Johannes Lather, son of Johann Reinhard Lather and his wife Maria Catharina Christian, died on 03 Jan 1781. He was buried at the Evangelical Church in Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt (now Germany) on 05 Jan 1781.
SOURCE: Kirtorf Evangelische Kirche (Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt), “Kirtorfer Kirchenbuch 1725-1768. [Kirtorf Church Book 1725-1768.],” page 786, entry 1, Johannes Lather, 05 January 1781; filmed as Kirchenbuch 1725-1875; FHL INTL microfilm 1,336,979, Item 2.
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Deaths in the Year 1781.
1)P.
Between 5 and 6 o’clock in the evening on the 3rd of January [1781], Johannes, the little son of the local citizen Johann Reinhard Lather, died. On the 5th of the same month, the child was buried in the earth; age 7 months and 8 days.
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