Kirchenbuch 1815–1853 — Bild 44 (Linse, written pages 80–81, 1851)

The record

Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang.-luth. Landeskirche Hannovers, Kirchenkreis Bodenwerder, Linse, Kirchenbuch 1815-1853, Bild 44 (archion.de).

Confirmed negative for the surname. No entry on this page names Wesemann, Waßemann, Wasmann or any variant, in the parents’ columns or in the godparent column on the facing leaf. The read covered both leaves and every column. The page heading reads 1851 throughout, not 1850–1851.

What is on this page

Written page 80 carries births 1 through 5 of 1851. Fathers: Dorn, Meyer (three separate households), and one illegitimate birth entered with no father. Written page 81 carries the baptismal names, godparents and remarks. The recurring surnames are Meyer and Sagebiel, with Wellmann, Meistering, Eickhoff, Brinkmann and Halbrodt as godparents.

German

[kein Vater eingetragen] — Wellmann, Wilhelmine Luise Karoline, geboren den 8ten Februar 1832, uneheliche Tochter des Häuslings und verstorbenen Johann Harm Ludewig Wellmann zu Linse und dessen Ehefrau Marie Luise Eickhoff. Die Namen sind gehörig documentirt. — Tochter: Johanne Karoline Luise.

Taufzeugen: 1. Jungfer Luise Wellmann. 2. Jungfer Johanne Eickhoff. 3. Junggesell Friedrich Halbrodt, sämmtlich aus Linse.

English

[no father entered] Wellmann, Wilhelmine Luise Karoline, born the 8th of February 1832, illegitimate daughter of the cottager, now deceased, Johann Harm Ludewig Wellmann of Linse and his wife Marie Luise Eickhoff. The names are properly documented. A daughter: Johanne Karoline Luise.

Godparents: 1. Luise Wellmann, unmarried. 2. Johanne Eickhoff, unmarried. 3. Friedrich Halbrodt, bachelor, all of Linse.

Notes

• The value of this page to the project is the Halbrodt sighting and the negative. Friedrich Halbrodt, bachelor, of Linse, in 1851 continues the Halbrodt household in the village through the decade in which the Wesemanns lose the middle mill. He is styled Junggesell, with no milling title.
• By 1851 the Wesemann name has gone from the Linse baptismal register entirely. The household is still in the village, since two of the children die there in 1858 and 1861, but no child of the name is being baptized. That is a negative worth stating in the chapter rather than leaving implicit.
• Reading confidence. Halbrodt and the godparent list are read with confidence. The 1832 birth date inside entry 4 and the parents’ names are read at working confidence and should be verified before citation.