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Baptisms and burials: the Sporleder and Falke entries of the Esperde lists, 1770–1791 (the Altarist Christoph Sporleder, the Corporal Sporleder, Heinrich Harm Sporleder, the Altarist Johann Christoph Falke)
Transcript and translation
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Transcription (original language)
[Bild 41, 1770, level 1:] Corporal Sporleder['s] Sohn Wilhelm [about 21 Feb]; Trompeter Sporleder['s] Tochter … Justine [7 Apr] | [Bild 42, 1771, level 2:] Ilse Caroline Marie Louise geboren den 8ten Mart. 1771, [Vater] ist der Altar[ist] Joh: Christoph Sporleder. | [Bild 43, p. 41, 1772, level 2:] [… Meyer] und Altarist Christoph Sporleder, Tochter Anne Sophie Louise getauft. | [Bild 43, right page, 1773, level 2:] Den 6ten Jan. Hinr. Herm. Sporleder?, Sohn Wilhelm Leopold getauft. | [Bild 44, p. 42, 10 Nov 1773, level 1:] des Herrn Corporals Sporleders Tochter Maria Sophie Louise. | [Bild 46, p. 44, 1776, level 2:] Den Altarist Christoph Falke(?) eine Tochter … Wilhelmine Louise Caroline, getauft 29 [Jan]. | [Bild 49, p. 47, 26 Feb 1778, level 1:] Dem Altarist Christoph Sporle[der] eine Tochter … Engel Dorothee Caroline. | [Bild 50, p. 48, 1778, level 1:] 31 [Jul] Dem Herrn Corporal Christoph Sporleder eine Tochter Ilse Christine Wilhelmine. | 15 [Sept] Den Altarist Christoph Falke(?) einen Sohn Johann Heinrich Wilhelm, getauft 18 | [Bild 56, p. 54, 1782, level 2:] 11 April dem Altaristen Christoph Falke seine Tochter Engel Dorothea Louise, getauft 15. | [Bild 57, p. 55, 1783, clear:] 19 April Dem Altarist Heinrich Christoph Spor-/leder sein Sohn Johann Heinrich Wilhelm geboren, getauft 23. | [Bild 59, p. 57, 1784, burial:] [April] ist dem Meyer und Altarist Joh. Christoph Falke seine Tochter Engel Dorothea Louise gestorben. | [Bild 61, p. 59, 1785, burial:] 28 April ist der Meyer und Altarist Johann Christoph Falke an der Brustkrankheit gestorben, alt 58 J 9 M 9 T. | [Bild 64, p. 62, 1787, burial, level 2:] [d. ?] ist der Meyer und gewesener Altarist Christoph Sporleder an einer auszehrenden Entkräftigung gestorben, alt 43 Jahr [? Monat] und 3 Wochen, und d. 8? beerdigt. | [Bild 66, p. 64, 1788, burial, level 2:] d. 2[?] April ist Johann Christian Sporleder an einer starken Durchfall gestorben … Alter [3 or 8?] Jahr 6 Monat [?] Wochen. | [Bild 70, p. 68, top left, 1791, level 2:] [14?]ten Febr. ist der Meyer Heinrich Harm Sporleder an der Auszehrung gestorben und am 17ten beerdigt. Alter 50 Jahr [11?] Monat und [3?] Tage. | [9?]ten Merz ist die Alt Wittw[e] Engel Marie Meyerahrens an der Auszehrung gestorben. Alter 68 Jahr weniger [?] Monat.
Translation (English)
[1770, level 1:] Corporal Sporleder's son Wilhelm [about 21 February]; Trumpeter Sporleder's daughter … Justine [7 April] | [1771:] Ilse Caroline Marie Louise born 8 March 1771; [the father] is the Altarist Joh[ann] Christoph Sporleder. | [1772:] [… Meyer] and Altarist Christoph Sporleder, a daughter Anne Sophie Louise baptized. | [1773:] On 6 January, to Hinr[ich] Herm[ann] Sporleder?, a son Wilhelm Leopold baptized. | [10 November 1773, level 1:] the daughter Maria Sophie Louise of the Herr Corporal Sporleder. | [1776:] to the Altarist Christoph Falke(?) a daughter … Wilhelmine Louise Caroline, baptized 29 [January]. | [26 February 1778, level 1:] to the Altarist Christoph Sporle[der] a daughter … Engel Dorothee Caroline. | [1778, level 1:] 31 [July] to the Herr Corporal Christoph Sporleder a daughter Ilse Christine Wilhelmine. | 15 [September] to the Altarist Christoph Falke(?) a son Johann Heinrich Wilhelm, baptized the 18th | [1782:] 11 April to the Altarist Christoph Falke his daughter Engel Dorothea Louise, baptized the 15th. | [1783:] 19 April to the Altarist Heinrich Christoph Sporleder his son Johann Heinrich Wilhelm born, baptized the 23rd. | [1784, burial:] [April] the daughter Engel Dorothea Louise of the Meyer and Altarist Joh. Christoph Falke died. | [1785, burial:] 28 April the Meyer and Altarist Johann Christoph Falke died of a chest illness, aged 58 years 9 months 9 days. | [1787, burial:] [day not read] the Meyer and former Altarist Christoph Sporleder died of a wasting weakness, aged 43 years [? months] and 3 weeks, and was buried on the 8th(?). | [1788, burial:] on 2[?] April Johann Christian Sporleder died of a severe diarrhoea … aged [3 or 8] years 6 months [?] weeks. | [1791:] on [14?] February the Meyer Heinrich Harm Sporleder died of consumption and was buried on the 17th; aged 50 years [11?] months and [3?] days. | on [9?] March the "Alt Wittw[e]" Engel Marie Meyerahrens died of consumption; aged 68 years less [?] months.
Notes
The 1787 burial stands between entries of 20 July and 7 November 1787; an age of 43 fits Hinrich Christoph, baptized 13 February 1744, son of the Altarist Hinrich Wilhelm Sporleder (PROBABLE). The 1791 Heinrich Harm Sporleder (born about March 1740): a son of Hinrich Wilhelm POSSIBLE only. "Alt Wittw[e]" may mean "old widow" or abbreviate "Altaristen Wittwe": THEORY that Engel Marie Meyerahrens is Hinrich Wilhelm's widow. Sporleder, Falke and Gesterling are confused at level 1: items of 1776 and 1778 (15 September) stay unresolved; 1782 and 1784–1785 are Falke (a second Altarist, born about 1726, died 1785); the Bild 58 child of 1783 is Gesterling. The baptisms name no mother; sponsors not read. The widow of Hinrich Wilhelm (died 1767) is not found 1768–1790. Grade: STATED for the register text (days and ages marked); identifications as above.