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BAPTISM: Anna Catharina, illegitimate daughter of Catharina Margaretha Allerkamp of Linse; the Wolfenbüttel soldier Johann Christoph Brand at Linse acknowledged as the father, 13 May 1753

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Transcription (original language)

18\) d. 13 huj. Catharina Margaretha Allerkamp aus Linse, ihr Bastard, ein Töchterlein taufen. Dazu den wolfenbüttelschen Soldaten Johann Christoph Brand in Linse zum Vater bekannt. nom. Anna Catharina.

Translation (English)

18\. On the 13th of this month [May 1753] Catharina Margaretha Allerkamp of Linse had her bastard, a little daughter, baptized; the Wolfenbüttel soldier Johann Christoph Brand at Linse acknowledged as the father. Name Anna Catharina.

Notes

PROVEN as the entry; STATED as the paternity. The soldier is PROBABLY George's 2x great-grandfather Christoph Brand (married 1763); the girl is PROBABLY the Cath. Marie Brand who died in 1773 aged 20 (F291). Image to save first. Grade: PROVEN (entry); the identifications PROBABLE.