{"id":3755,"date":"2009-05-19T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T07:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/19\/the-birth-and-baptism-of-maria-dorothea-lather-1787\/"},"modified":"2009-05-19T00:01:12","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T07:01:12","slug":"the-birth-and-baptism-of-maria-dorothea-lather-1787","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/3755","title":{"rendered":"The Birth and Baptism of Maria Dorothea Lather &#8211; 1787"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 09 May 1787, Maria Dorothea Lather, daughter of Johann Reinhard Lather and Maria Catharina Christian, 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 10 May 1787.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"The Birth and Baptismal Record of Maria Dorothea Lather - 1787\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/CRB-Lather-Maria-Dorothea-1787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3753\" style=\"width: 470px; height: 126px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/CRB-Lather-Maria-Dorothea-1787.jpg\" alt=\"The Birth and Baptismal Record of Maria Dorothea Lather - 1787\" width=\"470\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>The Birth and Baptismal Record of Maria Dorothea Lather &#8211; 1787<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: Kirtorf Evangelische Kirche (Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt), \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kirtorfer Kirchenbuch 1769-1807.<br \/>\n[Kirtorf Church Book 1769-1807.],\u201d page 112, entry 11, Maria Dorothea Lather, 10 May 1787; filmed as Kirchenbuch 1725-1875; FHL INTL microfilm 1,336,979.<\/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=\"p3761\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/CRB-Lather-Maria-Dorothea-1787R2.pdf\">Maria Dorothea 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>D.<br \/>\n11,<\/p>\n<p>On the afternoon of May 9, between 1 and 2 o&#8217;clock, a daughter was born to the local citizen, Reinhard <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lather<\/span>, and his wife, Maria Catharina [one word?] n\u00e9e Christian, and on the 10th of the same month, the child was brought for Holy Baptism by Maria Dorothea, legitimate daughter of Reinhard Christian, and was named <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Maria Dorothea<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 09 May 1787, Maria Dorothea Lather, daughter of Johann Reinhard Lather and Maria Catharina Christian, was born in Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt (now Germany). 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