Baptism — Johann Christoph Schlötzer, son of the brickmaker Blasius Schlötzer and Eva Barbara G...in [doubtful] of Ober-Röslau [doubtful], Marktleuthen, 29 November / 3 December 1815

Transcription (German, as read)

"49. Johann Christoph Schlözer [Schlötzer], des Mstr. Blasius Schlötzer, Ziegler und Hauseigner [word doubtful] allhier, und M. Eva Barbara, seiner gebohrnen G[r]a[d]... [doubtful, a short surname ending in -in] von Ober-Röslau [doubtful: Ober-Röslau or Ober-Roßlau] Söhnlein [doubtful: Söhnlein or Töchterlein; the name indicates a son], gebohren den 29ten Novemb. Abends um 4 Uhr, renat. den 3ten Decemb. Test.: Mstr. Johann Christoph Dingel [doubtful: Dinzel/Düngel/Dünzel], Bürger und Rothgerber [doubtful] allhier." Fee "3 fl. 4 kr." [doubtful]. Left margin: "† d. 6 Septb. 1874" [day and year doubtful].

English translation

No. 49. Johann Christoph Schlötzer, little son of Master Blasius Schlötzer, brickmaker and house owner [doubtful] here, and of his mother Eva Barbara, née G[ra]d...[doubtful], of Ober-Röslau [doubtful]; born on 29 November at 4 in the afternoon, baptized on 3 December. Witness: Master Johann Christoph Dingel [doubtful], citizen and tanner [doubtful] here. Fee 3 florins 4 kreuzer [doubtful]. Margin: died 6 September 1874 [doubtful].

Notes. With the 1813 entry (Margaretha) the simplest reading is a first wife Margaretha who died between June 1813 and November 1815, a second wife Eva Barbara (died 1824, aged 42) and Barbara Knoll as the third: a reading of three entries, not a statement in any one (THEORY). This Eva Barbara as the wife buried in 1824: PROBABLE. Image to save: Bild 118, right page, no. 49.