Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 464
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; ink
Transcription:

[central text]
Geburt= und Tauf=Schein. \ Diesen beyden Ehegatten, als: Johan \ nes Deis und seiner ehelichen Haus= \ frau Gertraut geborne Schmidten \ ist eine Tochter zur Welt geboren, \ im Jahr unsers HErn JEsu 1774 den \ 6ten Tag April \ Diese Tochter ist geboren in \ [blank] in [blank] Caunty, in \ dem Freystaat Mariland in Nord= \ America; und ist getauft worden und erhielt \ den Namen Anna Barbara den \ 30 ten Tag May im Jahr \ unsers HErrn JEsu 1774 von HErrn \ [blank] \ Die Tauf=Zeugen waren: Adam Quickel \ u seine Frau Barbara.

Ich bin getauft, ich steh’ im Bunde, \ Durch meine Tauf mit meinem Gott! \ So sprech’ ich stets mit frohem Munde, \ in Kreuz, in Trübsal, Angst und Noth. \ Ich bin getauft, des freu ich mich, \ Die Freude bleibt mir ewiglich.

Ich bin getauft! ob ich gleich sterbe, \ Was schadet mir das kühle Grab? \ Ich weiß mein Vaterland und Erbe, \ Das ich bey Gott im Himmel hab: \ Nach meinem Tod ist mir bereit, \ Des Himmels Freud und Feier=Kleid.

Somerset, (Penns.) \ Gedruckt und beständig zu finden bey Friedrich Goeb.

[in upper left]
Wann wir kaum gebohren werden, \ Ist vom ersten Lebenstritt \ Bis ins kühle Grab der Erden, \ Nur ein abgemeßner Schritt. \ Ach! mit jedem Augenblick \ Gehet unsre Kraft zurück, \ Und wir sind mit jedem Jahre, \ Allzureif zur Todtenbahre.

[in upper right]
Und wer weiss in welcher Stunde, \ Uns die letzte Stimme weckt, \ Denn Gott hat’s mit seinem Munde \ Keinem Menschen noch entdeckt. \ Wer sein Haus nun wohl bestellt, \ Geht mit Freuden aus der Welt \ Da die Sicherheit hingegen, \ Ewig’s Sterben kan erregen. 
 

Translation:

[central text]
Birth and Baptismal Certificate.
To these two married people namely Johannes Deis and his lawful wife Gertraut, born Schmidten, a daughter was born into the world in the year of our Lord Jesus 1774, on the 6th day of April. This daughter was born in [blank] in [blank] County in the Free State of Maryland, in North America, and was baptized and received the name Anna Barbara on the 30th day of May in the year of our Lord Jesus 1774 from Mister [blank]. The sponsors were: Adam Quickel and his wife Barbara.

I am baptized, I stand united with my God through my baptism. I therefore always speak joyfully in hardship, sadness, fear and need. I am baptized, that’s a joy for me. The joy lasts eternally.

I am baptized, and when I die, how can the cool grave hurt me? I know my fatherland and legacy that I will have with God in Heaven. After death, Heaven’s garment of joy and celebration is prepared for me.

Somerset, (Pennsylvania). Printed by, and always to be found at, Friedrich Goeb.

[in upper left]
Scarcely born into the world, it is only a short measured pace from the first step to the cool grave in the earth. O with every moment! Our strength diminishes, and with every year we grow more ripe for the bier.

[in upper right]
And who knows in what hour the final voice will awaken us, because God has not revealed this to anybody yet. Who tends to his house will depart from the world with joy. Because surety, in contrast, can provoke eternal death.
 

Category: Birth and Baptismal Certificate (Geburts und Taufschein)
Media Type: Letterpress Prints
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-lettered; printed. The main text in Fraktur is within a rectangular frame in the center of the document. The two verses in Fraktur within rectangular frames are in the upper corners. In the upper center is an eagle with a shield, and arrows and a branch clutched in its claws. On the sides are two angels holding wreaths. In the lower center are two images of fruit, including a pear, grapes, and an apple.

Associated Names: Schmidt, Gertraut
Bibliography:

Klaus Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1999) vol. 5, published on p. 16.

Secondary Place State/Province: Geographic Coverage State/Province:Maryland
Geographic Coverage Note:Based on location of birth

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of printshop
Region/County:Somerset
City/Town/Township:Somerset
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1819
Image Dimensions Width: 40.1 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 1003
Creator Name: Anonymous - Scrivener
Friedrich Goeb (1782-1829) - Printer/Publisher