Translation request - Carl Wilhelm Janke b. 1804 (record number 1)

R-Fullmer

Hi - I'd love some help with a few words in the following birth record:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-8LVX-K?i=75&cc=1874205

1- The occupation for Johann Georg Janke

2 - The occupation for the first witness (Zell), and

3 - 3rd witness: the words between "Frau Mueller" and "Gr K"(Gross Kuedde)

Thank you!

Rachel

Robert Seal_1

@RachelOstlerFullmer

Hello Rachel,

This is extremely challenging handwriting, in particular the scribe's capital "H".

Your questions:

1- The occupation for Johann Georg Janke: "Hirte" = herdsman or clergyman (as in one who herds his flock of parishioners).

2 - The occupation for the first witness (Zell): "Dragoner" = dragoon (a heavily armed mounted soldier).

3 - 3rd witness: the words between "Frau Mueller" and "Gr K"(Gross Kuedde):

Here is a transcription: "Frau Müller Henriet. Dahlmann geb. Golden Gr. K."

This is how I would translate this: Wife of the miller Henriette Dahlmann, born Golden, in Gross Küdde.

R-Fullmer

Thank you Robert -

Yes, his "H" is really different from anything on the alphabet lists. It's so interesting that the word Hirte could mean either herdsman or clergyman. I really appreciate your help. 😊

Robert Seal_1

You're welcome, Rachel. I am only familiar with "Hirte" meaning "herdsman". Ernest Thode, in his German-English Genealogical Dictionary (page 111) gives the defintion as: herdsman; clergyman.