Births & Baptisms

Note: these records are researcher contributed & come from various sources.
They should be used only as a guide to locating the original record.

Name of child	Event	Parents	Date	Place	Contributor / Notes
AIRD, Winifred E.	Birth	William Aird & Mary LaVelle	16 May 1892	Lafayette twp.	CJ Bowden
ANDERSON, Mary Margaret	Baptism	Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson Sponsors: Mrs. Robert Faherty (aunt) & Mr. John Welch (uncle)	23 Feb 1947	Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Lansing	Errin Wilker
ASHBACHER, Ronald Wayne	Baptism	Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ashbacher	16 Feb 1947	M.E. Church, French Creek Twp by Rev. H.H. Dill of Oelwein	Errin Wilker
BALTZ, Arthur Victor August	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Baltz sponsors: Victor Meyer & Arthur Baltz	Feb 1910		Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 2/18/1910; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
BLOCK, Esther Ernestine Emma	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Block, parents Mrs. Ernestine Block & Mrs. Emma Block, sponsors	8 June 1913	St. Paul Lutheran church	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 06/13/1913; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
BOHRER, Catharine T. 'Katie'	Birth	John S. Borer & Anna Taft	28 Feb 1870	Allamakee co.	CJ Bowden
BRESNAHAN, Andrew	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Ellen Stack	03 May 1863		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Angus	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Ellen Stack	08 September 1878		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Anna Frances	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Bridget O'Connor	27 August 1914		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Catherine E.	Birth	Michael Bresnahan & Anna Maria Burke	06 June 1914		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Eileen	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Bridget O'Connor	15 November 1909		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Hanora	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Ellen Stack	09 January 1865		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, John	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Ellen Stack	08 September 1871		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Joseph (stillborn twin)	Birth	Michael Bresnahan & Anna Maria Burke	26 March 1911		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Josephine C.	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Bridget O'Connor	31 January 1916		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Martin	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Ellen Stack	09 April 1859		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Mary	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Bridget O'Connor	11 December 1912		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Mary Lucy	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Ellen Stack	25 December 1868		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Mary Theresa (twin)	Birth	Michael Bresnahan & Anna Maria Burke	26 March 1911		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Michael	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Ellen Stack	13 January 1861		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Raymond M.	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Bridget O'Connor	07 January 1911	Hanover	Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Thomas	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Ellen Stack	29 August 1866		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Timothy Jr	Birth	Timothy Bresnahan & Ellen Stack	18 December 1873		Lori Bresnahan
BRESNAHAN, Timothy Sr.	Birth		1833		Lori Bresnahan
BROOKS, Allen Everett	Birth	John May Brooks & Carrie Louise Stall/Stahl	17 March 1901		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, Amy Ann	Birth	Joseph Brooks & Sarah Jane Shuff	25 August 1873		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, Elizabeth S. 'Libbie'	Birth	Joseph Brooks & Sarah Jane Shuff	12 July 1855	Allamakee co.	Janet Koozer
BROOKS, Ellan Jane	Birth	Joseph Brooks & Sarah Jane Shuff	23 September 1863		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, Gaddis	Birth	Joseph Brooks & Sarah Jane Shuff	09 January 1871		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, Jessie Winnifred	Birth	John May Brooks & Carrie Louise Stall/Stahl	13 January 1905		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, John May	Birth	Joseph Brooks & Sarah Jane Shuff	03 May 1867	Clayton co. IA	Janet Koozer
BROOKS, Joseph Herbert 'Joe'	Birth	Joseph Brooks & Sarah Jane Shuff	11 July 1859		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, Kenneth Charles	Birth	John May Brooks & Carrie Louise Stall/Stahl	27 March 1908		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, Mary Ann	Birth	Joseph Brooks & Sarah Jane Shuff	02 August 1857		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, Myron John	Birth	John May Brooks & Carrie Louise Stall/Stahl	19 August 1894		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, Stella Marguerite	Birth	John May Brooks & Carrie Louise Stall/Stahl	25 July 1899		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, William Asa	Birth	Joseph Brooks & Sarah Jane Shuff	11 September 1860 or 1861		Janet Koozer
BROOKS, William Herbert	Birth	John May Brooks & Carrie Louise Stall/Stahl	28 March 1897		Janet Koozer
BURKE, Philomena 'Phyllis'	Birth	James Burke & Anna Martell	09 Feb 1908	Harper's Ferry	CJ Bowden
CASTEN, Florence Theresa Amelia	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Casten sponsors: Theresa Casten & Amelia Schultz	19 June 1910	St. Paul Lutheran church	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 6/24/1910; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
CASTEN, Frances Emma Magdalena	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Carl Casten sponsors: the grandmothers, Mrs. John Welzel & Mrs. John Casten	20 Jan 1912	St. Paul Lutheran church parsonage	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 1/26/1912; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
CHRISTOPHERSON, Harold Carl Louis	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Reuben Christopherson sponsors: Louis Koenig & Karl Keiser	01 May 1910	At parent's home	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 5/6/1910; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
COTA, Clarice Regina	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. William Cota, Sr. sponsors: Urban Hawes & Agnes Conway	14 May 1931	Immaculate Conception Church, Harpers Ferry by Father Nolan	Errin Wilker
CUNNINGHAM, Joseph Leo	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Leo Cunninham sponsors: Miss Helen Cunningham & Daniel Regan	07 Jul 1946	St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Waukon by Rev. E.J. McDonald	Errin Wilker
DOUGHERTY, John Cortland	Birth Baptism	Michael Dougherty & Celia McCroden sponsor: Mrs. James Dougherty	26 Sep 1893 03 Oct 1893	St. Mary's Lycurgus	Kathy Ward
DOUGHERTY, Mabel Elizabeth	Baptism	Michael Dougherty & Celia McCroden sponsors: Michael McCroden & Elizabeth McCroden	21 Jun 1891	St. Mary's Lycurgus	Kathy Ward
DUWE, Florence Marie Martha	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Duwe sponsors: Marie Bareis & Martha Reinhardt	29 Sept 1911	St. Paul Lutheran church parsonage	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 10/06/1911; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
EBERLING, Lora Louise	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Eberling sponsors: Louise Eberling	22 Nov 1911	St. Paul Lutheran church parsonage	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 12/1/1911; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
ELDER, Monica	Baptism	Mr. and Mrs. John Elder, parents Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heim, sponsors	16 Feb 1947	St. Ann's Church, Harpers Ferry by Rev. Father Costello	Errin Wilker
FISCHER, Ora Christine Louise	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Otto Fischer, parents Christine Fischer of Guttenberg & Louise Moetsch; the grandmothers	7 March 1913	home of Mr. and Mrs. John Moestch	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 3/14/1913; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
GASS, Romelda Flora Wilhelmine	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Gass sponsors: Wilhelmine Gass & Flora Gass	25 Aug 1912	home of the grandparents	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 6/24/1910; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
GORDON, William Devillo	Baptism	Mr. and Mrs. William Gordon	16 Feb 1947	M.E. Church, French Creek Twp by Rev. H.H. Dill of Oelwein	Errin Wilker
GUIDER, Mary Ellen	Birth	Daniel Guider & Kate	09 Jul 1864	Lafayette twp.	C.J. Bowden
HANGARTNER, James Conrad Frank	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Hangartner, parents Frank Hangartner & Miss Ruth Hangartner, sponsors	19 April 1913	Lutheran church parsonage	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 04/25/1913; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
HARRUM, Anna	Birth		17 October 1846	Norway	Lori Bresnahan
HECKMAN, Edgar Johann Ludwig	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Louis Heckman, parents Johann Muchow, sponsor	22 June 1913	St. Paul Lutheran church	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 06/27/1913; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
HEIN, Orville Louis Christ George	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Wm Hein sponsors: Louis & Christ Meier and George Hein	06 April 1910		Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 5/6/1910; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
HEINS, Minnie Luella Elsie	Baptism	Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Heins, parents Mesdames Minnie Lammert, Luella Lenth & Elsie Meyer, sponsors	23 Feb 1913	home of the parents	Reid R. Johnson - Postville Review, 02/28/1913; St. Paul's Lutheran church notes column
HENDERSON, Sarah Jane	Birth	John Q. Henderson & Margaret Scott Bryson	aft 1868 & bef 1883	Rossville	Reid R. Johnson (contact info. in surname registry) - source: "History of the Scott and Bryson Families", 1901, by John Scott Bryson
HENDERSON, Martha Aprilla	Birth	John Q. Henderson & Margaret Scott Bryson	aft 1868 & bef 1883	Paint Creek	as above
HENDERSON, Andrew M.	Birth	John Q. Henderson & Margaret Scott Bryson	ca1869	Rossville	as above
HENDERSON, Margaret Scott	Birth	John Q. Henderson & Margaret Scott Bryson	11 Dec 1871	Rossville	as above
HENDERSON, James Bryson	Birth	John Q. Henderson & Margaret Scott Bryson	26 Sept 1875	Rossville	as above
HENDERSON, Tilda Sabina	Birth	John Q. Henderson & Margaret Scott Bryson	5 Dec 1879	Rossville	as above
HOULIHAN, Patrick Joseph	Baptism	Mr. and Mrs. James Houlihan, parents Loretta Alyward & William Joyce, sponsors	16 Feb 1947	St. Ann's Church, Harpers Ferry by Rev. Father Costello	Errin Wilker
HOWE, James Henry	Birth Baptism	Richard Howe & Hannah Waldron sponsors: Fred Liddier and "Waldron girl."	04 Sep 1888 16 Sep 1888	St. Mary's Lycurgus	Kathy Ward
HOWE, John Francis	Birth Baptism	Richard Howe & Hannah Waldron sponsors: John Howe & Elizabeth Waldron	19 May 1887 12 Jun 1887	St. Mary's Lycurgus	Kathy Ward
HURM, Bertha	Birth	David W. Hurm & Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Kelly	28 Oct 1899	Lafayette twp	CJ Bowden
HURM, Charles	Birth	Louis Henry Hurm & Mary Ellen Guider	10 Dec 1894	Lafayette twp.	C.J. Bowden
HURM, Clarence	Birth	Louis Henry Hurm & Catherine Louise Randolph	22 Nov 1905	Lafayette twp.	CJ Bowden
HURM, Cornelia M.	Birth	David W. Hurm & Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Kelly	03 Mar 1902	Lafayette twp.	CJ Bowden
HURM, Cyril Vincent	Birth	Mathias L. Hurm, Jr. & Mary Mathilda Ford	05 Apr 1904	Lafayette twp	CJ Bowden
HURM, David W.	Birth	Mathias L. Hurm Sr. & Mary Ann Bohrer	04 Nov 1856	Lafayette twp.	C.J. Bowden
HURM, Francis Gregory	Birth	Louis Henry Hurm & Catherine Louise Randolph	29 Dec 1903	Lafayette twp.	CJ Bowden
HURM, Harold Walter	Birth	Mathias L. Hurm & Mary Mathilda Ford	03 Jul 1900	Lafayette twp.	CJ Bowden
HURM, Hazel Theresa	Birth	Louis Henry Hurm & Catherine Louise Randolph	19 Oct 1902	Lafayette twp.	C.J. Bowden
HURM, Hilda Rose	Birth	Louis Henry Hurm & Catherine Louise Randolph	28 Jun 1908	Lafayette twp.	C.J. Bowden
HURM, John	Birth	Louis Henry Hurm & Mary Ellen Guider	18 Aug 1892	Lafayette twp.	C.J. Bowden
HURM, John James	Birth	Charles 'Carl' Hurm & Frances Lenore Whalen	13 Jun 1920	Lafayette twp.	CJ Bowden
HURM, Joseph B.	Birth	David W. Hurm & Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Kelly	10 Mar 1911	Lafayette twp.	CJ Bowden
HURM Kathryn Casilda	Birth Baptism	David W. Hurm & Nelly Kelly	14 Sep 1896 20 Sep 1896	Lafayette twp., Wexford Immaculate Conception Church	CJ Bowden
HURM, Louis Henry	Birth	Mathias L. Hurm, Sr. & Mary Ann Bohrer	31 Jan 1859	Lafayette twp.	C.J. Bowden
HURM, Louis Hilary	Birth	Louis Henry Hurm & Catherine Louise Randolph	13 Jan 1899	Lafayette twp.	C.J. Bowden
HURM, Mary	Birth	Louis Henry Hurm & Catherine Louise Randolph	12 Jun 1901	Lafayette twp.	CJ Bowden
HURM, Mary Agnes	Birth	Mathias L. Hurm & Mary Mathilda Ford	21 Apr 1887	Lafayette twp	CJ Bowden
HURM, Mathias L.	Birth	Mathias L. Hurm, Sr. & Mary Ann Bohrer	20 May 1854	Lafayette twp.	C.J. Bowden
HURM, Rosana	Birth	Mathias L. Hurm & Mary Mathilda Ford	21 Apr 1887	Lafayette twp	CJ Bowden
HURM, William Henry	Birth	Louis Henry Hurm & Mary Ellen Guider	21 Dec 1896	Lafayette twp. Wexford	CJ Bowden