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| − | Sister Anna Rosina Church,<br /> | + | Sister <persname>Anna Rosina Church</persname>,<br /> |
| − | who departed at | + | who departed at <placename>Peiteuhall</placename>,<br /> |
| − | <hi rend="underline">March 12th. 1841.</hi><br /> | + | <hi rend="underline"><date>March 12th. 1841.</date></hi><br /> |
| − | <gap></gap>I was born | + | <gap></gap>I was born <date><abbr>Feb.</abbr> 2, 1756</date> at<br /> |
| + | <placename>Neustadt in Silesia</placename>, during a <br /> | ||
| + | very distressing & troublous period.<br /> | ||
| + | My Parents before my birth resisted<br /> | ||
| + | in <placename>Lauenburg</placename>, but from there<br /> | ||
| + | they were obliged to remove to <br /> | ||
| + | <placename>Neustadt</placename>, having lost their all,<br /> | ||
| + | by means of a fire, which consum-<br /> | ||
| + | ed the greater part of the town.<br /> | ||
| + | When I was only a few weeks old,<br /> | ||
| + | my Parents were obliged to flee<br /> | ||
| + | with me in the midst of winter,<br /> | ||
| + | by occasion of the following cir-<br /> | ||
| + | cumstance.<br /> | ||
| + | <gap></gap>The Roman Catholics (for<br /> | ||
| + | some reason which I do not know)<br /> | ||
| + | had determined to set fire to the<br /> | ||
| + | town. <gap></gap>My Father standing at<br /> | ||
| + | his door was accosted by two<br /> | ||
| + | Priests, who requested him to hold<br /> | ||
| + | <br /> | ||
| + | | ||
Revision as of 21:16, 23 January 2018
Brief Memoir of the Widow
Sister <persname>Anna Rosina Church</persname>,
who departed at <placename>Peiteuhall</placename>,
<hi rend="underline"><date>March 12th. 1841.</date></hi>
<gap></gap>I was born <date>Feb. 2, 1756</date> at
<placename>Neustadt in Silesia</placename>, during a
very distressing & troublous period.
My Parents before my birth resisted
in <placename>Lauenburg</placename>, but from there
they were obliged to remove to
<placename>Neustadt</placename>, having lost their all,
by means of a fire, which consum-
ed the greater part of the town.
When I was only a few weeks old,
my Parents were obliged to flee
with me in the midst of winter,
by occasion of the following cir-
cumstance.
<gap></gap>The Roman Catholics (for
some reason which I do not know)
had determined to set fire to the
town. <gap></gap>My Father standing at
his door was accosted by two
Priests, who requested him to hold
