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- [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), p. 157.
Baptism records. Alma Wilhelmine, child of Louis Kersten and Caroline, nee Uthlaut. Born 31 August 1899.
- [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), p. 299.
Death and burial records. Alma Wilhelmine Kersten, the daughter of Louis and Karoline Kersten, died 22 April 1901; she was born 31 August 1899.
- [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), p. 157.
Baptism records. Alma Wilhelmine, child of Louis Kersten and Caroline, nee Uthlaut. Born 31 August 1899. Baptized 15 October 1899. The sponsor was Mrs. H. Brueggemann.
- [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), p. 299.
Death and burial records. Alma Wilhelmine Kersten, the daughter of Louis and Karoline Kersten, died 22 April 1901.
- [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), p. 299.
Death and burial records. Alma Wilhelmine Kersten, the daughter of Louis and Karoline Kersten, died 22 April 1901 and was buried in cemetery 2 [i.e., the cemetery located south of and next to the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein].
- [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), p. 258.
Marriage records. Louis R. Kersten, of Holstein, and Caroline M. Uthlaut, of Holstein, married 16 November 1893. Ernst Kersten and Hermann Uthlaut were witnesses.
- [S161] Harold H. Hoeft, A History of the Kersten-Uthlaut Families, 5th edition, edited by Howard and Karen Utlaut (privately printed, 2003), page 54.
"LOUIS KERSTEN born March 10, 1857 near Holstein, MO married CAROLINE UTLAUT.... Rev. J. J. Mayer, pator of Immanuel Evangelical Church, Holstein, MO, married them on November 16, 1893 at the Kersten home near Holstein, MO. With the exception of a few years, the couple lived on a farm west of Treloar, MO. all of their lives, LOUIS being a farmer. They were the parents of FLORENCE, EMMA, ALMA, ARLIE, IDA, WALTER, DINA and ERWIN. The couple was privileged to observe their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1943 and was married over 55 years when death separated them."
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