Maria Barbara Süss birth 4 July 1714 004137289 page 317 birth
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Hello Kent,
Translation:
Child: Maria Barbara, born 4 July and baptized 6 [July].
Parents: Martin Suß, "Weidgesell", Anna.
Baptismal sponsors: Peter Keller, head man of the village/appointed mayor, with wife; Joachim Holtz, hunter, with wife.
My comments: Note that in this record, the father's surname "Suß" does not have an umlaut on the "u".
The occupation of "Weidgesell" was new to me. I found several definitions at the online site Wörterbuchnetz: a hunter employed to supervise and shoot game; hunting assistant.
Note that one of the baptismal sponsors is a hunter so perhaps father and sponsor hunted together or at least knew each other as fellow hunters in Graben.
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Wonderful and thanks for leading me to this record. I loved the thoughts on "Weidgesell." I have another relative in Scotland who was the "keeper of the game." I think he kept track of who was shooting and what they were harvesting from the woods. It is amazing to me how much information you can decipher from a document that is so poorly written and has bleed through.
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You're welcome, Kent. FYI: I made a small edit to my original response changing the second definition of "Weidgesell" from "hunting assistance" to "hunting assistant".
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