Churches of the Schochenmaiers (New World, part 3b)

Today, I'm going on with making list of churches which could be attended by the Schochenmaiers.

I stress one more time as I don't know about every moving into various places around New World, the easiest way for me is to follow the "first" Schochenmaiers where they got children (birth places) and where they were registred (national and state census).


Jacob Schochenmaier (1861-1923) 

In May 1886 Jacob had immigrated to the United States through New York. He was 24 years old. Eight months later his son Jacob (1887-1975) was born in Alexander (McKenzie county, North Dakota). He was Jacob's first child (first Schochenmaier who had been born in America). 

 

I don't understand how it would have been possible because on Wikipedia you read as follows: 

Alexander is a city in McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 223 at the 2010 census. Alexander was founded in 1905 and is named after early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie.

If the town had been found in 1905, how could he have born in 1887 there??? But maybe he had lived around that place))) 

I've found four churches in Alexander, ND: 

1. Alexander Church of the Nazarene

2. Highland Lutheran Church

3. Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church

4. Trinity Lutheran Church

But there is only one photo of a church (which one???) next to the school building 




 

















In November 1893 Mary (Maria) was born. I haven't found any precise information on where she had been born. Sometimes it was noticed just "Canada"... Well, we've got nothing.  However, it sounds pretty strange ... in 1887 Jacob was born in the U.S., 6 years later his sister is to be born in Canada and then 4 years later Paul and Samual were born in the U.S. again... It means within 10 years they had relocated twice with two little children... From Alexander (ND) to Canada there are only 120 miles by car.

In 1897 Paul and Samuel, 1898 -Emanuel were born in Lynch, Nebraska. With Paul we can be sure, but there are some doupts concerning Samuel (if Paul wasn't born earlier! for example, in 1896). By the way, from Canada to Lynch (NE) they count up to 600 miles!!!

There are five churches: 

Lynch Wesleyan Church

Christ Lutheran Church

Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church (Catholic) 

Lynch United Methodist Church

Adventist Church 

Wesleyan Church

Lutheran Church 

In 1900 David, 1903 Charlotte and 1904 Lydia were born in Goodrich (Sheridan County, North Dakota). It's in 410 miles away from Lynch (Nebraska). About Charlotte and Lydia we cannot be absolutely sure, we just know they were born in North Dakota. Sometime for the last daughter it's noticed "Canada". According to other data, David was born in Harvey (Wells County, North Dakota). What a mess((( But it's important to point out that between Harvey and Goodrich there are about 30 miles. 

 

Harvey is a city in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,783 at the 2010 census. Harvey was founded in 1893 as a division point by the Soo Line Railway. According to the book published in 1981 on the 75th anniversary of the town's incorporation as a city in 1906, Harvey, ND is believed to have been named for a director of the Soo Line Railway: Col. Scott William Harvey of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

 

There a lots of churchs in Harvey. Below you'll find some of them whose pics are on the net: 

 

Harvey Mennonite Brethren Church, 1948

 

St. Cecelia Catholic Church

 

Bethel Church east of Harvey

 

Wesley United Methodist Church

 

First Lutheran Church

 

Victory Baptist Church

Let's switch to Goodrich:

 

 Goodrich is a city in Sheridan County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 98 at the 2010 census. Goodrich was founded in 1901.

 Have you noticed? It's the same situation as with Jacob (1887)))) David was born in 1900 in the township that would have been founded one year later. I start sugessting it's OK. 

I've found five churches therein: 

 

• Butlers Chapel United Methodist Church
   
• First Baptist Church
   
• Goodrich Adventist Church
• Peace Lutheran Church

 

and Church of God

  

After having discussed with some of the Jacob's descendants, I can conclude that most of them are Adventists. I do realize that the subject is more than just delicate but ceveral persons made suggestions that the split between Michael (1859) and Jacob (1961) had been caused by that religious reasons. The descendants of Michael are mostly reformed Protestants (among others Baptists plus several Catholics, etc.) The question is since when Jacob was converted to Adventism? I've found the Jacob's immigration certificate from year 1923 where Jacob noticed that he was Baptist. Actually, it doesn't fit very well because at that time the brothers were not in the narrow communication anymore((. So I do not rely 100 per cent upon these thoughts. 

All corrections are welcome!!! 

Pierre’s Schochenmaier to retire as city administrator after a decade

http://www.capjournal.com/news/pierre-s-schochenmaier-to-retire-as-city-administrator-after-a/article_b7a0a6d8-bc29-11e6-9685-dbacae2bfe71.html

Leon Schochenmaier, Pierre’s low-key and award-winning city administrator for the past decade, credited with a steady hand in leading the city’s flood-fighting and recovery effort in 2011, said Tuesday he will retire next summer.

At the end of of the City Commission’s weekly meeting, Schochenmaier, asked for any comments, said, “I have one item. It’s a big night for me. I’m going to announce my retirement effective June 30, 2017.”

That will make it 11 years as the city’s administrator, the right hand guy for Mayor Laurie Gill and the professional executive for the five-member Commission, which includes Gill.

He sits in the middle, on Gill's left hand, at Commission meetings, a meaningful location, as Commissioners typically turn to him for data and figures, the ins and outs and nuts and bolts of city government.

“Well, this is big news for the city of Pierre,” Mayor Gill said in response to Schochenmaier’s announcement, that’s been a quiet secret for a few months among city leaders but a surprise, none the less, to many observers.

“Leon, you have been an exceptional administrator,” Gill said, in her ninth year as mayor after several years on the commission. “My perception of what we have done is to really raise the bar of professionalism in the city. You bring to us a level of expertise because you are technically an engineer by trade, so you bring that technical expertise along with the ability to manage in a calm way.”

Commissioner Jamie Huizenga said, “We are going to miss you, You have brought a lot of wisdom , a lot of expertise and a sense of calm to get us through plenty of adventures here at City Hall.”

Blake Barringer, a new commissioner this year but a veteran engineer who spent a career in private firms doing work with and for the city and the state, added a special personal note: “It’s too bad you won’t be sticking on two and a half more years, with me in this first term. But I guess knowing and working with you for 36 years , with your original background, you taught me a lot.”

Schochenmaier is recognized statewide as an effective city leader.

A year ago, he was given the Excellence in South Dakota Municipal Government Award, the top prize handed out by the South Dakota Municipal League.

“To be the one recipient from the very impressive list of nominees we received this year is really a testament to Leon and his commitment to the city of Pierre,” Municipal League Director Yvonne Taylor said in October 2015 of Schochenmaier. “He is widely regarded throughout the state as an excellent leader and advisor to many.”

Gill told the Capital Journal last year that Schochenmaier led the city’s effort to set up the state’s first consolidated 911/emergency dispatch center that handles calls from several counties and agencies.

“During the 2011 flood, Leon worked on little to no sleep to direct department heads and coordinate with stakeholders to save property and mitigate damage,” Gill said last year when he won the state award. “He was indispensable in helping the community and its residents prepare for, sustain and recover from the flood.”

Schochenmaier, who turns 66 on Dec. 19, grew up on a farm and ranch near Bonesteel, South Dakota, a hamlet just north of Nebraska and just west of the MIssouri River.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at SDSU in Brookings and worked 31 years for the state - 13 at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and 18 years at the transportation department, before being hired as Pierre’s second city administrator.

In the summer of 2006 he was hired to replace Rod Leisinger, who had become Pierre first city administrator in 2004.

The big flood of the Missouri River in 2011 that devastated Pierre and Fort Pierre was his biggest challenge but also an accomplishment that “was very rewarding,” he said.

He did the main work and got the big bucks: his 2016 salary is $130,500, the most by a stretch of any city employee.

The stress and hours of work during the flood didn’t shorten his career at the city, in fact, the opposite, he told the Capital Journal:  “I stayed longer because of that. I wanted to make sure we got all the projects done.”
That means this fall’s repair and paving of the parking lot in Steamboat Park near the bandstand, as the last bit of flood recovery work on the city’s infrastructure, was more than symbolic.

“That was it,” he said of staying on the job was done.

Now he’s ready for his next step on life, he said in his low-key style of leadership that wasn’t about him being out front: “It’s time for new ideas.”

It’s typical of his quiet,understated way of always being prepared with the needed information or decision that Schochenmaier said he wanted to give the city plenty of lead time to hire his replacement, because “there are a lot to things to get done.”

  “I will assure you it will be a very smooth transition.”

Someone asked him if he was moving.

“No. This is home, I’m not going anywhere.”

After the meeting, commissioners bantered with Schochenmaier. Was he now going to throw his hat in the ring for the governor’s race? Commissioner JIm Mehlhaff asked with smile.

No way, Schochenmaier laughed.

But some have asked him if now he is going to run for the City Commission, he admitted.

“Yes, I’m going to run  as fast and far away from it as I can!”

GIll said she was starting on recruiting a successor for Schochenmaier “immediately,” “It’s my goal  we will have an administrator in place by the time Leon retires, or at least we will know who that will be.”

She said the recruitment process would be “an internal process,” not farmed out to a consultant, but  handled by Laurie Granlund, human resources director and directed by Gill and the Commission. .

“There is not a predetermined candidate at this  point,” she said. “There will be a comprehensive search” for a new administrator.

In  written statement released Tuesday evening, Gill said: “Our community has been very fortunate to have someone of Leon’s caliber and dedication. Under his leadership, the city has grown into a much more sophisticated, professional organization with a focus on getting the job done. He will be greatly missed.”

http://www.drgnews.com/city-administrator-schochenmaier-announces-june-retirement/

City Administrator Schochenmaier Announces June Retirement

PIERRE SD – Pierre City Administrator Leon Schochenmaier announced that he will retire next summer.

Schochenmaier, who has served as the City Administrator for more than a decade, will leave the post June 30, 2017.

“I greatly enjoy serving the people of Pierre,” said Schochenmaier.  “That made my decision to retire a difficult one, but it’s time for me to start the next chapter of my life.”

Pierre Mayor Laurie Gill praised Schochenmaier’s work as city administrator.

“Our community has been very fortunate to have someone of Leon’s caliber and dedication.  Under his leadership, the city has grown into a much more sophisticated, professional organization with a focus on getting the job done.  He will be greatly missed!”

In the coming months, the City Commission will start working to find Schochenmaier’s replacement and develop out transition plans.

Schochenmaier has served as Pierre’s City Administrator since 2006. Prior to his position with the City of Pierre, Leon worked in various engineering and leadership capacities for the State of South Dakota