1st of August in the morning at 9:00 am died here and was on the 3rd of the same month in the morning at 9:00 am by the undersigned pastor buried here: Johann Metzger, citizen and weaver here, age: 78 years, 10 months, and 28 days. His surviving widow is: Elisabetha, née Röschin. His deceased parents were: Balthasar Metzger, former citizen here, and Christine, née Süß.
Documents related to Elisabeth Roesch:
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| Elisabetha Scholl mother 7 Feb 1777 film 102078348 page 579 |
On the 7th of February [1777], in the morning at 2:00 am born and on the 8th of the same month baptized: Elisabetha [Roesch].
Father: Georg Philipp Roesch, the local citizen.
Mother: Elisabetha, née Schollin.
Baptismal witnesses: Georg Adam Cammerer, the local citizen and master blacksmith, and his wife Anna Maria, née Zimmermännin. Joh[ann] Christoph Zimmermann, the local citizen, and his wife Anna Maria, née Schüzin.
Right column: died 18 August 1864.
Left column: ___? gestanden?
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| Johannes Mezger marrige to Elisabetha Roesh 10 May 1799 102078348 page 754 |
[Married] on the 20?th of May [1799]: Johannes Mezger, the local master weaver, legitimately-conceived unmarried son of the late Balthasar Mezger, the former citizen here, with Christine, née Süßin, and Elisabetha Röschin, legitimately-conceived unmarried daughter of Georg Philipp Rösch, the citizen, with the late Elisabetha, née Schollin.
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| Johann Metzger death 1 Aug 1853 film 102118620 page 354 |
No. 28.
In the year of Christ 1853, on the 1st of August in the morning at 9:00 am died here and was on the 3rd of the same month in the morning at 9:00 am by the undersigned pastor buried here: Johann Metzger, citizen and weaver here, age: 78 years, 10 months, and 28 days. His surviving widow is: Elisabetha, née Röschin. His deceased parents were: Balthasar Metzger, former citizen here, and Christine, née Süß.
Witnesses are: Philipp Süß, citizen and farmer here. Jakob Friedrich Haßler, citizen and cartwright here.
Graben, on the 3rd of August 1853. G. Crecelius, pastor.
Right column: "Ehemann" = husband/married man.
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| Jacob Friedrich Metzger child/Elisabeth age 50 born 1810 death 21 Jan 1860 film 102550540 page 613 |
Translation by Robert Seal:
No. 2.
In the year 1860, on the 21st
of January in the afternoon at 3:00 pm died here and was on the 23rd of
January [1860] in the afternoon at 2:00 pm by the undersigned pastor
buried: Jacob Friedrich Metzger, 50 years, 10 months, 29 days old, tax
collector, town clerk, and citizen here, husband of Friedricke
Wilhelmine, née Becker, legitimate son of the deceased Johann Metzger,
late citizen and weaver here, and Elisabetha, née Rösch.
Witnesses: Jacob Friedrich Weick, mayor, and Wilhelm Waibel, Swan Tavern innkeeper and councilman**, both citizens here.
Graben, on the 23rd of January 1860. H. Zimmern, pastor.
Right margin: Husband/married man. 51 years old.
**Thode defines "Gemeinderath" as: municipal councilman or church parish councilman.
Note: Jacob is the fifth child of Elisabetha Roesch. He dies two years before Elisabeth dies.
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| Elisabeth Roesch Metzger age 87 death 18 Aug 1864 bur 20 Aug film 102118620 page 453 |
Translation by Robert Seal:
No. 33.
In the year 1864, on the 18th of August in the morning at 11:00 am died here and was on the 20th of August [1864] in the morning at 10:00 am by the undersigned [pastor] buried: Elisabetha Metzger, née Rösch, 87 years, 6 months, and 11 days old; widow of Johann Metzger, the late citizen and weaver here. Her parents were Philipp Rösch and the late Elisabetha, née Scholl. Witnesses: Georg Friedrich Pfeil, baker, and Jacob Friedrich Blau, farmer, both citizens here.
Graben, on the 20th of August 1864. Zimmern, pastor.
Left margin: 18 Aug[ust]. Metzger, née Roesch, Elisabetha. Widow?. (87 and 1/2 years). Citizen and farmer here _____? certified. Zimmern, pastor.
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