Enter  Last Name: Advanced Person Search Home  Search Names  Search Objects  Help Item Name Family Register Image1 Owner(s) Baumann, Noah Category Documents Year Early: 1859 - Late: 1896 Description This register is an addition to the family register on sampler (984.028.159.001). It is done in simple calligraphy in red and blue ink. The register records the births and deaths of Noah Bauman and Annie Martin. The text on the document reads: "Noah. S. Bauman wurde geboren/ in dem Townschip Woolwich December den 1 ten 1859/ Ist gestorben im monat December den 26 ten 1896/; Annie B. Martin wurde geboren/ in dem Townschip Woolwich August den 25 ten 1862; Ist gestorben im monat October den 19ten 1896." This piece of paper came with the sampler, it was attached to the back. Collection Joseph Schneider Haus Museum Contact : 466 Queen St. S. Kitchener 519-742-7752 www.region.waterloo.on.ca Accession No. 1984.028.303 Curatorial Comments The Fraktur tradition originated in Medieval Europe. This style of calligraphy has carried down through the centuries. It attained its most exuberant forms of expression among the Germanic communities of North America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Fraktur includes both the calligraphic and pictorial elements. In many cases the writing had been relegated to a lesser position and the decorative elements highlighted. "Fraktur" refers to the broken style of calligraphic writing. In time this term also included not only the writing but the drawing as well. The Pennsylvania-German decorative styles most common are birds, tulips, and elements from nature. Most Fraktur of the Pennsylvania-Germans can be found in Vorschriften (writing exercises), Belohnungen (rewards of merit), family registers, prayers and book plates. The decorative style is usually used to embellish these works. Home  Search Names  Search Objects  Help
	©Region of Waterloo Fraktur design based on Family Register by Jacob Shoemacher in Joseph Schneider Bible, 1821.