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Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 Parish Girkhausen · Date 25 Oct 1863 Primary

For “Christened” 25 OCT 1863 of Daniel Johann Benfer

Name: Johann Daniel Benfer Sex: Male Birth Date: 2 Oct 1863 Father's Name: Johann Philipp Benfer Mother's Name: Catharine Kraemer Event Type: Christening Event Date: 25 Oct 1863 Event Place: Girkhausen, Wittgenstein, Westfalen, Preußen, Deutschland Event Place (Original): "Girkhausen Arnsberg, Westfalen, Prussia"

Indexed Information panel, FamilySearch collection 'Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898', fields as presented; read in Chrome by the orchestrator, signed in as Nick19408, 2026-09-17/18, via profile 24W6-8FP → Sources tab → this ark record. Event Type/Event Date fields (Christening, 25 Oct 1863) support this event, retyped from BIRT to CHR; Event Place (Original) 'Girkhausen Arnsberg, Westfalen, Prussia' shows Arnsberg was the qualifying district name tacked onto the village, not a separate town, so this event's place is corrected from placeId 4156 (Arnsberg) to 4171 (Girkhausen).