Church Records

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

First Parishioners
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
New Cassel/Campbellsport
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Ten years ago I was fortunate enough to have access to the original church records of St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Campbellsport, WI, while I started to compile a church history. I found that when the congregation first organized, they wrote down a list of actual members, which survives to this day. The list is undated, but appears to have been taken in 1868 or 1869, at about the time that thei first church building was completed. The listing appears to be in the handwriting of Andrew Dieringer, who liked to use a turquoise ink pen for the parish record book. (Jonathan Haessly used lavender!) The list contains 72 names of the heads of the households, including several widows.

At some point about 1876, the first parish listing was updated. New names were added and some of the original names were dropped from the list. Of the 72 original members, 35 had either died or moved away during the first 7 years. The 1876 listing totals 80 names. While the 7 year span shows only an increase in 8 families, a closer comparison of names reveals that the parish had a 45 percent turnover. 

Names of the members of St. Mathews Congregation in New Cassel, Town of Auburn, Fond du Lac Wis. 


Name Year on Membership List research note by Tracy Reinhardt
William Coyle 1869  
Dominic Bach 1869   
Owen Bannon 1869; 1876   
Christopher Becker 1869; 1876  
John Calhune 1869;   
Harvey Carter 1869;  
John Clifford 1869; 1876  
Thomas Curran 1869; 1876  
Andrew Deringer 1869; 1876  
Sigmund Deringer 1869; 1876  
Michel Doyle 1869; 1876  
Patrick Doyle 1869;   
Edward Flinn 1869;   
James Flynn 1869  
James Flynn Jr. 1869  
M Gabriel 1869; 1876  
Jacob Harter 1869; 1876  
Peter J. Hohn 1869; 1876  
Patrick Katon 1869;   
Johanna Klotz 1869;   
Patrick Lyons 1869  
Thomas McCarty 1869; 1876  
Michael McCullough 1869; 1876  
Edward Moylon 1869  
Patrick Murray 1869  
Stephen Schneider 1869; 1876  
Henry Schommer 1869; 1876  
Anton Ulrich 1869  
Anthony Wagner 1869; 1876  
Michael Ward 1869  
Thomas Ward 1869  
John Wyss 1869  
Barney Doherty  1869  
John Noll  1869;   
Martin Gronecher?  1869; 1876  
Ludwig Dunn  1869; 1876  
Andrew Pulzean  1869; 1876  
James Kremer  1869;   
Christoph Bach  1869; 1876  
Jacob Pulzeen  1869; 1876  
Landaline Weisser  1869  
John Schneider  1869; 1876  
P. Husting  1869; 1876  
John Longenback  1869  
Casper Schneider  1869; 1876  
Michael Schneider  1869  
Nicholous Brown  1869; 1876  
Thomas Ward, Ashford  1869  
Philip Haessly  1869  
John Becker  1869  
John Guipp  1869; 1876  
Nicholous Guipp  1869  
Louis Greminger  1869; 1876  
Jacob Haessly  1869; 1876  
Benedict Mauch  1869; 1876  
Jonathan Haessly 1869; 1876  
Patrick Fitzpatrick  1869  
Henry Knouber?  1869  
William Fitzpatrick  1869  
Mary Fitzpatrick  1869  
George Haessly  1869; 1876  
Fidalis Schellinger  1869  
Michel Williams  1869  
Joseph Kohlar  1869  
Mary Hegner  1869  
Jacob Shirek  1869; 1876   
Mathias Allen  1869; 1876  
M Gabriel  1869; 1876  
M Kahat  1869  
CHANGE IN HANDWRITING HERE     
George Soiller  1876   
Brannon, Peter  1876  jojined 1875 
Bannon, James  1876  joined 1875
Bach, Nickolaus  1876  joined 1875
Bonischo, John  1876  
Brown, Peter  1876  joined 1877
Bach, Peter  1876  joined 1875 
Backer, Cristoph Sr.  1876  joined 1875 
Backer, Crist Jr.  1876  joined 1875 
Dieringer, Andrew Jr.  1876  joined 1874 
Degenhardt, Jacob  1876  joined 1875 
Enfeld, Nickolaus  1876  joined 1875 
Flynn, Patt  1876   
Friedle, George  1876   
Fellenz, Mathias  1876   
Forth, Andrew  1876   
Gallobinski, John  1876  joined 1875 
Hanson, C.C.  1876   
Herbert, Martin  1876  joined 1875 
Haessly, W.F.  1876 joined 1875 
Hasly,? H  1876   
Herman, George  1876   
Hall, Bertram  1876  joined 1875 
Kohler, Lorenz  1876  
Ketter, John  1876   
Leibel, Henry  1876  joined 1874 
Mahony, John  1876  joined 1875 
McCullough, James  1876  joined 1875 
Marx, Joseph  1876  joined 1874 
Mathew, Nick  1876   
Murry, Frank  1876  joined 1877
Mauch, Frank  1876  joined 1875 
Pulsien, John  1876  joined 1877 
Ring, Ritschert  1876  joined 1875 
Reinhardt, George  1876  joined 1874
Schoofs, Peter  1876  joined 1877 
Sausen, Peter  1876  joined 1874 
Schoofs, Gerhard  1876   
Strahota, John  1876   
Schlaefer, Joseph  1876   
Strobel, Ph.  1876  joined 1875 
Schaefer, Wm.  1876   
Schrauth, Daniel  1876   

 
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