Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Schlinkert, Robert 1868 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

REV. ROBERT SCHLINKERT.

    The Rev. Robert Schlinkert, pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic church at New
Ulm, this county, is a native of Germany, having been born in the town of
Warstein, in Westphalia, July 21, 1868, son of Frank and Wilhelmina (Spanke)
Schlinkert, both natives of Westphalia. Frank Schlinkert was a village merchant,
a calling he followed until his death. He was born on November 1, 1822, and died
on March 31, 1897. His widow survived him a little more than four years, her
death occurring on April 14, 1901. They were the parents of nine children, of
whom seven are still living, the subject of this sketch being the only one,
however, who has ever been a resident of Brown county.

    Robert Schlinkert received his elementary education in the public schools of
his native town, where he also attended the high school or gymnasium for two
years. Soon after coming to the United States he entered St. Thomas College at
St. Paul, this state, where he studied for five years in preparation for the
seminary. After the prescribed six-years course in the seminary he was ordained
to the holy priesthood in 1899 and on December 17 of that year celebrated his
first mass at the Church of the Assumption at St. Paul.

    After his college and seminary career the authorities retained him at St.
Thomas College as an instructor in German, Latin and ancient history. After four
years of valuable service in that capacity, Father Schlinkert was assigned to a
parish at Hampton, this state, and for six years remained at that place as
pastor of St. Matthew's church during which period of service he did much toward
extending the general interests of the parish, improving the same largely both
in a spiritual and a material way. In 1910 Father Slinkert was transferred to
the more important parish of Holy Trinity at New Ulm and has ever since been
serving as pastor of that church, the interests of which also have been largely
advanced under his intelligent and efficient direction.

     Father Schlinkert is chaplain of the New Ulm branch of the Knights of
Columbus and serves in the same capacity in the local branch of the Catholic
Order of Foresters, in the affairs of both of which organizations he takes a
warm interest.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana


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