Owner : Abraham Clemens

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Item Name	Fraktur - Birth Record	Image1
Other Owner(s)	Clemens, Abraham D.
Category	Documents
Year	Early: 1830 - Late: 1830
Description	A colourful birth record (Geburtschein) for Abraham D. Clemens. There is a central text which reads: "Abraham D. Clemens ist gebohren den 17 t Tag April, im Jahr Christi 1813 Pennsylvania Ist mein Baier Land Doylistaun Taunschip Burts Caunty bin Ich gebohren 2 Miel von Doylistaun Und 25 Miel von Philadelphia/ Geschrieben den 12 t Tag April im Jahr Christi unsers Herrn und Heyland 1830/ Der Men ich Vom/Weibe Gebohren I lebt Kurze zeit ist voll/ unru ge". This has been translated as: "Abraham D. Clemens was born on the 17th day of April, in the year of Christ. 1813, Pennsylvania is my fatherland, In Doylestown Township Bucks County was I born. Two miles from Doylestown and twenty five miles from Philadelphia. Written on the 12th day of April in Year of Christ our lord and saviour 1830. Man is born of trouble (unrest), Women are born live as short time, is complete." The black text is surrounded by blue, green, yellow and red leaves, flowers, a fish, half-rosettes, and geometric designs.
Maker\Attribution	Abraham D. Clemens/Abraham S. Clemens
Provenance	This work may have been done by Abraham D. Clemens himself, when he was seventeen, or it may have been done by another artist (perhaps his father, Abraham S. Clemens (1790-1867)). Abraham D. Clemens (1813-1887) was the son of deacon Abraham S. Clemens. His family left Pennsylvania in 1825 and settled in Waterloo County, just west of Breslau. Abraham D. Clemens married Veronica Shantz (1813-1887). They resided on a farm at Wiiliamsburg (now within the City of Kitchener), where he died. They had nine children: Mary, Jacob S. Susannah, Rachel, Joseph, Lydia, Veronica Ann, Abraham S., and Noah S.
Collection	Joseph Schneider Haus Museum Contact : 466 Queen St. S. Kitchener 519-742-7752 www.region.waterloo.on.ca
Accession No.	1995.032.003.002

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