 The Lutheran Church in Lihu'e, Kaua'i, 1885 (photo courtesy of Ursula Timann) |
Lihue
Lutheran Church and School Lihu'e, Kaua'i, Hawaii |
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The Lutheran Church in Lihu'e, Kaua'i, 1885 (photo courtesy of Ursula Timann) |
Lihue
Lutheran Church and School Lihu'e, Kaua'i, Hawaii |
The Lutheran Church in Lihu'e, Kaua'i, was
built in a traditional form of German church plans of Fredrich
Richter, the first minister. Later along side they established a
school in which he also taught. The school was sponsored by the
Isenburg family that brought many of the German settlers to the
Lihu'e Plantation on Kaua'i. "Paul Isenberg has been called the
father of Lutheranism in Hawai'i. He was the sone of Lutheran
minister in Hanover, Germany. He workd for the Lihu'e Plantation
and later became its president. ... In due time he
arranged for his younger brother, Hans, who had been ordained as
a Lutheran pastor in Germany, to be the pastor of the Lihue's
church, serving from 1887, until his death in 1918. Pastor
Hans Isenberg also followed his brother as president of the
company and for many years was a very successful businessman as
well as pastor." [Lihue church
history. 2016]
Fredrich Richter about 1886, Hawaii
(photo courtesy of Ursula Timann)"The teacher and reverend Fredrich Richter who was a brother of my greatgrandmother. He was a house teacher in Honolulu before he joined the German comunity of immigrants in Kauai. He did not stay long though but returned to Germany where he married in about 1887, he died in 1906. I found some photographs in an album of my grandmother, one of them showing the Lutheran church that was built after his designs and of the German school. " [Ursula Timann, 5/30/03]
Fredrich Richter was born 12 Sept 1858 at
Langen near Badbergen, Germany. He was the first of seven
children. He emigrated to Hawaii and became a house teacher in
Honolulu by 1886. He became a reverend of the church in Kauai in
1887, apparently built to his design. He doesn't remain here
long. By 1888 after establishing the church he returns to
Germany where he marries Marie Karoline Lange of Bottom near
Ueffeln. They had six children together. Here he becomes a
reverend at Gehrde. From 1901 he was also the school inspector
for the district of BersenbrŸck in Lower Saxony near OsnabrŸck
until his death. He dies at Gehrde on 22 January 1906, less than
48 years old.
"Although they had been worshiping as a congregation for more than two years with a theological student as their leader, steps were taken to be formally recognized as a Lutheran congregation in Oct 1883. A constitution was drafted, and the church was organized on November 11, 1883, the 400th anniversary of the birth of martin Luther (actually November 10) as "Deutsche Evangelische Lutherische Germinde zu Lihu'e". [Lihue church history. 2016]
The present pastor is Rev. Dr. Paul K.
Kirchner. www.lihuelutheranchurch.com
Sources:
Cheryl's Family Index || Ancestor Chart #1 || Regional History || Surname Index || Occupations
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