LEAD: 1744 Wasmann baptism (Dorothea Margaretha) and Westermann infant burial ("J.J." or "J.W.")

Transcript and translation

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The record

Transcript carried from the Chapter 2 entries list (Wesemann_Origins_Ch2_Entries, now archived). Readings are as recorded there; not re-read on the image for this file.

Transcription (original language)

[index] Wasmann

Dorothea Margaretha

1744 / 295

9/2 ; Westermann

[J.J.?] Tochter Kind ½ J.

1744 / 354

Translation (English)

A Wasmann daughter baptized and a Westermann infant daughter buried in 1744.

Notes

Last entries of the household. The initials on the burial decide whose child it is.

Conventions

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