Need help translating Lutheran Burial document from 1868 Germany

Question

Hallo my fellow Germany Team members.  I have done all I can translating an important record for German immigrant and founding settler in Texas, Anna Maria Klein.  I pieced together an image of the entry from the two-page document.  See link.

Row 15 starts out (I think) stating that Anna Maria Klein was born in Oberndorf on July 25 1824.  But other records have her born in Rudersberg.  So I would like to know if I translated correctly.  I also think it is a German burial record (Beerdigung ) but Maria Klein immigrated with her family when she was very young and settled in Texas where the family founded the city of Klein.  So it's important to know if she was shipped back to Germany to be buried.

Anyway, thank you in advance for whatever assistance you can provide.  I hope the Google Drive link to the graphic I created of her record works.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KpFcTXK1rG-hfPmFv10FaLTefl1FZ0l6/view?usp=drive_link

Answer 1

Hey Chuck, the entry says:

''"Anna Maria Klein, born in Oberndorf 25 Jul 1824; living in Oberndorf, unmarried, of Evangelical confession; daughter of the late Johannes Klein, farmer, and his late wife Dorothea, née Kurz; aged 43 years, 6 month and 19 days; died of stomach disease (Magenschlag)? in Oberndorf on 14 Feb at 11 p.m. and was buried in Rudersberg on 16 Feb at 10 a.m.; page in family register: 187."''

All this does suggest, that this lady never was in America.

Furthermore, the entry also seem to suggest, that the parents died in Germany as well and never went to America. !! More research will be necessary in the parish, to see if there are other Klein families that might have emigrated.

Comments

Dany - Thank you for the translation.  That is crazy strange!  The Anna Maria Klein I am tracing was the daughter of Johannes Klein and his wife Dorothea, née Kurz.  Birth dates and death dates also coincide.  It is her brother, Johanne Adam Klein, that founded the city of Klein Texas.  With this new information, I must reconsider that Adam's parents and sister did not immigrate.  I will have to re-verify my sources.  Thank you again for the very important translation.  Thank you thank you thank you thank you and thank you!  :-)

Answer 2

looks like there are 2 Maria Kleins the one on the burrial record named Anna Maria was born in (colum2) last lived (colum3)and died (colum8) in Oberndorf she was never married

Answer 3

It also pays to sort out the geography. Neither Oberndorf nor Rudersberg are unambiguous, and the Oberndorf of the family register is not in Bavaria.

There are 75 places named Oberndorf in Meyer's Gazetteer and four places named Rudersberg, one in Württemberg, and three in Bavaria. Oberndorf is less than a mile from Rudersberg, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, Württemberg, so this is a strong candidate. The three Rudersbergs in Bavaria are all farms or small villages, so you would need a further explanation as to why someone from (far away) Oberndorf would be buried there.

Bottom line: I think you have the right Oberndorf, but the reference to Bavaria should be changed. I do not know how that plays into the migration narrative.

Comments

Great observation Gus.  I am very keen on identifying the place names of the times.  Thanks for the info and suggestions.  --Charles ("Chuck")