Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

Milwaukee County Lutheran Churches

This is not a complete listing of churches. If you are aware of any additional churches that should be added please email me.

Ascension Lutheran

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1853-1919, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records from 1853-1889, 1899-1919

Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Established: First Services 1886
Organized 13th May, 1888
Cold Spring Avenue and 24 1/2 Street, now (1947) West McKinley Avenue and North 24th Place
Daughter of Trinity
Rev. Henry Sprengeler
Church records 1888-1938, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1888-1911, 1912-1938

Cross Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1867-1885, 1886-1900, 1901-1920

Ebenezer Congregation

Established: unknown
Western part of the South Side
daughter congregation of St. Stephen

Grace Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1892-1937

Immanuel Lutheran

Established: abt 1858
North Teutonia and West North Avenues
Pastor Lochner
daughter congregation of St. Stephen
Church records 1866-1949, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1891-1949

Jehovah Church (Jehovah Gemeinde)

Established: 1895
South Side of Milwaukee
daughter congregation of St. Stephen
Kirchenbuch, 1895-1931, available at Family History Library

Kings Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Shorewood
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1900-1920, 1905-1922

Lake Park Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1911-1947, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1911-1961

Luther Memorial Chapel

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1915-1948, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1914-1948

Lutheran Theological Seminary

Established: September 6, 1878

Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Histories and photos 1952-1958 Finding Aid

Nathanael Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1908-1966, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1893-1908, 1907-1966, 1909-1941

Nazareth Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
Kirchenbuch, 1895-1921, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1895-1921

Our Savior Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1863-1927, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1856-1908

Resurrection Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1914-1969, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1913-1969

Salem Lutheran

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1848-1973, available at Family History Library

Sherman Park Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1911-1996, available at Family History Library

St. John's Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Prairie(now State) & Fourth
From 1870 City Directory

St. Martini Lutheran also known as Evangelisch Lutherische St. Martini Gemeinde (could be St. Martin)

Established: 1882
South 16th and West Orchard
daughter congregation of St. Stephen
Church records 1884-1955, available at Family History Library
Kirchenbuch, 1884-1919 , available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1884-1899, 1894-1902, 1894-1904, 1905-1919

St. Martini Lutheran
Missouri Synod

Established: 1884
Milwaukee
St. Martini started as a mission church from St. Stephen.

St. Paul's Lutheran

Established: 1839
Original church Fourth Street between Wells and Cedar Streets
1847 relocated to Fifth between Prairie (now State) and Tamarack
Established as Alt Lutheran's

Lay Pastors, then Rev. L.F. Krause

St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Franklin
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1865-1928

St. Peter's Immanuel Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Granville
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1864-1897, 1864-1933, 1866-1876, 1866-1879, 1877-1884, 1879-1889, 1889-1908, 1897-1933, 1909-1949

St. Stephen Lutheran
Missouri Synod

Established: July 13, 1854
South Side of Milwaukee
First church South Fifth and West Mineral Streets
Pastor Lochner with help from Pastor Dulitz
Church records 1854-1996, available at Family History Library

Trinity Lutheran

Established: 1847
Fourth Street between Wells and Cedar Streets
Established from newly established Missouri Synod Lutherans
Rev. E.G.W. Keyl of Frohna, Perry County, Missouri
Church records 1870-1968, available at Family History Library

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHES

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records ca. 1905-1927, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records from 1900-1927, 1903-1929

Bethany Evangelical Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1900-1920, available at Family History Library

Bethel Evangelical Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1893-1940, available at Family History Library

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Epiphany
Also known as Epiphany Evangelical Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1905-1917, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives church records 1899-1917, 1903-1917

Faith English Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1907-1920, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1907-1920

First Evangelical Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Tamarack (now Highland) & Fifth
From 1870 City Directory

Frelsers Norsk Evangelical Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Norwegian
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1909-1933

German Evangelical Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
Parish and family registers, 1795-1968, available at Family History Library

Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1893-1954, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1893-1954

Hephatha Evangelical Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1913-1942, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1913-1942

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1922-1949, available at Family History Library

English Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Incarnation (also known as Incarnation Lutheran Church)

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1917-1937, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1914-1938,1917-1970

Evangelisch Lutherische Jerusalem Gemeinde
Also known as Jerusalem Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
Kirchenbuch, 1889-1922, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1889-1907,1908-1922

Kreuz Gemeinde Evangelical Lutheran

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
Kirchenbuch, 1870-1920, available at Family History Library

Mt. Olive Evangelical Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1894-1930, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1894-1943, 1905-1931

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Also known as Redeemer Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1890-1919, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1889-1911, 1910-1919

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation (also known as Reformation Lutheran Church)

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1908-1927, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1877-1917, 1908-1927

Salem Evangelical Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1900-1938, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1849-1970, 1866-1913, 1900-1938, 1910-1973

Evangelisch Lutherische Sarons Gemeinde

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
Kirchenbuch, 1895-1919, available at Family History Library

Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
At UW-Milwaukee Archives church records 1867-1889

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran (could be same St. John's above)

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1852-1865, 1866-1921, 1868-1881, 1866-1891, 1891-1908, 1908-1955

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Oak Creek
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1866-1956

Evangelisch Lutherische St. Marcus Gemeinde
Also known as St. Marcus Lutheran

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
Kirchenbuch, 1875-1919 , available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1875-1885, 1884-1894, 1884-1899, 1895-1923

St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Cudahy
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1913-1931

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1895-1919

St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran (formerly St. Matthaeus)
Also known as St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran

Established: 1865
8444 W. Melvina Street in Milwaukee
1881 Rev. A. Hoenecke Pastor
Church records 1866-1927, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1866-1900, 1893-1928

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1901-1926, available at Family History Library

Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter's Church
Also known as St. Peter's Evangelical Church

Established: unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1861-1922 , available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church records 1861-1868, 1869-1896, 1891-1922, 1909-1921

St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1909-1978, available at Family History Library
At UW-Milwaukee Archives: Church Records 1909-1978

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1862-1950, available at Family History Library

Trinity Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church (could be same Trinity above)

Established: Unknown
Milwaukee
Church records 1906-1922, available at Family History Library

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

Established: 1884
West North Avenue and North 21st Street
Pastor J. Schuette
Church records 1884-1957, available at Family History Library