1734 Krückeberg Small Daughter Buried

Family Relationships and Other Facts

Burial of Unamed Daughter of H. Krückeberg
Burial Date Father Residence

14 Feb. 1734

H. Krückeberg

Behrenbusch

A Potential Corresponding Baptism Record Exists

This could be the burial record for Ruldolphine Margaretha Elisabeth Krückeberg. There is no baptism entry for a Krückeberg in the February baptism records of the Petzen "Verzeichnis der Getauften und Konfimierten 1641-1784". If this is not Ruldolphine Margaretha Elisabeth Krückeberg, then, this child was born alive (not marked “todtgeboren” in a baptism entry) but probably died very soon after birth, and her baptism was either not performed or not recorded.

Citation

The February 14th 1734 burial records are on image 150 of the "Verzeichnis der Getrauten und Gestorbenen 1641-1784" on Archion.de.

Image 150

The image below excerpts three burial entries for 14 February 1734. The 2nd record is for an unnamed Krückeberg.

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Figure 1. 14 Feb

Töchterlein and Söhnlein

In the early to mid 18th century Petzen burial registers, the diminutive forms Söhnlein (little son) and Töchterlein (little daugher) indicate the burial of a very young child or infant, whereas Sohn (son) and Tochter (daughter) refer to older children or adults.

In baptism entries of this period, Söhnlein and Töchterlein were merely stylistics preference used instead of Sohn and Tochter, which later become the norm. It was understood, since infant baptism was practiced, that the diminutive forms of Söhnlein and Töchterlein meant infants not very young children.

Töchterlein in the Burial Entry

The Archion.de image from which this image was cropped covers burials from the end of December, 1733, to the end of February, 1734. The vast majority of these burials are of Söhnlein and Töchterlein.

In this burial entry, "ein Töchterlein" means a small/young daughter of H. Krückeberg from Berenbusch. The pastor does not give her personal name.

In the Petzen church book, stillborn children are usually marked as "todtgeboren" (born dead) in the baptism/birth section; since that word is not used here, this Töchterlein was born alive but died in early childhood. Whether she was baptized cannot be told for certain from the burial entry alone.

Transliteration and Translation

Petzen Burial records for: 14 February 1734 
d 14t: Wilhelm Rödemeister ein Töchterlein
von Rocke begrab[en] lasß
[H?] Krückeberg von Behrenbusch ein Töchter-
lein begrab lasß
[H?] Sieckmanns von Namen Töchterlein
 
On the 14th:
Wilhelm Rödemeister from Rocke had a little daughter buried.

[Same day]:
H. Krückeberg from Berenbusch had a little daughter buried.

[Same day]:
H. Sickmann from Nammen had a little daughter buried.

Citations

  • [PET-D-1734a] "Archion Protestant Kirchenbücher Portal", database with images, (https://www.archion.de/p/3d7f396aa6/ : 13 Nov. 2025), path: Niedersachsen > Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv > Kirchenbücher der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe > Petzen > Verzeichnis der Getrauten und Gestorbenen 1641-1784 > Image 150 of 239