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Baptism — Johann Adam Knoll, fifth child of Johann Georg Knoll and Barbara née Legat, Marktleuthen, November 1841
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Transcription (German, as read)
No. 52: "Johann Adam Knoll," marked "5 Kind" ["5tes Kind"]. Father: "Johann Georg Knoll, Metzgermeister," Marktleuthen. Mother: "Barbara geb. Legat von hier." Born "Sonntag den 14ten [November] abends [um ? Uhr]" [hour not legible]; baptized "Sonntag den 1[9?]ten" [day doubtful]. Sponsor: "Johann Adam [Uh?], Zimmergesell[?] …" [doubtful].
English translation
Johann Adam Knoll, fifth child, son of Johann Georg Knoll, master butcher, and Barbara née Legat, of Marktleuthen; born on Sunday 14 November 1841 in the evening; baptized on a Sunday, the 1[9?]th [14 November 1841 was a Sunday; the next Sunday was the 21st].
Notes. "5 Kind": the index has four Knoll baptisms for 1830-1842; with Johann Erhard (1826) the household's children number five (POSSIBLE). Adam fits the witness Adam Knoll of the 1866 Philadelphia marriage of Johann Karl Knoll of Marktleuthen (Chapter 7 [4]; POSSIBLE). The sponsor "Johann Adam [Uh?], Zimmergesell[?]" is POSSIBLY Johann Adam Uhl, journeyman carpenter, husband of Georg Knoll's sister Margaretha Kunigunda (married 1821;