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Baptism: Anne Dorothea Christine Brand, Linse, 19 May 1783 (born 16 May)

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Transcription (Latin and German)

16\. Linse am 19. May. Christoph Brand u. Anne Cath. Vo-/ges, alt 41 Jahr, eine Tochter (nata d. 16. May hor. 8 antem.). Gevattern: Andr. Meier[?], L. [...]. Nom: Anne Dorothea Christine.

Translation (English)

No. 16. Linse, 19 May [1783]. Christoph Brand and Anne Catharina Voges, aged 41, [had] a daughter [baptized] (born 16 May at 8 in the morning). Godparents: Andreas Meier[?], Linse; [the rest not read]. Name: Anne Dorothea Christine.

Notes

  • The mother's age, 41, puts her birth about 1741 or 1742.
  • The last child of the couple found; no later Brand-Voges child to April 1787.
  • Grade: Probable (identity); draft read.

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