Family Names Noted in Ora Labora Meeting Minutes

The following 56 names were mentioned in the general business meeting minutes for Ora Labora. Typically they were noted with given credit for an item or labor or payment. The list is not exhaustive but offers some evidence of those families that participated in the Ora Labora community in 1863-1864.

These names were taken from handwritten translated meeting minutes. Many only offer the last name. In the meeting minutes they were denoted as “Brother X”

Ora Labora Members from Minutes of Meetings 1863-1864

John Flueckinger Sr.
John Flueckinger Jr.
John Hoffman
Rudolf Flueckinger
Herman Roedel
Schuls
Wagner
Martin Stocker
Behueus
Louis Faul
Wolpert
Knehbiet
Spinder
Steinman
Mattis Stolkew
Goeschew
Dietsel
Schulz
Ludwig Gracfe
Heine
S. Staige
F. Woepent
W. Bushman
Ch. Auschutz
C.F.W. Heinmann
Fr. Mueller
Widmer
Adolf Muchlstein
Albert Rouch
Eschbach
Randolf Rouch
Dreher
Adam Klippel
Goerfert
Ferdinand Longbeir
Seckamp
Augus Bletsch
Adolf Kuusmann
Fr. Flinekinger
Jacob Wm. Schatz
H. Notter
Heinrich Friedvich Frobe
Willy Stockev
Stauge
Bochmann
Fr. H.R.Kruger
H T.L. Kruger
L.A. Kruger
William Schultz
Englebert Dracher
William Kinde
William Koch
Henry Frobe
Henry Wager
Gottlieb Ahr – Cobbler/Shoemaker

Source

Microfilm German Christian Agricultural and Benevolent Society of Ora Labora records, 1862-1895. Bentley Historical Library – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor