1863 Death

Death found at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church - no details just her date and age -- listed as Rosina Schmidt

The Berkshire Genealogist -- www.berkshire.net/ ~bfha/ berkshiregenealogist.html
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SCHMIDT/ Rosine/ 18/ 1/ 15 --- ZION'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF PITTSFIELD, MASS. DEATHS, 1860-1923

NOTE: Checked this death record in 2 places, Zion's Evangelical Church Death Records and City of Pittsfield Death Records -- neither source provides any additional information other than what is listed above in the MA Vital Records.



The German Evangelical Lutheran church - In 1859, when the Protestant German population of Pittsfield was about 400, arrangements were made by a portion of them for devine service in their own language. These services were first held in private houses, and with occasional visits by clergymen from New York. But in April, 1859, Rev. Augustus Grotrain, a learned and able minister of Albany, accepted a call, and organized the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pittsfield. The town subsequently granted a pleasant site in the corner of First street burial-ground, where the church was erected, at a cost of $2,274.00 and which was dedicated September 14, 1865. There present pastor is Rev. John D. Hagar.

Title Gazetteer of Berkshire County, Mass., 1725-1885
Compiled by Hamilton Child
Publisher Printed at the Journal Office, 1885
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