Evangelical Church, Heidelberg
Begun: c.1843
Closed:
Evangelical Association missionaries arrived in Waterloo County in 1837, and in August 1839 a Camp Meeting organized by the missionary Christian Holl was held at David Erb's farm near Lexington. Congregations in Berlin and in Waterloo were formally organized during that meeting on August 29th by Bishop John Seybert. Mention is made in Bishop Seybert's journal of a mission existing at Heidelberg by 1843.
The first church was built on the first side road north of Heidelberg, one half mile west, north side, across the road from the church's cemetery which is still in use. The cemetery, called the Hillside Cemetery, has also been used as a Mennonite cemetery. The present empty church was completed in 1873; dedication services were held on Sunday, January 26, 1873. In 1892 the Mission at Heidelberg was in the North District of the Canada Conference of the Evangelical Association and included Linwood; missionaries at that time were pastors H. Dierlamm and D. Dippel. Membership for the North District in the next year, 1893, was given as 352.
The church is located in the village of Heidelberg, on the north side of the road heading west, just before the crossroads; the date marker above the front door reads: Kirche Der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft 1872 (Church of the Evangelical Association 1872).
On November 16, 1946 the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ Church united to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Closing date of the Heidelberg church was probably after that date, and before 1964. In 1964 an Evangelical United Brethren book, A Century in Canada 1864-1964 was published; there is no reference in the book to the Heidelberg church. A newspaper article in The Hamilton Spectator on March 7, 1964 referred to the church as a Mennonite Church. In July 1992 the church, which had been used in recent years by the Pentecostals and the Agape Fellowship Church, was empty and was once again "for rent."
Records:
Baptism dates: unknown* Location of records: unknown
Marriage dates: unknown Location of records: unknown
Burial dates: unknown* Location of records: unknown
*The Civil Registers for Waterloo County 1855-1861 have records for some Births and Deaths for 1860, on National Archives microfilm C-17578, available at the Kitchener Public Library.
References: Devitt, WHS 1947(35):44; Dick & Longo 1984:22; Murdoch 1964; Wagner 1873.
Information excerpted from: Waterloo County Churches, A Research Guide to Churches established before 1900, by Rosemary Willard Ambrose © Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. It is reproduced by permission.
For a complete list of resources mentioned above, please click here.
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Closed:
Evangelical Association missionaries arrived in Waterloo County in 1837, and in August 1839 a Camp Meeting organized by the missionary Christian Holl was held at David Erb's farm near Lexington. Congregations in Berlin and in Waterloo were formally organized during that meeting on August 29th by Bishop John Seybert. Mention is made in Bishop Seybert's journal of a mission existing at Heidelberg by 1843.
The first church was built on the first side road north of Heidelberg, one half mile west, north side, across the road from the church's cemetery which is still in use. The cemetery, called the Hillside Cemetery, has also been used as a Mennonite cemetery. The present empty church was completed in 1873; dedication services were held on Sunday, January 26, 1873. In 1892 the Mission at Heidelberg was in the North District of the Canada Conference of the Evangelical Association and included Linwood; missionaries at that time were pastors H. Dierlamm and D. Dippel. Membership for the North District in the next year, 1893, was given as 352.
The church is located in the village of Heidelberg, on the north side of the road heading west, just before the crossroads; the date marker above the front door reads: Kirche Der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft 1872 (Church of the Evangelical Association 1872).
On November 16, 1946 the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ Church united to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Closing date of the Heidelberg church was probably after that date, and before 1964. In 1964 an Evangelical United Brethren book, A Century in Canada 1864-1964 was published; there is no reference in the book to the Heidelberg church. A newspaper article in The Hamilton Spectator on March 7, 1964 referred to the church as a Mennonite Church. In July 1992 the church, which had been used in recent years by the Pentecostals and the Agape Fellowship Church, was empty and was once again "for rent."
Records:
Baptism dates: unknown* Location of records: unknown
Marriage dates: unknown Location of records: unknown
Burial dates: unknown* Location of records: unknown
*The Civil Registers for Waterloo County 1855-1861 have records for some Births and Deaths for 1860, on National Archives microfilm C-17578, available at the Kitchener Public Library.
References: Devitt, WHS 1947(35):44; Dick & Longo 1984:22; Murdoch 1964; Wagner 1873.
Information excerpted from: Waterloo County Churches, A Research Guide to Churches established before 1900, by Rosemary Willard Ambrose © Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. It is reproduced by permission.
For a complete list of resources mentioned above, please click here.
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