The 2nd Petrus Letter
Copy of another letter found written in Dutch
by Petrus Johannes DeWitt
The following is the transcript
of the above letter :
Aan
Den Weleerwaarde Heer Hilmer [?],
bedienaar des [...] bij het [...]
der Gereformeerde Gemeente
Weleerwaarde Heer
U Weleerwaarde verzocht om het Heiligen Doop te willen bedienen
aan het kind die genaamd word Gasina Maria Wilhelmina, geboren den 8 Juni
1821, waarvan de ouders is Pertus Johannis de Wit en Jacobina Elisabeth de
Wit geboren Koek en de Doopmoeder en Doopvader Mevrouw Gasina [...] Thijssen
geboren [...] en den Heer [A..?] Koek.
Malakka, den 13 July 1821
DeWit
The following is the transalation
of the above letter :
To
The Reverend Gentleman Mr. Hilmer [?],
Server [...] of the Reformed Church
Reverend Sir,
[You are] requested to administer the Holy baptism to the child
named Gasina Maria Wilhelmina, born on 8th June 1821. The parents are Petrus
Johannis de Wit and Jocobina Elisabeth de Wit, nee Koek; the baptism mother
and the baptism father are Mrs. Gasina [...] Thijssen, nee [...] and Mr. [A..?]
Koek.
Malakka, 13th July 1821
Signed
Transcript and Translation
of the above letter was provided by
Mr. Pieter van der Vorm
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Dated : 14th June 2000
Note :
1. Gasina Maria Wilhelmina de Wit's godfather
is noted by the translator as Mr. [A..?] Koek. We suspect that this is in
fact her grandfather, Mr. Adriaan Koek.
