Translation Help with Infant Birth and Death
I've found Eli Tørresdatter's birth and death records. Her birth record is entry 2. https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/1648/110
The column that usually has witnesses has some statement instead. What does that say? Also, the next column has a date. What is that date for.
Her death record is the last entry here: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/1648/262
This indicates that she died at 2 weeks old. I expect death and burial dates; however, the records have three dates listed. I presume December 16, 1842 is the death date and December 21 is the burial date, but then what is the February 26, 1843 date listed for?
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The following is a quote from the FamilySearch wiki. "...the church rites at the graveside which is called a Committal Service. Literally the translation means casting earth on the deceased’s coffin. After the grave was again covered, the priest could give a short sermon before everyone offered The Lord’s Prayer." The priest may be unable to attend the burial but later he may come and perform this burial rite. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Norway_Burials_(Begravelse)
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If a child was not expected to survive, the child would be baptized at home. That date in the last column is the date of Eli's home baptism (Hjemmedåp). Usually who performed the baptism would also be recorded. This could be a parent, relative, or other person. It did not have to be a priest.
If the child survived, at some point the child would be presented at church and the baptism confirmed/ratified (confirmert or stadfestet). I don't know what this ceremony consisted of, but I have been told the child was not baptized again.
The statement you are asking about says:
"Død udan daapben ??? confirmert i kirken" (Died without the baptism ??? confirmed in church.)
The three dates in the burial records are Døde, Begravet, and Jordfestet or Death, Burial, and Funeral/Consecration of the Grave.
A person could be buried without a priest being present. But at some point, the priest had to hold the official funeral service and consecrate the grave. That final ceremony could be delayed for any number of reasons such as the parish having a traveling priest that was not always there or the family needing to save up to pay the cost of the funeral.
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