American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Rhode Island (1906) religious affiliation, as reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, stated: <In 1906 there were in the state 264,712 communicants of various religious denominations, and of these 1 99,951 were Roman Catholics. Second in strength were the Baptists, who founded the colony; in 1906 they numbered 19,878, of whom 14,304 were of the Northern Convention. There were 15,443 Protestant Episcopalians; 9,858 Congregationalists; 7,892 Methodists. The Friends, whose influence was so strong in the early history of Providence, numbered in 1906 only 648 in the whole state.> 1906RI001 The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company,...

Pennsylvania (1906) religious affiliation, as reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, published in 1911, stated: <In 1906 the members of different religious denominations in the state totalrd 2,977,022 of whom 1,717,037 were Protestants and 1,214,734 were Catholics. Thought there are many smaller religious sects in the state; the main denominations in 1906 are: Methodist-363,443, Lutheran-335,643, Presbyterian-322,542, Reformed Church-177,270, Baptist-141,694, Protestant Episcopalian-99,021, United Brethren-55,574, United Evangelical-45,480, Disciples of Christ-26,458, German Baptist Brethren-23,176, Eastern Orthodox-22,123, Mennonites-16,527, Congregational-14,811, Evangelical Association-13,294, Friends-12,457, Church of God or "Winnebrennerians"-11,157, and Moravian-5,322.> 1906PA001 The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company, stated as of...

North Carolina (1906) religious affiliation, as reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, published in 1911, stated: <The Baptist and Methodist Churches are the leading religious denominations in the state; but there are also Presbyterians, Lutherans, members of the Christian Connection (O'Kellyites), Disciples of Christ (Campbellites) Episcopalians, Friends, Roman Catholics, Moravians and members of other denominations.> 1906NC001 http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/North_Carolina The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company, stated as of 1906, a census listed North Carolina as: <Baptist, white 824,385 Baptist, col. 235,540 Christian 165,503 Congregationalists 15,909 Disciples 2,699 Friends 13,637 Lutheran 6,752 Methodist, white 17,740 Methodist, col. 191,760...

New York (1906) religious affiliation, as reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, published in 1911, stated: <Of 3,591,974 members of all religious denominations in 1906, 2,285,768 were Roman Catholics 313,689 Methodist Episcopalians 199,923 Presbyterians 193,890 Protestant Episcopalians 176,981 Baptists 124,644 Lutherans 57,351 Congregationalists 35,342 Jews (heads of families only), 26,183 members of the German Evangelical Synod, 19,302 members of Eastern Orthodox Churches 10,761 Universalists.> 1906NY001 The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company, stated: <As of 1890, the Federal Census Bureau listed Catholics as 55 percent of New York's total Church members. As of 1905, New York's...

New Jersey (1906) religious affiliation, as reported in The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, published in 1911, stated: <As regards Church affiliation, in 1906 Roman Catholics were the most numerous, with 442,432 members out of a total of 857,548 communicants of all denominations; there were 122,511 Methodists, 79,912 Presbyterians, 65,248 Baptists, 53,921 Protestant Episcopalians, 32,290 members of the Reformed (Dutch) Church in America, and 24,147 Lutherans.> 1906NJ001 <In 1910, New Jersey's population, as reported in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company, was 2,537,167, of which 20 percent were Catholic.> 1906NJ002 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer,...