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Baptism: Friedrich Daniel, son of the schoolmaster Justus Georg Brand, Halle, January 1791
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Transcription (German)
1\) Halle d. 6ten Januar ist dem hiesigen Schulmeister Justus Georg Brand ein Sohn geboren. Die Mutter Catharine Louise Ahlschweden, alt 24 Jahr. Gevattern: der hiesige Förster Herr [E?]rmer, der Schulmeister Daniel Faber v[on] [Dohnsen?], des Chirurgus H. [Heeler?] Ehefrau, des Senioris Michael Anton Brand Ehefrau als des Kindes Großmutter. getauft d. 9ten ejusd. Nom. Friedrich Daniel.
Translation (English)
Halle, 6 January 1791: a son born to the schoolmaster Justus Georg Brand; mother Catharine Louise Ahlswede. Godparents the forester, the schoolmaster Daniel Faber of [Dohnsen?], the surgeon's wife, and the senior schoolmaster Michael Anton Brand's wife, the child's grandmother. Baptized 9 January. Named Friedrich Daniel.
Notes
Schoolmaster-organist household; Part 4.2. Daniel Faber, schoolmaster in 1791, is possibly the Thran clerk of 1778 (F178).
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