Saint Michael (Garber, Iowa)

Saint Michael (Garber, Iowa)

"Saint Michael Parish got its start when in 1863 John Shonagel built a small frame church at his own expense in the town of Elkport, not even a mile across the river from the village of Garber in Clayton County. Several priests came from the neighboring parishes to care for the Catholics of the Elkport area: Father Michael Lynch from Holy Cross in Dubuque County, Father Conrad Schulte from Guttenberg, Father Stephen Massjost from Guttenberg, and Father O’Belrne from Elkader. In 1871, Father H. Gaul, the first resident pastor, began a larger church of stone to replace the Elkport frame church. His successor, Father Michael Quirk, continued the project, and Father B. W. Coyle saw it to completion."

-Edgar Kurt, Profile #54, The Witness, 30 December 1987

The Archdiocese of Dubuque.
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.

Loras College
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"

Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.

English.

Various primary and secondary sources.

1863-
History of the parish over the span of 155 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

FINANCIAL REPORT (11 documents) 

CERTIFICATE (1 document) - Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament 1939

TAX REPORT (11 documents) -1954 Estate Tax 

APPOINTMENT Ticket (1 document) - Justice of the Peace 1879. 

LETTER (2 documents) - Letter from Town Council; Leo Flaherty 

VOTING TICKET (2 documents) 1929, 1933

BUILDING/LAND  PAPERS (11 documents) 1917; 1912; 1916; 1917;1923; 1924

HISTORY (3 documents) 

CEMETERY (2 documents) 

CLOSING (2 documents)