St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Town of Clifton, Monroe County, Wisconsin) Records, 1868-1967
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Summary Information
Title: St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Town of Clifton, Monroe County, Wisconsin) Records
Inclusive Dates: 1868-1967

Creator:
  • St. Peter's Lutheran Church (Town of Clifton, Monroe County, Wisconsin)
Call Number: La Crosse Micro 14; Micro 1099

Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:
Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
A minute book of St. Peter's Lutheran Church and records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, and communicants, and a few brief financial notes. A list of pastors, 1862-1969, is at the back of Volume 3.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr1099
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Biography/History

The St. Peter's congregation was organized by German settlers and commonly known as the Clifton church or the Indian Creek church. Though sermons were preached in area homes beginning in 1862, the church officially formed in 1865 and was served by the Reverend John Hoyer who preached every third Sunday. The first church was dedicated in 1869 and a parsonage was added about 1886. A new church was built in 1896. Sharing the pastor with other congregations from the beginning, St. Peter's was in a charge with Dorset Ridge, South Ridge and Wilton from 1873 to 1889, and just with Dorset Ridge, 1889-??. In 1903, members of St. Peter's who lived in Juneau County formed a new congregation, St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was served by the St. Peter's pastor. The church used the German language until 1912, when it became bilingual.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Loaned for copying by Reverend Donald Krause, St. Peter's Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 188, Tomah, Wisconsin, 1987. Accession Number: M87-149


Processing Information

Processed by Jim Greve and Karen Baumann, 1987.


Contents List
La Crosse Micro 14 / Micro 1099
Reel   1
Volume   1
Protocol book, 1872-1892
Registers
Reel   1
Volume   2
1868-1890
Reel   1
Volume   3
1891-1967