Stained glass windows in Old
St Mary's Church, Cincinnati, OHIO
Source: Old St Mary's Church: A History of the First
160 Years of Catholic Faith,
compiled
by Jeffrey G Herbert, Little Miami Publishing, 2006,
ISBN-13:
978-1-932250-45-9, pg 130
The names on the twelve large stained glass windows
are from various periods in the history of the church.
Most were names of parishioners during the renovation
in the 1890s.
Window Name Born-Died Place born
1 Ferdinand Ronnebaum 1831-1914 Damme, Oldenburg, Germany
2 Bernard Steinkamp 1827-1906 Neuenkirchen, Oldenburg, Germany
3 Mary A
Heller 1933-1997 founder of Mary Magdalen House
Helen
Wehner 1889-1971 Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany
4 J Joseph Nurre 1848-1900 Neuenkirchen, Oldenburg, Germany
F August
Kroeger 1827-1906 Cloppenburg, Oldenburg Germany
5 J Heinrich Wuebben 1830-1877 Freren, Hannover, Germany
J Bernard Lampe 1827-1906 Damme, Oldenburg, Germany
6 Heinrich Kuhlmann 1820-1894
George Kuhlmann 1851-19__ Goldenstedt, Oldenburg, Germany
Maria bitt fur uns (Mary pray for us)
7 John
Rolfes 1859-1943 Hannover, Germany
8 Nickolas
H Hackmann 1815-1892 Belm,
Hannover, Germany
B
Clemens Dodt 1846-1908 family from Visbek, Oldenburg,
Germany
9 Georg H VonderAhe 1833-1905 Schwagsdorf, Hannover, Germany
J Dominick Hoppe 1828-1885 Bakum, Oldenburg, Germany
10 Clemens Muckerheide 1826-1913 Visbek, Oldenburg, Germany
J Freiderich Essen 1839-1891 Goldenstedt, Oldenburg, Germany
11 Bernard Kluemper 1824-1906 Hannover, Germany
12 Johan Friederich Albers 1823-1895 Neuenkirchen (im Huelsten), Hannover, Germany;
G Herman Steuter 1842-1909 Hopsten, Westfalen, Germany
Other smaller windows at the main entrance to the church near 13th Street include:
Clay St Side Werner Tepe 1827-1907 Damme, Oldenburg, Germany
J
Bernard Burdick 1851-19__ Damme, Oldenburg, Germany; and the
Herbert family.
Center B Friederich Steinemann 1825-1869 Damme, Oldenburg, Germany
Elisabeth Nurre 1814-1891 Neuenkirchen, Oldenburg, Germany;
and
J Bernard Menke 1813-1896 Vechta, oldenburg, Germany
Main St Side T H Meier; Anton Kersting 1836-1877 Amrein near Freden, Germany; and
Friederich
Schultz 1818-1896 Kotjanowitz, Bohemia, Chech
Republic.
Source:
Old St Mary's Church: A History of the First 160 Years of Catholic Faith,
compiled by Jeffrey G Herbert, Little Miami Publishing, 2006, ISBN-13:
978-1-932250-45-9, pg 130 The names on the twelve large stained glass windows
are from various periods in the history of the church. Most were names of
parishioners during the renovation in the 1890s.
Window
1 – Ferdinand Ronnebaum (1831-1914) born in Damme, Oldenburg, Germany Window 2
– Bernard Steinkamp (1827-1906) born in Neuenkirchen, Oldenburg, Germany Window
3 – Mary A Heller (1933-1997) founder of Mary Magdalen House; Helen Wehner
(1889-1971) born in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany Window 4- J Joseph Nurre
(1848-1900) born in Neuenkirchen, Oldenburg, Germany; F August Kroeger
(1827-1906) born in Cloppenburg, Oldenburg Germany Window 5- J Heinrich Wuebben
(1830-1877) born in Freren, Hannover, Germany; J Bernard Lampe (1827-1906) born
in Damme, Oldenburg, Germany Window 6 – Heinrich Kuhlmann (1820-1894); George
Kuhlmann
(1851-19__)
born in Goldenstedt, Oldenburg, Germany; Maria bitt fur uns (Mary pray for us)
Window 7- John Rolfes (1859-1943) born in Hannover, Germany Window 8 – Nickolas
H Hackmann (1815-19=892) born in Belm, Hannover, Germany; B Clemens Dodt
(1846-1908) family from Visbek, Oldenburg, Germany Window 9 – Georg H VonderAhe
(1833-1905) born in Schwagsdorf, Hannover, Germany; J Dominick Hoppe
(1828-1885) born in Bakum, Oldenburg, Germany Window 10 – Clemens Muckerheide
(1826-1913) born in Visbek, Oldenburg, Germany; J Freiderich Essen (1839-1891)
born in Goldenstedt, Oldenburg, Germany Window 11 – Bernard Kluemper
(1824-1906) born in Hannover, Germany Window 12 – Johan Friederich Albers
(1823-1895) born in Neuenkirchen (im Huelsten), Hannover, Germany; G Herman
Steuter (1842-1909) born in Hopsten, Westfalen, Germany Other smaller windows
at the main entrance to the church n 13th St include:
Clay
St Side – Werner Tepe (1827-1907) born in Damme, Oldenburg, Germany; J Bernard
Burdick (1851-19__) born in Damme, Oldenburg, Germany; and the Herbert family.
Center
– B Friederich Steinemann ( 1825-1869) born in Damme, Oldenburg, Germany;
Elisabeth Nurre (1814-1891) born in Neuenkirchen, Oldenburg, Germany; and J
Bernard Menke (1813-1896) born in Vechta, oldenburg, Germany Main St Side – T H
Meier; Anton Kersting (1836-1877) born in Amrein near Freden, Germany; and
Friederich Schultz (1818=1896) born in Kotjanowitz, Bohemia, Chech Republic.