Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 336
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Johannes Koller wurde \ confimirt im Jahr 1808 von Pfr. Fridrich \ Miller lutherischer Confession und Maria \ Margaretha Koller eine geborne Frei wurde confor \ mirt 1807 von Pfr. Schefer auch lutherisch, und \ diese beiden Eheleute wurden getraut den \ 6ten April 1816 von Pfr. Fridrich Müller \ Lutherisches Prediger.

Translation:

Johannes Koller was confirmed in the year 1808 by Pastor Fridrich Miller, Lutheran confession, and Maria Margaretha Koller, a born Frei, was conformed in 1807 by Pastor Schefer, also Lutheran, and these two married people were married on the 6th of April 1816 by Pastor Fridrich Müller, Lutheran preacher.

Category: Birth and Baptismal Certificate (Geburts und Taufschein)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-lettered.  This is the back of a hand-drawn and hand-colored Birth and Baptismal Certificate.  The text in Fraktur is in the center of the document.  It is surrounded on the sides and top by leafy vines of flowers. The entire document is enclosed in a decorative border.  For the record of the front, see FLP 758.
Conrad Gilbert was formerly known as the Bern Township Artist; occasionally his work has also been attributed to the Reading-Berks Artist and Berks County Artist.
 

Associated Names: Schefer
Provenance: Scott Francis Brenner

Bibliography:

“Johann Conrad Gilbert” 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. 1, pp. 309-311.

Frederick S. Weiser, “His Deeds Followed Him: The Fraktur of John Conrad Gilbert,” in Der Reggeboge 16, no. 2 (1982): 33-45.
 

Frederick S. Weiser, “His Deeds Followed Him: The Fraktur of John Conrad Gilbert,” in Der Reggeboge 16, no. 2 (1982): 33-45.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of birth
Region/County:Berks
City/Town/Township:Albany Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1810
Image Dimensions Width: 19.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 758