Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Merz, Heinrich |
Birthplace |
Neftenbach, Zurich, Switzerland |
Deceased |
11/19/1928 |
Deceased Where |
Chicago, Illinois |
Education |
St. Chrischona Pilgermission Institute at Basel, Switzerland 1864-1866 (or 1862-1866) |
Notes |
Sent as a missionary to Texas in 1866 |
Role |
St. Chrischona |
Titles & Honors |
The Reverend Landed in Galveston, Texas November 26, 1866 Ordained in 1869 President and Secretary of the First German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas First president of the first Lutheran College in Texas located at Rutersville, Texas 1872-1878 |
Position or Congregations Served |
Zion Lutheran Church in Castroville, Texas Zion Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg, Texas House father at German-American Lutheran College in Rutersville, Texas and helped organize St. John Lutheran Church at Warrenton, Texas Salem Lutheran Church in Welcome, Texas Traveling missionary to Temple and around Austin, Texas - founded several churches in the area St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas St. John Lutheran Church at Bartlett, Texas Congregations at Rockdale, New Baden, Bushdale, Greenvine, Ulmen Creek, Richland, and High Prairie Administrator of a hospital in Chicago, Illinois Mission in Lake View (Chicago), Illinois Helped build congregation, chapel, home on grounds that became Evangelical Lutheran Seminary in Chicago where he served as one of the directors Evangelical Lutheran Orphanage, St. John, in Buffalo, New York In charge of a mission for the homeless and jobless in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Started a mission for homeless and jobless in Chicago, Illinois Superintendent and House father for an orphanage in Addison, Illinois |
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