Notes:

The 10 Feb 1618 marriage record reads:  I“ . . . on the 10th of February in this place were married . . . Mr Christopher Thomas, son of Heinrich Thomae, citizen of Hilburg[hausen], and Anna Cob, . . . widow of Georg Tseretfuhÿ of pious memory.”

Anna married Tseretfuhÿ, Georg in UNKNOWN in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. Georg was born in UNKNOWN in Germany; died in DECEASED in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Thomæ, Christoph on 10 Feb 1618 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. Christoph (son of Thomæ, HEINRICH) was born between 1590 and 1598 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; died on 6 Jun 1634 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; was buried on 8 Jun 1634 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Mar 1619, Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany

Notes:

By the way, before you sent me that pair of marriages this morning, I was trying to think in German about what happened to Christoph Thomae’s stillborn son in “die Welt [ the world ]”.  That abbreviation, “hs”, is for hesterno, the Latin word for “yesterday”, meaning that the baby died on 18 July 1622, the day before his funeral.

Yes, you have it right.  This is the burial of the stillborn son of Christopher Thomae.  The last two lines are hard to read but the second word of the third line, “todt” ( dead ), is the giveaway.  That’s why he wasn’t in the register of baptisms.

Notes:

This entry is from the Lutheran Church records of Hildburghausen. It is possible that her mother may actually be Catharina Hartman. Or that she is a child of a different Christoph Thomæ

Catherine married Klipper, Hans in UNKNOWN in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. Hans (son of Klipper, Valentin and Klipper, Mrs Anonyma) was born before 15 Dec 1608 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; died in DECEASED in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Nov 1626, Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany

Notes:

From Wilbur Hanson Kalb:
Sorry about the delay but I had a lot of trouble with the third word of the second line of the 1626  burial entry of Christoph Thomæ’s baby girl.  At first I thought it was a mangle of a misspelling and a correction but a closer reading showed that it was actually a compound verb — and an unusual one.  It’s the combination of graef, the Dutch word for “grave”, and tauft, the German word for “baptize” = graeftauft, “baptized by the grave”.   I know infant mortality was very high in the 17th Century but I’ve never seen such a word before.  Sometimes a baby would die so fast that there was no time to fetch the pastor.  Sometimes the parents had had to perform an emergency baptism ; that was allowed by both Catholic and Protestant Churches in those days.  That’s why the parish registers are sprinkled with mentions of home baptisms throughout the centuries.  I’m guessing that the baby’s resurrection stopped her funeral and her father, being the local Diakonus, wasn’t taking any chances with her baptism.  Hence the following transcription and translation but, as you’ll see, in spite of the emergency, the daughter did not get a name
The German transcription :

16 [ November 1626, Donnerstag ] Hr. Christoph Thomæ Diaconi Tochter,
lein so greaftaūft [ not graeftaūft ] werd [ = wird ] begraben.

The English translation :

16 [ November 1626, Thursday ] Mr. Christoph Thomae Diaconus little
daughter, having been baptized by the grave, will be buried.

In the Gregorian Calendar, 16 November 1626 was 26 November 1626.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Mar 1628, Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany