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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.

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Type

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Keywords

fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein

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