On 09 May 1808, Sophia Catharina Brí¤uer, daughter of Conrad Brí¤uer and Anna Maria Lather, was born in Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt (now Germany). She was baptized in the parish church in Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt (now Germany) on 11 May 1808.
The Birth and Baptismal Record of Sophia Catharina Brí¤uer – 1808
SOURCE: Kirtorf Evangelische Kirche (Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hessen-Darmstadt), “Duplum des Kirtorfer – Kirchen Protocolls uber die gebohren deselbes die 1808. [Duplicate of the Kirtorf Church Records of Births in 1808.],” page 15, entry 19, Sophia Catharina Brí¤uer, 11 May 1808; filmed as Kirchenbuchduplikat 1808-1875; FHL INTL microfilm 0,855,108.
Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Sophia Catharina Brí¤uer. This PDF document includes an image of the original document, a transcription in German Gothic, a transcription in modern German, and a translation in English. Translated from the German, the record reads:
15. P
1808. the month of May
19.Sophia Catharina, legitimately born daughter of Conrad Brí¤uer and his wife Anna Maria née Lather
Between two and three o’clock in the afternoon of the ninth of May in the year of the Lord eighteen-hundred eight, the fourth child, a daughter and one of four daughters, was born to Conrad Brí¤uer citizen and [one word?] here, and his wife Anna Maria née Lather. The child was baptized on the eleventh of the same month where she was given the name Sophia Catharina.
 The Sponsors were:
1; Sophia, legitimate daughter of Johannes Brí¤uer, citizen and blacksmith here,
2; Catharina, legitimate daughter of Ludwig Brí¤uer, citizen and tailor here,
who have signed this document below next to the father and me, the minister, respectively, with the clarification that one signed [with her mark?].[signed] Johan Conrad Brí¤uer
[signed] XXX [mark?] of Sophia Brí¤uerin
[signed] Anna Catharina Brí¤uer
         [signed] Christoph Carl [Venator?].
This child would grow up to marry Henrich Lather and eventually become a direct ancestor of the Lather family in Albany, New York.
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