Richard von Ursenbach BE

[Walt Bruetsch]

Hello,
Richard, Friedrich (Fred in the USA) von Ursenbach, Bern
Source: FamilySearch.org>Schweiz Katholiche und Reformiert Kirchenbuecher, Ursenbach, Bern, Switzerland.>Baptism records.

Fred’s father and mother were married in 1849, as shown in the screen shot. [I don’t usually see this info in a baptism entry.] Fred (born 1854) and his wife had 13 children, with my material grandmother being the 3rd child. The first child was Emma, born in 1879.

I would greatly appreciate a line by line transcription of this baptism. And is there a clue as to their religion?
The results will be shared on FamilySearch.org via the world tree. Fred’s ID # is LT93-DGG.

Richard Family History – The baptism record of Friedrich Richard in 1854.
By Walt Bruetsch, September, 2025

Source: FamilySearch.org - Switzerland records in the village of Ursenbach, canton Bern. There was no selection of churches. Evidently all baptisms were combined into one database. [I think it is Catholic, because of the amount of data. There is more data.]

The FamilySearch.org indexing has a birth date of 10 Dec 1854 and a baptism date of 31 Dec 1854. [The indexers probably had the microfilm of the entire year available to them.]
Brackets ( ) give the Thode Dictionary meaning in English of the German Swiss and Latin writing, as transcribed by me. Square brackets [xxx] means WEB’s comments. Now the transcription, left to right, top to bottom.

(Year) 1854, (Page number) 193
CY.66 (calendar year?) /Dec?,/Jan? 31. Ers???monat (First month?), space, space, im [in the] ehenlichen (ehelich=legitimate)(= marital) [name of child to be baptized?] Friedrich. nat. 10. Dec. [1853?] (=abbr. for (Lat.) nata/natus, mng. ‘born”.) (nata (Lat.) mng. (female) born, daughter)
Ursenbach. Par (=parents?) Friedrich Richard, Peter’s ?seqe? [selig = deceased] von Ursenbach; zü Erinzüsbil(?) ;
Elisabeth Hüg von Madiswil (village 3k/2miles north of Ursenbach).
Sicop, [cop.= abbr. for (Lat. Copuli(e)rt, mng. “married”] -----------? 1849:[The Swiss marriage indexing confirms with a date of 10 May 1849.in Ursenbach.]

Test (= testis (Lat.) witness) Zans’ (Zander = nickname for m. given name Alexander) Ulrich Hüg, Der Muchmchen (= female cousin) Bunder?.
Samuel C Hüg, Jackobs’ ?____? Zu Madiswil.
Anna Barbaraetlutizer, geb. (born) Hüg, Der Muiter? Setkenter?. [mother’s sister = Mutter Schwester].

This Friedrich Richard, bpt. 1854, had 13 children and the entire family eventually migrated to Wisconsin, USA. On the FamilySearch.org’s World Tree, Friedrich has ID# LT93-DGG.

Many thanks, Walt Bruetschi
Here is the link to a photo of the screen. Wish I could show the photo. It is also on the FamilySearch.org
https://share.icloud.com/photos/001ttdf ... 94BHEMFLPg

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urspr. Titel: Richard von Ursenbach, Friedrich baptism 1854

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Ursenbach-Tauf-1854-Richard.jpg

[Wolf]

No. 66 (running number) Ursenbach
den 31 Christmonat (baptised 31.12.1854) - canton Bern was strictly reformed
ein ehelicher (legitimate son) Friedrich, nat. (born) 10. Dec.
Par(entes) = Eltern
Friedrich Richard, Peters sel (son of the late Peter) von Ursenbach zu (living in) Leimiswil
Elisabeth Hug von Madiswil
[cop (got married) zu Burgdorf 11 May 1849]
Test(es) = Witnesses
Hans Ulrich Hug, der Mutter Bruder (mother's brother)
Samuel Hug, Jakobs ... zu Madiswil
Anna Barbara Flükiger, geb (nee) Hug, der Mutter Schwester (mother's sister)

[Walter]

Samuel Hug, Jakobs von und zu Madiswil

[Walt Bruetsch]

Hello,

A BIG Thank You!!! for the transcriptions and translations. I'll be updating my documents and putting the completed info onto the FamilySearch.org world tree.

A daughter of Friedrich, his 3rd child, Lena, is my maternal grandmother, with my mother being born on a homestead in Montana.

Best wishes to all, Walt Bruetsch