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Halle Kirchenbuch, Taufen und Trauungen 1707–1740
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The record
Archion Register 390645 — Wasmann/Wesemann entries, 24 leaves, with cross-references to 390647
Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang.-luth. Landeskirche Hannovers, Kirchenkreis Bodenwerder, Halle, Kirchenbuch (Taufen und Trauungen) 1707–1740, Archion register 390645. Individual leaves cited by Archion Bild number. Burial evidence at the end of the analysis is from Halle, Taufen Konfirmationen Beerdigungen 1741–1765, Archion register 390647.
Bild 121 — 16 February 1731, Halle
Baptism. Wasmann role: FATHER. Master Hans Wasmann, tailor.
German
[Preceding entry’s name, top:] Johan Jürgen. — d. 16 Febr. Meister Hanß Wasman, Schneider zu Halle, [eine Tochter — interlined]. Gevattern sind: Hanß Jürgen Bock zu Halle; item Ilse Maria Krauß zu Halle Tochter; und Anna Dorothea Brachmans, Halbmeyers zu Halle, Tochter. Nomen: Dorothea Maria.
English
On 16 February, to Master Hanß Wasmann, tailor at Halle, [a daughter]. Godparents: Hanß Jürgen Bock of Halle; likewise Ilse Maria, daughter of Krauß at Halle; and Anna Dorothea, daughter of Brachmann, half-holding farmer at Halle. Name: Dorothea Maria.
Notes
> The clearest statement of the tailor household in the batch: Meister Hanß Wasman, Schneider zu Halle. Master craftsman status, not a servant or a labourer. > > The words eine Tochter are interlined above the line, squeezed in over Gevattern. The clerk forgot the child’s sex on the first pass and inserted it afterwards. The child’s name, Dorothea Maria, confirms a daughter. > > Brachmann is entered as Halbmeyer — a half-holding farmer. The tailor is drawing sponsors from the top of Halle’s village hierarchy.