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Baptism: Hanne Christine Louise, daughter of Johann Heinrich Christoph Meyer and Christine Sophie Waßmann, 26 March 1798
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Transcription (German)
1\. [Dohnsen?] d. 16ten Mertz h. XI vesp. ist dem Herrn Johann Heinrich Christoph Meyer eine Tochter gebohren. Die Mutter Christine Sophie Waßmann alt 27 Jahr. Gev.: Hans Harm Meyer, Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer, Sophie Christine Rodloff [aus Dassel?], Dorothea Louise Waßmann aus [Leedagsen?]. Getauft d. 26ten Mertz. Nom: Hanne Christine Louise.
Translation (English)
1\. [Dohnsen?], on 16 March [1798] at 11 p.m., a daughter was born to Herr Johann Heinrich Christoph Meyer. The mother Christine Sophie Waßmann, aged 27. Godparents: Hans Harm Meyer, Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer, Sophie Christine Rodloff [of Dassel?], Dorothea Louise Waßmann of [Leedagsen?]. Baptized 26 March. Named Hanne Christine Louise.
Notes
Bild 181 holds no baptism of a Georg Friedrich Ludewig Meyer: that child is the 1797 entry 9 on Bild 174 (godmother Henriette Waßmann).
Also on Bild 181: entry 2 (24 March), a daughter of the Ostmüller Hans Harm Barse; entry 3 (22 March, Halle), a son of the Hanoverian official Heinrich Lüdecke[?].
Not linked to the miller. Place words to check on the image.
Grade: Stated (draft; place words uncertain). Appendix C.
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