ring

Godparents: Emilie Baumann

Child: Florentine Louisa Janowski

Born: 06/16/1883

Baptized: 07/08/1883

Parents: John & Ottilie Janowski

Godparents: August Doberstein, Gustav Janowski, Ferdinand Bast, Florentine Bast,

Louisa Janowski

Child: Alise Mable Kraus

Born: 06/22/1882

Baptized: 07/10/1883

Parents: Wilhelm & Pauline Kraus

Godparents: John Stratton, Elise Stratton

Child: Johann August Julius Bohlke

Born: 07/04/1883 in Big Flats, NY

Baptized: 07/22/1883 in Hendy Creek, NY

Parents: August & Wilhelmine Bohlke

Godparents: Johann Hollatz, Friedrich Lenz, August Dorow, Maria Bohlke, Albertine Gehrke

Child: George Eduard Ludwig Volker

Born: June 1882 ?

Baptized: 11/26/1882

Parents: Karl & Ricke Volker

Godparents: Eduard Liesner, Ludwig Heppe, Laura Weyer

Child: Rosa Antoinette Ludke

Born: 06/03/1876

Baptized: 07/16/1876

Parents: Johann August Ludke of Moschitz, West Preussia & Wilhelmina Rux

Godparents: Johann Schwarz

Child: Heinrich Albert Jacob Nimtz

Born: 06/17/1876

Baptized: 08/15/1876

Parents: August Nimtz of Saltnitz, Pommern, Preussia & Wilhelmina Nimtz

Godparents: Johann Hollatz, John/Jann Heinrich Baumann, Emma Tesch

Child: John Adolph Hollatz

Born: 04/26/1877

Baptized: 05/01/1877

Parents: Johann Hollatz of Ratzebuhr, Poor, Pommern, Preussia &

Emilie Gehrke of Bahrenbusche, Pommern

Godparents: Henry Adolph Baumann, John Nimtz, Auguste Bork

Child: Wilhelmina Krauth

Born: 10/22/1877

Baptized: 03/21/1880

Parents: not listed

Godparents: Christinde Schoonstheemer, Johanna Richard

Child: Gustav Albert Michael Janowski

Born: 07/23/1881 in Big Flats, NY

Baptized: 08/21/1881 in Elmira, NY

Parents: Daniel & Caroline Janowski

Godparents: Gustav Janowski, Eduard Baumann, Johann Hollatz, Can’t read name,

Bertha Manskey

Child: Pauline Wiese

Born: 02/24/1880 in Town of Elmira, Chemung County, NY

Baptized: 08/28/1881 in Rock Spring, Chemung County, NY

Parents: not listed

Godparents: Wilhelmina Krauss, Pauline Krauss, George Wol…?, Augusta Furmann

Child: Friedrich Wilhelm Wiese

Born: 05/02/1881 in Horseheads, NY

Baptized: 08/28/1881 in Rock Spring, Chemung County, NY

Parents: Wilhelm & Anna Wiese

Godparents: George Wilwoski, Augusta Furmann, Wilhelm Krause, Pauline Krauss

Child: Ollie Anna Janowski

Born: 01/16/1880

Baptized: 11/13/1881

Parents: Johann & Ottilie Janowski

Godparents: Mathilda Bast, Louisa Janowski, John Janowski, Julius Heppe

Child: Heinrich Martin Janowski

Born: 08/21/1881 in Big Flats, NY

Baptized: 11/13/1881 in Elmira, NY

Parents: Johann & Ottilie Janowski

Godparents: Albert Bast, Karl Boelke, Jastus Glade, Bertha Manski

Child: Anna Louise Wilhelmina Hollatz

Born: 04/05/1882 in Big Flats, NY

Baptized: 04/18/1882 in Elmira, NY

Parents: Johann & Emilie Gehrke Hollatz

Godparents: Fred Schornstheemer, Daniel Janowski, Anna Bork, Wilhelmina Volker,

Two more names that are unreadable

Child: Gustav Julius Draht

Born: 07/02/1882

Baptized: 07/11/1882

Parents: Karl & Elisabeth Draht

Godparents: Julius Janowski, Mathilda Lenz

Child: Emma Maria Bertha Boehleke

Born: 08/29/1882 in the Town of Elmira, Chemung County, NY

Baptized: 09/17/1882 in Elmira, NY

Parents: Karl & Emma Boehleke

Godparents: August Kuster, Julius Heppe, Bertha Manski, Maria Schwarz

Child: August Otto Stutkze

Born: not given

Baptized: not given

Parents: not given

Godparents: Friedrich Stutzke, Augusta Stutzke, Antone Liesner, Ottilie Liesner

Child: Karl Albert Voss

Born: 08/24/1886

Baptized: 10/24/1886

Parents: Karl August Voss & Wilhelmina Voss

Godparents: Franz Burkholz, Emilie Baumann, Hulda Bezen

Child: Hulda Martha Baumann

Born: 08/25/1886

Baptized: 01/01/1887

Parents: Gustav Hermann Baumann & Emilie Boehm Baumann

Godparents: John Lebemann, Franz Bohnu, Rosa Ettenburger, Martha Paul

Child: Eduard Gustav Wilhelm Gehrke

Born: 10/11/1886

Baptized: 04/24/1887

Parents: Julius & Caroline Kraus Gehrke

Godparents: Eduard Liesner, Christian Breisow, John Selg, Bertha Kraus, Auguste Dumke,

Caroline Janowski

Child: Maria Anna Girard

Born: 04/10/1882 Wells, Chemung County, NY

Baptized: 05/05/1887

Parents: Karl & Elisabeth Girard

Godparents: Wilhelm Kraus, unreadable Meyer

Child: Friedrich Albert Stutzke

Born: 04/03/1887

Baptized: 08/28/1887

Parents: Friedrich & Augusta Gehrke Stutzke

Godparents: Carolina Gehrke, Albert Voss, August Dorow

Child: William Friedrich Baumann

Born: 01/28/1887

Baptized: 10/23/1887

Parents: Eduard & Caroline Stutzke Baumann

Godparents: Friedrich Nitz, Albert Buckholz, Auguste Stutzke

Child: George Friedrich Krause

Born: 06/20/1887

Baptized: 09/11/1887

Parents: George & Wilhelmina Krause

Godparents: Friedrich Weldner, Charlotte Rohrer

Child: Hulda Friedricke Koeller

Born: 03/13/1888

Baptized: 04/15/1888

Parents: Friedrich & Bertha Bast Koeller

Godparents: Hulda Bast, Friedricke Koeller, Ferdinand Koeller, Friedrich Nimtz

Child: Harry Friedrich Baumann

Born: 07/02/1888

Baptized: 11/18/1888

Parents: David & Emilie Baumann

Godparents: Friedrich Schmitt, Harry Lehmann, Maria Lehmann, Maggie Boehm

Child: Maria Auguste Jeskie (do they really mean Gehrke?)

Born: 05/02/1887

Baptized: 12/02/1888

Parents: Karl & Albertine Jeskie (is this another Albertine Gehrke or Albertine Seyffert Jesske?)

Godparents: Karl & Ameila Nimtz

Child: Friedrich Johann Jeskie

Born: 11/21/1888

Baptized: 12/02/1888

Parents: Karl & Albertine Jeskie

Godparents: John & Augusta Kuster

Child: Wilhelm Buckholz

Born: 12/01/1887

Baptized: 12/05/1888

Parents: Franz & Karolina Buckholz

Godparents: Eduard Baumann, Bertha Kraus

Child: Alfred Wilhelmine Nitz

Born: 04/12/1888

Baptized: 01/13/1889

Parents: Friedrich & Auguste Nitz

Godparents: Wilhelm Baumann, Emilie Butnik, Franz Butnik

Child: Bertha Wilhelmina Gehrke

Born: 02/28/1889

Baptized: 03/05/1889

Parents: Julius & Caroline Kraus Gehrke

(baptism was performed 2 days after Caroline’s death)

Godparents: Friedrich Stutzke, Caroline Stutzke Baumann

Child: Wilhelmine Caroline Stutzke

Born: 10/02/1889

Baptized: 12/23/1889

Parents: Friedrich & Augusta Gehrke Stutzke

Godparents: Caroline Schwarz Gehrke, Friedrich Wilhelm Stutzke (these are the grandparents)

Child: Anna Emilie Baumann

Born: 01/25/1890

Baptized: 02/02/1890

Parents: Karl & Maria Baumann

Godparents: Jakob Schonel, Emma Riegerdt

Child: Emma Meta Voss

Born: 08/26/1889

Baptized: 02/16/1890

Parents: Karl & Wilhelmina Stutzke Voss

Godparents: Hermann Voss, Augusta Kreugner

Child: Wilhelm Gustav Griecke (do they mean Gehrke?)

Born: 07/27/1890

Baptized: 1890

Parents: Friedrich & Joahnna Griecke

Godparents: Friedrich & Augusta Nimtz

Child: John Leopold Baumann

Born: 05/13/1891

Baptized: 05/31/1891

Parents: Karl & Maria Baumann

Godparents: L. H. Merchant, Emma R. Lusk

Child: Emma Adeline Stutzke

Born: 01/11/1892

Baptized: 04/30/1892

Parents: Friedrich & Augusta Gehrke Stutzke

Godparents: Julius Gehrke, Ottilie Gehrke Liesner

Child: Sophie Emilie Augusta Nitz

Born: 08/29/1892

Baptized: 1892

Parents: Friedrich & Augusta Baumann Nitz

Godparents: Emilie Baumann, Wilhelm Bukholz

Child: Emil Heinrich Voss

Born: 08/21/1892

Baptized: 11/20/1892

Parents: Carl & Wilhelmine Stutzke Voss

Godparents: Ottilie Stutzke, Wilhelm Baumann, Eduard Rehivenkel (not sure of spelling)
 
 

Child: Albertine Emma Gehrke (infant died 01/10/1893, listed as male, Albertius E.)

Born: 10/02/1892 (in Woodlawn Cemetery Listings 3 mos old)

Baptized: 01/03/1892

Parents: Julius & Hulda Bast Gehrke

Godparents: Julius Stutzke, Carl Jesske

Child: Emma Alwine Baumann

Born: 08/01/1892

Baptized: 01/25/1893

Parents: Eduard & Caroline Stutzke Baumann

Godparents: Wilhelm Baumann, Emilie Stutzke Baumann

Child: Alma Alie Gehrke (Infant died 10/07/1894 at age 11 months)

Born: 10/11/1893

Baptized: 10/14/1893

Parents: Julius & Hulda Bast Gehrke

Godparents: Florentine Titus

Child: Wilhelm Robert Jesske (is Jesske another version of Gehrke?)

Born: 05/07/1894

Baptized: 09/06/1894

Parents: Carl & Albertine Seyffert Jesske ( is this Karl & Albertine Jeskie?)

Godparents: Mrs. D. Wolf, Carl Klemtz, Julius Gehrke

Child: Mina Wilhelmina Augusta Moderhak

Born: 09/08/1893

Baptized: 07/01/1894

Parents: Wilhelm & Henriette Nitz Moderhak

Godparents: Emilie Butenick, Augusta Baumann Nitz

Child: Meta Helene Baumann

Born: 10/17/1893

Baptized: 11/17/1894

Parents: Eduard & Caroline Stutzke Baumann

Godparents: Friedrich Nimtz, Adolph Birkholz, Augusta Stutzke

Child: Lena Maria Baumann

Born: 02/01/1895

Baptized: 03/24/1895

Parents: Gustav Hermann Baumann & Emilie Boehm Baumann

Godparents: John Lehmann, Ernestine Baumann, Hulda Mukel, Hermann Vogel

Child: Meta Ida Ottilie Gehrke

Born: 09/04/1895

Baptized: 09/06/1896

Parents: Julius & Hulda Bast Gehrke

Godparents: Eduard Janowski, Ida Janowski, Wilhelm Koeller, Ottilie Stutzke
 
 

Child: Robert Hermann Baumann

Born: 05/26/1896

Baptized: 05/26/1896

Parents: Eduard & Caroline Stutzke Baumann

Godparents: Emilie Baumann, Wilhelmina Tofs

Child: Heinrich Albert Gehrke

Born: 10/02/1897

Baptized: 07/10/1898

Parents: Julius & Hulda Bast Gehrke

Godparents: Heinrich & Hulda Janowski

Child: Albert Eduard Baumann

Born: 09/14/1898

Baptized: 02/04/1899

Parents: Eduard & Caroline Stutzke Baumann

Godparents: Eduard Liesner, Ottilie Gehrke Liesner

Child: Wilhelm Eduard Birkholz

Born: 04/25/1899

Baptized: 05/27/1899

Parents: Adolph & Emilie Lindahl Birkholz

Godparents: Wilhelm Baumann, Eduard Muller, Ida Gamlin

Child: David Julius Hermann Janowski

Born: 11/28/1899

Baptized: 04/15/1900

Parents: Eduard & Maria Wagner Janowski

Godparents: David Janowski, Alice Janowski, Florentine Janowski, Julius Gehrke, H. Lohrke,

Hermann Lohrke

Child: Caroline Marie Marsha/Martha Kraus

Born: 06/28/1905

Baptized: 09/02/1905

Parents: George & Caroline Rottenberg Kraus

Godparents: Carl Loll, Marsha Rottenberg, Mary Cooke

Child: Hazel Ruth Kraus

Born: 02/18/1892

Baptized: 1892 ?

Parents: Wilhelm & Pauline Wiese Kraus

Godparents: Rudolph Eckelmann, unreadable

Child: Lina Ann Kraus

Born: 07/09/1895

Baptized: 05/31/1896

Parents: Wilhelm & Louise Janowski Kraus

Godparents: Eduard Janowski, Auguste Janowski, Lina Janowski, Friedrich Janowski,

Henry Wilkens, Mrs. Dietzel

Child: Henry Tracy Kraus

Born: 10/25/1896

Baptized: 11/07/1897

Parents: George & Minnie Woellner Kraus

Godparents: Henry Brinkmann, Ellie Gilsdorf

Child: Roy Eugene Kraus

Born: 11/02/1892

Baptized: 11/07/1897

Parents: George & Minnie Woellner Kraus

Godparents: Jack Schuld, Lena Doberstein

Child: Gertrud Auguste Kraus

Born: 01/14/1898

Baptized: 05/15/1898

Parents: Wilhelm & Louise Janowski Kraus

Godparents: Adolph Janowski, Emilie Nimtz, Gustav Janowski, Anna Wimnich (spelling?)

Child: Fritz Wilhelm Julius Janowski

Born: 04/10/1897

Baptized: 07/03/1898

Parents: Carl & Ottilie Kuchenbecker Janowski

Godparents: Fritz Janowski, Emilie Janowski

Child: Johann Heinrich Janowski

Born: 06/05/1898

Baptized: 07/10/1898

Parents: Eduard & Marie Wagner Janowski

Godparents: Johann Janowski, Ida Janowski, Katie Wagner, Florentine Titus

Child: Franz Johann Baumann

Born: 02/27/1898

Baptized: 09/24/1989

Parents: Gustav & Emilie Boehm Baumann

Godparents: John Lehmann, Frank Boehm, Rose Baumann, Mairie Bacher

Child: Bertha Emma Baumann

Born: 08/31/1898

Baptized: 12/26/1898

Parents: Carl & Mary Moore Baumann

Godparents: Willi Moderhak, Emilie Moderhak, Thomas E. Cadek, Minnie Starkweather

Child: Theodor Friedrich Nitz

Born: 11/09/1898

Baptized: 11/11/1898

Parents: Friedrich & Augusta Baumann Nitz

Godparents: August Nimtz, Emilie Birkholz
 
 

Child: Bertha Anna Lohrke

Born: 01/05/1900

Baptized: 07/01/1900

Parents: Hermann & Katie Wagner Lohrke

Godparents: Bertha Lohrke, Anna Vetter, William Vanderlip

Child: Stella Albertina Vanderlip

Born: 06/07/1898

Baptized: 07/01/1900

Parents: William & Alvine Wagner Vanderlip

Godparents: Hermann Lohrke, Albertine Liesner

Child: Alice Catherine Krause

Born: 04/21/1900

Baptized: 10/07/1900

Parents: Wilhelm & Louise Janowski Krause

Godparents: Daniel & Alice Janowski

Child: Friede Emilie Johanna Baumann

Born: 03/04/1900

Baptized: 03/15/1900

Parents: Eduard & Caroline Stutzke Baumann

Godparents: Emilie Baumann, Johanna Stern

Child: Wilhelm Albert Baumann

Born: 11/27/1900

Baptized: 02/19/1905

Parents: Gustav Hermann Baumann & Auguste Boehm Baumann

Godparents: none listed

Child: Karl Friedrich Baumann

Born: none listed

Baptized: 02/19/1905

Parents: Gustav Hermann Baumann & Auguste Boehm Baumann

Godparents: none listed

Child: Eduard Adam Krause

Born: 10/09/1908

Baptized: 05/16/1909

Parents: Fred & Tina Liesner Krause

Godparents: Otto Liesner, George Krause, Marsha Lumbard

Child: Arthur Milton White

Born: 10/23/1900

Baptized: 03/12/1911

Parents: Charles M. & Anna Stutzke White

Godparents: Julius Stutzke, Emma L. Stutzke

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