Steichen: civil records of births

Henry

Johann

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Here are the German words and English translation of Henry's certificate.
The handwritten words are shown in bold and line-breaks match the certificate's.
The square brackets [ ] contain the modern form of some older words/phrases:

Im Jahre tausend achthundert sechzig den zweÿ [zwei] und zwanzigsten
des Monats Januar um zweÿ Uhr nachmittags ist vor Uns
Johann Moës Bürgermeister Beamten des Civilstandes
der Gemeinde Kehlen, im Kanton Capellen, Großher-
zogthum Luxemburg, erschienen Johann Steichen von Kehlen
alt fünfzig Jahre Ackersmann und Vater des Kindes
wohnhaft zu Kehlen, welcher Uns ein Kind männlichen
Geschlechts vorgestellt geboren zu Kehlen gestern um acht Uhr Nachmittags
von ihm Declaranten und seiner Ehefrau Angelica Roller alt zwanzig
acht [achtundzwanzig] Jahre ohne Gewerbe
und welchem er den Vornamen Henri
geben zu wollen erklärt hat.

Diese Erklärung und Vorstellung sind geschehen in Gegenwart des Nicolas Erpelding,
alt dreÿsig acht [achtunddreißig] Jahre Feldhüter
wohnhaft zu Kehlen und des Nicolas Moës
alt zwanzig ein [eineundzwanzig] Jahre Ackerer
wohnhaft zu Meispelt in dieser Gemeinde und haben den unten
mit dem Comparenten die gegenwärtige Urkunde,
nachdem sie ihnen vorgelesen worden, mit Uns unterschrieben.
     Steichen      Erpelding      Nic Moës      Moës Joh

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And the translation of the German is:

In year one thousand eight hundred sixty, the two and twentieth
of the month of January, at two o'clock in the afternoon, before us
Johann Moës, mayor, civil official
of the Municipality of Kehlen in County Capellen, Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg, has appeared Johann Steichen of Kehlen,
age fifty years, a farmer, and father of the child
living in Kehlen, which to us a child of male
sex presented, born in Kehlen yesterday at eight o'clock p.m.,
from him, declarant, and his wife Angelica Roller, twenty
eight years old, no profession,
and for which declared he wants to give the first name Henri.

This declaration and presentation are done in the presence of Nicolas Erpelding,
thirty-eight years old, a field guard, living in Kehlen, and Nicolas Moës,
twenty-one years old, a farmer,
living in Meispelt in this Community, and have down below,
with the declarant, the present document,
after it was read out loud to them, with us undersigned.

Steichen, Erpelding, Nic Moës, Joh Moës

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And here are the French words and English translation of Johann's certificate.
The handwritten words are shown in bold and line-breaks match the certificate's:

L'an mille huit cent neuf, le treize du mois de Août
à trois heures de l'après-midi pardevant nous Nicolas Geiser officier de
l'etat civil de la Commune de Kehlen du Département des Forêts, est comparu
George Steichen âgé de trente ans, profession
de cultivateur domicilié à Kehlen le quel nous a pre-
senter un enfant du sex masculins né hier
à trois heures du matin de lui declarant, et de
Susanne Dondlinger son spouse
et auquel il a déclaré vouloir donner le prénom de Jean.

Lesdites déclaration et présentation faites en présence de Pierre Schanck
de Kehlen âgé de trente huit ans, profession de cultivateur
et de Michel Michels âgé de quarante deux ans,
profession de journalier domicilié à Kehlen et onts
le pere et les témoins signé avec nous le présent acte de naissance, après qu'il
leur en a été fait lecture.
  Peter Schanck   Georg Steichen   Michel Michels   N. Geiser

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And the translation of the French is:

The year one thousand eight hundred and nine, the thirteen of August
at three o'clock in the afternoon before us, Nicolas Geiser registrar
of the Commune of Kehlen of the Department of the Forests, appeared
George Steichen, thirty years old, occupation
of farmer, domiciled at Kehlen, which has pre-
sented to us a child of the sex male born yesterday
at three o'clock in the morning of him, declarant, and of
Susanne Dondlinger, his spouse,
and to which he stated to want to give the first name of Jean.

The aforementioned statement and presentation made in the presence of Pierre Schanck
of Kehlen, thirty eight years old, occupation of farmer,
and Michel Michels, forty two years old,
occupation of day laborer, domiciled at Kehlen, and have
the father and the witnesses signed with us this birth certificate, after it was
made to them by its reading.

Peter Schanck, Georg Steichen, Michel Michels, N. Geiser

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No genealogical research is truly performed independently; my thanks to the keepers of the Kehlen records and members of the Trier-Roots mailing list who helped me read and translate these certificates.
This page was last updated on 10 Mar 2018
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