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Baptism — Johann Wendel Rau, Enzweihingen, January 1781
Transcript and translation
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The record
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Transcription (German, as read)
Child: "Johann Wendel". Parents: "Johann Georg Rau; Barbara n. [Rauin, struck through] Grimin [Grünin?]". Date column: "n. d. 25 Jan." (the day of baptism below it is cut off in the crop and not read). Sponsors: "Alt Wendel [Hein?] [?], Fr. [Hofknechts?] [Ranz?]frau; Fr. Catharina, Hrn. [Pflugfelder]s [Bürg.?] [?] ux." (doubtful). Marginal notes: "extrah. 29/3 1831" and "† 17 Apr. 1832".
English translation
No. 6 of 1781. Johann Wendel, child of Johann Georg Rau and Barbara, née [Grimin/Grünin?] (the first spelling "Rauin" is struck out); born 25 January 1781. Sponsors include "old Wendel [Hein?]", a farmhand's wife, and a Catharina, wife of a [Pflugfelder]. Margin: an extract was issued on 29 March 1831 and he died 17 April 1832.
Notes
The mother's maiden name reads [Heinin?] over a struck "Rauin"; the siblings' baptisms of 1788-1793 write the same mother "Heinin" with her father Christoph Hein as sponsor, so Hein is PROBABLE (the n/m doubt stays). Margin: extract issued 1831; died 17 April 1832.