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Baptism: August Hermann Karl Steffen, Halle, born 15 January, baptized 2 February 1873 (godmother the widow of "Häusling Ludwig Waßmann")
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Transcription (German)
2\. Steffen, Heinrich Karl August, Stellmacher, Häusling zu Halle. | Waßmann, Karoline Wilhelmine Justine, geboren zu Halle am 19 Juli 1849. | der fünfzehnte Januar, Nachts zwei Uhr. | der zweite Februar. | Sohn: August Hermann Karl. | Pathe: die Wittwe des Häuslings Ludwig Waßmann zu Halle, Caroline geborene Möller. | Die Namen sind gehörig documentirt.
Translation (English)
No. 2. Father: Heinrich Karl August Steffen, wheelwright, Häusling at Halle. Mother: Karoline Wilhelmine Justine Waßmann, born at Halle 19 July 1849. Born 15 January [1873], 2 a.m.; baptized 2 February. Son: August Hermann Karl. Godmother: Caroline née Möller, widow of the Häusling Ludwig Waßmann of Halle.
Notes
The godmother is the child's grandmother: Karl Ludewig Waßmann's wife, entered as Hanne Karoline Möller in 1849 (390652, Bild 22). Karl Ludewig was therefore styled "Häusling Ludwig Waßmann zu Halle," the style, forename form and place of the 1859 Linse godfather, and he was dead by January 1873.
Household keys H-7 and H-2.
Grade: Stated (event, godmother). Identifies "Häusling Ludwig Waßmann" as Karl Ludewig: probable, close to confirmed.
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