Family record written on both sides of a detached page from a Bible. First side has a foliate perimeter border w/ three flowers along top. Additional flowers decorate inside corners. Large oval contains family info, but only the first 1/3 of the page is written in Fraktur style lettering (father, mother, marriage and one daughter). Attrib. to John Eberman who has drawn lines as guides for his scrivening. At top is Johannes Kredi, born 24 Dec 1794, his wife Magdalena, born 16 Jan 1797 and their marriage 20 Feb 1823. Following is daughter Veronica, b. 1824 (later called Fanny).
Additional entries in plain German handwriting. First entry lists both John, born 1826 and death of mother the same year; certainly caused by childbirth. Below a line border entry records John and new wife "Margred" b. 1807, married 11 Oct 1827. Below a line border is birth of Jacob, 1828.
Second side has 4 entries within the bleed-through of the large oval, each separated with a border filled with "X"es and each line hand-ruled. First is Henry, b. 1830; second is "Davit" b. 1834; third is "Benjemin" b. 1836 and fourth is Elizabeth b. 1839.
Yellowed paper has fooxing and fairly dark stains throughout, esp. heavy along bottom border. Vertical and horizontal fold lines are fragile with some breaking at page edges.
Object ID
2017.999.21
Notes
Appraisal done by Pastor Fred Weiser on 2 Sept 1988. Marked fraktur #34 during this event.
Johannes died 31 March 1851. One year before his death, family is listed in 1850 Census in Manor Township:
Watercolored drawing on wove paper. Symmetrical design has a heart at bottom center with religious text. It reads: "Gottes brune/lein hat wasser / die Fulle Amen." (God's little well has an abundance of water). Growing out of the heart is a tall flowered stem extending to top of page. Top flower is a large tulip of yellow, red and blue. Large, confronting birds perch on small side branches terminating with small tulips. Birds have yellow bodies, blue wings and head, with red beaks and neck ring. Red and yellow carnations on side branching stems below. Heart is flanked at bottom by two birds with blue bodies, yellow wings and red heads. Mounted in an off-white window mat with two paper hinges at top. This is drawn by the same artist as 2017.999.18 and executed at the same time. Colors are the same.
Overall light brown age darkening. Several small brown stains; worst one is under top left bird. Very light creases/buckling across surface. Right edge is wavy. Upper left corner has crease where folded back.
Object ID
2017.999.17
Notes
Appraisal done by Pastor Fred Weiser on 2 Sept 1988. Marked fraktur #28 during this event.
Watercolored drawing on wove paper. Symmetrical design has a heart just below center with religious text written in red. It reads: "Das blut Jesu Christ des sohnes Gottes macht und rein von allen sunden Amen." (The blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, purifies us from all sins. Amen). Growing out of the heart are three stems: the center one has a small flower but the side ones terminate with tulips and have birds perching just below. Tulips are red and blue; birds have red bodies, blue wings and yellow heads. In each bottom corner is a prancing blue horse.
Mounted in an off-white window mat with two paper hinges at top. This is drawn by the same artist and at the same time as 2017.999.17. Identical colors used.
Overall light brown age darkening. Several small brown stains appear similar to foxing. Wavy horizontal wrinkle across page near top. Three light creases in bottom half. Bottom left corner has crease where folded. A 1/2" tear at bottom, one inch from right corner.
Object ID
2017.999.18
Notes
Appraisal done by Pastor Fred Weiser on 2 Sept 1988. Marked fraktur #16 during this event.
Printed angel form B & BC for unknown daughter born 4 June1823 in Lancaster County. Infill is in German script. Father appears to be Abraham --racht? and mother is Catharina, nee ??. Baptism information not infilled, except for daughter's name.
A variant of the standing angel form has angels flanking center text block titled "Geburts- und Taufschein". Scene at top is Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist. At bottom is a domed temple and perching birds are at bottom corners. Five smaller bordered boxes contain religious verse. Bottom-most box has "Reading, / Gedrckt (sic) und zu haben bey / Heinrich B. Sage." Color decorated throughout.
Light soil, small stains and strong foxing. Fold lines breaking, esp. vertical fold, which also has some holes. Three half-circle chunks of paper have been torn out at left edge and two are at right edge. All mended by cellophane tape. All edges ragged and dark brown. Inserted into mylar sleeve.
Object ID
2017.999.26
Notes
Not found in the list of the Fraktur Collection appraised by Rev. Fred Weiser, Sept. 1988.
This imprint by Heinrich Sage of Reading is a variant of the angel form numbered 739.1 or 740 in Klaus Stopp's "The Printed BBCs of the German Americans", vol. IV, page 265. Note the word Gedruckt (printed) is misspelled, missing the "u".
Printed angel form B & BC in English for Harriet Miller born 7 Jan 1828 in Elizabeth Twp. to parents Peter Miller and wife Elisabeth, dau. of D. Buffenmeyer. Baptism performed by Rev. William Bates.
A variant of the standing angel form has a heavy medallion border enclosing entire page. Angels flank center text block titled "CERTIFICATE / OF / BIRTH & BAPTISM" bio info follows. with a center basket of flowers and religious verse below. At top is an eagle; at bottom center are three sprays of flowers over two baskets of flowers. Flanked by a pair of perching birds. Short verses found in two small bordered boxes at top corners.
Color decorated with yellow and red. At very bottom, below baskets is "Printed and for sale by G.S. Peters,---Harrisburg, Pa."
Infill Lancaster; printed Harrisburg
Provenance
Pencil inscription on back reads: "From Catherine D. Miller estate / Paoli, Pa".
Center nail hole at top has a tear up to edge with cellophane tape repair on back. Some ragged edges. Bottom edge has very dark brown stain and both corners have been torn off
Object ID
2004.751
Notes
Found in the list of the Fraktur Collection appraised by Rev. Fred Weiser, Sept. 1988. Listed as Fraktur # 51.
This c. 1835 imprint by Gustav S. Peters of Harrisburg is a color-printed variant of the angel form and is numbered 378.3 in Klaus Stopp's "The Printed BBCs of the German Americans", vol. III, p.64.
Colored drawing of an angel form B & BC in crude hand-printed German, for Fanny Funck. Within a vine border with flowers along top is a text block flanked by angels. An "eagle" is at top and baskets with flowers at bottom center, flanked by perching birds.
Titled "Geburts und Taufschein". 2nd line has "Geschrieben(?) 1831." Next is "Fanny Funck" in cursive, followed by lines of crudely hand-printed German on drawn lines. A basket of flowers follows below this and finally 4 more lines of nearly illegible German: "Vronic-- (Veronica?) Funck / Herr Gott / Johannes Herr hat es (?) / mact (?) dieser Taufschein."
Fair to Poor condition. Holes, breaks, tears and some losses, notably the huge loss at top center. Many tape mends on reverse. Edges very ragged. Some soiling with light staining.
Object ID
2004.737
Notes
Found in the list of the Fraktur Collection appraised by Rev. Fred Weiser, Sept. 1988. Listed as #37.
Color printed Fraktur is a Birth & Baptismal Certificate for Emma Matilda Ried. Angel type print in German has standing angels flanking the text block and four perching birds in lower corners. An eagle is at top center and baskets of flowers & flower sprays below text block.
Text block infilled in red in a very accomplished, controlled hand. Emma was born 3 Oct 1838 in Lancaster City and baptized 22 Jan 1839 by Samuel Trumbauer. Parents are Peter Ried and his wife Margaretha, daughter of Johannes & Catharina Bard.
Printed in Harrisburg; infilled likely in Lancaster City. Printer: G.S. Peters; Infill unknown
Overall very brittle and age darkened. Broken broken at fold lines, creating 5 separate pieces. Cellophane tape at both the top and bottom of the vertical break, taped on the front! Tape is staining paper. Very large loss 1.75" x .50" at left edge near top. Small tears and losses around edges.
Hand-done B&BC on wove paper is torn and pieces attached to a larger, light brown paper with 5 straight pins. Tall columns with molded caps on top, in turn with round balls on top. Table-saw-like motif at top center is a circle divided in quarters of red and yellow, with a fringe of small slanting leaves.At bottom is a flowering plant. This decoration resembles that of Samuel Bentz.
Text block filling center is hand-printed German in black ink, copying the form of a printed B&BC with spaces for someone to infill later. Title at top is in red: "Geburts und Tauf Schein." and next line is in blue: "Diesen beyden Ehegatten als." Curlicues trail off the tops of the "ascenders" of letters in the first several lines. Blanks of this form infilled with very faded red scrawled script. A daughter was born 22 Dec? 1823. Names and places uncertain.
Paper onto which fraktur is mounted is H: 13 W: 11
Condition
Poor
Condition Date
2017-10-03
Condition Notes
Paper is pliable but soiled with blotches of brown staining, some very large. Colors faded. Much of fraktur is missing, esp. upper left and lower left. Large section of upper right corner torn off and pinned in place next to main section. Both fraktur and esp. paper onto which it is mounted are irregularly cut with many wrinkles, folds and tears.
Printed B&BC, standing angel type, done for William --- Hammer, born 11 Jan 1827 in Orwiksburg(sic), Schukllyr(sic) Co. Pa., son of Joseph Hammer and wife Phillipina, nee Huntzinger. Baptized by Thomas Bock in 1827; sponsors were Jacob & Susanna Huntzinger.
Multicolor fraktur pasted onto heavy brown paper w/ edges folded around to front and pasted onto fraktur edges.
Printed in Reading; Likely infilled in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County. Printer: Heinrich B. Sage; Infill: unknown
Heavy stains, broken vertical center fold line, pasted onto heavy brown paper with edges brought around to front and pasted onto edges of fraktur. Heavy paste along vertical fold line.
Printed angel-type B&BC infilled for Allen Kupper, born 29 March 1834 in Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co. Parents were Johannes Kupper and wife Maria, daughter of Johannes Miller. Allen was bapatized 14 Dec 1834 by Rev. J. Gerhart and parents were sponsors.
Fraktur has outside border of medallions w/ scrolls. Standing angels flank central text block with infill; eagle at top center; flowers and baskets of flowers bottom center, flanked by two perching birds at each side. Angels are painted a dense red, birds are both red and blue. Flowers are red, blue and yellow. Medallions in outside border alternate between red and yellow.
Imprint at bottom center is "Harrisburg, Pa.--- Gedruckt und zu haben bey G.S. Peters". Signed in ink above this is "J. Wert", scrivener and decorator.
Printed Harrisburg, Infilled likely in Dauphin County. Printer: G.S. Peters Infill: J. Wert
Some light soil and age yellowing with minor foxing. Edges have attractive "torn" look. A 3/4" tear at bottom center has cellophane tape mend creating some staining. Small tear at bottom, near right corner. Small L-shaped tear at center left. small 1/8" hole near top edge 3.75" from right corner. Small inked "D" at top near left corner. Very small hole near bottom, 4" from right corner.
Object ID
2004.752
Notes
Apopraised by Rev. Fred Weiser 2 Sept 1988. Assigned #52.
Related to other Kupper family fraktur in this collection:
Printed angel-type birth and baptism certificate infilled for Sara Kupper, born Jan. 1822 in Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co. Parents were Johannes Kupper and wife Maria, born a Miller. Sara was baptized 12 May 1822 by Rev. Schart and parents were sponsors.
Fraktur has outside border of medallions with scrolls. Standing angels flank central text block with infill; eagle at top center; flowers and baskets of flowers bottom center, flanked by two perching birds at each side. Angels are painted a dense red, birds are both red and blue. Flowers are red, blue and yellow. Medallions in outside border alternate between red and yellow.
Imprint at bottom center is "Reading / Gedruckt und zu haben / bey / Carl A. Bruckman." It was printed c. 1820-1822 (see Notes). Unknown scrivener and decorator. Infill done in small German script. Watercolored with red, yellow and blue on angels, putto and birds with red spiky crests on heads.
This laid paper has a watermark of "AH" immediately followed by a slightly smaller "AHN". This is the watermark for John Adam Heilman who erected the 1st paper mill in Lebanon Co, on Cattail Run near Swatara, PA. (see American Watermarks 1690-1835, p. 270)
Printed Reading by Carl A. Bruckman; Infilled likely in Dauphin County by unknown.
Some light soil, age yellowing and light foxing. Edges have attractive "torn" look. A 1" tear at bottom center has cellophane tape mend creating some staining.Tiny hole at top right corner, within the small text block. Also an irregular break under elbow of putto Small inked "C" at top near left corner. Small nicks and losses around edges with some folded over paper.
Object ID
2004.749
Notes
Apopraised by Rev. Fred Weiser 2 Sept 1988. Assigned #49.
See other Kupper family B&BCs in collection -- fraktur # 7 & 9
2003.076 Johannes
2004.752 Allen
2017.999.11 Johann Adam Kupper 1788
Printer Carl Augustus Bruckman printed this BBC form with some small yet distinct printing variations. Klaus Stopp in The B&BC of the German Americans lists this BBC for Sara on page 286, variation #759. Stopp dates the imprint c. 1820-1822.
Watermark identified American Watermarks 1690-1835, p. 270, the Lebanon Co. paper mill of John Adam Heilman.
Printed angel form B&BC in German is infilled for Elisabeth Bosemeyer born 14 Aug 1798 in Elizabethtown, under the sign of Capricorn, and baptized 8 Sept 1798 by Emanual Schultz. Sponsors were Willhelm Schreimer & wife Elizabeth. Parents were David Bosemeyer and wife Magdalena nee Conrad.
Text block at center has infill in strong German script. A tailpiece of an upside down lyre & horn separates infilled text block with 4 lower stanzas. Another tailpiece of wheat and cornucopia is in the middle of the 4 lower stanzas. Design of fraktur has the conventional placement of flanking angels, putto at top center and 2 perching birds in each bottom corner. At very bottom of text block space is imprint: "Reading, / Gedruckt und zu haben bey / Johann Ritter und Comp." Ritter printed this edition c. 1821 (see Notes).
Infill by unknown scrivener, likely in Elizabeth Twp.; Printed in Reading.
Some light stains/soil at top half of right side and some at lower left corner. Dark brown residue from tape at each corner and along both top and bottom edges. Ragged edges w/ small tear & fold at upper left corner, 3/4" tear at right side near angel wing. A small thin/narrow hole near left edge at angel wing. Overall wrinkled with some buckling around edges.
Object ID
2004.738
Notes
Appraised by Rev. Fred Weiser, 2 Sept 1988. Assigned #38. This B&BC is related to both 2004.739 and 2004.242, having the same surname.
See The Printed B&BCs of the German Americans by Klaus Stopp, Vol. 4, p. 182 (#668.1). This Bosemeyer fraktur is listed here is #668.1.. Stopp notes this is the 1st edition w/ a new frame of the imprint and the vertical sides narrow down at their lower ends. This edition also has a tailpiece picturing an upside down lyre. Also, the adjacent stanzas have curving lines of type.
Search for this family surname in later years indicates only variations of the Bofenmeyer name, not Bosenmeyer.
Printed angel form B&BC in German is infilled and decorated for Susannah Miller, born 15 April 1835 in Dauphin County and baptized 15 June 1836 by William Findley. Parents were Peter Miller and wife Elizabeth nee Boffenmeyer. Baptism sponsor was "The Mother." Infill is in both German and English!
Main text block has two tailpieces and 4 lower stanzas. Imprint at bottom is "Reading, / Gedruckt und zu haben bey / Johann Ritter und Comp." (Printed circa 1828-1835). Angels, putto, birds and tailpieces all crudely paint decorated with a dense, dark red, areas of which are now crackled and raised above surface. Some minor use of a yellowish color.
Infill by unknown artist, likely in Dauphin County; Printed in Reading.
Two paper mends pasted to back at center of top and bottom; both are tears about 2.5" long. These areas are both buckled or wrinkled, particularly at top. Red paint is crackling and raised. Edges ragged, esp. right side. Moderate foxing. Heavy brown stains at upper corners, middle of sides and all along bottom where pasted.
Object ID
2004.739
Notes
Appraised by Rev. Fred Weiser, 2 Sept 1988. Assigned #39. This B&BC is related to both 2004.738 and 2004.242, having the same surname of Bofemeyer/Bosemeyer.
Possible provenance info: Two pieces of mending paper pasted to back have printing. Lower one is letterhead printed with "John Hancock Mutual" and typescript below is" R. Norris / Box 154 / Sea Isle City, NJ". Upper paper has "
Unable to identify this edition in Klaus Stopp, B&BCs of the German Americans, Vol. 4. Upper tailpiece below main text was rarely used (see p. 164).
