Czech Records: Andreas Möckl

Andreas Möckl was the son of my 4th great grandmother, Katharina Möckl. Although my parents didn’t photograph a birth record for Andreas Möckl, they did photograph the birth record of Andreas’ daughter, Theresia Möckl. This is where we learned that Andreas Möckl was the son of Katharina Möckl. The record said, “Andreas Möckl a miner, born in Imligau Number 8, son of Katharina Möckl who is now married to Strunz in Putschirn Number 15.” So, we can see that Katharina Möckl had her son, Andreas, out of wedlock, and that she later married her husband, Anton Strunz. But we cannot tell from this record whether Anton Strunz was the biological father of Andreas Möckl, or not.

Theresia Möckl
Czech Birth Records, Book VI Putschirn, page 60
Photographs IMG_0585 through IMG_0591, IMG_0608 through IMG_0614
Photographs of birth records taken by Amy Lynn Spohr Chidester and Steven John Chidester on their trip to the Czech Republic in February 2008 (digital copies of these photographs in the possession of Stephanie Chidester Bradshaw). Translated on 20 May 2008 by Sister Frieda Kindt of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Milwaukee 1st Ward building, Brookfield, Wisconsin. Transcribed by Stephanie Bradshaw.

"Born 1 September 1872, Baptized 1 September 1872, [name of pastor], name of child: Theresia, Catholic, Female, Legitimate,
Place and House Number: Putschirn Number 18
Midwife: Anna Wurzberger in Altenhlau [or Altrohlau?] testified
Father: Andreas Möckl a miner, born in Imligau Number 8, son of Katharina Möckl who is now married to Strunz in Putschirn Number 15, and she is the legitimate daughter of the deceased Josef Möckl born in Imligau and the deceased Margareth born Fischer of Rausergrun [or Wundertgrun?] Number 13.
Mother: Francisca born Hochberger of Södau Number 8, the legitimate daughter of Franz Hochberger a miner in Ottowitz Number 21 and the deceased Theresia born Funk of Södau Number 8.Witnesses: Katharina Nachbar [this surname means ‘neighbor’] the wife of Franz Nachbar a shoemanker in Altrohlau”