{"id":3740,"date":"2009-05-15T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T07:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/15\/the-birth-and-baptism-of-elias-lather-1781\/"},"modified":"2009-05-15T00:01:27","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T07:01:27","slug":"the-birth-and-baptism-of-elias-lather-1781","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/3740","title":{"rendered":"The Birth and Baptism of Elias Lather – 1781"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 22 Oct 1781, Elias Lather, son of Johann Reinhard Lather and Maria Catharina Christian, was born in Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt (now Germany). He was baptized in the parish church in Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt (now Germany) on 23 Oct 1781.<\/p>\n

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The Birth and Baptismal Record of Elias Lather – 1781<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOURCE: Kirtorf Evangelische Kirche (Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt), \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kirtorfer Kirchenbuch 1769-1807.
\n[Kirtorf Church Book 1769-1807.],\u201d page 83, entry 23, Elias Lather, 23 October 1781; filmed as Kirchenbuchduplikat 1808-1875; FHL INTL microfilm 1,336,979.<\/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 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

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Between 9 and 10 o’clock in the morning on October 22nd, a son was born to the local citizen and linen weaver, Johann Reinhard Lather and his wife Maria Catharina [one word?] n\u00e9e Christian who, on the 23rd of the same month, through Elias Christian, citizen and merchant in [one word?] and in his place, the grandfather Reinhard Christian, citizen here, was baptized and given the name Elias.<\/p>\n

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I have written that the mother’s maiden name is Christian, but the surname appears in this record three times, once each as Christ, Christin, and Christian.<\/p>\n

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

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