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Baptism — Christian Friedrich Bauer, Vaihingen an der Enz, 1846

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Transcription (German, as read)

born "31 Dec [1845] Morgens 3½ Uhr"; baptized "4 Jan 1846 Mittags 12½ Uhr", Diac. Rüst. Parents "Jakob Friedrich Bauer, B. und Bürstenbinder; Christine Magdalena geb. Rau". Sponsors: Christian Ziegler (ledig); Maria Müller (wife of a Taglöhner in Stuttgart); Barbara Dürfeß/Dürr [?] (Bäcker [?] wife); Karolina Schwarz (ledig). Marginal note "† 5 März 1846". Family-register reference "I.".

English translation

Christian Friedrich, born 31 Dec 1845 at 3:30 a.m., baptized 4 Jan 1846 at 12:30 p.m. Father Jakob Friedrich Bauer, citizen and brush-maker; mother Christine Magdalena, born Rau. Died 5 March 1846 (margin).

Notes

Died 5 March 1846 (margin; read in the death register). Sponsors across the family include Maria Müller of Stuttgart (1846-1848) and Christina Rieger (1846-1851); no kinship stated.

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