Taufen & Beerdigungen 1766–1799 — Bild 266 (Burials, pp. 120–121, "Sepulti 1791")

The record

Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang.-luth. Landeskirche Hannovers, Kirchenkreis Bodenwerder, Linse, Kirchenbuch (Beerdigungen) 1766-1799, Bild 266 (archion.de).

This register has no prior transcription in this project; the entry below was read directly from the archival scan. Only the entry involving the Wesemann/Wasmann surname is included. Uncertain readings are marked (?).

German

15\. Linse, d. 7ten September, starb der Müller Johann Heinrich Wesemanns Ehefrau, geborne von Kampen, an der Auszehrung, alt 41 Jahr 3 Monat.

English

15\. Linse, the 7th of September, died the wife of the miller Johann Heinrich Wesemann, née von Kampen, of consumption, aged 41 years, 3 months.

Note: this matches the miller Johann Heinrich Wesemann/Wasemann recorded elsewhere in this project (baptisms and burials, 1780–1799) and his wife's maiden name, von Kampen (see also Bild 65, Entry 26, the 1777 baptism of their son Georg Ludewig).

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Linse, 7th of September, died the miller Johann Heinrich Wesemann's wife, née von Kampen, of consumption (wasting disease, likely tuberculosis), aged 41 years, 3 months.

This is Christine Kampen, mother of George Ludewig, Ernst Heinrich, and Johann Ernst. Her death here, at 41, from a wasting illness, is what left her as "des Müller Wesemanns Wittwe" — the miller Wesemann's widow — standing godparent at Eickhoff's baptism in that September 1799 entry. If this death is also 1799, that timeline fits perfectly: she dies, and within weeks or months she's referred to in the register as a widow rather than a wife.

You now have a complete life-arc for this branch of the family: Johann Heinrich Wesemann, miller at Linse, and Christine (von Kampen) Wesemann, married with at least three sons, two of whom (Ernst Heinrich, and possibly others) died young, the mother dying at 41 of consumption. That's a full, well-documented household — genuinely one of the most complete family units you've built out today.

Also worth noting: this entry gives her maiden name as "von Kampen," with the "von" prefix, which the earlier baptismal entries simplified to just "Kampen." Minor but worth having exact for your spreadsheet.