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Halle Kirchenbuch, Taufen und Trauungen 1707–1740
Transcript and translation
Uncertain readings are marked [?] or set in brackets; words that could not be read are marked as such. Each transcript is shown as written, with its transcriber’s notes.
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 61 — 28 August 1718, Halle
Baptism. Wasmann role: FATHER. A son.
German
d\. 28 Aug. Herman Wasch|man zu Halle einen Sohn. Gevattern sind Christoph(?) Wasman; it. Meist. Johan Brügern(?) Hausfr[au]; it. [..] zu Halle; it. die Fr. von Grone(?). Nomen: [below the crop].
English
On 28 August, to Herman Waschman [Wasmann] of Halle, a son. Godparents: Christoph(?) Wasman; likewise the wife of Master Johann Brüger(?); likewise [..] of Halle; likewise the lady von Grone(?). Name: [not captured].
Notes
> The worst-preserved leaf in the batch. The hand is loose, the ink has feathered, and the right-hand margin is cut. Godparents two through four are not secure and the child’s name is outside the crop. > > The reading of the surname on line 1 is Waschman, which is a clerk’s slip or a phonetic spelling rather than a distinct family. The second-line context, zu Halle, and the godparent Christoph Wasman both place it in this family. > > Significant regardless of the uncertain sponsors: a Wasmann household at Halle producing a son in 1718, and a second adult male Wasmann, Christoph, sponsoring it. > > The child’s name is the thing most worth recovering from this leaf. Priority re-read.