Wetzikon ZH - marriage - 1824 - Wolfensberger & Jenta - translation

Kent Gardiner

Wetzikon 1824 marriage 25 of March for Anna Jenta to Johannes Wolfensberger translation

https://www.gatheringgardiners.com/2024/04/anna-jenta-1802-1860.html Second document

WSeelentag

Date will be 22 Mar 1824 - assuming no marriage in April - and that you haven't blocked a "25" with your red mark.

Johannes Wolfensperger von Etenhausen, geb. den 15 Decembris 1799

Anna Jenta von Etenhausen, geb. den 31 Octobris 1802

I assume the next two lines are another marriage, not witnesses for Wolfensperger & Jenta.

Kent Gardiner

https://community.familysearch.org/en/profile/WSeelentag Good assumptions. I try to never block anything important with my red mark.

I'm not sure why the pastor indents some marriages. It almost looks like they are sponsors or witnesses. For instance in the first entry for December 29 it has two people: Jacob Weager and Barbara Nägili; then indented under their names is a large list of people without a line drawn beside any of the couples. Does that mean they were all witnesses or marriages? It appears the line drawn beside the couples is somewhat random.

Thanks for the translation!

WSeelentag

Yes - it's confusing me as well - but I am sure they are not witnesses, but other coupled getting married: note that the sequence is always a man followed by a woman. Could it make a difference whether the marriage took place in Wetzikon - or actually somewhere else?

E.g. the second entry (dated 22) is Hans Heinrich Gujer and Susanna Walder with a note "cop. Peter": I actually found that on https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/epaper/PRD/SAR/Pfarrbuecher/VIII-C-27_output/web/html5/index.html?pn=453 - they got married in Zürich St.Peter, likely on 25 Feb 1824 (documented on 01 Mar 1824). Is 01 Mar possibly the date when the home parish was informed?

I didn't find Spörri & Krebser, however, or Wolfenberger & Janta.

Kent Gardiner

https://community.familysearch.org/en/profile/WSeelentag Thanks for checking the Zürich records for Wolfensberger and Jenta. As you know Anna's father Rudolf Jenta was married in St. Peters. Usually Catholic churches are named after saints, which is a bit confusing because the Jenta's were Evangelical. I found the following:

"The current building was consecrated in 1706 as the first church built under Protestant rule. Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich." "Wikipedia"

Because Rudolf worked for the local government he may have wanted to get married in the "big city" St. Peters or perhaps Lisabeth felt that was important.

I'll keep an eye on the marriage configurations on the page to see, as you stated, if it makes a difference where they were married.

Do you search the Zürich marriage records by hand or is there an index?

It is interesting that Hans Heinrich Gujer and Susanna Walder have "cop. Peter" after their entry.

Thanks for all the care and diligence you give each record. Like me, you appear to love research. Me too.

WSeelentag

"Do you search the Zürich marriage records by hand or is there an index?"

There is no index for the Zürich church records - but marriages prior to 1800 are covered by EDB - with a most powerful search feature, leading to partial transcriptions. EDB is THE place to start any search for marriages in canton Zürich (and that includes the city) prior to 1800.

Kent Gardiner

https://community.familysearch.org/en/profile/WSeelentag Good to know!!!