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Burial: Hans Wabmann or Diderich Meier of Dohnsen, Halle, 31 July 1597
Transcript and translation
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Transcription (German)
[7] Hans Wabmann oder Diderich Meier [Meyer] zu Dornsen, ein gottfürchtiger frommer, ehrlicher und ordentlicher Mann, [ist] am Tag Jacobi … zu kranken, entschlafen in dem Herrn, Donnerstag nach Jacobi, und den 31 Julii christlich bestattet.
Translation (English)
7\. Hans Wabmann or Diderich Meier of Dohnsen, a God-fearing, pious, honest and orderly man, fell ill on St James's Day, fell asleep in the Lord the Thursday after St James, and was buried in Christian manner on 31 July.
Notes
Read letter by letter at 7x: W-a-b-m-a-n-n, a plain b with an ascender loop and no long-s hook. "oder" joins the two names as one man.
Addendum: F442 (2), (4).
Grade: Stated.
*Conventions: [ ] editorial addition; [?] uncertain reading; [..] or […] illegible or outside the crop; dates as the register gives them (Julian before 1700).