People shown in this index appear as the baptized (bpt), the parent (p) or the sponsor (s). A woman's maiden name, if given, appears in (parentheses). Each entry is followed by the page number in the original book, Church Records of St. John's United Church of Christ, Smithton, Illinois, 1870–1986. The early records were translated from German in to English by Martha Mae Schmidt for publication by the St. Clair County Genealogical Society.
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St. John's United Church of Christ, Smithton, Illinois, 1870–1986 is back in print. In addition to Baptisms, the book contains Confirmands, Marriages, and Deaths for the same period. Death records very often specify the birth place and biographical information, valuable data difficult to find elsewhere. A child's birthdate appears in Confirmands through 1942, and Baptisms (nearly 100%). This is significant because vital records registration at the county level only began in late 1877 but didn't reach 90% compliance until 1916 when a penalty was added to the law for not registering. As with most small town congregations, families are often interrelated. A genealogical clue lacking for one member might be found in that of a relative!
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| Dean | SALE | s97 |
| Wilbur Allen | SALE | s97 |
| Deborah Lynn | SALES | bpt87 |
| Irene P. (SURY) | SALES | p87 |
| Robin H. | SALES | p87 |
| Chad Fred | SAUER | bpt97 |
| Emil P. | SAUER | p86,87 |
| Fred E. | SAUER | p97,99 |
| Geralynn | SAUER | bpt87 |
| Kurt John | SAUER | bpt99 |
| Lois Jean (OSICK) | SAUER | p97,99 |
| Ruth Mary | SAUER | bpt86 |
| Viola A. (QUIRIN) | SAUER | p86,87 |
| Annalee Irma (HARDT) | SAUERWEIN | p87,s97 |
| Betty | SAUERWEIN | s87 |
| Betty Louise | SAUERWEIN | bpt77 |
| Colleen C. (FRANTZ) | SAUERWEIN | p95,97 |
| Dale | SAUERWEIN | p95,97,s87,93 |
| Dale William | SAUERWEIN | bpt75 |
| Dean Rudolph | SAUERWEIN | bpt72 |
| Debra Ann | SAUERWEIN | bpt95 |
| Dennis Earl Charles | SAUERWEIN | bpt78 |
| Earl | SAUERWEIN | p72,78,s73,79 |
| Esther (KALBFLEISCH) | SAUERWEIN | p72,78,s73,79 |
| Kathy Sue | SAUERWEIN | bpt97 |
| Katie (SKAER) | SAUERWEIN | p73,75,77 |
| Kenneth E. | SAUERWEIN | p87,s92 |
| Kenneth Earl | SAUERWEIN | bpt73 |
| Oliver | SAUERWEIN | p73,75,77 |
| Ralph | SAUERWEIN | s72 |
| Terrylee Betty | SAUERWEIN | bpt87 |
| Maria Margaretha (STOERGER) | SCHAAF | s14 |
| A. Maria (HUBER) | SCHAEFER | s33 |
| Alice M. (JOHNSON) | SCHAEFER | p49 |
| Anna | SCHAEFER | s13 |
| Anna (RIESO) | SCHAEFER | p22,24,s2,26 |
| Anna Christine | SCHAEFER | bpt13 |
| Caroline (LINDAUER) | SCHAEFER | p13,20 |
| Christine (KELLER) | SCHAEFER | s44 |
| Clara Caroline | SCHAEFER | bpt20 |
| Eleonora Maria | SCHAEFER | bpt24 |
| Emilie Wilhelmine | SCHAEFER | bpt22 |
| H. | SCHAEFER | p5 |
| H. Heinrich | SCHAEFER | s5 |
| Heinrich | SCHAEFER | p13,20,22,24,s2,5,11,25,26 |
| Jacob | SCHAEFER | s44 |
| Karl | SCHAEFER | p49 |
| Karl Heinrich | SCHAEFER | bpt5 |
| Karoline | SCHAEFER | p5 |
| Maria | SCHAEFER | s2,30,39,41 |
| Pearl Elizabeth | SCHAEFER | bpt49 |
| Karoline | SCHAEFER-LINDAUER | s42 |
| George | SCHAF | s4 |
| Adeline (REIFSCHNEIDER) | SCHANZ | p71,76,78,s75 |
| Adolph | SCHANZ | s62 |
| Adolph Jacob | SCHANZ | bpt34 |
| Agnes (DAMMERMAN | SCHANZ | bpt80,p71 |
| Alvin Johann | SCHANZ | bpt32 |
| Alvin Leonhardt | SCHANZ | bpt51 |
| Alwine Maria | SCHANZ | bpt38 |
| Amalie | SCHANZ | s34,44 |
| Amanda (KRAFT) | SCHANZ | s74 |
| Anna | SCHANZ | s43 |
| Arthur Daniel | SCHANZ | bpt17 |
| Bettie Lou Alwine | SCHANZ | bpt72 |
| Caecilie (SCHILLING) | SCHANZ | p75 |
| Caroline (STELL) | SCHANZ | p32,35,39,47,51,54,60,62,s38 |
| Celeste Anna | SCHANZ | bpt54 |
| Charles | SCHANZ | s74 |
| Clara | SCHANZ | s43,48,53 |
| Clemens Edward | SCHANZ | bpt54 |
| Cyleste (SCHILLING) | SCHANZ | p72,76 |
| Daniel | SCHANZ | s13,37 |
| Delphi Katharine | SCHANZ | bpt31 |
| Dewey Karl | SCHANZ | bpt40 |
| Edmund Frank | SCHANZ | bpt35 |
| Edward George | SCHANZ | bpt37 |
| Elisabeth (DARMSTAETTER) | SCHANZ | s37 |
| Ella Karoline | SCHANZ | bpt42 |
| Elsa Katie | SCHANZ | bpt44 |
| Ernest | SCHANZ | p72,75,76,s84 |
| Ernst Theophil | SCHANZ | bpt57 |
| Frances (BERKEL) | SCHANZ | p39,40,51,s57 |
| Fred | SCHANZ | p39,40,47,51,s27,30,35,57 |
| Friederich | SCHANZ | p37,s28 |
| George | SCHANZ | s1 |
| George W. | SCHANZ | s37 |
| Gilda Louise | SCHANZ | bpt28 |
| Gloria Jean Adeline | SCHANZ | bpt75 |
| Heinrich | SCHANZ | p28,31,38,s29 |
| Hieronymus | SCHANZ | p71,s58 |
| Hieronymus Walter | SCHANZ | bpt38 |
| Hilda | SCHANZ | bpt39 |
| Ida Elisabeth | SCHANZ | bpt13 |
| Jacob | SCHANZ | p32,35,39,44,47,51,s22,38 |
| Jacob R. | SCHANZ | p54,60,62 |
| Jacqueline Loraine | SCHANZ | bpt71 |
| Jakob Rudolf | SCHANZ | bpt3 |
| Johan George | SCHANZ | s6 |
| Karl | SCHANZ | p34,38,42,47,57,s27,s40 |
| Karl Michael | SCHANZ | bpt47 |
| Karoline (STELL) | SCHANZ | p44 |
| Katharine (STELL) | SCHANZ | p34,38,42,47,57,s40,65 |
| Leenhard | SCHANZ | p3,6,10,13,17,s1,17 |
| Leta May Amanda | SCHANZ | bpt74 |
| Lloyd | SCHANZ | s91 |
| Lloyd Roland | SCHANZ | bpt76 |
| Lorraine | SCHANZ | s93 |
| Louis Wilhelm | SCHANZ | bpt10 |
| Louise | SCHANZ | p6,s17 |
| Louise (GROSSMANN) | SCHANZ | p3,10,13,17 |
| Maria (KELLER) | SCHANZ | p37,47 |
| Maria (ROS) | SCHANZ | p55,s64 |
| Maria Elisabeth | SCHANZ | bpt6,s6 |
| Meta Josephine | SCHANZ | bpt47 |
| Myrtle (RIESO) | SCHANZ | p74 |
| Orline Louise Maria | SCHANZ | bpt39,s58 |
| Orville Hermann | SCHANZ | bpt71 |
| Pearl Wilhelmine | SCHANZ | bpt51 |
| Philip | SCHANZ | p74 |
| Ronald Harry | SCHANZ | bpt76 |
| Rosa (WEIHAUPT) | SCHANZ | p28,31,38,s29,58 |
| Stella Amalie | SCHANZ | bpt60 |
| Terence Ray | SCHANZ | bpt78 |
| Walter | SCHANZ | p55,s38,48,53,64 |
| Walter Friederich George | SCHANZ | bpt55 |
| Wilbert Adolph | SCHANZ | bpt62 |
| Wilhelm Rupert | SCHANZ | bpt47 |
| William | SCHANZ | p71,76,78,s75 |
| Catharine | SCHECK | s20 |
| Phillip Adam | SCHECK | s20 |
| Helena | SCHEFER | s3 |
| Louise | SCHENS? | s4 |
| Karoline | SCHEPP | s15 |
| Melina | SCHEPP | s20 |
| Heinrich | SCHIEK | s27 |
| August Friedrich | SCHIERENBECKER | bpt15 |
| Fritz | SCHIERENBECKER | p15 |
| Katharina (WOETERMANN) | SCHIERENBECKER | p15 |
| Hermann Heinrich | SCHIERMBACHER | bpt8 |
| Catharine (WOERMANN) | SCHIERMBACKER | p8 |
| Friedrich | SCHIERMBACKER | p8 |
| Arthur | SCHIERMEIER | s75,88 |
| Viola (GROTH) | SCHIERMEIER | s75,s88 |
| Anna | SCHIERNBECKER | s38,49,51 |
| Anna Maria | SCHIERNBECKER | bpt12 |
| Friederich | SCHIERNBECKER | p3,12,s3 |
| Heinrich Friederig | SCHIERNBECKER | bpt3 |
| Katharina (WEHRMANN) | SCHIERNBECKER | p12 |
| Friedrich | SCHIERNEBECKER | p1 |
| Katharina | SCHIERNEBECKER | p1 |
| Maria Louise | SCHIERNEBECKER | bpt1 |
| Auguste | SCHILLING | p5 |
| Auguste Mathilde (PFEIFFER) | SCHILLING | p14 |
| Caroline (GROTH) | SCHILLING | p61,64,65,71 |
| Caroline Johanne | SCHILLING | bpt14 |
| Celeste Ida | SCHILLING | bpt57,s70 |
| Erwin H. | SCHILLING | p84,86,94 |
| Faye | SCHILLING | s97 |
| Floyd Jacob | SCHILLING | bpt61 |
| Gustav Adolph | SCHILLING | bpt5 |
| Helen Olga | SCHILLING | bpt67 |
| Irwin Hermann | SCHILLING | bpt64 |
| Juanita (Mrs Erwin) | SCHILLING | s93 |
| Juanita Esther (HOEPKER) | SCHILLING | p84,86,94 |
| Karen Sue Juanita | SCHILLING | bpt84 |
| Kevin Donald | SCHILLING | bpt86 |
| Lena (GROTH) | SCHILLING | p57,67 |
| Lila | SCHILLING | s100 |
| Lorrie Ann | SCHILLING | bpt94 |
| Marjorie | SCHILLING | s88 |
| Marjorie E. (LEDBETTER) | SCHILLING | p84,86 |
| Marla Kay | SCHILLING | bpt86 |
| Marsha Kay | SCHILLING | bpt86 |
| Melvin | SCHILLING | s94 |
| Melvin G. | SCHILLING | p84,86 |
| Melvin George | SCHILLING | bpt71 |
| Miriam Elaine | SCHILLING | bpt84 |
| Oswald | SCHILLING | p57,61,64,65,67,71 |
| Raymond J. | SCHILLING | s82 |
| Roland | SCHILLING | s76 |
| Roland Elmer | SCHILLING | bpt65 |
| Wilhelm | SCHILLING | p5 |
| Wilhelm Lebrecht | SCHILLING | p14 |
| Lizzie | SCHILLINGER | s53 |
| Bertha (BIERWIRTH) | SCHINZING | p65 |
| Leroy Phillip | SCHINZING | bpt65 |
| Paul | SCHINZING | p65,s65 |
| Louise Wilhelmine | SCHIRENBECKER | s10 |
| Louise | SCHIRMBAECKER | s4 |
| Allen | SCHLEIFER | s101 |
| Gary | SCHLEIFER | s101 |
| Anna Maria | SCHLESINGER | bpt18 |
| Joseph | SCHLESINGER | p18 |
| Magdalena (SENZEL) | SCHLESINGER | p18 |
| Hilda | SCHLICHTER | s81 |
| Walter | SCHLICHTER | s81 |
| Ronald | SCHLIEFER | s99 |
| Albert | SCHLINGER | s77 |
| Kath (MEYER) | SCHLINGER | s77 |
| Frank | SCHLOTTMANN | p49 |
| Frank William | SCHLOTTMANN | bpt49 |
| Franz | SCHLOTTMANN | p27 |
| Friederich Wilhelm | SCHLOTTMANN | bpt27 |
| Louise (PFEIFFER) | SCHLOTTMANN | p27,49 |
| Betty Lou | SCHLUETER | bpt74 |
| Elmer | SCHLUETER | p74,75,s75 |
| Elsie (OHLENDORF) | SCHLUETER | p74,75,s75 |
| Geo | SCHLUETER | s75 |
| Mary Ann | SCHLUETER | bpt75 |
| Arthur | SCHMAERBAUCH | bpt30 |
| Edward | SCHMAERBAUCH | bpt30 |
| George | SCHMAERBAUCH | bpt30 |
| Heinrich | SCHMAERBAUCH | bpt30 |
| Johann | SCHMAERBAUCH | bpt30 |
| Juliane | SCHMAERBAUCH | bpt30 |
| Katharine | SCHMAERBAUCH | bpt30 |
| Katharine (GROMMET) | SCHMAERBAUCH | p30,33 |
| Louise Katharine | SCHMAERBAUCH | bpt30 |
| Peter | SCHMAERBAUCH | p30,33,bpt30 |
| Wilhelm | SCHMAERBAUCH | bpt30 |
| August | SCHMALENBERGER | s41 |
| Caroline (OHLENDORF) | SCHMALENBERGER | s63 |
| Eddie | SCHMALENBERGER | s33 |
| Herman | SCHMELZEL | s74 |
| Lorene (SCHLUETER) | SCHMELZEL | s74 |
| Joe | SCHMERBACH | s51 |
| Anna Maria | SCHMERBAUCH | bpt33 |
| Johanna (HAUSMANN) | SCHMERBAUCH | s59 |
| Joseph | SCHMERBAUCH | s59 |
| Adolphiene Elisabeth Regiene | SCHMIDT | bpt5 |
| Adolphine | SCHMIDT | s37 |
| Adria Eleonora | SCHMIDT | bpt64 |
| Amalie | SCHMIDT | s47 |
| Amanda | SCHMIDT | s41 |
| Anna Margaretha Edna | SCHMIDT | bpt34 |
| Arthena Selma | SCHMIDT | bpt51 |
| Arthene | SCHMIDT | s68 |
| Arthur | SCHMIDT | s54 |
| Arthur August George | SCHMIDT | bpt32 |
| August | SCHMIDT | p5,10,20,32,36 |
| Barbara (SCHUBERT) | SCHMIDT | p5,10,20,32,36 |
| Bertha | SCHMIDT | s33 |
| Edward | SCHMIDT | p63,64 |
| Elisabeth | SCHMIDT | s57 |
| Elsa | SCHMIDT | s54 |
| Emma | SCHMIDT | s37 |
| Frieda Olivia Meta | SCHMIDT | bpt42 |
| George | SCHMIDT | s32 |
| H. Theodore | SCHMIDT | p30,34,37,42,s50 |
| Hilda | SCHMIDT | s57 |
| Hilda (GROSSMANN) | SCHMIDT | p64 |
| Hilda Amalie Elisabeth | SCHMIDT | bpt20 |
| Hy. | SCHMIDT | s33 |
| Josie | SCHMIDT | s25 |
| Josie Clara | SCHMIDT | bpt25 |
| Katharine (FORCADE) | SCHMIDT | p20,25,30,34,37,42,s50 |
| Katharine Laura | SCHMIDT | bpt37 |
| Maria | SCHMIDT | s24 |
| Maria (DEHN) | SCHMIDT | s61 |
| Maria Auguste | SCHMIDT | bpt10 |
| Mathilde (GROSSMANN) | SCHMIDT | p63 |
| Mathilde (MUELLER) | SCHMIDT | p51 |
| Meta | SCHMIDT | s42 |
| Phillip Martin Erwin | SCHMIDT | bpt30 |
| Phillip Oswald | SCHMIDT | bpt36 |
| Raymond George Edward | SCHMIDT | bpt63 |
| Regiene | SCHMIDT | s5 |
| Sophie Amalie Alwine | SCHMIDT | bpt20 |
| Susanna (FEURER) | SCHMIDT | s32 |
| Theodore | SCHMIDT | p20,25,s7 |
| Walter | SCHMIDT | p51 |
| Bonita Lynn | SCHMIERBACH | bpt83 |
| Delores | SCHMIERBACH | s91 |
| Floyd | SCHMIERBACH | s91 |
| Gary Lee Ray | SCHMIERBACH | bpt81,s100 |
| Judith K | SCHMIERBACH | s93 |
| Louella | SCHMIERBACH | s100 |
| Luella Frieda (WEBER) | SCHMIERBACH | p81,83 |
| Oliver | SCHMIERBACH | bpt83,p81,83 |
| Patricia | SCHMIERBACH | s100 |
| Barbara | SCHMITT | s4 |
| Bertha Magdalena | SCHMITT | s1 |
| Edward | SCHMITT | s2 |
| George Wilhelm | SCHMITT | s2 |
| Elisabeth (MAURER) | SCHNAARE | p23,27 |
| Heinrich | SCHNAARE | p23,27 |
| Heinrich Albert | SCHNAARE | bpt27 |
| Herman | SCHNAARE | p8,18,21 |
| Johannes Wilh. | SCHNAARE | bpt8 |
| Maria (LEHR) | SCHNAARE | p8,18,21 |
| Robert Simon | SCHNAARE | bpt23 |
| Albert Gustav Herman | SCHNARRE | bpt21 |
| Gustav | SCHNARRE | s21 |
| Philipp Walther | SCHNARRE | bpt18 |
| Caroline Elisabeth | SCHNARRE sic | bpt23 |
| Anna (KLEMENS) | SCHNEIDER | s28 |
| Arthur Friederich | SCHNEIDER | bpt28 |
| Catharine (KRAUZ) | SCHNEIDER | p28 |
| Fred | SCHNEIDER | s28 |
| Heinrich | SCHNEIDER | p28 |
| Anna Emilie | SCHOENBACH | bpt21 |
| Ferdinand | SCHOENBACH | p21 |
| Julie (SEIFRIED) | SCHOENBACH | p21 |
| Ludwig Walter | SCHOENBACH | bpt21 |
| George | SCHOENLAN | s89 |
| Ruth | SCHOENLAN | s89 |
| Caroline (STOEPPLER) | SCHOEPP | p27 |
| Chas | SCHOEPP | s45 |
| Elise | SCHOEPP | s26 |
| George | SCHOEPP | bpt27,s26,27 |
| Leonhardt | SCHOEPP | p27 |
| Luise (WEBER) | SCHOEPP | s45 |
| Myrta | SCHOEPP | s45 |
| David Joseph | SCHOLES | p74,76,79 |
| Diane Dorothy | SCHOLES | bpt79 |
| Elaine Hilda | SCHOLES | bpt76,s87 |
| Louise Marie Margaret Lucinda | SCHOLES | bpt74 |
| Luella Clara (PFEIFFER) | SCHOLES | p74,76,79 |
| Amanda | SCHOR | s64 |
| Clara (RAPP) | SCHORR | s74 |
| Edward | SCHORR | s74 |
| Olivia (HENTZEL) | SCHORR | s73 |
| Richard | SCHORR | s73 |
| Clara | SCHORR, | s77 |
| Anna (RISEN) | SCHROEDER | p2 |
| Conrad | SCHROEDER | p2 |
| Emma Emilie | SCHROEDER | bpt2 |
| Wm. | SCHROEDER | s82 |
| Edgar Louis | SCHUBERT | bpt53 |
| Edmund | SCHUBERT | s34 |
| Louis | SCHUBERT | p53 |
| Louis Bryan | SCHUBERT | bpt53 |
| Minna (SCHUSTER) | SCHUBERT | p53 |
| Anna | SCHUEPKE | s21 |
| Aaron Brent | SCHULTZ | bpt100 |
| Danny | SCHULTZ | p100 |
| Jeremy Daniel | SCHULTZ | bpt100 |
| Karen | SCHULTZ | p100 |
| Delph | SCHULZ | s85 |
| Florence | SCHULZ | s99 |
| Thelma | SCHULZ | s85 |
| Claudia Joy | SCHUMACHER | bpt92 |
| Darleen | SCHUMACHER | s96 |
| Darleen (LEDBETTER) | SCHUMACHER | p92,94 |
| Monica Lynn | SCHUMACHER | bpt94 |
| Roger C. | SCHUMACHER | p92,94 |
| Daniel | SCHWAB | s89 |
| Edwin Friederich | SCHWAB | bpt47 |
| Elsa Margaretha | SCHWAB | bpt40 |
| Friederich | SCHWAB | s31 |
| George | SCHWAB | s36,37 |
| Joyce Ann | SCHWAB | s89 |
| Karl | SCHWAB | p36,40,47,52 |
| Margaretha (DEHN) | SCHWAB | s59 |
| Minna (MUSKOPF) | SCHWAB | p36,40,47 |
| Selma Louise | SCHWAB | bpt52 |
| Walter George | SCHWAB | bpt36 |
| Wilhelmine (MUSKOPF) | SCHWAB | p52 |
| Irma | SCHWAEGEL | s83 |
| Jeanette | SCHWAEGEL | s83 |
| Mr Mrs E. | SCHWAEGEL | s83 |
| Anna | SCHWARTZ | s73 |
| Erwin | SCHWARTZ | s81 |
| Martha (WISKAMP) | SCHWARTZ | s81 |
| Alfred Johann | SCHWARZ | bpt28 |
| Alma Katharine | SCHWARZ | bpt47 |
| Alma Maria | SCHWARZ | bpt28 |
| Arlington Louis | SCHWARZ | bpt38 |
| Benjamin | SCHWARZ | p47 |
| Caroline (KOCHMANN) | SCHWARZ | p28 |
| E | SCHWARZ | s83 |
| Emma (SEIBERT) | SCHWARZ | p28 |
| Emma (WISKAMP) | SCHWARZ | p38 |
| Fred W. | SCHWARZ | p28 |
| Hermann | SCHWARZ | s30 |
| John F. | SCHWARZ | p28 |
| Karoline (STURM) | SCHWARZ | p47 |
| Martha | SCHWARZ | s83 |
| Theodor | SCHWARZ | p38 |
| Wilhelm | SCHWARZ | s14 |
| Edna | SCHWEBEL | s51 |
| Elisabeth (FEISEL) | SCHWEINFURTH | p44,49,54 |
| Heinrich | SCHWEINFURTH | p44,54 |
| Iona Katharine | SCHWEINFURTH | bpt49 |
| Margaretha Maria | SCHWEINFURTH | bpt44 |
| Ottmore George | SCHWEINFURTH | bpt54 |
| Katharine | SCHWEPPE | s41 |
Information may be linked to but not copied. Posted 26 August 2000, revised 05 August 2006. Authorized by SCCGS Board of Directors.