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Facts and Events
| Name |
August H M Held |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
22 Feb 1806 |
Schleswig-Holstein, Germanyat Knoop, near the city of Kiel |
| Immigration[1] |
1847 |
came to America |
| Occupation[1] |
From 1855 to 1879 |
New York City, New York, United StatesFounder and Pastor, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Christopher Street |
| Death[1] |
29 Mar 1881 |
New York City, New York, United Statesage 75 y 1m 7d |
| Burial[1] |
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Middle Village, Queens, New York, United StatesLutheran cemetery |
Research notes
- educated at Rendsburg Gymnasium 1
- finished theological course at University of Kiel 1
- opened a school known as "Held Institute" 1
- assistant to Rev. Dr. Stohlmann, St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Walker Street, New York 1
- licensed by the New York Ministerium 1
- 1848 - elected pastor of the new congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran St. Mark's Church, Sixth street, New York 1
- 1848 - ordained by the New York Ministerium 1
- 1849 - presented with a gold watch by his congregation 1
- 1855 - left St. Mark's after a disturbance in the congregation ; organized St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church 1
- 1858 - withdrew from the New York Ministerium 1
- 1878 - retired from the ministry 1
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 History of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church: 79-83 Christopher Street, New York City from 1855-1905. Golden jubilee ed. (New York: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (New York, N.Y.), 1905).
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