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Baptism: unnamed daughter of Friedrich Waßmann, shepherd, Halle, 23 May 1790

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Transcription (German)

10 / Halle d. 17ten May h. IV vesp. [ist] Friedrich Waßmann ein[em] Schäfer eine Tochter [geboren]. Mutter Leonore Hundertmark alt 39 Jahr.

Gev.: Christoph Hundertmark, Christoph Nothvögel, Ilse Marie Rose, Justine Hundertmark.

get. am ersten Pfingsttage. Nom. [left blank]

Translation (English)

No. 10. Halle. On 17 May [1790] at 4 in the afternoon a daughter was born to Friedrich Waßmann, a shepherd. Mother: Leonore Hundertmark, aged 39.

Godparents: Christoph Hundertmark, Christoph Nothvögel, Ilse Marie Rose, Justine Hundertmark.

Baptized on the first day of Pentecost [23 May 1790]. Name: [left blank].

Notes

The father is a shepherd, not a miller. This is the Halle shepherd Friedrich Waßmann, not Friedrich Wasmann of Salzhemmendorf (F27).

Pentecost Sunday 1790 fell on 23 May.

The name line was never filled in.

Recapture: the inventory already holds a file of this name. Compare before merging.

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Transcription (German)

10\) Halle d. 17ten May h. IV vesp. Friedrich Waßmann, ein Schäfer, eine Tochter. Mutter Leonore Hundertmark, alt 39 Jahr. Gev.: Christoph Hundertmark, Christoph Nothvogel, Ilse Marie Rose, Justine Hundertmark. get. am ersten Pfingsttage. Nom. [next line].

Translation (English)

Halle, 17 May 1790, 4 in the afternoon: a daughter to the shepherd Friedrich Waßmann; mother Leonore Hundertmark, aged 39. Baptized on Whit Sunday (23 May 1790). Name on the next line.

Notes

The Halle shepherd Waßmann family (F51, F52; Closed Paths D8). Grade: STATED.