baptism request for Johann Georg Stocker
I need a bit of help with this record from Rockensüß , Rotenburg , Hessen—2nd on left
16 November ????( is this saying date of birth 8th), Joh(ann) Georg, Matth(eus) Stöcker, Georg We???? (witness??)
Thank you again
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please write out the german words /abbreviations in the first line: ( 16 ??? h. vespt.??? 8) ????? I see a lot of these and would like to know what they mean.
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The words are actually Latin:
d[ies] 16 ejusd[em] h[ora] vesp[er]t[ina] 8 = Day 16 of the same [month] at the afternoon hour 8 (8:00 p.m.)
It is not fully clear to me to whom the names refer. Johann Georg could be the name of the child, Matth[ias] Stöcker the father, Georg Wennemuth? the godfather. There seems to be cross between the first two lines which may indicate that the child died soon after birth.
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So I should take 16 as the day of birth - the record above indicates November-is that correct? Johann Georg did live to 1782.
Thank you
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Yes, November 16th, 1719(?) is correct.
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