Please translate this child's birth record from the Brake and Schildesche area of Westfalen:

CarolEKallmeyer

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZP-1BBM?i=153

film 007946398; image 154 of 699; pages #291 and 292; male birth # 24 in 1770

The mother's name looks like "Weefeld", however in other births it looks like "Wefeld" or "Weefelt"?

Is this christening date 4 February or 28 January? What is the "EOD" symbol?

PABulfinch

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bobgreiner1

Although the first letter of the mother's name is difficult to read because of the writing above it, I would agree that the first letter is a 'W', especially since you have seen the name spelled similarly in other records. The alternate spellings you gave are all pronounced the same. That said, I would read the name as Weefels, where the final 's' is the feminine ending of the surname, much the same as the mothers' named in all the records above it.

I would say the baptism was on 4 February, since the records are most likely in chronological order. the Eod is an abbreviation for the Latin 'eodem' = 'on the same day'. Although the pastor used the word 'dito' a few lines above it to record a baptism on the same day, eodem would imply the same meaning.

CarolEKallmeyer

Thank you much for this reading; I will change the mother's name to "Weefels" and the baptism date to 4 February 1770; and I will add the "eodem - on the same day" note to may Latin notes.

I appreciate this so much,

Carol

bobgreiner1

Schildesche, Taufen 1755 - 1776

1770, Knaben #24

Archion.de

Westfalen: Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang. Kirche > Kirchenkreis Bielefeld > Schildesche > Taufen 1755-1776, Beerdigungen 1774-1776, Trauungen 1755-1776, Beerdigungen 1755-1773 Band 3, image 150

 

Anno 1770

Nro. (Knaben oder Mägden)

Knaben #24

Beyde Eltern Vor und Zu Nahme

Joh. Peter Höner Zu Gunterhuse

Anna Maria Elisabeth Weefels

Ob Sie Eige oder ob Sie Frey?

König

Ob Sie ( Hssw. [Hasuwirth] oder Heuerl[ing] )

Hssw.

Nahmen der Kinder

Caspar Henri

Januario (Gebohre und Getaufte)

d. 28ten Jan, Eod[em] [following entry of 4ten Februar

Derer Gevattern Vor und Zu Nahme

Töns Henr. Breemeyer in Kirchsp[iel] Herford, Ackersman

Des Cont[rib] Nro derer Eltern durch alle Bauerschaften

(Wibbold; Schildesche; Brake; Teesen; Vilsendorf; Gellershagen)

Bauerschaft Brake #28

 

Translation:

Year 1770

Number of boy or girl

Boy  #24

Given and surname of both parents

Joh. Peter Höner Zu Gunterhuse

Anna Maria Elisabeth Weefel

Whether owned or free [?]

[Owned by the] king ?

Whether the land owner or tenant

Land owner

Name of the child

Caspar Henri

January (Birth and baptism dates)

born the 28th of January, baptized on the same day [as previous entry = the 4th of February]

Given and surnames of the godparents

Töns Henr[ich] Breemeyer in the parish of Herford, farmer

The number on the tax list [?] of the parents in all farms

 (Wibbold; Schildesche; Brake; Teesen; Vilsendorf; Gellershagen)

Bauerschaft Brake #28

 

Note: Ernest Thode’s dictionary gives a definition of “contribuiren” as “pay taxes”. Thus my assumption that the numbers refer to a tax list.

 

I also found a marriage record for the parents. It does not provide much more information.

Westfalen: Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang. Kirche > Kirchenkreis Bielefeld > Schildesche > Taufen 1707-1744, Beerdigungen 1690-1754, Taufen 1745-1754, Trauungen 1708-1754 Band 2, image 333

 

Anno 1754, #27, d. 16 Octbr

Peter Henrich Höner Zu Guntenhaussen et Anna Maria Wefels

Translation:

1754, #27, the 16th of October 1754

Peter Henrich Höner Zu Guntenhaussen and Anna Maria Wefel

Note: The pastor separated the marriages into four categories: young man and young woman; widower and young woman; young man and widow; and widower and widow. This couple was entered under young man and young woman.

CarolEKallmeyer

Especially grateful for this translation for Caspar Henri; he is the direct line for one line of the family and I wanted to get this one correct.

I will add these spellings for his parents in the "Other Information" section of their detail pages.

Thank you also for this extra translation of the parent's marriage; with the extra note explaining how the pastor separated the marriage categories.

Thank you much.