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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. 168.
Baptism records. Ervin Martin, child of Louis Kersten and Caroline Wilh., nee Uthlaut. Born 24 November 1911.
- [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. 215.
Confirmation records. Ervin M. Kersten, born 24 November 1911, was baptized in the class of 28 March 1926.
- [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. 168.
Baptism records. Ervin Martin, child of Louis Kersten and Caroline Wilh., nee Uthlaut. Born 24 November 1911. Baptized 25 January 1912. The sponsor was "Martin H. Kersten" [i.e., an uncle].
- [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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