Halle Kirchenbuch, Taufen und Trauungen 1707–1740

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 137 — 31 January 1734, Halle

Baptism. Wasmann role: godfather (Jürgen Wasmann’s son).

German

d\. 31 Jan: Harm Ahlbrecht auß Halle, Kirchbedienter(?) daselbst, einen Sohn taufen laßen. Gevattern sind: 1) [..] Müllers Sohn Hans Hinr. Falcken. 2) Jürgen Wasmands Sohn, Hans Jürgen, auß Halle. 3) Hanne Schütten auß Halle Tochter, Ilse Marie. Nomen: Hans Jürgen.

English

On 31 January, Harm Ahlbrecht of Halle, church servant there(?), had a son baptized. Godparents: 1) Hans Heinrich Falcke, the miller’s son(?). 2) Hans Jürgen, son of Jürgen Wasmann, of Halle. 3) Ilse Marie, daughter of Hanne Schütte of Halle. Name: Hans Jürgen.

Notes

> Jürgen Wasmann is a fourth Halle-area head-name, with a son of sponsoring age in 1734 — so Jürgen married by about 1712 at the latest. > > The first godparent’s line carries the word Müllers. If the reading holds, Falcke is a miller’s son at Halle. This is the second milling reference in the batch and again it does not attach to a Wasmann. Worth re-reading: it may identify who held a wheel in this parish in the 1730s. > > The child is named after the second godparent. The tie between the Ahlbrecht and Wasmann households is close enough for that.