Correct to translate '63 Jahr, weniger 8 wochen' as '63 less 8 weeks'?

Tom Randolph

1755 burial record in the Pfalz for Maria Magdalena Röller née Eckert has her age given as '63 Jahr, weniger 8 wochen': should that be translated as '63 years old less 8 weeks'? (Last record at bottom in image below)

Billigheim [United] Reformed and Lutheran Church Archive for Protestant Reformed [Calvinist] Church parish at Mülhloffen

Transcription:

:1755 MDCCLXIV [sequence suggests Roman numeral version is repeated from preceding year and so is an error]

:D. 6ten Aug: Wurde begraben Maria Magdalena, Philipp Roellern, B: dahier Hausfrau, ihres alters 63 Jahr, weniger 8 wochen.

Translation:

:1755

:The 6th Aug: Maria Magdalena, wife of Philipp Roeller, [middle class] citizen here, was buried, of her age 63 years less 8 weeks.

* '''Burial''': "Rhineland, Bavaria, Palatinate and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1556-1973"<br/>Bavaria, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1556-1973; Custodian: Zentralarchiv Der Evangelischen Kirche Der Pfalz, Speyer; Film Number: 1457536; Page Number: 110<br/>{{Ancestry Record|61112|905313}} (accessed 21 January 2022)<br/>

:Name: Maria Magdalena Ror??lern;

:Death Age: 63;

:Record Type: Beerdigung (Burial);

:Death Date: abt 1755;

:Burial Date: 6. Aug 1755 (6 Aug 1755);

:Burial Place: Billigheim, Bayern (Bavaria), Preußen;

:Spouse: Philipp Ror??lern;

:City or District: Alsenz, Altenbamberg, Asselheim, Billigheim u Dernbach;

:Author: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Alsenz (BA. Rockenhausen).

 Image downloaded from subscription service Archion.de was used; Image 114: accessed 4 May 2022

Image downloaded from Archion.de; Image 114:

https://www.archion.de/en/viewer/?no_cache=1&type=churchRegister&uid=52125

Ulrich Neitzel

@Tom Randolph

Yes, your interpretation is correct.

Tom Randolph

Perfect, thanks @Ulrich Neitzel !