Record book of the German Evangelical Congregation in New York circa 1874-1900

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Record book of the German Evangelical Congregation in New York circa 1874-1900

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18052

The record book of pastor Francis J. Schneider contains the charter of a nondenominational German congregation in New York City and the signatures of its subscribing members, their addresses, and, in some cases, dates of baptisms and confirmations.

7 p

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311854

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection

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Schneider, Francis J. (Franz Joseph), d. 1907.

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Rev. Francis J. Schneider, a Protestant minister (1832-1907?) emigrated to the United States from Germany circa 1869 with his wife Cecelia and their two sons. He pastored in the Bronx and worked for a newspaper before establishing his own unaffiliated German Evangelical Congregation. Members of his church were drawn from the growing population of immigrants from Germany particularly from Bavaria, Prussia and Saxony living in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. Other ethnic groups represented in...