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Baptism — twins Johann Nikol and Johann [Karl?] Knoll, sons of Johann Georg Knoll and Barbara née Legat, Marktleuthen, May 1833
Transcript and translation
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Transcription (German, as read)
Nos. 26 and 27 are joined by a bracket and the word "Zwillinge." Kind of birth, no. 26: "regelmäßig" [doubtful].
No. 26: "Johann Nikol Knoll." Father: "Johann Georg Knoll, Bürger und Metzgermeister dahier." Place: "Marktleuthen Nro 63." Mother: "Barbara geb. Legat von hier." Born "den dreizehnten (13ten) Mai früh 1/2 4 Uhr." Sponsor: "Johann Nikol E[ck?], Bürger und [Fleischhacker?]meister dahier" [doubtful].
No. 27: "Johann [Karl?] Knoll" [forename doubtful: Karl or Arol; the index reads "Joh. [?]l"], the same parents, born "den dreizehnten (13ten) Mai früh 4 Uhr." Under the name, in the margin, a cross and "† 28. Sept. 18[3/9]6" [the two middle digits of the year not legible at the viewer's resolution]. Sponsor: "Johann Legat, Schuh[macher?] [..], des Johann Legat, Schneidermeister dahier, einziger Sohn" [partly legible].
English translation
Twins, born 13 May 1833 at Marktleuthen, house no. 63, at 3:30 and 4 in the morning: Johann Nikolaus Knoll and Johann [Karl?] Knoll, sons of Johann Georg Knoll, citizen and master butcher, and Barbara née Legat, of this place. Under the second twin a death is noted, 28 September 18[3/9]6. Sponsors: Johann Nikolaus E[ck?], citizen and [butcher], for the first; Johann Legat, [shoemaker?], only son of the master tailor Johann Legat, for the second.
Notes
House no. 63 is the house of Barbara Legat's son Johann Erhard in 1826 (Baptism_Record_Johann_Erhard_Legat_Marktleuthen_1826_Archion_212084_Bild_198). The sponsor Johann Legat, only son of the master tailor, was Barbara's brother (PROBABLE).