Baptism Certificate of Friedrich Engels

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EXTRACT FROM THE BAPTISM REGISTER

OF THE ELBERFELD

REFORMED EVANGELICAL PARISH

1821, January. Baptised the 18th, Unter-Barmen.

No. 24-[Born] on November 28th at 9 o’clock in the evening Friedrich, legitimate son of the merchant Herr Friedrich Engels, domiciled in Bruch, and Frau Elisabeth Mauritzia Francisca, née van Haar.

The godparents Herr Caspar Engels Senior, and Frau Francisca Cristina van Haar, née Snethlage.