The series contains original affidavits of registration that record personal information about each registrant, their photograph affixed to the majority of documents, and the registrants fingerprints. All of these are specific to Kansas, and most have the actual documents attached.
Isaac Hellmuth, Bishop of Huron, and founder of the Hellmuth Colleges, was born near Warsaw, Poland, December 14, 1817. He is of Jewish extraction; was educated at the University of Breslau; in 1841, having abandoned the faith of his family, made a public profession of Christianity, and three years later, as we learn from the Clerical Guide and Churchman’s Directory, he came to Canada, ” bearing the highest commendations from many eminent men, including the Most Reverend Dr. Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury.” Our subject was ordained Deacon in 1846, and the same year Priest, by the Bishop of Quebec; served … Read more