Central Agency for Genealogy
in the German Democratic Republic
DDR -701 LEIPZIG, Geroge Dimitroff Place 1

November, 1973 Mr. Ralph Heiden, Holt

Statement from the Christening record book from the Village of Klaber

Sophia Elisabeth Hanna Dorothea

Born: December 15, 1806 in Mamerow
Baptized: December 18, 1806 in Klaber

Father: Farm worker from Mamerow, Joachim Friedrick Dreier

Mother: Christina Catharina Sophia, maiden name Martz

Godparents:
1. The landlord, Mrs. Maria Elisabeth Dreier
2. Magdalena Sophia Dorothea Ilenfeld
3. Catharine Maria Elisabeth Stüve
4. The mason apprentice, Christoph Johann Jacob Beese from Mamerow

In 1973, I took a chance and sent a letter to the genealogy agency for what was then East Germany. To my pleasant surprise, they responded to my request and I found someone to translate the letters into English. This letter deals with:


* Sophia Dreier who was baptized on December 18, 1806. She was the mother of Fredericka "Rika" Heiden, the wife of August Heiden.