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Family register — Jacob Friedrich Bauer and Christina Magdalena Rau, Vaihingen an der Enz, page 108 b
Transcript and translation
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Transcription (German, as read)
Hausvater: "Jacob Friedrich Bauer, L[edig] und Bürstenbinder" [trade; reads clearly as Bürstenbinder]. Note below the name: "im J. 1854 mit Frau nach Amerika gezogen".
Geboren: "Vaihingen 16. März 1816" (the place reads Vaihingen at zoom, same as in the marriage entry). Copuliert: "Vaihingen 29. Octob. 1843".
Hausmutter: "Christina Magdalena" [surname Rau not written on this line; it appears in the parents' row]. Geboren: "Enzweihingen 13. Febr. 1821".
Parents of the Hausvater: "weil. Michael Bauer, B. und Schuhmacher" and "weil. Rosina Barbara geb. Wirth". Parents of the Hausmutter: "weil. Johann Wendel Rau, B. und Bauer in Enzweihingen" and "Friederike geb. Büchele". No folio reference for either parental household is written on the page.
Children, name, birth, death note (Tod column):
1\. Maria Friederike Carolina, 23 Mai 1844. No death note.
2\. Christian Friedrich [first name doubtful], 31 Dec 1845. Death: "5. März 1846".
3\. Gottlob Friedrich, 16 Jan 1847. No death note.
4\. Christian Heinrich [doubtful], 12 Juni 1848. Death: "12. Oct. 1848" [day and month doubtful].
5\. Karolina, 9 Juli 1849. No death note.
6\. Christiana, 4 Mai 1851. Death: "[?] Aug. 1851" [day doubtful].
No confirmation entries for any child. No entry for Sophia (the working files give her as born in Pennsylvania about 1855).
English translation
Family page for Jacob Friedrich Bauer, single man and brush maker, born at Vaihingen on 16 March 1816, wed at Vaihingen on 29 October 1843 to Christina Magdalena, born at Enzweihingen on 13 February 1821. In 1854 he moved to America with his wife. Six children, three of whom died within months.
Notes
Dates the emigration: "im J. 1854 mit Frau nach Amerika gezogen" (STATED). Six children, three of whom died as infants; Sophia (born about 1855 in Pennsylvania) is not on the page. The death of Christian Heinrich read here as "12 Oct 1848" is 21 September 1848 by the death register.
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