Parkway United Church of Christ | Des Peres, Saint Louis County, Missouri

Parkway United Church of Christ
2840 N. Ballas Road
Des Peres, Missouri 63131
St. Louis County

Founded 1838

Also known as: Deutsche Evangelische Gemeinde, German Evangelical Church, Deutsche Evangelische Zions Gemeinde, Zion German Evangelical Church, Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church. Zion was adopted about 1870 and the name “Parkway” dates from 1958.

Locations: Ballas Road between Manchester and Clayton Roads, 1848 – 1861; Ballas Road north of Clayton Road, 1861 – present. The present church, built in 1998, is located at 2840 N. Ballas Rd. across the street from the congregation’s 1871 church building.

Other information: A group of German families that began meeting for worship in 1837 constituted itself as the Evangelical Protestant Manchester Road Church in 1846 and built a log church near Manchester and Ballas Roads. When the congregation split in 1846, the faction that would become Parkway established a church on Ballas Road between Manchester and Clayton Roads. The remaining faction became the present-day St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church at 12354 Manchester Rd. Parkway was the mother church of six other German Evangelical congregations in St. Louis County.

Cemeteries: The original cemetery established in 1846 is still maintained by St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. The congregation that would become Parkway maintained a cemetery on Ballas Road near Clayton from 1848 – 1850. The church’s current cemetery is located at 2840 N. Ballas Rd. next to the congregation’s 1871 building. For early burials see, Richard Seiler, “Some Early German Burials in St. Louis County” in St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, 37, no. 2 (Summer 2004): 63 – 77.

See also: Generations of Faith, 1838 – 1988: 150 Years, Sesquicentennial, Parkway United Church of Christ.
St. Louis: Parkway United Church of Christ, 1988. R 285.834 G326

Film notes: The contents of Roll 1 (FHL 1433226) are repeated on Roll 57 (FHL 1976581). Roll 117 is a filming from 2007 that brings records current to 1990.

Text in German and English.

Digitized records

The records on FHL Roll nos. 1433226 and 1976581 (SLCL Roll nos. 1 and 57) are available digitally at FamilySearch.org.

Roll	Item	Ministerial Act	Years	Index	FHL Roll	Comments
1	2	Church Records			1433226	Film incorrectly lists as Item 1
1	2	Index to Baptisms			1433226
1	2	Baptism	1838–1898	Y	1433226	p. 60–141
1	2	Confirmation	1851–1894		1433226	p. 142–165
1	2	Marriage	1839–1906		1433226	p. 168–197
1	2	Communicants	1850–1909		1433226	p. 198–277
1	2	Burial	1839–1909		1433226	p. 322–361
1	2	Financial Records	1888–1899		1433226	p. 384–392
1	2	Register of Families	1859–1901		1433226	p. 393–450
1	2	Chronicle			1433226	p. 592–596
1	2	Additional Index to Baptisms			1433226	p. 600–607
1	2	Financial Records	1903–1905		1433226	p. 608–609
1	2	Baptism	1898–1909		1433226	p. 616–629
1	2	Marriage	1907–1909		1433226	p. 631
1	3	Baptism	1909–1961		1433226	p. 1–47
1	3	Confirmation	1909–1961		1433226	p. 133–151
1	3	Marriage	1909–1961		1433226	p. 157–179
1	3	Burial	1909–1961		1433226	p. 193–220
1	3	Statistics	1909–1956		1433226	p. 241–244
1	3	Family Register			1433226	p. 245–300
1	3	Financial Records	1909–1950		1433226	p. 301–331
1	3	Chronicle and Loose Papers			1433226	p. 341–359
57		Another filming of records on Roll 1			1976581
117		Cemetery information
117		Pastors	1838-1897
117		Baptisms	1838-1909
117		Marriages	1907-1909
117		Baptisms	1909-1993
117		Communicants and confirmations	1850-1888
117		Communicants	1909-1956
117		Confirmations	1909-2003
117		Communion records	1961-1964
117		Attendance and communion records	1980-1985			Filmed in reverse order
117		Communicants	1894-1956			Filmed out of order
117		Marriages	1839-1990
117		Deaths	1839-1990			Extracted from church and cemetery records
117		Deaths	1839-1990			Church records
117		Family register
117		Pastors	1957-1968
117		Constitution and minutes	1858-1931
117		Name index to church records
117		Membership records