Records 1868-1945; 1888-1916
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Association for Works of Mercy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Illinois
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Association for the Works of Mercy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Illinois
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Passavant, W. A. (William Alfred), 1821-1894
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Institution for Protestant Deaconesses.
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Reck, Henry (1829-1881)
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Ayers, Eliza Freitag (1804-1896)
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Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse at Milwaukee
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See also LDMNA 1 Administrative History. In 1863, Mrs. Eliza Ayers bought a four-acre property on the main street in her home town of Jacksonville, Illnois, for the purpose of starting an orphanage for girls. The property was originally owned by the Christian Church Disciples of Christ as site for a college and a large brick bilding had been erected house it. Mrs. Ayers's family physician, Dr. Prince, had visited the Civil War military hospitals in Washington, D.C., and ...