Some Early Marriages, St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1843

 

St. Joseph Catholic Church was formed about 1843. Known as the Shrine of Old St. Joseph, this was the first of the city’s German Catholic churches. The original marriages recorded limited information: the name of the bride and groom, plus the date of marriage.

The St. Joseph Catholic Church records are available on microfilm at St. Louis County Library Special Collections, or at the Family History Library.

Maryhelen Wilson provided this list originally published in the 1984 St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, volume 17, number 2, page 38.


Some Early Marriages, St. Joseph Catholic Church



Groom Bride Date Notes
Echbers, Bernhard Kaufman, Elisabetha May 1843  
Enders, Sebastian Startman, Carolina Apr 1843  
Fieken, Herman Heinrich Henken, Maria Adelheid Apr 1843  
Ganter, Matthew Hirt, Brigitta May 1843  
Gode, Peter Ebersmeyer, Anna Maria Apr 1843  
Grim, Franz Ode, Margaret 8 Mar 1843  
Grossebessel, Heinrich Schmireling, Mariana Apr 1843  
Hagebeh, Johan Herman Kember, Elisabeth Apr 1843  
Hartlage, Friedrich Giesen, Elisabeth Apr 1843  
Heitkamp, Rudolf Friedrich Westerman, Maria Adelheid Apr 1843  
Hemsher, Franz Arrones, Anna Maria Apr 1843  
Jansen, Bernhard Timpe, Anna Walburga May 1843  
Keys, Johan Herman Bickmesser, Ferdinanda Mar 1843  
Knau, Joseph Schaur, Catherine Apr 1843  
Middendorf, Bernhard Heinrich Sebers, Miriam May 1843  
Offelgonne, Theodore Henry Schuelte, Elizabeth 4 Feb 1843 Bride Schuelte is Schülte
Ruetter, Herman Glasmeser, Gertrude Mar 1843 Groom Ruetter is Rütter
Ruhler, Conrad Stutte, Catherina Apr 1843  
Sauer, Emanuel Nolte, Josephine Apr 1843  
Schlangenotten, Johan Boeker, Catherine Mar 1843 Bride Boeker is Böker
Schmeers, Benedict Ruhlander, Elisabetha Maria Apr 1843  
Stuekenborg, Franz Fallaman, Ferdinanda May 1843 Groom Stuekenborg is Stükenborg
Vornhuls, Franz Kuhs, Maria Catherina Apr 1843  
Weber, Heinrich Maundel, Anna Elisabetha Apr 1843  
Wessel, Franz Sellmeyer, Maria Catherina Apr 1843  
Winkel, Johan Hilker, Catherina Mariam Apr 1843