On 15 Feb 1842, Johannes Lather, son of Henrich Lather and Sophia Catharina Brí¤uer, was born in Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hessen-Darmstadt (now Germany). He was baptized in the parish church in Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hessen-Darmstadt (now Germany) on 27 Feb 1842.
The Birth and Baptismal Record of Johannes Lather – 1842
SOURCE: Kirtorf Evangelische Kirche (Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hessen-Darmstadt), “Geburts=Protokoll fí¼r das Gemeinde Kirtorf fí¼r 1842. [Birth Record for the Congregation of Kirtorf in 1842.],” page 9, Johannes Lather, 27 February 1842; filmed as Kirchenbuchduplikat 1808-1875; FHL INTL microfilm 0,855,109.
Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Johannes Lather. 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:
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Johannes, son of Henrich Lather
Between two and three o’clock in the morning of the fifteenth of February in the year of the Lord eighteen-hundred forty-two, after a credible report, the third child and second son was born of Heinrich Lather citizen and baker here, of his wife Sophia Catharina née Brí¤uer. The child was baptized on the twenty-seventh of the same month where he was given the name Johannes.
         The Sponsor was:
         Johannes Brí¤uer, eldest son of Conrad Brí¤uer, [one word?] here, who has signed this document next to the father of the child and me, the minister.
[signed] Johannes Brí¤uer; Johannes Brí¤uer
[signed] Henrich Lather
         [signed] Wolfgang Ernst Glí¼ckner
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