Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; ink
Transcription:

December den 14ten 1829 ist \ uns Eine Tochter zur welt ge= \ bohren namens Elisabeth im \ zeichen Löwe
December den 25ten, 1831 ist uns ein Sohn \ zur Welt geboren im Zeichn Der Waage \ Er erhielt den Namen Johannes.
December den 17ten 1833 ist uns ein \ Sohn zur Welt gebohren im Zeichen \ Fisch Er erhilt den Namen Henrich
catrina \ n ch

Translation:

December the 14th, 1829, a daughter was born to us into the world, named Elisabeth, in the sign of Leo.
December the 25th, 1831, a son was born to us into the world, in the sign of Libra. He received the name Johannes.
December the 17th, 1833, a son was born to us into the world, in the sign of Pisces. He received the name Henrich.
catrina n ch

Category: Family Record (Familienregister)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur extends across the upper three-quarters of the document. The three entries are divided by borders. The last name and letters in German script are written in the bottom portion of the document. The entire item is enclosed in a decorative frame.

Associated Names: [Unknown], Johannes
Bibliography:

Russell and Corinne Earnest, To the Latest Posterity: Pennsylvania-German Family records in the Fraktur Tradition (University Park, Pa.: The Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 2004).

Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1833
Image Dimensions Width: 20.2 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 453
Creator Name: Anonymous - Scrivener