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- 4. George (Jörg), born between 1520 and 1525 and died after 10 Jun 1604. In 1582 he was a Schoolmaster in Westhausen, Germany.
George married Barbara Graff from Westhausen. They had a girl named Clepha who born around 1570 and was educated by her uncle Stefan. Clepha was married on 27 May 1600 to Deacon Johannes Bartenstein in Westhausen, Germany. She later married Hugo. Johannes Bartenstein was born in Westhausen around 1547 and died in Molschleben in 1627 aged 81 years. He received his degree from the University at Jena in 1564. In 1571 he was a pastor and from 1578 to 1582 served as a Deacon in Coburg.
Married before 1571 to Margarethe Nether, daughter of shoemaker Sebastian Nether, in Altenburg, Germany.
From FHL 0073201, Westhausen, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Parish Registers, Volume I, Burials 1557 – 1680, Sheet 397, third entry :
“1620.
“Den 20 Martÿ Gst Hansen Schubasten das ehem hausfraú MAR
“GARETHA begraben. Eodem die et hora, Gst auch zugleich
“GORGEN MÓRLIN das ehem hausfraW BARBARA begra
“ben, zumd zu ein grab gelegt Worden.”
This transcription is German except for one Latin phrase, Eodem die et hora ( “On the same day and hour” ). Zumd is the pastor’s shorthand for zusammengefasst, the German word for “combined”. Clearly, the pastor was not the fan of compound words and verbs. He could have written in Latin if he wanted but his parshioners didn’t have the education to read Latin. Besides, ever since the Reformation, Latin was a Catholic thing so it wasn’t cool for the Lutheran pastors to use it at their churches. But they could still use it to look good to the scholars, the historians, the scientists, etc.
Translated from the German and Latin :
“1620.
“On the 20th of March died the late wife of Hansen Schubasten MAR
“GARETHA [ and ] buried. On the same day and hour, died also at the same time
“the late wife of GEORG MÖRLIN [ and ] bur
“ied, combined to be placed in a grave.”
From FHL 0073201, Westhausen, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Parish Registers, Volume I, Marriages 1557 – 1680, Sheet 191, third entry :
“1 5 7 1 .
“den 9 [ Ian : ] Jorg Mörlin
“Vert Barbara Greffin.”
Notice that the word “Janna” was written over “Febr”. Jorg is the old German spelling of Georg. Vert is the pastor’s own shorthand for verheiratet, the German word for “married”.
Translated from the German :
“1 5 7 1 .
“On the 9th of Jan. Jorg Mörlin
“marr[ied]. Barbara Greffin.”
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