Item Info

Creation Date: 3/4/1808
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; Roman script
Language: German; English
Weiser Number: 70
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Margareth Mayerin \ Ist gebohren im Staadt Pennsylvanien Montgomery \ Caunty Marlborugh Taunschib im Jahr des Herrn 1805 \ den 28ten Mertz. Ihr Vater war Georg Mayer \ die Mutter Catarina gebohrne Waldin M. Mayerin \ wurde getauft von Herrn Faber Prediger und die= \ nen unsers Herren Jesu. die Taufzeugen waren \ Johannes Keller und die Ehe Frau Margareth^a.

[along upper edge]
March the 4th. 1808 Marlborugh Township

[on the left, above flower]
Ich bin getauft ich steh im bunde = =

[to the right, above flower]
Und lobe Gott mit rohem Munde.

Translation:

Margareth Mayerin was born in the state of Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Marlborough Township, in the year of the Lord 1805, the 28th of march. Her father was Georg Mayer, the mother Catarina, born Waldin. M. Mayer was baptized by Mister Faber, preacher and servant of our Lord Jesus. The sponsors were Johannes Keller and his wife Margaretha.

[along upper edge]
March the 4th, 1808, Marlborough Township

[on the left, above flower]
I am baptized, I stand united.

[to the right, above flower]
And praise God with joyous mouth.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The main text in Fraktur, with blanks infilled in Roman script, is in the center of the document, within a rectangular frame with a triangular peak at the top. It is flanked in the lower corners by areas of green with a fence. Flowering leafy vines grow upwards from these areas, along the sides of text. At the top of the frame sits a bird, and from the frame’s upper edge and corners protrude additional vines and two flowers. The entire document is enclosed by a decorative border. The fraktur lettering and decoration closely resembles work attributed to Bucks County artist Bernhard Misson (formerly known as the BM artist and Durham Township artist). Although Bernhard Mission worked primarily in Bucks County, a bookplate made for Catarina Dietz of Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County and dated 1812 (FLP B-65) is attributed to him and suggests he also worked in Montgomery County.

Associated Names: Wald, Catarina
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

“B M 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, p. 527.

“Durham Township 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. 1, pp. 206-207.

Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 221-225.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of birth and inscription on document
Region/County:Montgomery
City/Town/Township:Marlborough Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 19.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 187
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener