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Baptism: Georg Christian Dempewulff, Linse, 2 March 1799 (godmother Henriette Waßmann)

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Transcription (German)

9 / Linse. d. 28ten Febr: hat Hanne Dempewulff einen unehelichen Sohn geboren. Die Mutter ist alt 35 Jahr. Der angebliche Vater ist ein Müllerbursche aus Polle gebürtig mit Namen: Heinrich Cohrs.

Gevattern: Georg Dempewulff L., Henriette Waßmann L.

getauft d. 2ten März. Nom: Georg Christian.

Translation (English)

No. 9. Linse. On 28 February [1799] Hanne Dempewulff gave birth to an illegitimate son. The mother is aged 35. The reputed father is a miller’s journeyman born at Polle, named Heinrich Cohrs.

Godparents: Georg Dempewulff of Linse, Henriette Waßmann of Linse.

Baptized 2 March. Name: Georg Christian.

Notes

‘L.’ = Linse.
A journeyman miller at Linse in 1798: most likely employed at the Wesemann mill. The record does not name the mill.
Recapture: the inventory already holds a file of this name. Compare before merging.

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