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BaerbelJ

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Here is a page from a family Bible written in German. It belonged to Peter Eberly of Smithville, Ohio and is housed in the Ohio State University Rare Book Library. The Bible has about a dozen pages with handwritten notations, but not all of them are family history related. Some are also badly faded and very difficult to read.

 

The information on this page says:

Ich Johannes Eberle bin gebohren den

5 Julius Ihm Zeichen Zwilling nachmittag

um 7 uhr 45 minuden ihm Jahr 1755

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Elisabet meine frau Ist gebohren den

Ersten Junius 1750

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Der Obige gesagte Johannes Eberle Ist gestorben den

sechsden April morgens um zwey uhr 1823. ist alt worden

sieben und sechzig iahr nein monat und achzehen stund

und 15 minuden

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Und sein sohn Jacob Eberle ist gestorben den fünf und

zwanzigsten Mertz 1806 ist alt vorden sechs und zwanzig

Jahr fünf monat und elf Dag

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Die Obige gesagte Elisabeth Eberly ist gestorben den

4den December 1823 ist alt worden wir vier und sechzig

iahr [inserted: sex monat] und trei Tag.

BaerbelJ

I find it interesting that in the 18th and 19th Centuries many people liked to include the sign of the Zodiac with their birth information.

 

Here is a translation of the above family Bible entries into English:

 

I, Johannes eberle, was born on the 5th of July in the Sign "Twin" in the afternoon at 7 o'clock and 45 minutes in the year 1755

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Elisabet, my wife, was born on the first of June 1750

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The above said Johannes Eberle died on the 6th of April at two o'clock in the morning 1823. He reached the age of sixty-seven years niine months and eighteen hours and 15 minutes.

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And his son Jacob Eberle died on the twenty-fifth of March 1806, reached the age of twenty-six years, five months, and 11 days

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The above-said Elisabet Eberly died on the fourth of December 1823; reached the age of sixty-four years, six months, and three days.

BaerbelJ

This is also a good example of the old adage "spelling doesn't count". Standardized spelling is a relatively modern invention. The prevailing norm was "If it sounds right when you read it out loud, it is spelled correctly". This can be really confusing to non-German speakers.

Example: "ihm Zeichen" should be "im Zeichen" [in the sign] - silent letter "h" added [confusing because "ihm" is actually 'him" in English]

Dennis J Yancey

yes - this is exactly what I was looking for. . . .

thanks (English translation is very important to me also)

 

are there additional pages that contain family data?

who owns the bible?

any idea where the bible owning family lived ?

Family Bible

we have added the bible you shared with us to the German Family Bible album in Memories

at:

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/gallery/album/630125

 

let us know of other family bibles you may be able to share.

 

Thanks

 

the Family Bible Preservation Project

 

http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/family_bible_chasers.htm

 

Dennis J Yancey

Thanks again for sharing the bible and translation!!

great stuff.

Dennis J Yancey

@baerbel thanks again for this bible

can you tell me if there are additional pages with family data?

BaerbelJ

There are more pages I caould share, but just don't have the time right now. Please remind me in a couple of weeks. It seems like having the pages without knowing what they say is pointless.

Dennis J Yancey

that is true - without a translation it isnt very helpful

but there may be others who can translate.

just want t make sure I have all the pages together and not some missing.

Thanks for your help.