{"id":3629,"date":"2009-04-14T22:00:53","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/14\/the-birth-and-baptism-of-elias-lather-1817\/"},"modified":"2009-04-14T22:00:53","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T05:00:53","slug":"the-birth-and-baptism-of-elias-lather-1817","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/3629","title":{"rendered":"The Birth and Baptism of Elias Lather &#8211; 1817"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 24 May 1817, Elias Lather, son of Johann Georg Lather and Elisabetha Becker, 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 May 1817.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"The Birth and Baptismal Record of Elias Lather - 1817\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/CRB-Lather-Elias-1817.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3627\" style=\"height: 368px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/CRB-Lather-Elias-1817.jpg\" alt=\"The Birth and Baptismal Record of Elias Lather - 1817\" width=\"467\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>The Birth and Baptismal Record of Elias Lather &#8211; 1817<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: Kirtorf Evangelische Kirche (Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hessen-Darmstadt), \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Duplum des Kirtorfer Kirchen und Geburts=Protokoll \u00ed\u00bcber die Gebohren de 1817. [Duplicate of the Kirtorf Church and Birth Records of those Born in 1817.],\u201d page 168, image 9, Elias Lather, 27 May 1817; filmed as Kirchenbuchduplikat 1808-1875; FHL INTL microfilm 0,855,108.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of <a id=\"p3628\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/CRB-Lather-Elias-1817.pdf\">Elias Lather<\/a>. 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:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>168 9<\/p>\n<p>1817 Kirtorf [one word?]<br \/>\nAt noon, between twelve and one o&#8217;clock on the twenty-fourth of May in the year of the Lord eighteen-hundred and seventeen, the second child, a son was born of [one word?] citizen and butcher Johann Georg Lather of his wife Elisabeth n\u00e9e Becker. The child was baptized on the twenty-seventh of the same month where he was given the name Elias.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The Sponsors were:<br \/>\n1. Elias Lather, citizen and baker in Kirtorf<br \/>\n2. his wife Elisabetha n\u00e9e Schmidt<br \/>\nwho have signed and [one word?] this document next to the father and me, the minister.<\/p>\n<p>[signed] Johann Georg Lather; Elias Lather<br \/>\n[signed] Anna Elisabetha Lather; Christoph [Carl Keator?]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The father of this child was Johann Georg Lather, brother of Henrich Lather and uncle of Johann Georg Lather III.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 24 May 1817, Elias Lather, son of Johann Georg Lather and Elisabetha Becker, was born in Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hessen-Darmstadt (now Germany). 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