German Luther Bible – title page and handwritten family inscriptions (Wesemann)

The record

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Document: Single photocopy page showing four photographed/scanned views from a German Bible: the printed Fraktur title page (Leipzig and Dresden, 186-) and three flyleaf/page views with faded handwritten family entries, mostly in German Kurrent script, with one entry in English (Latin cursive). The copy is very pale and much of the handwriting is faint.

Conventions: original spelling kept; [?] = uncertain reading; [illegible] = unreadable; bracketed italic text describes images or marks the transcriber's notes.

Transcription

Upper left panel: printed title page

Die Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments, nach der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers.

Revidirte Ausgabe [?] Zehnter Abdruck.

Leipzig und Dresden, gedruckt und verlegt von B. G. Teubner [?]. 186[7?].

Upper right panel: handwritten entry (Kurrent)

[fragment of a line cut off at top: ...n] geboren, ge[tauft?] [illegible] den 1[7?]ten November 1867 [?]. Dessen Name wurde genannt Wilhelm Friedrich.

Den 16ten [?] Jan [?] 186[8 or 3] Mittags zwischen 11 und 12 Uhr wurde uns eine Tochter geboren, ge- tauft den 18 April 1869 [?] ihr Name wurde genannt [Emma or Hanna?] Pauline [?].

[A short dash/mark in the left margin beside the line 'Name wurde genannt'.]

Lower left panel: handwritten entries (Kurrent)

[Upper part of this panel is blank page with a torn edge / overlapping slip; entries begin lower down.]

[illegible] und Mittag[s] [?] [illegible] 12 Uhr eine Tochter geboren getauft den 6ten Apl [?] 1873 Mathilde — Georgine

[Horizontal rule]

Gestorben den 12ten Juli [?] 1873 im Alter von 3 Monaten und 10 Tagen

[Horizontal rule]

Georg[?] [illegible] [illegible] ge[boren?] [illegible] [illegible] 18[7?]1 [?] [illegible] [illegible]

Lower right panel: handwritten entries

[illegible] Wesemann [?] [illegible] [illegible] den 11ten [?] Januar 1890 [?] [ge]storben [?] [illegible] [im Alter?] von 57 Jahren [und?] 6 Monaten [?]

[Horizontal rule]

[In English, Latin cursive, faint:] Fredericka Wesemann Died June 8 1905 [?] aged 6[?] years. Fell asleep [?] in [?] Jesus [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] from [?] [illegible]

English Translation

Upper left panel: printed title page

The Bible, or the entire Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testament, according to the German translation of Dr. Martin Luther. Revised edition [?]. Tenth printing. Leipzig and Dresden, printed and published by B. G. Teubner [?]. 186[7?].

Upper right panel

[...] born, bap[tized?] [...] on the 1[7?]th of November 1867 [?]. His name was given as Wilhelm Friedrich.

On the 16th [?] of January [?] 186[8 or 3], at midday between 11 and 12 o'clock, a daughter was born to us, baptized on 18 April 1869 [?]; her name was given as [Emma or Hanna?] Pauline [?].

Lower left panel

[...] and midday [?] [...] 12 o'clock a daughter was born, baptized on the 6th of April [?] 1873: Mathilde — Georgine.

Died on the 12th of July [?] 1873 at the age of 3 months and 10 days.

Georg[?] [...] born [?] [...] 18[7?]1 [?] [remainder illegible].

Lower right panel

[...] Wesemann [?] [...] on the 11th [?] of January 1890 [?] died [?] [...] at the age of 57 years [and?] 6 months [?].

[Original already in English:] Fredericka Wesemann died June 8 1905 [?] aged 6[?] years. Fell asleep [?] in [?] Jesus [...] from [?] [...].

Transcriber's Notes

Photocopy is extremely pale; the handwritten entries are largely faded, and enhanced crops were needed. Only the upper-right 'Wilhelm Friedrich' entry and the lower-left 'Mathilde — Georgine' / death entry are reasonably legible.

Title page: small-type lines ('Revidirte Ausgabe', the publisher line and the year) are blurred; publisher read as B. G. Teubner [?] and year as 186[7?].

Upper right, first entry: the words before 'den 1?ten' are unclear (possibly 'geboren, getauft'); the year 1867 could be 1869.

Upper right, second entry: month read as 'Jan' but could be 'Juni'; birth year last digit 8 or 3; baptism year read as 1869 [?]; the daughter's first given name is uncertain (Emma or Hanna?), second read as Pauline [?].

Lower left: the month after 'den 6ten' is abbreviated (read 'Apl' [?]); 'Juli' in the death line is uncertain. The final entry in this panel (beginning 'Georg...') is almost entirely illegible.

Lower right, German entry: surname read as Wesemann [?]; date 11 January 1890 and age 57 years 6 months are uncertain. Dark blobs on this entry are copying artifacts.

Lower right, English entry: 'Fredericka Wesemann' fairly clear; year of death 1905 and age 6[?] uncertain; the epitaph lines are mostly illegible.