Wendel Scholl sponsor Negel left 15 Mar 1775 film 102078348 page 569

Kent Gardiner

Translation request:

When I look at this doc I think. How in the world can someone translate this. But brighter minds than mine are at work and voila – a beautiful translation brings light to another document. It is a miracle!!!

Robert Seal_1

@Kent Gardiner

Hello Kent,

Translation:

On the 15th of March [1775], in the evening at 5:00 pm born and on the 17th of the same month baptized: Augusta Elisabetha [Negelin].

Father: Friderich Negelin, the local citizen, master butcher, and innkeeper at the sign of the bear.

Mother: Jacobina, née Bitrolfin.

Baptismal witnesses: (1) Wendel Scholl, the local citizen, and (2) his wife Augusta, née Raicherin. (3) Joh[ann] Jacob Negelin, the citizen, master butcher, and innkeeper at the sign of the lion in Karlsruhe. (4) Elisabetha, née Theimin?, wife of Georg Friderich Bitrolf, citizen and miller at Rüppurr.

Right column: died 16 August 1819.

Kent Gardiner

Robert: Fits perfectly with what we already know:

Philipp Friedrich Nägelin was best friends with Georg Scholl who lived from1748 to 1817. Philipp's ID: 9JKQ-XDC Philipp was born 9 July 1743 and died 19 April 1809. His father was named Friedrick and mother Jacobina He lived to be 65. Philipp married Jacobine Bitrolfin 19 Jun 1764. They had at least 6 children.  Friedrich Nägelin was a local citizen, master butcher, and innkeeper at the sign of the bear in Graben.

Thanks and thanks again!!! KG

Robert Seal_1

You're welcome, MrG.