Identifying ancestor's Transylvanian birthplace
Dear Members,
On Franc Josephus Leopoldus Weeber's baptismal record (May 14) his mother's birthplace is mentioned (first row third column). I know she's from Transylvania, and this record names the town, but I can't figure out its location. I read it as Keyral-Falba. It might be the German name of the place, or can it be a misspelled Hungarian name that is for real something like "Királyfalva", Königsdorf?
My second question: the father, Emericus, is from Trier, and at that time was an Austrian soldier, but what is written after "miles Austriaco"? I read it as "c-something-sareus". Any idea? I guess it stands for a rank.
My third question: I know about Franc Josephus Leopoldus Weeber's two sisters who lived in Hungary. Their death notes say their birthplace is S[ank]t Marein am Pickelbach in the district of Graz in the Austrian state of Styria. However, when I went through the registers in https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/oesterreich/graz-seckau/st-marein-am-pickelbach/ found no data of Josepha (b: c1819) and Hermina (b: c1828) Weeber. (Probably there were other siblings, too.) They were Roman Catholics as Franc and the parents. The reason the records don't show up in the researched registers is that the father, Emericus was in the army. If so, where can the registers dedicated to military members stationed in or near Sankt Marein am Pickelbach be found?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards,
Andras Pásztohy
Baptismal record for Franc Josephus Leopoldus Weeber 14 May 1815.jpg
Best Answer
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I read it as:
Emericus Weeber, Trevirensis, miles Austriaco-caesareus:
uxor
M. Anna Hess, nata in Keyral-Falba in Transylvania:
Catholici.
Meaning that Dad was an imperial Austrian soldier, and Mom was born in "Keyral-Falba", which has to be a phonetic rendering of a weird mishearing of Királyfalva.
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