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The accessions to Liebenthal at this time (they came with those of Mun- jor) were Henry Depperschmidt (6), Peter Depperschmidt (10), John Jacob Schoenthaler (3), Karl Herrglotz, Helen Herrglotz, Jacob Monsch, Joseph Monsch (3), Michael Schmidt (7), Simon Schoenthaler (7), Joseph Schuck- mann (2), Frederic Werth (4), Jacob Werth (4), John Werth, sr. (3), John
NOTE 48 .- B. Brungardt.
NOTE 49. - Made from parish register with aid of B. Brungardt; supplemented by J. S. Dreil- ing and A. A. Dreiling.
NOTE 50 .- B. Brungardt; see Ellis County Star, I (1876), n. 19.
NOTE 51 .- August 2, 1876, Joseph Wasinger, of Schoenchen, and Peter Gross, of Mariental, were added to Catharine (A. Walter, 16a).
NOTE 52 .- Rev. Julius Becker, O. M. Cap.
NOTE 53 .- John K. Leiker.
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Peter Werth (3), Karl Werth (8), Louis Werth, Jacob Zimmermann (8). All these were of Schoenchen, Russia, and arrived in Liebenthal on the eve of the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, August 15, which was signal- ized by the visit of Rev. M. Huhn to the colony. The following month, September, another party from Neu-Obermonjour arrived in Liebenthal, coming by Hamburg. The names are : Adam Bieker (5), Frank Dreher (6), John Dreher (4), Konrad Dreher (3), Philip Dreher (9), Frederic Graf (6), Joseph Rumbach, Joseph Zimmermann (4).
A small body of emigrants from Rothamel left Saratow July 12/24, 1876. The list is: John J. Basgall (4), his brother Joseph Basgall (4), Martin M. Appelhans, John J. Basgall (5), Elizabeth Basgall (widow, 5), her son Joseph Basgall (2), Martin Appelhans (7), John Basgall, son of John J. Basgall (3), Alois Hartmann. The three mentioned first made the trip without inter- ruption. The others went to Ohio to visit Martin Basgall, who had gone there in October, 1875. The three mentioned last remained in Ohio till August, 1877, while the others, after a brief stay, continued their journey, coming to Pfeifer late in September, 1876.54
About the same time, September 26, Jacob Staab (2), J. Jacob Staab (7), John Staab (4), Peter Staab (5), Raymund Staab (2), Peter Ubert (6), of Katharinenstadt, arrived in Catharine. 55
The last to arrive in 1876 were those who set out on September 18/30 from Saratow and journeying by Hamburg took passage in the "Gellert" of the Hamburg-American line, landed in New York, 56 and arrived in Hays November 1. The names are: Karl Karlin (6), Leonard Mittelmeier (5), of Katharinenstadt; Jacob Meier (12), Henry Paul (4), Michael Peter (4), of Louis; John Giebler (3), of Obermonjour, whose destination was Catharine; Anton Befort (3), Konrad Befort (3), Michael Graf, Christian Hertl, John Klaus (3), John Krannawitter, Jacob John Leiker (4), Jacob Pfannenstiel, all of Obermonjour, Russia, who made Munjor their home. 57
The year 1877 saw the founding of Schoenchen. As related above, those who had come from Schoenchen in Russia had settled in Liebenthal. The second party was made up entirely of families from Schoenchen, and with these those already in Liebenthal had agreed to remove the village to the east half of section 16, in Rush county. This site was more elevated, larger (the plat in section 21 contained but forty acres), and had good water. Some had built in the southeast quarter of section 16, when a difficulty arose. Section 16 being school land, and the settlers being unable to pay for it in full, could secure no patent, and for that reason could deed no land for the erection of a church. Meanwhile, unknown to the Schoenchen party, and in seeming violation of the agreement, John Schaefer of Lieben- thal had donated four acres for a church in Liebenthal. Because of this the settlers in Liebenthal felt justified in remaining on section 21, while those who had erected dwellings on section 16, in anger moved these dwellings to the southwest quarter of section 28, township 15 south, range 18 west, the present site of Schoenchen, April-May, 1877. Thus was Schoenchen founded by those from Neu-Obermonjour of the first party (1875), all of the second party (August, 1876) excepting the three families
NOTE 54 .- See Ellis County Star, vol. I (1876), n. 26.
NOTE 55 .- A. Walter, 15b.
NOTE 56. - Andrew Meier.
NOTE 57 .- Rev. Julius Becker. O. M. Cap., Messrs. Andrew Meier and A. Walter.
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first mentioned in the list above, all of the third party (September, 1876) excepting the Philip Dreher family.
The original name of the village was San Antonio. The villagers being partly from Schoenchen, partly from Neu-Obermonjour, there had been some disagreement as to naming the new village. A compromise was effected by naming the village Schoenchen and naming the church St. Anthony, which saint had been church patron in Neu-Obermonjour, Russia. 58
ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH, Schoenchen, Ellis County.
August 6, 1877, two families were added to Catharine: Joseph Giebler (3) , of Obermonjour, and Frederic Weilert (2), of Katharinenstadt. 59 The only other arrivals of 1877 were John Kaeberlein (6), Jacob Kissner (4), Kaspar Kissner (2); Adam Stegmann (5), Matthew Stegmann (3), all of Pfeifer;
NOTE 58. - April 18. 1885; see platbook of Ellis county, p. 69.
NOTE 59 .- A. Walter, 16a.
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John Ingenthron (6), Anton Stremel (3), Anton Stremel, jr. (5), John Stremel (2), Michael Urban (6), Jacob Urban (3), Joseph Urban (5), Stephen Urban (6), George Urban (3), Mrs. Michael Urban (widow, 3), George Urban (6, and 2 stepsons, George and Jacob Burkart, 8), all of Kamenka. They left Saratow in October, and came to Pfeifer by Hamburg, November 14. John Kreutzer (7), of Liebenthal, Russia, and John Rohr (5), of Marienthal, Russia, arrived in Liebenthal, Kan., about January 1, 1877. The year 1878 marked the waning of immigration to Ellis county. June 20, from Ka- menka, came Andrew Bahl (5), Jacob Lang, sr. (3), Peter Roth (4), Mrs. C. Schaefer (widow, 3), her son George Schaefer (4); all, excepting the Lang family who remained in Herzog, went to Pfeifer.
July 20, 1878, the following families arrived in Catharine: Peter Leikam (7), Jacob Mueller (2), Jacob Mueller, jr. (2), Michael Weilert (9); all these had lived in Katharinenstadt. 60 Late in July or early in August a small number from Obermonjour were added to Munjor: Gerard Befort (6), Anton Dechant (4), Carl Dechant (5), Jacob Engel (6), Peter Klaus (8), John Pfannenstiel (5), Konrad Rupp (9), John Stoecklein (7). Two weeks later Anton Gabel came alone to Munjor. 61
The large emigration from Herzog in the summer of 1876, and the en- couraging letters of the Kansas settlers, had aroused in those remaining a feeling of uncertainty as to whether they would emigrate, in consequence of which property depreciated so that those who sold their belongings in the fall of 1877 were forced to sell them at a sacrifice. March 10/22, 1878, Mr. Schwefel, a Vertrauensmann, went to Samara to secure the necessary passes, and returned to Herzog early in June, receiving twenty-five rubles for each pass. 62 Remaining till after harvest, the party set out from Her- zog August 8/20. 63 In Saratow a gentleman called the attention of Mr. Jos. Linnenberger, who led the party, to the strict laws of Russia control- ling emigration, in consequence of many who had gone to Brazil having become a burden to the government by returning penniless. 64 Mr. Linnen- berger telegraphed from Saratow to Eydtkuhnen for a Vertrauensmann, William Scheitweiler, who met the party at Witebsk. 65 On the German border each emigrant was required to have 150 rubles if over ten years of age, 75 if under ten years, 38 if less than one year old. 66 An investigation by the Vertrauensmann revealed the fact that the party had enough money for all but two; those who had more money than needed lent it to others. 67 As only the heads of families left the train to procure tickets, two were re- ported as having died before the departure from Saratow, and thus they with the others passed the border without difficulty. 68 The outgoing vessel "Rhein" being crowded, a representative of the North-German Lloyd pre- vailed on the party to wait three days in Bremen at the company's expense, for the next ship, the "Leipzig. "69 After twelve and one-half days they landed in Castle Garden, arriving in Victoria, by St. Louis, September 15. 70 Following are the names as given in the contract with the North-German
NOTE 60 .- A. Walter. 16a. NOTE 61 .- John K. Leiker.
NOTE 62 .- J. Linnenberger, II, 24.
NOTE 64 .- J. Linnenberger, I, 164. NOTE 66 .- J. Linnenberger, I, 197.
NOTE 68 .- J. Linnenberger, I, 204.
NOTE 70 .- J. Linnenberger, I, 245.
NOTE 63 .- J. Linnenberger, I, 166.
NOTE 65 .- J. Linnenberger, I, 195.
NOTE 67 .- J. Linnenberger, I, 200.
NOTE 69 .- J. Linnenberger, I, 212.
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Present church at Catharine. Dedicated in 1892.
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Interior of church at Catharine, Ellis county.
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Lloyd, which Mr. Linnenberger still preserves: John Billinger (2), Anton Dening (6), Andrew Goetz (4), Henry Hausen (2), Peter Kuhn (7), Joseph Linnenberger (10), John Pfeifer (11), Michael Vonfeld (2), Valentine Weigel (8), John Windholtz (12), all of Herzog ; John Ernst (3), Laurence Herr- mann (10), Adam Ernst (8), Joseph Gassmann (11), Andrew Korbe (11), Peter Pfannenstiel (11), all of Mariental. The four families mentioned last and the Anton Dening family settled in Munjor, the others in Herzog.
This was the last large body to immigrate to Ellis county. As stated above, military service was disliked, but not regarded as a violence to con- science, as in the case of [Mennonites. With the lapse of years the colo- nists on the Wolga had come to look upon conscription as a matter of course, and letters relating the hardships in the New World had given mili- ยท tary service the appearance of a lesser evil.
The following list of later arrivals in Catharine is given by A. Walter: November 25, 1878, Dorothea Beilmann, Jacob Dorzweiler (4), Anna Mittel- meier, Henry Wolf (6); 71 October 30, 1888, Henry Karlin (7), Jacob Lei- kam (4); 1892, Philip Meis, Karl A. Staab (3); Anton Kinderknecht, of Mariental; 1898, Peter Antony, of Boregard; all others were from Kath- arinenstadt. From 1876 till January, 1903, 222 persons (among them some from Austria and Germany) had settled in Catharine; of these 27 had gone to other places, 34 had died; the number of residents, 1903, was 551.72 Munjor, in January, 1897, had 130 families, numbering 794 souls; in Janu- ary, 1899, 150 families with 899 souls; January, 1900, 156 families with 931 souls. 73 Herzog is the largest of the villages in Ellis county; January, 1895, the congregation, which included some German families, numbered 1700 souls. 74 Pfeifer is fourth, Schoenchen fifth in size. 75
Though by no means a friend of the Catholic religion, 76 Catharine II had not molested the Catholic colonists. The first priests in the colonies had been Germans sent by the government from St. Petersburg, Riga, Reval, and other cities of the Baltic provinces. They were followed by Polish priests who understood no German. In 1802 the government sent German Jesuits into the colonies.77 These were ejected in 1820. Their successors were Dominicans, Carmelites, Trinitarians, Vincentians, Lazarists-all Pol- ish. 78 These were gradually supplemented and supplanted by secular priests from various Polish dioceses. 79 Germans followed after the erection
NOTE 71 .- In 1879 Jacob Weisner (10), of Kamenka, came to Pfeifer. No attempt was made to secure data of arrivals later than 1878.
NOTE 72 .- A. Walter, 16a.
NOTE 73 .- Munjor Chronicle, pp. 18, 29, 34.
NOTE 74. - Victoria Chronicle, p. 48.
NOTE 75 .- The total number of immigrants to Ellis county given in the lists above is 1387; with some allowance for errors, late arrivals, etc., it may be estimated that these settlers form 15 per cent of all from Russia who have made Kansas their home. - Henry Gannet, Gazetteer of Kansas, Washington, 1898 (U. S. Geol. Surv., n. 154), p. 14, gives the total number of Russian -. born inhabitants of Kansas as 10,740.
NOTE 76 .- During her reign 5000 Catholic parishes in four dioceses were reduced to 1000, and more than 7,000,000 United Greeks had been forced into the Russian Church. ( Katholische Mis- sionen, 1886, pp. 101-102.)
NOTE 77 .- July 21, 1773, Pope Clement XIV had suppressed the Jesuit order ; in Prussia they continued till 1780; in Russia Catharine II hindered the suppression. The order was restored August 7, 1814, by Pius VIII.
NOTE 78 .- Zottmann, pp. 100-104; Schneider, in Historisch-politische Blaetter, CXV, pp. 426-430.
NOTE 79 .- Katholische Missionen, 1906, p. 99.
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of the diocese of Tiraspol, 1847, especially under the energetic Bishop F. X. von Zottmann. 80
When the colonists, who were all Catholics, arrived in Ellis county, there was no Catholic church on the Kansas Pacific west of Salina. In each of the colonies a large cross of wood was erected about which the people gath- ered for devotions on Sundays and holidays. In Herzog the cross stood in the southeast corner of section 1.81 In Munjor it was in the northeast cor- ner of section 25. Here the rosary and prayers for mass and litanies were prayed. 82 In Catharine the cross was planted about 200 yards from the first dwellings; a procession was formed, headed by a cross made by Justus Bissing and still preserved in the church; prayers were recited and songs sung on the way, a litany recited at the cross. This was continued on Sun- days when no priest visited the colonies till 1879.83 In Pfeifer the cross was in the south part of the village plat on section 25, in Liebenthal, northeast of the present church. The cross in Schoenchen was not used for public devotions. 84
The first priest to visit the colonies was Rev. Adolf Wibbert. In March of 1876, when at Fort Hays, he promised to come to the colonies on his next trip. 85 It seems his first visit was in April. At that time Rev. A. Wibbert was stationed at Salina. On the third Saturday of each month he had di- vine service in the public school at Ellis; on Sunday in one of the barracks of the fort at Hays; on Monday in Liebenthal, to which place the people of Schoenchen and Munjor came; on Tuesday in Herzog; on Wednesday in Catharine. 86 This continued till the advent of Rev. V. Sommereisen. Rev. Martin Huhn, then rector of Epiphany church, Leavenworth, paid one visit to the colonies in August, 1876.87 In October Rev. Valentine Sommereisen took up his residence in Hays with spiritual charge of the colonies, which he visited each month till May, 1878. He was the first priest to visit Pfeifer. 88
NOTE 80 .- Some instances of the piety of the emigrants have been recorded. To those who en- deavored to dissuade the first arrivals (1875) from settling on the prairie the men replied : "God is everywhere." Those who left Katharinenstadt in June, 1876, sang the song : "Gott ist unsere Zuflucht und Staerke" on board the steamboat from their home to Saratow ; throughout the trip they sang and prayed in common ( Walter, 136, 14a). Those who left Herzog in August, 1878, re- ceived the sacraments the day previous; on the morning of the departure Father Dobropolski delivered a sermon ; the entire congregation conducted the emigrants in procession with song ( "Grosser Gott wir loben Dich " ) and prayer to the first wayside cross, about a quarter of a mile from the village ; here a litany was prayed and a last adieu taken (Linnenberger, I, pp. 166-170) . In Bremen they again received the sacraments of Father Schlosser; seven children also received their first holy communion in Bremen (Linnenberger, I, p .. 30 ; II, p. 213) ; on the ship they prayed the rosary in common ( Linnenberger, I, p. 222), likewise on the train when nearing Victoria ( Linnenberger, I, p. 241).
NOTE 81 .- B. Brungardt. NOTE 82 .- J. Schlyer, John K. Leiker.
NOTE 83 .- A. Walter, 145, 15a. NOTE 84 .- Rev. C. Menig.
NOTE 85 .- J. Herrmann.
NOTE 86 .- Letter of Rev. A. Wibbert, January 19, 1910. The entries by Father Wibbert in the baptismal register at Salina are dated: Big Timber (Liebenthal), June 26; Big Timber, July 23, Liebenthal, August 28; Big Timber, September 25; Herzog, September 26. (Kindness of Rev. John Maher.) In addition to these missions, Father Wibbert had divine service in Wilson, Ellsworth, Lincoln Center, Terra Cotta and Brookfield, till 1879 (letter). Born October 27, 1844, in Stadtlohn, Westfalen, Germany, in America since September 4, 1873, ordained April 16, 1875, now in Oshkosh, Wis.
NOTE 87 .- In Liebenthal he celebrated the feast of the Assumption August 15 (J. E. Herr- mann; in Herzog he buried F. Brungardt, who died August 15 (F. Brungardt), and was also in Catharine (Ath. Carlin). Father Huhn is now in Independence, Washington county, Texas. Unhappily soon after his arrival there his library and many of his records were destroyed by fire (letter of March 17, 1910).
NOTE 88 .- Born May 28, 1829, in Rufach, Alsatia; in America since 1854, ordained March 8, 1856, died on his estate northeast of Hays, January 25, 1897. The first baptism in the colonies by:
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Church at Munjor.
Rt. Rev. Louis M. Fink, O. S. B., of Leavenworth, in whose diocese the colonies then lay, and Rev. Hyacinth Epp, O. M. Cap., at the time commis- sary of the Capuchins, who had come to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1873, because of the "Kulturkampf," then at its height in Germany, visited Herzog January 31, 1878. Bishop Fink had requested the Capuchins to take spiritual charge of the colonies, and after some hesitation-the number of Capuchins was small-Rev. Matthew Hau, O. M. Cap. (in America since 1873), and Rev. Anastasius Mueller, O. M. Cap. (in America since August, 1876, now in Wemding, Bavaria), came to Herzog May 11, 1878. The former died June 25, and was succeeded, July 15, by Rev. Jos. Cal. Mayershofer, O. M. Cap. (in America since May, 1874, now in Eichstaett, Bavaria). August 25, 1883, Bishop Fink entrusted to the Capuchin fathers the spiritual care of all Catholics in Ellis county north of the Smoky Hill river; this was ratified by
Father Sommereisen is dated October 22, 1876 (copy in Herzog register). Monthly visits are recorded for Munjor (chronicle, p. 3). Catharine was visited regularly only since August, 1877 (A. Walter). Compare table, pp. 17-19.
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Rev. Adolf Wibbert. (Oct .* ) Rev. Valentine Sommereisen.
(May) Rev. Matthew Hau, O. M. Cap (Jul.) Rev. Jos. Cal. Mayershofer, O. M. Cap ..
(Sep .* ) Rev. AnthonySchuermann, O. M. Cap.a
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(Aug.) Rev. James Muench, O. M. Cap.
(Aug.) Rev. Anselm Bayerau, O. M. Cap. (Aug.) Rev. Gabriel Spaeth, O. M. Cap. (Oct.) Rev. Matthew Savelsberg, O. M. Cap .. 66 :
(Aug.) Rev. Gabriel Spaeth, O. M. Cap
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(Aug.) Rev. Leo Egger, O. M. Cap
(Jun.) Rev. Chilian Lutz, O. M. Cap. .. 66
(Aug.) Rev. Jerome Mueller, O. M. Cap
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(Aug.) Rev. Herman Jos. Peters, O. M. Cap.
The dates marked with a (*) are taken from the baptismal records and are approximate.
a A biographical sketch of this excellent priest is given in Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, p. 1295. He died July 30, 1887, in Herman, Pa.
b It appears that Rev. Anastasius Mueller, O. M. Cap., at times visited Pfeifer, 1878-'80; no details could be learned; all entries in the baptismal records are by Rev. Jos. Cal. Mayershofer, O. M. Cap.
the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda October 21, 1883.89 The table (pp. 17-19) gives the names of the priests who have labored in the colonies, with the time and duration of their activity. 90 This list does not give the names of all priests who have labored among the settlers. The larger parishes, Herzog and Munjor, have had an assistant priest for several years; the parishes of Hays (since 1878), Ellis (since 1893) and Walker (since 1904), which are now largely made up of Russian settlers, the parishes of Emmeram (since 1901), Antonio (since 1904), Hyacinth (since 1906) and Vincent (since 1907) have been in charge of the Capuchin fathers.
Divine services were first held in Herzog in the dwelling of A. Dreiling, but the floor proving unequal to the weight a frame church was built adjoin- ing the house, the south wall of the dwelling serving as north wall of the church. This structure was about 40 x 24 feet, and could accommodate but part of the congregation. 91 Hon. Walter C. Maxwell, a Catholic Englishman
NOTE 89 .- Seraphic Child, vol. VII (1908), p. 3.
NOTE 90 .- As appears from the list, it was only after years that the different colonies had divine service each Sunday and holiday, Herzog since 1881, Munjor since 1891, Schoenchen and Liebenthal since 1899, Catharine and Pfeifer since 1903.
NOTE 91 .- B. Brungardt and others.
Yr. 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
Herzog.
Munjor.
Rev. Valentine Sommereisen. Rev. Anastasius Mueller, O. M. Cap.b
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Rev. James Muench, O. M. Cap.
(Mar.) Rev. Andrew Eisenhut, O. M. Cap. (Apr.) Rev. James Muench, O. M. Cap. (Oct.) Rev. Francis K. Strobel, O. M. Cap.
(Jan.) Rev. Martin Muelders, O. M. Cap. (Aug.) Rev. Matthew Savelsberg, O. M. Cap.
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(Jan.) Rev. Martin Muelders, O. M. Cap. (Jun.) Rev. Matthew Savelsberg, O. M. Cap. (Nov.) Rev. Albert Andlauer, O. M. Cap. 66
(Sep.) Rev. Hilary Maier, O. M. Cap.
(Sep.) Rev. Nicholas Deinlein, O. M. Cap. (Aug.) Rev. Leo Egger, O. M. Cap. ..
(Aug.) Rev. Chilian Lutz, O. M. Cap.
(Jun.) Rev: Leo Egger, O. M. Cap.
(Aug.) Rev. Raphael Schwarz, O. M. Cap. (Aug.) Rev. Emmeram Kausler, O. M. Cap.
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Catharine.
Pfeifer.
(Spring) Rev. Val. Sommereisen. Rev. Jos. Cal. Mayershofer. O. M. Cap. b
Rev. Jos. Cal. Mayershofer, O. M. Cap.
(Nov.) Rev. Anthony Berger, O. M. Cap. Rev. James Muench, O. M. Cap.
Rev. Andrew Eisenhut, O. M. Cap.
(Apr.) Rev. Jos. Hardes.
(Jun.) Rev. Ph. Brockard.
(Nov.) Rev. W. Bitter.
(Jun.) Rev. Maurus Strobel, O. M. Cap. (Aug.) Rev. K. T. Withopf.
(Nov.) Rev. Emmeram Kausler. O. M. Cap.
Rev. Chrysostom Jacob, O. M. Cap.
(Jun.) Rev. Emmeram Kausler, O. M. Cap.
(Aug.) Rev. Clement Pfeifer, O. M. Cap.
(Aug.) Rev. Jerome Mueller, O. M. Cap. (Aug.) Rev. Joseph Trageser, O. M. Cap.
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(Aug.) Rev. Joseph Trageser, O. M. Cap.
(Aug.) Rev. Alphons Hillenbrand, O. M. Cap. (Aug.) Rev. James Steppe, O. M. Cap ..
1909 | (Aug.) Rev. Matthew Savelsberg, O. M. Cap.
then living south of Victoria, undertook to build a stone church for the set- tlers on section 1, north of the present dwellings. In June, 1877, he had col- lected $700, the total sum subscribed was $1500, and the only condition attached was that the settlers haul the necessary stone. In August, 1877, plans and specifications had been completed by Henry Bergsland, who also received the contract. 92 This church, which measured 60x 30x 15 feet, soon proving to be too small, the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, at the solicitation of Rev. Hyacinth Epp, O. M. Cap., donated ten acres in the northwest quarter of section 7 for a church and school, June 9, 1879.93 Rev. A. Schuermann, O. M. Cap., altered theoriginal design of Rev. Jos. C. Mayershofer, O.M. Cap., and superintended the building of the new church, which measured 168 x 46 x 359+ and had a seating capacity of 600. The corner stone was laid June 1, 1880; consecration by Rt. Rev. L. M. Fink took place October 19, 1884. The cash cost of construction was about $8000, 95 $1875 of which
NOTE 92 .- Ellis County Star, vol. II (1877), Nos. 12, 14, 19.
NOTE 93. - Victoria Chronicle, p. 7; Ellis Co. Deeds, vol. F, p. 294 (kindness of A. Schueler). Rev. Hyacinth Epp, O. M. Cap., in 1879 called on S. J. Gilmore, land commissioner of the Kansas Pacific Railroad in Salina. Being absent, Mr. Gilmore wrote to Rev. H. Epp, who had stopped at Leavenworth, promising to "give a grant of ten acres" (letter of Rev. H. Epp, February 20. 1888, in monastery at Victoria.)
NOTE 94. - These (length and breadth) are (inner) measurements by Jos. Marshall, architect. The measurements in Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, p. 1294, and Kinderfreund, vol. VII, p. 74, which latter is taken from the Victoria Chronicle, p. 9, differ slightly. The length includes the monastic choir. The building was dismantled 1909.
NOTE 95. - Diocesan Report for 1885. The Maxwell family contributed more than $1000 (Vic- toria Chronicle, p. 9). In a record of letters still preserved there is one May 11, 1883, thanking Hon. B. Maxwell for $100.
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Rev. Adolf Wibbert.
(Aug.) Rev. Val. Sommereisen
Rev. Matthew Hau. O. M. Cap ... Rev. Jos. Cal. Mayershofer, O. M. Cap. ..
Rev. Anthony Berger, O. M. Cap. Rev. James Muench, O. M. Cap.
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