Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 339
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Diesen beyden Ehegatten, \ als Daniel Schäckler und seiner eheli= \chen Hausfrau Mariamagdalena eine geborne \ Renner ist eine Tochter zur Welt \ gebohren, Names Susana Schäckler \ im Jahr unsers HErrn 1803 den 4 Tag \ september um [blank[ Uhr im Zei= \ chen dem Löwe Getauft vom Pfarrer Conrad \ walder den [blank] Tag [blank] Tauf= \ zeugen waren die Eldern selbst \ Gebohren in Bafflo \ Taunschip, Northumberland Caunty, in A= \ merica, in dem Staate Pennsylvanien

Gar anders muß mein name prangen, vor Gott, der nur die Sei= \ nen kennt, Er hat mich in der Tauf umpfangen, recht väterlich sein \ Kind genennt; In seiner Hand schreibt er mich an, nichts ist das \ mich auslöschen kann.

Verfertigt von Johann Valentin Schuller. 
 

Translation:

To these two married people namely Daniel Schäckler and his lawful wife Mariamagdalena, a born Renner, a daughter was born into the world, named Susana Schäckler in the year of our Lord 1803, the 4th day of September in the sign of Leo. Baptized by Pastor Conrad Walder Sponsors were the parents themselves. Born in Buffalo Township, Northumberland County, in America, in the state of Pennsylvania.

Quite differently my name must sound to God, who knows only his own. He has enveloped me in baptism , quite fatherly called me his child. In his hand he writes my name. There is nothing that can erase me.

Completed by Johann Valentin Schuller.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered; printed form. The text is printed in Fraktur, with blanks infilled by hand, within a rectangular frame in the center of the document. It is flanked by two urns, or vases, with four stems of small flowers and two stems of large tulips.

Associated Names: Walder, Conrad
Bibliography:

"Johann Valentin Schuller"  in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2^nd ed., vol. 2, pp. 682-684.

Klaus Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1998) vol. 4, pp. 76-77.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of printshop
Region/County:[Berks]
City/Town/Township:[Reading]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1811
Image Dimensions Width: 19.2 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 1074
Creator Name: Johann Valentin Schuller (1759-c. 1816) - Decorator
Johann Valentin Schuller (1759-c. 1816) - Scrivener
Anonymous - Printer/Publisher