Alton Reformed ChurchOriginally known as the "Reformed Church of East Orange" EARLY MEMBERSHIP RECORDS of Reformed Church of East Orange 1877 - approx 1910 ~Old Ledger (132 pgs) Transcribed by Linda Ziemann & Sarah Theis, volunteers; Wilma Vande Berg, history consultant Ledger Page Links begin here......Or use the individual page links below:
HISTORY of the East Orange Reformed Church - renamed Alton Reformed Church After traveling to Orange City for seven years to attend the Reformed Church there, the Hollanders of East Orange felt it was time to establish a church in their community. The first preaching service was conducted by Rev. S. Bolks of Orange City on a Friday afternoon in the middle of March, 1877, in the school house. At the close of the meeting, plans were discussed for the organization of a Reformed Church at this place. Dirk Gleysteen, Hermanas De Kraay, and Boot Smits were appointed a committee to circulate a petition and see how many people would unite with the new organization to be formed. The result was that 27 families signed the petition for organization, many of whom were at the time members of the church of Orange City. After going through the proper channels the Classis of Illinois of the Reformed Church appointed a committee of two, Rev. S. Bolks and elder H. Muilen-burg of Orange City, to organize a congregation in East Orange. This Committee met with the petitioners in the school house on the 18th of May, 1877. The meeting was opened with a short (continued text on the church photo)
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