Summary Information
Rush River Lutheran Parish Records
1867-1983
- Rush River Lutheran Parish (Pierce and Saint Croix Counties, Wis.)
River Falls Mss DD
0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Records of two congregations which share a pastor and of their predecessors which originally served Norwegian settlers. Included are records of congregations known at various times as Our Savior's Lutheran Church, South Rush River Church, Martell Lutheran Church, North Prairie Church, and Rush River Lutheran Church. Records include minutes, financial records, histories, cemetery records, ladies aid records, and other items.
English
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Biography/History
The Rush River Lutheran Parish traces its history to 1855 with the settlement of Martell township in Pierce County by Norwegian immigrants. At this writing in 1986, the parish consists of two congregations: Our Savior's Lutheran Church and the Rush River Lutheran Church. The present Our Savior's congregation was created when congregations of the South Rush River and Our Savior's Lutheran churches merged in 1957, and was known until 1963 as the South Rush River Church. Also in 1957, the congregations of Martell Lutheran and Rush River Lutheran (also known as the North Prairie Church) merged forming a new Rush River Lutheran Church congregation.
All four congregations were originally Norwegian Lutheran churches and throughout their histories, the congregations shared pastors. Today, the Our Savior's Lutheran Church congregation uses the building that had been the South Rush River Church, built in 1891-1892; while the Rush River congregation uses the former North Prairie Church building that was constructed in 1898.
Scope and Content Note
The collection is divided into two series representing the two present-day congregations. Information regarding all four congregations can be found throughout the collection, particularly the historical scrapbook in the Rush River series, which contains a history of the parish, 1855-1955; and of the Ladies Aid.
Related Material
Church and Cemetery Records, Genealogical Society of Utah Project St. Croix County, Wisconsin (River Falls Micro 25).
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Norma Ritzinger, River Falls, Wis., May 29, 1986; Rush River Lutheran Church, November 6, 1985; Mrs. E.N. Peterson, River Falls, Wis., October 9. 1973; James T. King, River Falls, Wis., October 30 and November 26, 1971; Stella Forsmo (Mrs. Arthur) Herum, September 30, 1973; Edna M. Christenson, Beldenville, Wis., 1998; UW-River Falls, College of Arts and Sciences, Dean's Office, 1999; and Ursula Peterson, 2004. Accession Number: M87-294, M87-295, M73-427, M71-341, M71-383, M73-496, M2001-187
Processed by Susan Steinwall and Tom Conrad, November 1986. Additions in 2004.
Contents List
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Series: Our Savior's Lutheran Church
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Minutes, 1867-1957
3 volumes
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Box
1
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Financial records, 1867-1881
2 volumes
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Box
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Communion book, 1871-1951
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Box
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Harpen (hymnal), 1888
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Histories
: Including a history of the South Rush River Church, 1964; centennial program and clipping, 1973; history of the Ladies Aid's lutefisk dinners, 1971; and Reflections of the First One Hundred Years of Our Savior's Lutheran Church at South Rush River, Beldenville, Wisconsin, June 9-11, 1989.
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Box
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Folder
2-5
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Cemetery records, former South Rush River Church Cemetery
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Series: Rush River Lutheran Church
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Box
2
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Historical Scrapbook
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Box
2
Folder
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Minutes, 1872-1954
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Ladies Aid Records, 1936-1942
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Box
2
Folder
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Martell Lutheran: Gilman Ladies Aid, 1896-1905, and Ta-bi-tha Ladies Aid, , 1889-1915
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