Maria Margaretha Kammerer 1717-1717

Maria Margaretha Kammerer 1717-1717

Life expectancy

Average life expectancy at birth for English people in the late 16th and early 17th centuries was just under 40 – 39.7 years. However, this low figure was mostly due to the high rate of infant and child mortality; over 12% of all children born would die in their first year. With the hazards of infancy behind them, the death rate for children slowed but continued to occur. A cumulative total of 36% of children died before the age of six, and another 24% between the ages of seven and sixteen. In all, of 100 live births, 60 would die before the age of 16. A man or woman who reached the age of 30 could expect to live to 59. [Thomson Gale, 'Infant Mortality' (1998)]

Document related to Maria Margaretha Kammerer:

Maria Margaretha birth 14 July 1717 film.4137289 page 324

Translation Robert Seal:
Date: born on 14 July 1717, baptized on 15? July 1717.
Child: Maria Margretha. + [died].
Parents: Wendel Cammerer, blacksmith and citizen here, Maria Magdalena.
Witnesses: Hanß Jörg Wörner, ___nenwirth? here, with wife Anna Maria; Wilhelm Metzger, unmarried fellow/journeyman, legitimate son of Jacob Metzger, of the council; Anna Maria Muncken, yet unmarried daughter of Wendel Muncken, citizen and farmer here.
Second translation, Robert Seal:
Date: born on 14 July 1717, baptized on 15? July 1717.Child: Maria Margretha. + [died].
Parents: Wendel Cammerer, blacksmith and citizen here, Maria Magdalena.
Witnesses: Hanß Jörg Wörner, Cronenwirth here, with wife Anna Maria; Wilhelm Metzger, unmarried fellow/journeyman, legitimate son of Jacob Metzger, of the council; Anna Maria Muncken, yet unmarried daughter of Wendel Muncken, citizen and farmer here.
Comment: Cronenwirth = innkeeper at the sign of the crown.
Note: Hanß is spelled with the following single letter from the German alphabet: "ß" (called an Eszett) making the name: Hanss. The Eszett represents a double s. 

Maria Margaretha Kammerer death 20 July 1717

Translation of death record by Robert Seal:
On the 20th of July [1717] Maria Margretha blessedly died and on the 21st [of July] with a reading of the liturgy at the grave was buried, the little daughter of Wendel Cammerer, citizen and blacksmith/farrier; age 7 days.

Phillip Scholl  30 Jan 1758 film 1020078348 page 403

Translation by Robert Seal:
On the 30th of January 1758, a little son of Johann Zimmermann, citizen and farmer, from his wife Anna Martha, née Heinlin, was born to the world and on the same day in the middle of the night at the hour of 2:00 am thereafter was baptized and was named Johann Jacob Friedr[ich]. Baptismal sponsors are: Wendel Munck, citizen and farmer, with his wife, and Johann Philipp Scholl, citizen and tailor, with his wife Barbara, née Lindin.
Right column: + [died].