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Confirmation — Johann Erhard Knoll, son of Georg Knoll, butcher, Marktleuthen, 1840
Transcript and translation
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Transcription (German, as read)
Row 1: "J. Georg Goldschadt [?]", born "5 April 1826", father "J. Jacob Goldschadt", Weber.
Row 4: "J. Christoph Fünka [?]", born "21 [..] 1826", father "J. Georg Fünka", Müller.
Row 5: "J. [Erhard? Gerhard?] Knoll", born "10 Juni [1826]" (year by ditto from row 1), father "Georg Knoll", Metzger. School marks: the first columns read "unterbrochen" and "mässig", the next "gut", "fleißig".
Row 6: "Johann [Kauß?]", born 24 [..] 1826, father "J. Nicol [Mäder?]", Schneider.
English translation
Johann [Erhard?] Knoll, born 10 June 1826, son of Georg Knoll, butcher (Metzger), was in the confirmation class of 1840 at Marktleuthen.
Notes
John E. Knoll: the birth date agrees with his will (10 June 1826), the town is Marktleuthen and the initial fits Erhard (PROBABLE). The year 1826 is read from row 1 and the dittos.
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