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Stillbirth: daughter of Heinrich Friedrich Carl August Dröge and Louise Johanne Caroline Friederike Waßmann, Kemnade, 1871
Transcript and translation
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Transcription (German)
[Nr. nicht gelesen.] Dröge, Heinrich Friedrich Carl August, Tagelöhner. | Waßmann, Louise Johanne Caroline Friederike (geboren den 3. April 1845). | Die Namen sind gehörig documentirt. | [Geburt:] der [neun?]zehnte [März?], [Stunde nicht gelesen]. | [Taufe:] — | Tochter. | Das Kind ist todtgeboren. | [Rand:] † [...] 1871, pag. 530[?].
Translation (English)
[Entry number not read.] Father: Heinrich Friedrich Carl August Dröge, day labourer. Mother: Louise Johanne Caroline Friederike Waßmann (born 3 April 1845). The names are properly documented. Born [nine?]teenth [March?], [hour not read]. No baptism. A daughter. The child was stillborn. Margin: † [...] 1871, page 530[?].
Notes
The capital is this clerk's D (a large looped stroke, as in "Die Namen" at the foot of the same entry), followed by r, ö with its mark above, g with its descender, and e: five letters. It is the same heading as the couple's entries of 1872 (Bild 18), 1873 (Bild 22) and 1874 (Bild 26).
The birth day and month are faint; not secured.
Household key K-1 (the mother is the daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Conrad Waßmann, Brinksitzer and Leineweber; Kemnade 390699, Bild 12, no. 10).
Grade: Stated (stillbirth, parents). Surname Dröge: probable, close to confirmed (four entries agree). Appendix C.
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