Baptism translation request
Please translate---This is the record of Johannes August Gottfried son of Daniel Fitzler I have been searching for. Is birth Dec 31 and death written on left side 18 Jan 1841?
Thank you
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Hello Trish, I can help you with at least some of this birth and baptismal record. Note that the child's name is Johannes Justus Gottfried and he was born on 31 October. The baptismal sponsors are a challenge so there are some question marks.
Edingen, on the 31st of October, God blessed Daniel Fitzler and his wife Maria Elisabetha with a young son, who was brought to holy baptism on the 6th of November. Baptismal witnesses were Gottfried Jüngst?, citizen and master baker from Herborn, Johannes Peter Tropff?, legitimate son of the lordly administrator there, and Margaretha Elisabetha, maiden, daughter of Herr Jost Henrich Eberzten?, councilman from Herborn. The child was given the name Johannes Justus Gottfried.
In left margin: died, amazing to say, 18 January 1841.
My comments:
(1) I am not sure of the phrase I placed in italics for the second baptismal witness.
(2) The phrase "miracle dictu" [amazing to say] in the death date might be a reference to the fact that Johannes Justus Gottfried lived beyond ninety years.
(3) Here's the link for Herborn from Meyers Gazetteer: https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/10772071 Herborn is approximately 3 miles north of Edingen.
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Thank you. Your note #2 was indeed interesting as most people did not live so many years. I found the death record and it indicates he was 92. I am attaching here and asking for a translation. I am assuming his second name was Justus and not August.
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Hello@TrishAndersen,
Translation of the death record:
Number: 5.
Decedent: Johann Justus Gottfried Fitzler.
Status and residence of the decedent: Edingen, stocking weaver.
Age: 92 years.
Who does the decedent leave behind: four adult daughters at Edingen.
Time of the death: 18 Jan 1841, 10:00 am.
Cause of death: debility of old age.
Which cleric was informed of the death: the same [as above] = Pastor Schaum.
Day of the burial: 21 Jan 1841.
Cemetery where the decedent was buried: Edingen.
Remarks: [blank].
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Wonderful--I love the decedent part that included. Been looking for the death of his wife, determined she didn't live as long.
Much appreciated.
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