Item No: frk00681v

Title:
Birth and Baptismal Certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) for Eva Eissenhaer

Category:
Birth and Baptismal Certificate (Geburts und Taufschein)

Creators:
Decorator: Sussel-Washington Artist (active c. 1760-1779)
Scrivener: Sussel-Washington Artist (active c. 1760-1779)

Creation Place:
Town/Township: Bethel Township
County: Lancaster [now Lebanon]
State/Province: Pennsylvania
Note: Based on location of birth

Creation Date: ca. 1773

Physical Description: Leaf

Dimensions: 16.5 cm x 20 cm

Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink

Media Type: Manuscripts

Watermark: Four-leaf clover

Language: German

Scripts/Text: German script

Associated Names: Eisenhauer; Eissenhaer, Eva; Mishler, Peter; Mislher; Schaeff, Carll; Schaeff, Eva

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. This is the back of a birth and baptismal certificate. The text in German script is in the center of the document. The second date probably refers to the mother’s death. For the record of the front, see FLP 681.

Transcription:

Ihr Vater starb \ im 1844 den 11ten \ Jenner starb \ sie haben 7 kinder \ eine Dochter \ ein Sohn gestorben \ in ter ehe 55 \ lebten sie in der \ ehe \ 1844 ienner 11 \ 1857 Mertz 31

Translation:

Her father died in 1844, the 11^th of January, died. They had 7 children. One daughter and one son died. In the marriage 55 [years] they lived in the marriage. 1844, January 11. 1857, March 31.

Provenance:
Arthur Sussel
George Horace Lorimer

Bibliography:

“Sussel-Washington Artist” in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2nd ed., vol. 2, pp. 754-766.

Weiser Number: 82

Subjects:

• Clothing
• Drinking vessels
• Men
• Musical instruments
• People
• Purses
• Women

Source:
Rare Book Department