Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Certificate, Birth |
Object ID # |
1975.1.1 |
Other Name |
Geburtschein |
Title |
John Gehman birth certificate, 1795 |
Creator |
Unknown; signed "J. L." |
Date |
1795 |
Material |
Laid paper, ink, watercolor |
Dimensions |
H-13 W-16 inches |
Provenance |
Made and initialed by an unidentified artist, "J.L.". Made for John Gehman (1793-1882), son of Abraham & Barbara Ziegler Gehman. John was raised in the Hereford Mennonite congregation and was ordained a minister there in 1827. The MHC also holds the birth certificate of John's wife, Mary Latshaw Gehman (1786-1881) (item #1975.89.1). Mary's father was John Latshaw. Could he possibly have been a schoolmaster or fraktur artist who made this certificate for John Gehman? |
Source |
Gift of Melvin S. & Sara Brubaker Gehman |
Related Publications |
Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. "Hidden Treasures in the Mennonite Heritage Center Fraktur Collection." Der Reggeboge 46:2 (2012), pg. 6-7. |
People |
Gehman, John, 1793-1882 (Upper Hanover Twp) Gehman, Abraham, 1765-1851 (Upper Hanover Twp) Gehman, Barbara Ziegler, 1767-1843 |
Collection |
Fraktur |