Translation of Catharina Maria Runge's birth record
Please provide a transcription and translation of Catharina Maria Runge (my 5th great grandmother) birth record. In particular I would like to know the father's occupation and the locations (if in fact included) of the sponsors. Details of Catharina's family can be found in my Ancestry tree: Catharina Maria Runge - Facts (ancestry.com).
Sincerely,
Rebecca Kennedy
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What I read:
den 12ten April hat der vormahlige Bondmann Frantz Runge eine Tochter erzeuget die d 14ten eiusd. Catharina Maria getauft worden. Die Pathen sind gewesen des Bondmanns Jürgen Rungens Ehefrau, Mrie Sophie Bohlen? eine H__?, und Pet: Rungen, ein Häcker.
Translation:
On 12 April [1761] the former farmer(?) Frantz Runge has produced a daughter who was baptized Catharina Maria on the 14th of the same month. Sponsors have been Marie Sophie Bohlen(?), wife of the farmer(?) Jürgen Runge, a ___? and Pet[er] Runge, a farm worker.
Comments:
The occupation of the father and the first sponsor is given as Bondmann. I have not seen this occupation before, but Bonde is a term for a farmer. Häcker is a farm worker. Locations are not named in this record.
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Thank you very for the transcription and translation. In a later record, Frantz's occupation is listed as Hacker. So it is logical that he would be a former farmer of another variety.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Kennedy
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