Archion churchRegister 390649 — Halle Kirchenbuch, Taufen und Beerdigungen 1800–1814

The record

Read from the Archion image, 6 October 2026. This reading supersedes the transcription and commentary below wherever they differ.

Transcription: 34, Linse d. 5t October Morgens 8 Uhr ist dem Halbmeyer Heinrich Christoph Brand ein Sohn geboren. Mutter: Christiane Grupen aus Lürdissen alt 23 Jahr. Gevattern: Christian Brand, Justus Heinrich Eickhoff } Linse; Grupen Ehefrau aus Lürdissen. getauft d. 8t October. Nom: Heinrich Christoph.

Translation: Linse, 5 October 1811, 8 a.m.: a son born to the Halbmeier Heinrich Christoph Brand; mother Christiane Grupen of Lürdissen, aged 23. Godparents: Christian Brand and Justus Heinrich Eickhoff, both of Linse; Grupe's wife, of Lürdissen. Baptized 8 October. Named Heinrich Christoph.

What changed: Settles the earlier readings: a son (not a daughter); the father's surname is Brand (the final letters are crowded into the margin, which produced "Brunig"); his title is Halbmeyer (the "-meyer" ending). The father is named Heinrich Christoph here, against Heinrich Christian in 1810; the mother, her age and the Grupe sponsors identify the same household.

Earlier reading, kept for the record:

Image 122 (written pages 238–239, "1811") — priority hits only — MAJOR page

Entry 34 — Priority 1 (Wesemann-adjacent surname family) + Priority 7 + Priority 6/11 + Standing Rule 1, MAJOR. Village: Linse, 5 October, morgens 8 Uhr. Father: [occupation illegible — a word ending "-meyer," obscured by the page-turn corner (?)] Heinrich Christoph Brunig — a daughter born. Mother: Christiane Grupen(?), of Lardissen(?)/Lurdissen(?) [uncertain (?)], alt 23 Jahr. Godparents: Christian Brand, of Linse; Justus Heinrich Eickhoff; Grupen's wife, of Lardissen(?). Baptized 8 October. Child's name: Heinrich Christoph.

— Second confirmed Brunig household seated directly at Linse (after the "Müllers Brünig" reference on Images 99/107/118) — this time as a resident father/household head, not just a godparent, though the occupation word is illegible so I cannot confirm a milling title here. This is directly relevant to Priority 7 (the mills): a Brunig living at Linse itself, in the same village as the Wesemann and Halbrodt mills. Christian Brand and Justus Heinrich Eickhoff standing godparent again ties this entry into the same dense Linse social cluster seen on Images 96, 110, 111, 118.