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Re: Another translation from Alte Schrift
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 07 April 22 17:32 BST (UK) »
That's my tree. Yes, the name spelled in the Reading PA record reads Amos Loy'd. Other records for this fellow list him as Lloyd Amos.  I'll copy here a note I made on the father:

"It is conjectural that Charles Sigismond Souville was the father of Emanuel and Ottilia Souville.

In 1828 he advertised in Philadelphia as a fencing master  and dance teacher based on experience in the French army, later he advertised in the Easton, PA paper as a dancing master, and several years later in 1843 in Reading PA teaching dance again.

in 1834 a son, Emanuel was born and then baptised in Wilmington, DE and a will lists both Emanuel and his sister Ottilia as being born in Delaware. The fact that Emanuel's sponsor at baptism was his mother alone suggests the father was not present - leading me to think he had separated from his wife whose name we do not know, except that she must have been related to the Heiner family living in Philadelphia.

It seems Charles later married Evelina whose surname is unknown, at the time he was in Reading PA teaching dance in a tavern on Fifth Street."

It's a tangled web.

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Re: Another translation from Alte Schrift
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 13 May 25 20:31 BST (UK) »
I'm back again hoping someone can help me with this Moravian baptismal record from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I know the names here, my great great grandmother Catherine White daughter of William White dated 1815. I believe it states he was a book printer, but wonder if any of the additional words might give me a clue. He is ma mysterious man who seems to have disappeared after 1825 leaving his wife Anna Maria Schweitzer and a slew of children.

I'd be grateful for any assistance filling out the details of this record.

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Re: Another translation from Alte Schrift
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 13 May 25 21:11 BST (UK) »
Catharina White
born 17 June 1812
baptized 25 September 1815
daughter of William White, book printer, & Anna Maria, born Schweizer
witnesses (=godparents) were Dan(iel?) and Catharina Schweizer, parents of the mother





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Re: Another translation from Alte Schrift
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 13 May 25 21:38 BST (UK) »
Thank you Zefiro!