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Burial — Christiana Schmid, Ochsenburg, September 1791
Transcript and translation
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Transcription (German, as read)
"d. [8.?] Nachts zwischen 9 und 10 Uhr starb an der [Ruhr?] Christiana, Joh. Andreas Schmid's, Bürgers und Huf-Schmids allhier, Mägdlein, und wurde d. 11 Ejusd. begraben, ætat. 2 Monat, weniger 1 Tag."
English translation
On the [8th] at night between 9 and 10 died of the [dysentery?] Christiana, little daughter of Johann Andreas Schmid, citizen and farrier here; buried on the 11th of the same month, aged 2 months less one day.
Notes. The day figure could read 5 or 8; the age (2 months less one day from 9 July) fixes the 8th. Grade: STATED;