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Burials: Heinrich Harm Sporleder (14 February 1791) and the "Alt Wittwe" Engel Marie Meyerahrens (March 1791), Esperde, re-read 22 October 2026
Transcript and translation
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Transcription (original language)
[den] 14ten Febr. ist der Maurer Heinrich Harm Sporleder an der Auszehrung gestorben, und am 17ten beerdigt. Alter 53 Jahr 4 Monate und 8 Tage. | [den] [5]ten Merz ist die Alt Wittwe Engel Marie Meyerahrens an der Auszehrung gestorben ... Alter 68 Jahr [einige/weniger] 5 Monat[e]. [Linker Rand, z. T. im Falz:] [und] beerd[igt]. | [den] 19ten Merz ist Dorothee Marie Färben [Farben?], dem Bödtcher Johann Friederich Lönneker seine Frau ..., Alter 23 Jahr 6 Monate und 4 Tage.
Translation (English)
On 14 February [1791] the mason Heinrich Harm Sporleder died of consumption and was buried on the 17th; aged 53 years 4 months 8 days. | On the [5th] of March the "Alt Wittwe" Engel Marie Meyerahrens died of consumption … aged 68 years [and some/less] 5 months. [Left margin, partly in the binding:] [and] buried. | On 19 March Dorothee Marie Färben [Farben?], wife of the cooper Johann Friederich Lönneker, died …, aged 23 years 6 months 4 days.
Notes
F408 read the first line on 21 October 2026 as "der Meyer Heinrich Harm Sporleder … Alter 50 Jahr [11?] Monat und [3?] Tage" (born about March 1740), and the second as "[9?]ten Merz … 68 Jahr weniger [?] Monat." Two screen readings of one entry: equal tier. F408 keeps its reading of Heinrich Harm with a conflict line; this reading (born about October 1737) is archived as the alternative; no image check (a collateral). For Engel Marie, the month figure 5 is read now; the day stays doubtful (5 or 9). "Alt Wittwe" is not resolved; the margin gives no date or name. Grade: STATED for the words read (equal-tier conflict with F408 for Heinrich Harm).