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Baptism (godparent only): Catharina Elisabeth Wesemann as sponsor, Echte, 24 Oct 1702 (1702 no. 5)

Transcript and translation

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Transcription (original language)

[Gevattern:] … Cathar. Elis. Wesemann[in] …

Translation (English)

Sponsor Catharina Elisabeth Wesemann (aged about 14).

Notes

The sponsor is the Catharina Elisabeth Wesemann born 1688, who married Andreas Halves in 1713 (F270): PROBABLE; the only Wesemann of the parish in these years. No Wesemann father 1702–1712 or 1722–1732 (F282). Grade: STATED; identity PROBABLE.