Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 66
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Watermark: Levan
Transcription:

Diesen \ Beiden Ehegatten Als Jacob Lindaman J. und seine \ Ehefrau Elisabeth eine Geborne Neihardt ist ein Tochter zur \ welt geboren im Jahr unsers Herrn: 1816: den 12^ten January in Aellen \ Taunschip Northampton Caunty Staat Penselvanien: und Erhielt durch \ die Heilige Tauf den Namen Elisabeth, die Taufzeigen waren \ Conrad Kreider Sen. und seine Ehefrau Elisabeth. Getauft von Herrn C. J. Becker \ den 19^ten Tag. May 1816

Translation:

To these two married people, namely Jacob Lindaman, jun., and his lawful wife Elisabeth, a born Neihardt, a daughter was born into the world in the year of our lord 1816, on the 12th of January, in Allen Township, Northampton County, state of Pennsylvania, and she received through Holy Baptism the name Elisabeth. The sponsors were Conrad Kreider, sen., and his lawful wife Elisabeth. Baptized by Mr. C. J. Becker, the 19th day of May 1816.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. Text in Fraktur and German script covers the lower portion of the item. Above it is an arched border topped on each side by a vase with flowers and a tulip. A large eagle or bird on a branch is in the top center. A leafy vine and two stars are above it. The certificate is surrounded by a decorated border.
Several numbers are penciled on the bottom.

Associated Names: Neihardt, Elisabeth
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

“Northampton County Artist” 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), 2nd ed., vol. 2, pp. 575-576.

Maine Antiques Digest (October 1976); published on p. 1-B.

Ellen Shaffer, “Fraktur: the colorful art of the Pennsylvania Germans,” The Magazine Antiques 95, no. 4 (April 1969): 550-555; published on p. 550.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of birth
Region/County:Northampton
City/Town/Township:Allen Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1820
Image Dimensions Width: 40 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 39
Creator Name: [Northampton County Artist (active c. 1816-1837)] - Decorator
[Northampton County Artist (active c. 1816-1837)] - Scrivener