The Society was formed in 1981 by the following founding members: Phyllis Johanneman, Mrs. Albert (Pat) Dilger, Jerry Royer, James Hubers, James Hagedorn, and Mrs. Leon (Mary Ann) Olinger.
Date of Birth: 1861 March 28
Place of Birth: Jasper, Indiana
Father: Ackerman, Simon, Luzern, Switzerland
Mother: Eicher, Anna, Switzerland
Sixth of ten children - four brothers, five sisters
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Jasper, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1885 August 26
Date of Reception: 1886 January 15
Temporary Vows: 1887 January 15
Perpetual Vows: 1892 March 31
Date of Death: 1892 June 8
Cause of Death: Consumption
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 4 Plot 9
Date of Birth: 1851 December 1
Place of Birth: Wirges, Nassau, Germany
Father: Schmidt, Christian, Nassau, Germany
Mother: Hackenbruck, Anna M., Nassau, Germany
Fifth of five children - two brothers, two sisters
Baptized: Wirges, Nassau, Germany
Entered from: Saint John the Baptist, Starlight, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1873 April 12
Date of Reception: 1874 January 10
Temporary Vows: 1875 January 15
Perpetual Vows: 1886 August 13
Silver Jubilee: 1900 January 15
Golden Jubilee: 1925 January 15
Date of Death: 1936 February 17
Cause of Death: Heart Attack (Chronic myocardial failure)
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section C Row 3 Plot 7
Date of Birth: 1857 August 30
Place of Birth: Ferdinand, Indiana
Father: Wagner, Henry, Saarbrucken, Germany
Mother: Weber, Rosina, Baden, Germany
Fifth of six children - three brothers, two sisters
Baptized: Saint Ferdinand Church, Ferdinand, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Ferdinand, Ferdinand, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1871 February 10
Date of Reception: 1872 November 21
Temporary Vows: 1875 January 15
Perpetual Vows: 1886 August 13
Silver Jubilee: 1900
Golden Jubilee: January 15, 1925
Date of Death: 1929 May 23
Cause of Death: Arteriosclerosis (Apoplexy)
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section C Row 4 Plot 7
Date of Birth: 1861 May 6
Place of Birth: Ferdinand, Indiana
Father: Jochum, George
Mother: Catherine
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Baptized: Saint Ferdinand Church, Ferdinand, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Ferdinand, Ferdinand, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1876 September 11
Date of Reception: 1876 December 27,1876
Temporary Vows: 1877 December 27
Perpetual Vows: 1886 August 13
Date of Death: 1900 September 22
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 2 Plot 7
Date of Birth: 1855 July 8
Place of Birth: New Alsace, Indiana
Father: Sturm, Joseph, Bavaria, Germany
Mother: Master, Magdalena, Alsace, Europe
Baptized: New Alsace, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Meinrad, Saint Meinrad, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1877 April 4
Date of Reception: 1877 October 18
Temporary Vows: 1878 October 18
Perpetual Vows: 1886 August 13
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Date of Death: 1943 April 28
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section C Row 1 Plot 5
Date of Birth: 1840 September 2
Place of Birth: Alsace, France
Father: Schmitt, John, Alsace, France
Mother: Gentry, Louise, Alsace, France
Baptized: Alsace, France
Entered from: Saint Boniface, Fulda, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1878 October 12
Date of Reception: 1879 June 8
Temporary Vows: 1880 June 8
Perpetual Vows: 1886 August 13
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Date of Death: 1916 January 31
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section B Row 3 Plot 7
Date of Birth: 1863 October 23
Place of Birth: Fulda, Indiana
Father: Beier, Zyphrin
Mother: Schaeffer, Mary
Third of nine children - four brothers, four sisters
Third of nine children - four brothers, four sisters
Baptized: Saint Boniface, Fulda, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Boniface, Fulda, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1883 October 15
Date of Reception: 1884 June 14
Temporary Vows: 1885 August 22
Perpetual Vows: 1888 August 22
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Date of Death: 1910 September 5
Cause of Death: Typhoid fever
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 1 Plot 1
Date of Birth: 1863 August 19
Place of Birth: Evansville, Indiana
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Baptized: Holy Trinity, Evansville, Indiana
Entered from: Holy Trinity, Evansville, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1884 October 2
Date of Reception: 1884 December 23
Temporary Vows: 1886 January 15
Perpetual Vows: 1889 August 22
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Date of Death: 1898 April 23
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 3 Plot 6
Date of Birth: 1869 January 13
Place of Birth: Centreville, Indiana
Father: Killian, Rudolph, Baden, Germany
Mother: Gutting, Margaret E, Reichpfalz, Germany
Baptized: Centreville, Indiana
Entered from: Centreville, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1885 August 12
Date of Reception: 1886 January 15
Temporary Vows: 1887 January 15
Perpetual Vows: 1897 July 29
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Date of Death: 1926 February 28
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section B Row 1 Plot 7
Date of Birth: 1849 March 11
Place of Birth: Ferdinand, Indiana
Father: Gerber, Peter, Alsace, Europe
Mother: Kircher, Magdalena, Alsace, Europe
Baptized: Saint Ferdinand Church, Ferdinand, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Ferdinand, Ferdinand, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1880 January 26
Date of Reception: 1880 August 10
Temporary Vows: 1881 August 10
Perpetual Vows: 1886 August 13
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Date of Death: 1926 July 17
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section B Row 1 Plot 6
Date of Birth: 1868 August 25
Place of Birth: Mariah Hill, Indiana
Father: Bettag, Sebastian, Duddenhofen, Germany
Mother: May, Elisabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Fifth of eight children - six brothers, one sister
Baptized: Mary Help of Christians, Mariah Hill, Indiana
Entered from: Mary Help of Christians, Mariah Hill, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1887 April 26
Date of Reception: 1887 July 22
Temporary Vows: 1888 July 23
Perpetual Vows: 1896 July 8
Silver Jubilee: 1913
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Date of Death: 1918 February 23
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section B Row 3 Plot 4
Date of Birth: 1872 June 5
Place of Birth: Haubstadt, Indiana
Father: Pohl, Frank, Germany
Mother: Greubel, Cunigunda, Germany
Baptized: Saints Peter and Paul, Haubstadt, Indiana
Entered from: Saints Peter and Paul, Haubstadt, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1889 October 4
Date of Reception: 1890 January 23
Temporary Vows: 1892 August 2
Perpetual Vows: 1900 August 7
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Date of Death: 1913 April 6
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section B Row 4 Plot 4
Date of Birth: 1864 January 10
Place of Birth: Haubstadt, Indiana
Father: Pohl, Frank, Germany
Mother: Greubel, Cunigunda, Germany
Baptized: Saints Peter and Paul, Haubstadt, Indiana
Entered from: Saints Peter and Paul, Haubstadt, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1886 September 9
Date of Reception: 1887 January 15
Temporary Vows: 1888 January 16
Perpetual Vows: 1896 July 8
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Date of Death: 1953 May 14
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section D Row 1 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1872 January 8
Place of Birth: Celestine, Indiana
Father: Schepers, Bernard, Hanover, Germany
Mother: Schroeder, Agnes, Paris, Kentucky
Baptized: Saint Celestine Church, Celestine, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Celestine, Celestine, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1888 September 30
Date of Reception: 1889 January 16
Temporary Vows: 1890 January 23
Perpetual Vows: 1898 August 4
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Date of Death: 1960 January 23
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 1 Plot 3
Date of Birth: 1876 January 13
Place of Birth: Ferdinand, Indiana
Father: Brenner, Frank, Saint Henry, Indiana
Mother: Jochum, Catherine, Alsace, Germany
Baptized: Saint Ferdinand Church, Ferdinand, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Ferdinand, Ferdinand, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1889 August 5
Date of Reception: 1890 June 24
Temporary Vows: 1893 August 1
Perpetual Vows: 1900 August 7
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Date of Death: 1960 January 31
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 1 Plot 2
Date of Birth: 1874 February 21
Place of Birth: Saint Joseph, Indiana
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Baptized: Saint Joseph, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1891 January 28
Date of Reception: 1891 May 14
Temporary Vows: 1893 August 1
Perpetual Vows: 1901 August 24
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Date of Death: 1902 June 13
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 1 Plot 9
Date of Birth: 1872 July 13
Place of Birth: Westphalia, Missouri
Father: Stuckenschneider, Herman, Germany
Mother: Ervers, Anna, Germany
Baptized: Saint Joseph, Westphalia, Missouri
Entered from: Saint Joseph, Westphalia, Missouri
Date of Entrance:1894 May 16
Date of Reception: 1894 August 2
Temporary Vows: 1896 August 10
Perpetual Vows: 1904 August 4
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Date of Death: 1931 July 22
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section C Row 4 Plot 5
Date of Birth: 1873 February 4
Place of Birth: Saint John, Warrick County Indiana
Father: Zehner, Martin, Hessen, Germany
Mother: Kohloesses, Mary Anna, Saint John, Warrick County
Baptized: Saint John, Elberfeld, Indiana
Entered from: Saint John, Elberfeld, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1894 June 24
Date of Reception: 1895 May 16
Temporary Vows: 1897 July 29
Perpetual Vows: 1905 August 3
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Date of Death: 1962 April 12
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section F Row 1 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1872 March 5
Place of Birth: Saint Meinrad, Indiana
Father: Fieth, Joseph, Emsdetten, Germany
Mother: Brueggeman, Catherine, Osnabrueck, Germany
Baptized: Saint Meinrad Church, Saint Meinrad, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1892 November 29
Date of Reception: 1893 August 1
Temporary Vows: 1895 November 21
Perpetual Vows: 1903 July 30
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Date of Death: 1952 May 6
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section D Row 2 Plot 3
Date of Birth: 1879 February 15
Place of Birth: Saint Meinrad, Indiana
Father: New, Jacob, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mother: Zarn, Barbara, Ems, Switzerland
Baptized: Saint Meinrad Church, Saint Meinrad, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Meinrad, Saint Meinrad, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1892 November 17
Date of Reception: 1893 August 1
Temporary Vows: 1897 July 29
Perpetual Vows: 1903 July 30
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Date of Death: 1970 October 30
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section E Row 3 Plot 2
Date of Birth: 1874 September 16
Place of Birth: Evansville, Indiana
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Baptized: Evansville, Indiana
Entered from: Evansville, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1893 October 1
Date of Reception: 1894 May 10
Temporary Vows: 1896 August 10
Perpetual Vows: 1900 July 7
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Date of Death: 1900 July 7
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 2 Plot 8
Date of Birth: 1881 April 23
Place of Birth: Mariah Hill, Indiana
Father: Stallman, Bernard
Mother: Schwarte, Catherine
Baptized: Mary Help of Christians, Mariah Hill, Indiana
Entered from: Mary Help of Christians, Mariah Hill, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1896 January 21
Date of Reception: 1896 August 10
Temporary Vows: 1899 August 8
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Date of Death: 1900 January 30
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section A Row 2 Plot 9
Date of Birth: 1864 October 7
Place of Birth: Fulda, Indiana
Father: Bumm, John, Baden, Germany
Mother: Kress, Mary P., Fulda, Indiana
Baptized: Saint Boniface, Fulda, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Boniface, Fulda, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1897 April 24
Date of Reception: 1897 July 29
Temporary Vows: 1899 August 8
Perpetual Vows: 1907 August 1
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Date of Death: 1919 August 16
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Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section B Row 2 Plot 8