Lavaca County Entries in Baptismal Records of
Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran Church at Swiss Alp, Fayette County
and Black Jack Springs Lutheran Church, Fayette County

Transcribed by Brenda Lincke Fisseler

Philadelphia Lutheran Church at Swiss Alp, Fayette County, Texas
1883-1913

Child: Luise Maria Theresia DOELL
Born: 14 May 1883 at Lavaca County
Baptized: 22 Jul 1883
Father: Wm DOELL of Sachsen Meiningen
Mother: Caroline GOLDBECK of Langenhagen, Pommern
Godparents: Luise WAGNER, Aug. HINZE, Dorothea HINZE

Child: Herbert Louis Anton STOVER
Born: 16 Feb 1894 Jackson County; P.O. Hope, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 1 Jul 1894
Father: Herman STOVER of Oldenburg
Mother: Anna STROBEL of Cedar, TX
Godparents: Louis NOLLKAMPER, Meta NOLLKAMPER nee STOVER, Anton STROBEL, Emil PRILOP

Child: Erwin Wilhelm Louis KAHL
Born: 24 Oct 1896 at Shiner, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 25 Dec 1896
Father: Gustav KAHL
Mother: Anna SCHUTTE
Godparents: Louis KAHL, Wilhelm SCHUTTE, JULIA KAHL, Alwine KAHL

Child: Raimund Anton FRANK
Born: 6 Sep 1898 at Hope, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 15 Oct 1899
Father: Julius Frank Janak of Cedar, Texas
Mother: Rosa Frank nee STROBEL
Godparents: Auguste STROBEL nee BALKO, Luise FRANK, Wilhelm SANDER

Child: Karl August STRAUSS
Born: 7 Aug 1899 at Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 26 Nov 1899
Father: August STRAUSS of ___Sachsen
Mother: Ida SCHULZ of Hanover
Godparents: Heinrich ROITSCH, August ___

Child: Doretha Amalie KUEHN
Born: 8 Jun 1900 at hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 8 Jun 1900
Father: Otto KUEHN of Schulenburg, Texas
Mother: Hulda KUEHN nee KARNEY of Koerth, Texas
Godparents: Friedrich HINGST, Karl KUEHN, Dorothea KUEHN nee HINGST

Child: Martha Ellen FRANK
Born: 29 Aug 1901 at Yoakum, Texas
Baptized: 26 Nov 1901
Father: Wilhelm FRANK
Mother: Luise FRANK nee SCHMIDT
Godparents: Wilhelmine FRANK nee ARNOLD, Wilhelm SCHMIDT, Bertha STEINMAN nee FRANK, George SCHMIDT

Child: George Albert FRANK
Born: 25 Nov 1904 at Yoakum, Texas
Baptized: 23 Apr 1905
Father: Wilhelm FRANK
Mother: Luise FRANK nee SCHMIDT
Godparents: Robert ROITSCH, Franziska SCHMIDT, Wilhelm SCHMIDT

Child: Winniefred Irene SMOTHERS
Born: 21 Aug 1898 at Moravia
Baptized: 2 Jul 1905
Father: T. A. SMOTHERS
Mother: A. H. SMOTHERS nee BARON
Godparents: Lina BARON nee KOLLMANN, K. KERN nee REINHARDT, Hugo BARON

Child: Roscoe Alvin SMOTHER
Born: 25 Feb 1901 at Wied, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 2 Jul 1905
Father: T. A. SMOTHERS
Mother: A. H. SMOTHERS nee BARON
Godparents: Alma BALKO, Hilda MEYER nee BARON, W. H. MEYER

Child: Fritz Gottlieb KNAPE
Born: 27 Aug 1903at Moulton, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 23 Jul 1905
Father: Otto KNAPE
Mother: Ludovika KNAPE nee MEYER
Godparents: Fritz MEYER, Gottlieb KNAPE, Mrs. Friedrike KNAPE

Child: Ruby Felton THIEL
Born: 17 Mar 1905 at Moulton, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 27 Jun 1909
Father: Karl THIEL
Mother: Adele THIEL nee STEINMANN
Godparents: Olinda HERMANN nee BALLING, Minna HERMANN nee KNAPE, Fritz MUNKE, Alwine MUNKE nee THIEL

Child: Janice Helena LUCK
Born: 15 Mar 1913 at Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 16 Oct 1913
Father: Johann Heinr. LUCK
Mother: Gretchen LUCK nee STEINMANN
Godparents: Alwine STEINMANN nee ALBRECHT, August STEINMANN, K. KERN nee REINHARDT

Trinity Lutheran Church at Black Jack Springs, Fayette County, Texas
1884-1897

Child: Anna Maria Louise BRILOP [PRILOP]
Born: 15 Jun 1883 at Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 13 Apr 1884
Father: Christian BRILOP [PRILOP]
Mother: Edni nee ROHDEN
Godparents: Anna Marie ROHDEN, Anna Maria Louise ROHDEN, Ernst PRILOP, Carl SANDER

Child: Oskar Hugo LEIST
Born: 4 Feb 1885 at Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 11 Oct 1885
Father: Fredrick Wilhelm LEIST of Treptow A/R Pommern Prussia
Mother: Anna nee HASCHT of SCHLESIEN
Godparents: Anna LEIST, Rudolph PHILLPPUS & Maria LOESSIN

Child: Hulda Edit LOESSIN
Born: 26 Sep 1893 at Shiner, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 25 Dec 1893
Father: Reinhold LOESSIN of Fayetteville, Texas
Mother: Olga nee JUNGBECKER of High Hill, Texas
Godparents: Maria LOESSIN, Mina LOESSIN, Hermann LOESSIN
Child: Anna Mina HAAS
Born: 14 Apr 1897 at Shiner, Lavaca County, Texas
Baptized: 14 Nov 1897
Father: Adolph HAAS of Black Jack prings, Texas
Mother: Emma nee MULLER of Black Jack Spring, Texas
Godparents: Oswald HAAS, Wilh. MUELLER, Anna HAAS, Mina HAAS nee Plle[?]