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SAME-NAME: Johann Heinrich Westermann, son of Joh. Westermann, and Jes. Cath. Westermann (4 Aug 1717)

Transcript and translation

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The record

Transcript carried from the Chapter 2 entries list (Wesemann_Origins_Ch2_Entries, now archived). Readings are as recorded there; not re-read on the image for this file.

Transcription (original language)

22 8bris nachm. gegen 4 Uhr ist Joh. [Westermann] ein Sohn geboren, welcher d. 25 ejus getaufft. Gevatter[n] war[en] Franz Albrecht, [...] Heinemeyer und [...]. Das Kind ist genannt Joh. Heinrich.

Translation (English)

A son Johann Heinrich of Joh. Westermann, born 22 Oct 1717.

Notes

Handwriting reference: the 4 Aug 1717 entry, in a family otherwise Westermann, has the same short surname shape as the 1739 and 1742 entries. Check whether 1717 and 1739-1742 are the same clerk's hand. The 1717 Joh. Heinrich is also the elder son of the Joh. Westermann of Tests A-C.

Conventions

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