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Jacobus Heinie (active circa 1849-95)
Accession Number
PAG1998.213
Creation Date
1882
Description
Color printed Taufschein with angels at sides holding scroll, scene of baptism at top center.
Dimensions in Inches
17 x 14
Dimensions in Centimeters
43 x 36
Materials
Watercolor and ink on paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Moore Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
angels, ribbons, birds, religious, parties, scrolls
Associated Names
Syrus Silfies, Henri Edda Zink, Henrietta Zink, Alma Neamy, Alma Naomi, Schmith
Rights
Please contact the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College for permissions which fall outside of educational fair use.
Source
Ursinus College Library Special Collections and the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art
Provenance
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Script/Text
Fraktur lettering, German script
Language
German
Transcription
Geburts=und Taufschein.
Wann wir kaum geboren werden,/Ist vom ersten Lebenstritt/Bis zum kühlen Grab der Erden,/Nur ein kurzgemeß’ner Schritt./Ach! mit jedem Augenblick/Gehet uns’re Kraft zurück;/Und wir sind mit jedem Jahre,/ Alle reif zur Todten=Bahre!
O! wer weiß, in welcher Stunde,/Uns die letzte Stimme weckt;/Denn Gott hat’s mit seinem Munde,/Keinem Menschen noch entdeckt!/Wer sein Haus nun wohl bestellt/Geh’t mit Freuden aus der Welt:/Da die Sicherheit hingegen,/Ewig’s Sterben kann erregen!
Den Ehegatten/Als. Sÿrus Silfies/und seiner Frau Henri Edda/eine geborne Zinken/ist ein Tochter geboren worden den 8ten/Juni im Jahr unsers HErrn 1885/Diese Tochter wurde geboren in Mohr/Taunschip Northampton Caunty,/im Staat Pennsÿlvanien in Nord=Amerika, und wurde/getauft am 8ten Tag August im Jahr/unsers HErrn 1885 von dem Ehrw. Pastor Schmith/und erhielt den Namen Alma/Neamÿ/Die Taufzeugen waren:/Die Eltern Selbst
Ich bin getauft! ich steh’ im Bunde,/Durch meine Tauf mit meinem Gott!/So sprech’ ich stets mit frohem Munde,/In Kreuz, in Trübsal, Angst und Noth,/Ich bin getauft! des freu’ ich mich,/Die Freude bleibt mir ewiglich.
Ich bin getauft in Deinem Namen,/Gott, Vater, Sohn und heiliger Geist!/Ich bin gezählt zu Deinem Saamen,/Zum Volk, das Dir geheiligt heißt./O! welch ein Glück ward dadurch mein!/Herr, laß mich deßen würdig seyn!
Ich bin getauft! ob ich gleich sterbe,/Was schadet mir das kühle Grab?/Ich weiß mein Vaterland und Erbe,/Das ich bei Gott im Himmel hab:/Nach meinem Tod ist mir bereit,/Des Himmels Freud’ und Feierkleid.
No. 3012 J-Heinie
Translation
Birth and Baptismal Certificate.
When we are just born…
To these spouses, Sÿrus Silfies and his wife Henri Edda a born Zink is a daughter born, the 8th day of June in the year of our Lord, 1885. This daughter was born in Mohr Township Northampton County in the state of Pennsylvania in North America, and was baptized on the 8th day of August in the year of our Lord 1885 by the Reverend Pastor Schmith and received the name Alma Neamÿ. The baptismal sponsors were the parents themselves.
I was baptized, I stand in the union…
I was baptized in your name…
I was baptized, if I die immediately…
No. 3012 J. Heinie
Comment
In pencil on lower margin, "No. 3012"
Jacobus Heinie worked as a scrivener and also concocted various medicinal treatments to sell. His handwriting can be difficult to read, and he is noted for spelling very phonetically. He often signed or initialed his works. This example is signed “J Heinie” at the bottom, after the note “No. 3012,” perhaps in reference to an order number.
Condition
Good
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #126
Published
Stopp, Klaus. The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 6 vols. (Mainz, Germany, and East Berlin, Pa.: privately published, 1997–99). vol. 1, p. 230.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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