{"id":4047,"date":"2009-06-05T22:12:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T05:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=4047"},"modified":"2009-06-05T22:12:10","modified_gmt":"2009-06-06T05:12:10","slug":"the-birth-and-baptismal-record-of-maria-dorothea-lather-1787","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/4047","title":{"rendered":"The Birth and Baptismal Record 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 Evangelical Church in Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt (now Germany) on 10 May 1787.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4048\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/crb-lather-maria-dorothea-1787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4048\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4048\" title=\"The Birth and Baptismal Record of Maria Dorothea Lather - 1787\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/crb-lather-maria-dorothea-1787-1024x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Birth and Baptismal Record of Maria Dorothea Lather - 1787\" width=\"423\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Birth and Baptismal Record of Maria Dorothea Lather - 1787<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SOURCE: Kirtorf Evangelische Kirche (Kirtorf, Alsfeld Kreis, Hesse-Darmstadt), \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kirtorfer Kirchenbuch 1769-1807. [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 href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/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 Lather, 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 Maria Dorothea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-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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