{"id":3694,"date":"2009-05-03T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T07:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/03\/the-birth-and-baptism-of-sophia-catharina-brauer-1808\/"},"modified":"2009-05-03T00:01:19","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T07:01:19","slug":"the-birth-and-baptism-of-sophia-catharina-brauer-1808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/3694","title":{"rendered":"The Birth and Baptism of Sophia Catharina Br\u00ed\u00a4uer – 1808"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 09 May 1808, Sophia Catharina Br\u00ed\u00a4uer, daughter of Conrad Br\u00ed\u00a4uer 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.<\/p>\n

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The Birth and Baptismal Record of Sophia Catharina Br\u00ed\u00a4uer – 1808<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOURCE: Kirtorf Evangelische Kirche (Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hessen-Darmstadt), \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Duplum des Kirtorfer – Kirchen Protocolls uber die gebohren deselbes die 1808. [Duplicate of the Kirtorf Church Records of Births in 1808.],\u201d page 15, entry 19, Sophia Catharina Br\u00ed\u00a4uer, 11 May 1808; filmed as Kirchenbuchduplikat 1808-1875; FHL INTL microfilm 0,855,108.<\/p>\n

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 Br\u00ed\u00a4uer<\/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

15. P
\n1808. the month of May
\n19.<\/p>\n

Sophia Catharina, legitimately born daughter of Conrad Br\u00ed\u00a4uer and his wife Anna Maria n\u00e9e Lather<\/p>\n

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 Br\u00ed\u00a4uer citizen and [one word?] here, and his wife Anna Maria n\u00e9e Lather. The child was baptized on the eleventh of the same month where she was given the name Sophia Catharina.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0The Sponsors were:<\/p>\n

1; Sophia, legitimate daughter of Johannes Br\u00ed\u00a4uer, citizen and blacksmith here,
\n2; Catharina, legitimate daughter of Ludwig Br\u00ed\u00a4uer, citizen and tailor here,
\nwho have signed this document below next to the father and me, the minister, respectively, with the clarification that one signed [with her mark?].<\/p>\n

[signed] Johan Conrad Br\u00ed\u00a4uer
\n[signed] XXX [mark?] of Sophia Br\u00ed\u00a4uerin
\n[signed] Anna Catharina Br\u00ed\u00a4uer
\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 [signed] Christoph Carl [Venator?].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This child would grow up to marry Henrich Lather and eventually become a direct ancestor of the Lather family in Albany, New York.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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