Citation · C0059 · record
Missouri Synod, U.S., Lutheran Church records, 1851-1973
Concordia Historical Institute; St Louis, MO, USA; Lutheran Church Records
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Transcription and reasoning
Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 3/4, tier record.
The Tauf-Register 1892 page, entry no. 8, records Meta Ida Amalia, born 27 July 1891 and baptized 5 Jan 1892, to Albert Chill and Ottilie née Bieging. Name and birth date match the claim exactly. The page does not show a place, so the Chicago location is not confirmed here, and the person's 1892 year looks like the baptism date rather than the birth date.
Matches: Entry no. 8 (6524) gives the child as Meta Ida Amalia, matching the claimed full name; Birth date is 27 Juli 1891, matching the claimed date; Parents are Albert Chill and Ottilie geb. Bieging; Baptism date is 5 Jan 1892, which fits the person's listed 1892 start date, likely a baptism-year artifact
Limits: The visible page has no place name, so Chicago, Cook County, Illinois cannot be confirmed from this image; The page header gives no congregation or town; the place would come from the wider Missouri Synod record set; Claim lists the person as 1892–1984, so the 1892 year appears to be the baptism date rather than the birth date; the register itself gives the birth as 1891; The identification of this child with the person in the database depends on the parents, which the claim does not state
What it supports
- Born · 27 JULI 1891 · Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America — Meta Ida Amalia Chill