Gonnering, Reverend Michael Nicholas

1875 - 1940  (65 years)    Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Gonnering, Michael Nicholas
  Prefix	Reverend
  Born	16 May 1875	Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Religious Vows	Aft 1893
  Ordained	Abt Jul 1905
  Obituary	8 Jul 1940
  NPA Mantowoc Hearld Time
  The Rev. Michael Gonnering, 65, Pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church of Mishicot from 1926 to 1932, died early today in an Appleton hospital after an illness of several weeks. Since 1932 he had been Pastor at St. Mary's Church in Stockbridge. Services will be held at 9:30 a.ml Thursday at St Mary's in Stockbridge with burial in the cemetery at East Wrightstown, his birth place. Father Gonners was born May 16, 1875 at East Wrightstown, Brown county, eldest of 11 children. At 16 he entered Green Bay Business College and graduated inbusiness practice. After taking a course in Latin from his pastor, hetook a classical course at St. Lawrence College at Mt. Calvary Wis., and the entered the Benedictine College of St Merihard Indiana. In 1902 he went to Europe and finished his course if Philosophy and Theology at the University of Fr. Bourgh, Witzerland under the Dominican Fathers. There he was ordained to the priesthool in July 1905 and had an audiece with the Pope. After he returned to the United States, Father Gonnering was appointed Assistant at St. Johns church in Green Bay and also served as Assistant pastor at Antigo. His first pastorate was at Candon in 1906, where he organized a new congregation and built a new church. He also built cchurches in two of the seven missions which he served in that vicinity. In Sept 1911 he was named by Bishop Fox to pastorate at Black Creek an two mission at Navanion andSholocton. At Black Creek he also organized a parish of Polish, French, German and Bohemians and built a church. Following this he was named to take charge at Clintonville, where he remained for four years and was then transferred to Mishicot where he took charge of Holy Cross church. He observed his silver Jubilee in the summer of 1930. Survivors are four brothers and two sisters, Peter of Green Bay, John of Crygal Minn. and Val & William of East Wrightstown, two sisters; Mr. E. Gussert of Green Bay and Mrs. Albert Ethier of Argyle Minn. 9-28- 1932 Mantiowoc Hearld Times: The Rev. Michael Gonnering, pastor at St. Mary's Catholic church at Stockbridge has returne from a two month tour of Europe. While in Rome he was present at three audiences given by Pope Piux XI. He was a passenger on the steamer, Europa" which made the trip from Bremen Germany to New York in four and a half says. Father Gonnering was formerly pastor at Holy Cross Mishicot.
  Died	8 Jul 1940	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I192582	1FamilyTree | JulieGonnering112641
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Gonnering, John,   b. 16 Oct 1848, Colbette, , Grevenmacher, Luxembourg ,   d. 17 Feb 1908, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Deng, Magdelena "Lena",   b. 10 Mar 1853, , , , Germany ,   d. 21 Oct 1939, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F25555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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