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Translation of Birth Record of Karolina Raudonat No. 30
Village Obszruty community of Wiłkowyszki
It took place in the Government city of Wiłkowyszki on May 18/30, 1847 at 3:00 o’clock afternoon. In front of us, the signed Priest Lange, the Pastor, and Administrator of the Evangelic Branch in Wiłkowyszki, presented himself Michał Raudonat, farmer, 30 years old, in the presence of Jan Kubat, farmer, 30 years old, and Filip Szweicer, inn-keeper, 50 years old, all of them witnesses residing in the village Obszruty, and he has presented to us a female child, born in there, today, at 2:00 o’clock at night, from his wife Barbara nee Henning, 25 years old. To this child on the Holy Christening performed today was given the name Karolina, and her godparents were the above mentioned Jan Kubat with Maria Szweicer. This document, after being read to the present, was signed only by us, because they didn’t know how to write. X. Lange A. Pastor
Translator’s Note: The X. stands for “Ksiądz” in Polish which means “Priest” in English.
Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1843-1898: microfilm no. 905,264, no. 30 (1847).
