Confirmation of 1814 Death Record Transcription, please

Robt_Nielsen

I believe this is the death record for my GGF in Pempersin.

Archion.de image:

http://www.archion.de/p/4027a07363/

=== My Transcription ===

[date column]

  Vier u[nd] zwanzigste November

  früh? [sieben?]

[center column]

 Bauer Georg Behnke

  [reported by?] Frau Anna Szerbart? 40. [Schwager?] Jan? Szerbart 48

  Georg Szerbart Jggsell. 30 [Schwager?]

[right column]

  55 [years old at death]

=== My Translation ===

The farmer Georg Behnke, aged 55, died on the 24th of November [1814] [early in the morning at 7am?]. [His death was reported by] his wife Anna Szerbart, aged 40; brother-in-law Jan Szerbart, ages 48; and batchelor brother-in-law Georg Szerbart, aged 30.

GeorgBehnke 1814.png

Ulrich Neitzel

@Robt_Nielsen

Your reading is fully correct, just remove the question marks ;-)

The entry does not specify what the role of named relatives of the deceased was. Your assumption that these were the witnesses/reporters is reasonable.

Robt_Nielsen

@Ulrich Neitzel ... Thanks! With your help, I am slowly becoming better at transcribing these old records.