A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey : embracing practically two and a half centuries, 1666-1913, Volume II, Part 42

Author: Urquhart, Frank J. (Frank John), 1865- 4n; Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 4n
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: New York, N.Y. ; Chicago, Ill. : The Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1136


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The DeGroot Methodist Episcopal Church, South Orange and Littleton avenues, was organized in April, 1880. A gift from Mrs. Ann DeGroot procured the site and the erection of the original edifice in 1879. The church was rebuilt in 1892, and the present handsome building was erected in 1911. The pastors have been: HI. C. McBride, 1880-1882; A. L. Brice, 1883; C. C. Winans, 1884-1886; C. S. Coit, 1887; R. M. Aylesworth, 1889- 1893; P. C. Bascom, 1894-1897; R. K. Boyd, 1898-1900; W. E. Palmer, 1901-1903; W. R. Neff, 1904-1912; and the present pastor, Rev. L. C. Muller, D.D., who was appointed in 1913.


The Summerfield Methodist Episcopal Church, Summer avenue and Heller Parkway, had is beginnings in the fall of 1892, when services were


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begun and a Sunday school opened. On April 16, 1893, a church was dedi- cated on the present site, which in 1899 was enlarged to its present dimensions. The work until 1896 was in the charge of Rev. Louis C. Muller, of the Church Extension ,Society. The pastors have been: Frank Macdaniel, 1896; A. R. Cronce, 1900; W. S. Robinson, 1902; J. A. Owen, 1908; J. F. Mascham, 1909; and the present pastor, Rev. O. M. West, who was appointed in 1913.


The Montgomery Street Methodist Episcopal Church, at the corner of Barclay street, was dedicated on November 19, 1893. The work was, until 1901, under the charge of the Church Extension Society. Ministers who had charge were: L. C. Müller, 1892 to 1896, assisted in 1896 by C. E. Scudder; R. K. Boyd and R. F. Hays, 1897-1898; Dorr F. Diefendorf, 1898- 1899; Paul F. Allen, 1900; Chester J. Hoyt, 1901-1907, during whose ministry the church was organized; Arthur Lucas, 1908; and the present pastor, Rev. Samuel K. Doolittle, who came in 1911.


The Vailsburg Methodist Episcopal Church, Richelieu terrace and For- tuna street, was organized on May 10, 1901. The original site was at South Orange avenue and Richelieu terrace, on which in 1901 was placed a build- ing formerly used as a clubhouse. The present building was dedicated on June 23, 1912. The boys' clubhouse was completed in October, 1913. The pastors have been appointed as follows: W. K. Gray, 1902, supplied from April to September; J. H. Smith, 1902; O. J. Shoop, 1904; A. E. Arm- strong, 1906; E. M. Garten, 1909; and the present pastor, Rev. B. F. Dick- inson, who was appointed in 1910.


The Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Ann street and New York avenue, was formed in 1907 from two organizations, the Dashiel Memorial and the South Market Street churches. The latter organization sold its property and the funds were used to enlarge the Dashiel church (originally erected in 1884), which was then given the name of Grace. The dedicating of the Grace church edifice occurred on September 27, 1908. The pastors have been: Herbert C. Lytle, 1907-1908 (Dashiel, 1906); Robert A. Brown, 1909; Abram W. Willever, 1911; and the present pastor, Rev. Nathaniel Brooks, who was appointed in 1913.


The pastors of the South Market Street were: T. H. Landon, 1860- 1861; (supplied by conference during the next four years); Richard Har- court, 1866; Jesse S. Gilbert, 1867-1868; D. B. F. Randolph, 1871; J. Faull, 1872-1873; (no appointment in 1874); (supplied 1875); J. R. Wright, 1876; Alexander S. Jamieson (supply), 1877; (supplied 1880) ; William R. McBride, 1881; S. P. Lacey, 1882; R. F. Hays, 1883-1885; Charles Maybury, 1886; J. Cowins, 1888; H. P. Doane, 1891-1893; Charles Waldron, 1896; G. F. Dickerson, 1898-1899; C. S. Davison, 1901; Staley Davis (supply), 1903; G. W. Deniston, 1905; and J. D. McCormick (supply), 1906.


The pastors at Dashiel were: John A. Kingsbury, 1883; James H. Robertson, 1884; J. I. Morrow, 1887; P. C. Bascom, 1889; W. E. Palmer, 1891; Walter C. Kinsey, 1895; D. D. Eaton, 1900; J. H. E. Schultz, 1903; L. G. Gunn, 1905; and H. C. Lytle, 1906, who was appointed in 1907 to be the pastor of Grace Church, the combined organization.


The First Italian Methodist Episcopal Church, 510 Market street, was organized about 1907, the first appointment of a pastor by the Newark Conference having been made that year. The pastors have been: Nicolo Scareto, 1907; Raphael Feneli, 1909; and the present pastor, Rev. J. Garbeilano, who came in 1911.


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THE REFORMED CHURCHES.


The Reformed Church in America, while the denomination first to plant a church in New Jersey, was sixth to be represented within the present boundaries of Newark. Within the original limits of Newark it was the second, because at Second River (Belleville) a Dutch Reformed church edifice was built before 1725. When the church was organized is not known, but Dr. E. T. Corwin dates its inception at 1700, and states that Rev. William Bertholf, the first Dutch minister of New Jersey, had super- vision over it until 1724. As Newark's First Presbyterian Church was Con- gregational until about 1716, it might be said that through the Belleville church the Reformed denomination holds the honor of being the first on the soil of Essex county with unbroken succession. The present Newark was not officially entered by the Reformed Church until 1833, when the First Reformed (Dutch) Church was organized. There are now in the city seven churches and one Italian mission under the Reformed Church juris- diction. The governing body is the Newark Classis, of which Rev. Charles B. Condit is stated clerk. Prior to 1872 the Classis of Bergen included the Newark churches.


The First Reformed Church, Clinton and Johnson avenues, was organ- ized on September 26, 1833. There had been drawn up a petition on August 25 requesting the Classis of Bergen to form the church. At the organizing Stephen M. Conger and Thomas S. Uffington were elected elders, and Peter Vandervoort and Charles Hall deacons. Soon afterward Rev. Ransford Wells was engaged as missionary. Meetings were held in the Presbyterian churches, and for a time above the market building at the corner of Market and Halsey streets, on which site later was built an opera house. Property was secured on Market street at the corner of Beaver, and on July 8, 1834, the cornerstone of a brick church laid. It was dedicated May 6, 1835. The brick front was in 1857 replaced by a romanesque facade in brownstone. In 1893 the beautiful marble edifice on the present site was erected, and the old downtown location was abandoned. The pastors have


been: Ransford Wells, May 6, 1835, to September, 1842; James Scott, D.D., April 18, 1843, to May 10, 1858 (by death); Edward P. Terhune, D.D., 1859-1876; William Henry Gleason, 1877-1886; Thomas C. Easton, D.D., 1886-1899; Carlos Martyn, D.D., 1890-1892; Timothy I. Lee, D.D., 1893- 1905; Stuart Nye Hutchinson, 1906-1910; and the present pastor, Rev. O. M. Trousdale, who was installed March 15, 1911. This church has been signally related to literary matters. The Rev. James Scott, D.D., published several books, among them the "Life of Pollok," author of "The Course of time," in 1848. The widow of Rev. E. P. Terhune. D.D., is the famous "Marian Harland." Rev. Carlos Martyn, D.D., is the author of many biographical volumes.


The New York Avenue Reformed Church, formerly the Second Reformed Church, at the corner of Pacific street, was organized May 23, 1848, by a colony from the First Reformed Church. The first meetings were held in a small chapel on Macwhorter street, near Ferry, and were conducted by Rev. George R. Williamson. The first elders were Samuel R. Southard and Nathan Crowell, and the first deacons, Simpson Van Ness and Thomas J. Cochran. One of the active founders was William H. Kirk, later State Senator from Essex county. On September 25, 1848, the cornerstone of an edifice at the corner of Ferry and Macwhorter streets was laid, and on May 8, 1849, the church was dedicated. An addition for the Sunday school was


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built in 1857. The congregation removed to the present site in 1888 to occupy a new chapel, and on October 6, 1891, was laid the cornerstone of the present church. It was dedicated December 5, 1892, as the "New York Avenue Reformed Church." The entire debt was paid by Christmas Day, 1895. The pastors have been: Gustavus Abeel, 1850-1865; Matthew B. Riddle, 1865-1869; Cornelius Brett, 1870-1873; Francis V. Van Vranken, 1874-1882; John A. Davis, 1883-1889; Andrew J. Sullivan, 1890-1891; John S. Allen, 1892-1907; A. Peter Tulp, 1907-1908; and the present pastor, Rev. Edwin Emerson Davis, who was installed April 28, 1910. On July 1, 1909, he had begun to preach as a supply. At the sixtieth anni- versary, held in 1908, a sketch of the church and its pastors was published in the souvenir program, in which appeared also an historical anniversary poem by Mrs. Ransford Abeel Kirk, a daughter-in-law of William H. Kirk. The North Reformed Church, 510 Broad street, opposite Washington Park, was organized on December 16, 1856. A meeting had been held on November 22 at the residence of Joseph P. Bradley, later a Justice of the United States Supreme Court, which passed a resolution requesting the Classis of Bergen to form the organization. Worship for a time was con- ducted in Oraton Hall. The first elders were Tunis A. Waldron, Joseph P. Bradley, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen and Peter Demarest. The deacons were John A. Miller, Isaac Gaston, Peter Vanderhoof and John C. Woodruff. The cornerstone of the present and only church edifice was laid September 14, 1857. It is a handsome Gothic structure with buttressed walls. The present parish and Sunday school rooms were added in 1883, the former rooms having become inadequate. The church conducts a mission and Sunday school in East Newark Borough. The pastors have been: Abraham Polhemus, installed May 3, 1857, and died October 28, 1857, having served but six months; Hasbrouck DuBois, 1859-1861; James Demarest Jr., 1863- 1866; Charles E. Hart, 1866-1880; David Waters, D.D., '1881-1893; Donald Sage Mackay, D.D., 1894-1899; James I. Vance, D.D., 1900-1910; and the present pastor, Rev. Charles H. Stewart, D.D., who was installed May 1, 1913. Dr. Vance is the author of several books, and is now, for the second time, the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee.


The West Reformed Church, at 31 Blum street, was organized in 1866. In 1877 the present edifice was erected. The pastors have been: John Wenisch, 1867-1874; Frederick Kern, 1876-1882; and the present pastor, Rev. Carl Girtanner, who was installed in 1882, and who still remains actively engaged in the work.


The Clinton Avenue Reformed Church, at the corner of Halsey street, was organized in May, 1868, by a group of people mostly from the First Reformed Church. A Sunday school had been opened in February at 16 West Kinney street. During March the sum of $63,000, was subscribed for a building, the Classis having granted a request for permission to form an organization and to build a church. The Sunday school building on the present site was dedicated November 7, 1869. In June, 1870, the cornerstone of the present church was laid, and the dedicating was accom- plished on April 10, 1872. The church is one of the handsomest in the denomination, and cost, with the land and chapel included, nearly $200,000. It seats 1,300 hearers. This church has had but three pastors, Rev. W. J. R. Taylor, D.D., 1869-1890; Rev. Daniel H. Martin, D.D., 1890-1908; and the present pastor, Rev. Albertus T. Broek, who was installed October 14, 1908. The fortieth anniversary souvenir program (1908) contains a val- uable history of this church.


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The Trinity Reformed Church, formerly the East Church, at 479 Ferry street, was organized October 27, 1869. A Sunday school had been organ- ized in 1850 in Thomas Webb's foundry house on Ferry street, near the present Bowery. The first superintendent was Frederick A. Ditman. In 1859 the abandoned chapel of the Second Reformed Church was moved to the present site, the lots having been given by Miss Elizabeth Richards. The Second church maintained the mission. William H. DeHart, a student from the seminary at New Brunswick, was engaged in 1867 to conduct afternoon services. On June 13, 1869, the first morning service was held, and the organizing was done the same year. On November 14, 1869, Nelson Jacobus and George L. Van Emburg were elected elders, and Nathaniel Richards and J. H. Jeroloman, deacons. In 1870 the chapel was moved and the cornerstone of the present edifice laid. The church was dedicated June 23, 1871. On December 20, 1894, the name was changed to Trinity. A handsome chapel and Sunday school room building was dedicated March 17, 1901. The church, after extensive repairs and renovations, was re-dedicated November 4, 1908. An addition to the Sunday school was built in 1913. For many years William N. Jacobus, the son of one of the first elders, was the superintendent of the school. The pastors have been: I. P. Brokaw, D.D., 1869-1874; C. R. Blauvelt, 1874-1877; C. H. T. Krueger, 1877-1880; Theodore Shafer, 1882-1884; D. Charles Preyer, 1884-1887; R. P. Milliken, 1887-1893; John N. Morris, 1894-1907; and the present pastor, Rev. Charles B. Condit, who was installed on June 19, 1907 Under Mr. Condit's efficient ministry the church has continued to make progress, and to make improvements adequate to meet the demands of the locality.


Christ Reformed Church, Washington avenue and Delavan street, was organized on October 30, 1872. Many of the original members had pre- viously left the Woodside Presbyterian Church. A neighborhood meeting on May 16, 1871, had voted to form a church society, to be based on the standard of belief of the Presbyterian Church and to be called Christ Church of Woodside. By September, 1872, it had been decided to organize a Dutch Reformed church, and to make overtures to the Classis of Newark. That body granted the request, and the organizing was accomplished. The first edifice was of wood. It was opened for worship March 2, 1873. The cornerstone of the present handsome stone church was laid June 14, 1906, and the dedicating occurred January 21, 1907. It was erected largely through the efforts and enthusiasm of the pastor, Rev. Henry Merle Mellen. The history of this church is abundantly detailed in C. G. Hine's "Wood- side," published in 1909. The pastor succession is as follows: J. M. Macauley, 1872-1880; W. H. Brodhead (stated supply), 1881-1882; C. H. Jones, 1885-1894; I. V. W. Schenck, 1894-1899; Henry Merle Mellen, 1900- 1912. The present minister is Rev. Percival H. Barker, who has been in charge since January, 1913.


The Reformed Italian Mission, 10 Cutler street, was opened in 1909. The minister is A. M. Dasson, and the superintendent of the Sunday school is Henry B. Koester.


THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES.


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the Right Rev. John Joseph O'Connor, D.D., who resides at South Orange. The Catholics of Newark make a large part of the population. There are about thirty churches, with their schools, religious houses, or other depart- ments related to church activities. This was the fifth of the larger denomina- tions to plant a church in Newark. The early history of local Catholicism is bound up with the annals of St. John's Church, organized November 13, 1826. An exhaustive history of this church was written by Paul V. Flynn, of Newark, and published in 1908 in a volume of 217 pages, printed by the press of the New Jersey Trade Review. A more comprehensive history is "The Catholic Church in New Jersey," by Rev. Mgr. Joseph M. Flynn, published at Morristown in 1904.


St. John's Roman Catholic Church, 22 Mulberry street, near Centre street, was organized November 13, 1826, and was incorporated November 25th following. The first trustees were Patrick Murphy, John Sherlock, John Kelly, Christopher Rourke, Maurice Fitzgerald, John Gillespie and Patrick Mape. In 1826 Rev. Gregory B. Pardow, of New York, had been sent to minister to the Catholics of Newark, and St. John's was the outcome of his labors. Early meetings were held in a carpenter shop located on Mulberry street, and also later on the same street in the home of Charles Durning, located where now stands the German Evangelical Lutheran Church, once the Primitive Methodist. The old directories state that Charles Durning was a carpet weaver at 42 Mulberry street. Other homes where services were at times held were those of Martin Rowan, Christopher O'Rourke, John Sherlock, Jean Vache and Anselm Fromeget. The first edifice was erected upon the present site, and was dedicated in 1828. The church several times has been enlarged, but the original edifice is said to be included in the present structure, never having been torn down. This church was the first Catholic church in New Jersey to have a resident pastor-Rev. Gregory B. Pardow, its founder, being appointed in 1830. The church was enlarged in 1838, and again enlarged and brought to its present dimensions in 1858, both improvements being made during the pastorate of Rev. Patrick Moran, whose singular ability as an organizer and leader helped to make the church strong and progressive. The church was consecrated by Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, in May, 1858, and was the first to be consecrated in New Jersey. Old St. John's stands with the old First Presbyterian and with old Trinity Episcopal as a mother church of a denomination. Their children will always look back with interest upon their annals, and trace their influence through succeeding generations.


The pastors of St. John's have been: Fathers Gregory B. Pardow, 1830-32; Matthew Herard, October 17, 1832, to October 13, 1833; P. Rafferty, three weeks as pastor; Patrick Moran, November 3, 1833, to July 25, 1866; James Moran, November, 1866, to November, 1867; Louis Schneider, November, 1867, to November, 1868; Thomas M. Killeen, Novem- ber, 1868, to 1877; Patrick Leonard, 1877-78; Louis Gamboisville, 1878-92; and the present pastor, Rev. James P. Poels, who took charge February 27, 1892. Many priests who later have become pastors of churches in the diocese have served as assistant rectors of St. John's.


St. Mary's Church, 528 High street, was the second Catholic congrega- tion to be established in Newark, and the first daughter of St. John's. Work on an edifice at the corner of Grand (now Howard) and Court streets was begun during 1841, and the first mass was celebrated January 31, 1842. In the fall, Bishop Hughes, of New York, officiated at the dedicating. In 1846


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the present site was purchased by the pastor, Rev. Nicholas Balleis, and the church edifice was moved thence on rollers. The present edifice was dedi- cated on December 20, 1857. The parish school was founded in 1863. On December 19, 1884, the church, previously made a priory, was raised to an abbey. The rectors have been Fathers Nicholas Balleis, until 1855; Martin Hasslinger, 1855; Valentine Felder, 1856-57; Rupert Seidenbusch, 1857; Otho Huber, Oswald Moosmueller, Roman Heil, until 1871; P. Leonard Mayer, died May 18, 1875; P. Bernhard Manser, died June 17, 1882; Gerard Pilz, 1882-85; James Zilliox (the first Abbot), February 11, 1885, to October, 1886; Hilary Pfraengle, November 16, 1886. Abbot Pfraengle appointed Rev. Polycarp Scherer as pastor of St. Mary's, which office he still holds.


St. Patrick's Cathedral, Washington street and Central avenue, was dedicated by Bishop John Hughes, of New York, March 17, 1850. Lots had been purchased October 26, 1846, and the cornerstone was laid September 17, 1848. The work was begun by Rev. Louis Dominic Senez, assistant of Father Moran, of St. John's. He became the first pastor. When in 1853 the Diocese of Newark was formed, its first bishop, Rev. James Roosevelt Bayley, selected St. Patrick's for his cathedral church. He appointed Father Senez to be pastor of St. John's at Orange, and appointed Rev. Bernard J. McQuaid to succeed him at St. Patrick's. Father McQuaid became president of Seton Hall after the Civil War, and was succeeded by Rev. George Hobart Doane, who in turn was succeeded by the present pastor, Rev. Isaac P. Whelan, who now bears the title of Monsignor. The parish schools were founded in 1859. By virtue of his office, Bishop John J. O'Connor is the rector of St. Patrick's, which he makes his Pro-Cathedral.


St. James' Church, Lafayette and Jefferson streets, had its beginnings in 1853. Rev. Louis D. Senez, rector of St. Patrick's, bought the land in April, 1854. The cornerstone of the first edifice was laid June 19, 1854. The rector was Rev. B. F. Allaire, a son of the noted Brooklyn foundryman. On August 17 he was succeeded by Rev. James Callan. In 1861 came Rev. John M. Gervais as rector. In July, 1869, Bishop Bayley laid the corner- stone of the present noble structure, and it was dedicated June 17, 1866. Father Gervais died in the pastorate, July 24, 1872. His assistant, Rev. M. E. Kane, took charge for a few months, and then came , Rev. Patrick Cody, in January, 1873, who after forty years of service still remains the pastor. One of his many achievements is the large and efficient hospital of St. James, at Elni and Jefferson streets. The parisli school was founded in 1854. In this parish was reared John Joseph O'Connor, later to become the Bishop of the Diocese of Newark.


St. Peter's (German) Church, 44 Belmont avenue, opposite West Kin- ney street, was dedicated October 27, 1862. A mission had been started in 1854. On February 2, 1855, the parish was founded and named by Rev. Martin Hasslinger. The first rector, Rev. Gottfried Prieth, appointed May 11, 1855, died June 8, 1885. He was succeeded by Rev. Sebastian G. Mess- ner, now Archbishop of Milwaukee, in 1885. The present rector, Rev. Mgr. Alois Stecher, was appointed August 15, 1886. The school was erected in 1887, and in 1897 St. Peter's Orphan Asylum on Lyons avenue. The parish school was founded in 1855. A parishioner, J. B. Marbach, furnished some of these facts, and others concerning nearby parishes.


St. Benedict's (German) Church, at Barbara and Niagara streets, was founded June 28, 1857. The first church officers were: Joseph Bernauer, Casper Huebner and Henry Huber. The missionary in charge was Rev.


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Rupert Seidenbusch. The original structure was of wood. It was built in 1857, destroyed by a hurricane, and rebuilt in 1859. The brick structure was dedicated July 11, 1882, by Bishop Wigger. The cornerstone had been laid by Rev. Mgr. George H. Doane. The parish school was founded in 1858. The rectors have been: Fathers Benno Hegele, 1864-66; Bernardine Dol- wick, 1866-72; Lambert Kettner, 1872-85; Theodore Goth, 1885-94; Leonard Walter, 1894-1905, and the present rector, Rev. Bernard Gerstl, who came in 1906.


St. Joseph's Church, 39 Wallace place, near Cabinet street, was origi- nally at the corner of Warren street. The first edifice, a combination church and school, was erected in 1859. The parish school was founded in 1859. For nine years this parish was a part of St. Patrick's. Rev. James F. Dalton was appointed rector in 1858. The cornerstone of the church was laid on Thanksgiving Day, 1872. In 1885 the rectory was built, and in 1894 a new school. One of the rectors was the present bishop, John J. O'Connor. The rectors have been: Fathers James F. Dalton, 1858-76; Thomas J. Toomey, July 1, 1876, to February 15, 1894 (death); Peter J. O'Donnell, 1894-95; John J. O'Connor, October 30, 1895, to 1901, and the present rector, Rev. George W. Corrigan, appointed by Bishop O'Connor, July 1, 1901.


St. Columba's Church, South street and Pennsylvania avenue, was founded September 8, 1871. In the spring of 1872 a frame edifice on the northeast corner of Thomas street and Pennsylvania avenue was dedicated. The parish school was founded in 1879. The present beautiful edifice was dedicated January 17, 1898. It covers a triangular block, and is most imposing. It was erected through the labors of Rev. M. J. White, the present rector. A new rectory was built in combination with the church, and the old rectory made a convent. The former rectors have been: The Rev. Fathers Charles A. Reilly, from 1871 until his death, October 15, 1879; Michael J. Holland, from 1879 until his death, August, 1896, and the present rector, Rev. Michael J. White, who was appointed September 14, 1896. Through the courtesy of Father White the compiler of these annals was set on the track of much helpful material.


St. Augustine's Church (German), 170 Sussex avenue, was founded October 21, 1874, through the efforts of Rev. Carl A. Vogel, who was the first rector. The cornerstone of a frame building at the corner of Sussex avenue and Jay street was laid December 8, 1874, and the dedicating was accomplished May 23, 1875. The parish house was finished in November. On Christmas morning, 1892, the church and school were totally ruined by fire. The cornerstone of the present church was laid September 3, 1893. The rectors have been: Rev. Fathers Charles A. Vogel, 1874-86; Ruppert Mueller, 1886-90; G. Niedermayer, 1890-95, and the present rector, Rev. Rudolf Hueslebusch, appointed November 19, 1895. The parish school was founded in 1874.




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