St Mary Catholic Church (Toledo, Ohio) Records

Collection

Identifier: MS-0339

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

Church record books with baptisms, marriages, confirmations, first communions, deaths, and church census. Some records restricted.

Dates

Creation: 1854-2001

Extent

7 Reels (7 reels of 35mm microfilm)

Creator

St. Mary's Catholic Church (Toledo, Ohio) (Organization)

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages and deaths. Due to inconsistencies in pagination and transcription of data, researchers are encouraged to refer to all volumes within each series.

Parish History

On January 6, 1854, Father Charles Evrard was assigned the duty of establishing the first German speaking parish in Toledo, St. Mary Catholic Church. This parish was established so that the German speaking members of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church could have their own services and church. The parish began building their first church in the summer of 1854 and it was completed in March of 1857.

By the turn of the 19th Century the German population began to shift to the west of Toledo. Because of this shift the parish bought two acres of land on Page Street, between Cherry Street and Vermont Avenue, in order to relocate. The new church, school and auditorium were completed in 1904. Masses were said at both locations until 1932.

Beginning in the early 1940's the membership slowly began to decline. In 1941, there were 2,000 members. By 1980, there were only 700 members.

Conditions Governing Access

There is a seventy (70) year access restriction on baptism and marriage records. No restrictions apply to the remainder of this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

Some early records are in Latin.

Additional Description

Related Materials

The CAC also holds a collection of non-sacramental records for St. Mary's Catholic Church Loyola Club, which consists of scrapbooks of printed material and correspondence with servicemen during World War I.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The records of St. Mary's Catholic Church, 1941-2002, were transferred to the Center for Archival Collections fSome of the St. Mary's Catholic Church records were previously microfilmed in September 1997 with the cooperation of Sister Virginia Welsh of St. Mary's. At that time the baptisms were filmed through 1940. First Communions, Confirmations, Marriages and Deaths were filmed through 1960.or microfilming in April 2002 with the cooperation of Father David Beck of St. Mary's Catholic Church.