Name/Title
Certificate, BaptismalEntry/Object ID
31.23.2Description
Baptismal Certificate (Dop-Attest) of Esther Magdalena Johnson. Material: paper. Size: 11" x 16". Description: white card stock certificate, #44, Augustana Book Concern, Rock Island, Ill.; preprinted form in Swedish language and filled in by pastor using black ink, indicates that Esther Magdalena, born May 8, 1916 in Pocahontas, Iowa, and baptized on April 30, 1922 in New Richland, Minn.; her father was Ivar Johnson, her mother was Elsa Johnson; the sponsors were Mr. and M:rs. A. F. Sponberg and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Johnson; the pastor was J. E. Eriksson; color graphics of religious symbols, flowers, angels, a descending bird, a baptismal font and Bible verses decorate the page.Context
The church where the baptism took place was the Vista Lutheran Church near New Richland.Lexicon
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Certificate, BaptismalNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Certificate, ChurchNomenclature Primary Object Term
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
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Object Name
Certificate, BaptismalCreate Date
May 26, 2023Update Date
September 19, 2024