Showing posts with label Dahms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dahms. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Death Certificate for Caroline (Duhmke, Muller) Dahms

Great, Great, Great- Grandmother Dahms was born in Prussia in 1820 or 1822.  Her maiden name was Duhmke.  She first married Great, Great, Great - Grandfather Müller, and later married Wilhelm Dahms.  Unfortunately, her death certificate does not list the place of burial.



Transcription
Agency: State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics
No. in Registration Book: 2
Place of Death: Prior Lake Village, Scott County
Full Name of Deceased: Carolin Dahms
Sex: female
Color or Race: German
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: July 6, 1820
Age: 91 years, 11 mos., 20 days
Occupation: none
Birthplace: Germany
Name of Father: Durhmke
Birthplace of Father: Germany
Maiden Name of Mother: Don't know
Birthplace of Mother: Germany
Informant: F.J. Miller
Address of Informant: Prior Lake
Filing Date: June 26, 1912
Registrar: James Sim???????
Address of Registrar: Prior Lake
Date of Death: June 25, 1912
Cause of Death: Physiological ?&? ?Exhaustion?
MD: [illegible]
Place of burial or removal: [no entry]
Date of Burial: June 27, 1912
Undertaker: A. Hirshe?
Address of Undertaker: Shakopee

Friday, January 8, 2010

Translations of the German Documents - Johann Friedrich Phillip Muller's Birth Certificate

 In a very exciting development, I'm finally getting around to having our old German documents from the Miller side of the family transcribed and translated by Gerda Dinwiddie


Because these documents are handwritten, and sometimes illegible, not all the words can be accurately transcribed, but I think Gerda did a great job!


Here's the first one, the birth certificate of Johann Friedrich Phillip Müller:






Transcription:

Johnann Friedrich Philipp

ehelicher Sohn des hier verstorbenen Zimmermanns Friedrich Christian Müller und seiner Ehefrau jetzt verehl. (verehelicht) Dahms, geb. Buwolian(?)/Lurolien(?) Maria Dühmke, ist hieselbst geboren am sechsten Juni Achtzehn Hundert Sieben und Fünfzig / den 6. Juni 1857.
Solches wird auf Gnade des heiligen Kirchenbuchs, behufs Auswanderung nach Amerika, hiemit amtlich bescheinigt.
Loitz, den 29 September 1868

(Unterschrift)
S...(?) und Pastorat(?)


Translation:

Johnann Friedrich Philipp

legitimate son of the here deceased carpenter Friedrich Christian Müller and his wife, now married Dahms, nee Buwolian(?)/Lurolien(?) Maria Dühmke, was born here on the sixths of June Eighteen Hundred Fifty Seven/ June 6, 1857.
This is officially certified herewith through the grace of the holy church record book, for the purpose of emigration to America.

Loitz, September 29, 1868

(signature)
S...(?) and parsonage(?)

Comments: 


Regarding "Buwolian(?)/Lurolien(?)" - This is actually Caroline (or maybe Carolian?).  We know she spelled her name Caroline when she came to the U.S., but who knows how it would have originally been spelled.  It's a very difficult word to read in the document.  This document also confirms that Freidrich was a carpenter and that he was Caroline's first husband and that she married 2nd, a man with the last name of Dahms.