Summary Information
United Presbyterian Church (Wild Rose, Wis.) Records
1873-1980
- United Presbyterian Church (Wild Rose, Wis.)
Stevens Point Micro 8; Stevens Point Micro 15; Micro 539; Micro 826
2 reels of microfilm (35mm)
UW-Stevens Point Library / Stevens Point Area Research Ctr. (Map)Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Wild Rose church and its predecessors, the Caersalem Church, 1873-1925, and the Horeb Church, 1907-1959; including birth, baptism, confirmation, marriage, death, and membership records, as well as congregation and trustees meeting minutes and financial records. Partially in Welsh.
English, Welsh
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Biography/History
The history of the United Presbyterian Church of Wild Rose begins with
the founding of the Caersalem Church in Waushara County, Wisconsin in 1859. The Caersalem Church functioned until 1925 when it dissolved, and members and records were transferred in their entirety to the Horeb Church in Wild Rose, Waushara County, Wisconsin.
The Horeb Church had been formed in 1907 following a great influx of Welsh farmers into the Wild Rose area. Under the leadership of a Welsh pastor named Ellis R. Roberts, thirty-five people met in the Rose Township Hall in November of 1907 to formally organize the Horeb Congregation. In 1910 the new church building was completed, and in 1925 the church enjoyed an increase in membership of sixty persons as it absorbed the Caersalem congregation. The 1930s and 1940s saw a slow but steady increase in membership and numerous improvements in the building and grounds. In January of 1959 members of the Horeb Church voted to give the congregation its present name, the United Presbyterian Church of Wild Rose, U.S.A.
Scope and Content Note
The collection spans the years 1873-1974 and contains records, mainly volumes, of the Caersalem congregation (1873-1925) as well as the Horeb Church and the United Presbyterian Church of Wild Rose (1907-1974). The front of each volume lists the types of records, with page numbers, contained in each volume. Portions of the records are in Welsh.
The Caersalem Church records contain birth, baptismal, confirmation, marriage, death, and financial records, as well as records of new members and the members leaving the congregation. Also included are minutes of congregation meetings, 1917-1924.
Horeb/United Presbyterian Church records contain a history of the congregation, 1910-1960, Sessions records, 1907-1974, Trustees records, 1908-1971 and some miscellaneous papers. The Sessions records include minutes of monthly congregation meetings and birth, death, baptism, confirmation, and membership records. The Trustees records contain financial records for the building of the Church in 1910 and minutes of trustees meetings. Miscellaneous records consist of a historical sketch on Presbyterianism, a few annual reports of the congregation, and a financial summary of receipts and disbursements by year, 1907-1970.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Originals loaned for microfilming by Martha Jones, Oct. 22, 1974 and August 1980. Accession Number: M74-462, M80-279
Processed by Harry Miller and John Phiel, February 1975; and Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, August 1980.
Contents List
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Caersalem Church Records
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Reel
1
Volume
1
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1873-1891
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Reel
1
Volume
2
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1889-1918
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Reel
1
Volume
3
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1917-1924
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Horeb/United Presbyterian Church Records
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Reel
1
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History, 1910-1960
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Sessions Records
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Reel
1
Volume
1
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1907-1914
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Reel
1
Volume
2
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1914-1932
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Reel
1
Volume
3
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1932-1941
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Reel
1
Volume
4
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1941-1962
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Reel
1
Volume
5
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1963-1974
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Reel
2
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1963-1980
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Registers
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Reel
1
Volume
6
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1963-1974
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Reel
2
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1963-1980
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Trustees Record
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Reel
1
Volume
7
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1908-1954
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Reel
1
Volume
8
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1954-1971
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Reel
1
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Miscellaneous Records, 1907-1970
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