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MCGallagher
MCGallagher ✭
December 19, 2022 edited July 9, 2024 in General Questions
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These are the names of the parents of the groom on this 1869 Marriage record from St. Mary's church in Detroit, Michigan. I am having trouble deciphering the mother's last name. The father is Joannes Wich.


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This is the groom, Henrich Wich. I would like help is deciphering his birth town in Bavaria. He was 26 at the time of his marriage.

Thanks for any help.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 19, 2022 Answer ✓

    The link in my original comment is to a town written "Marxheim" and could be the place meant. Stadt in German = city in English.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 19, 2022 edited December 19, 2022

    @MCGallagher Are you able to share the URL of the record? It's always easier when we can see the full page or adjacent pages, to compare the script.

    That said - the mother's given name is Margaretha, and I believe the town is Marksheimstadt.

    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49911

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  • Paul W
    Paul W ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 19, 2022 edited December 19, 2022

    The surname appears to be EVETSCH. If it is, it appears to be quite rare, as I can find only one instance in FamilySearch indexed records. I also found just one instance of this exact spelling using the FIND function. VETSCH is more common, but the first letter appears to be an "E". However, I just found there is also a surname GRETSCH.

    Interestingly, there is another surname, in the second screenshot, ending in "etsch", but the first letter(s) of that are less clear.

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  • MCGallagher
    MCGallagher ✭
    December 19, 2022

    Thank you for your responses. This document was sent to me as a pdf document, so there is no URL. It appears that the entries on this document were entered by different people, so it is hard to compare script.

    I cannot find a town in Germany called Marksheimstadt. If you found such a town, please tell me the location.

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  • MCGallagher
    MCGallagher ✭
    December 19, 2022

    Thank you for the clarification. I am not too experienced in interpreting these clues.

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