Translation of Sponsors
The record in question is the second one where the parents are Johann Berndt Messing and Elisabet Timpe. I am trying to make out who the sponsors are. It may just be not clear enough for anyone, but I thought I would try
- maybe Christophorus Althoff??? There appears to be something between his given name and surname
- Anna Catharina Niehoft??? There appears to be something between her given name and surname
THANK YOU!
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I read the part between given name and surname as "schulte". This is typical in Westphalia for the owners of large farms, a so-called Schultenhof .
The surname (here Althoff or Niehoff) is the Hofname which in this case just means "old farm" and "new farm". The Schulte just signals that this is (or was originally) a Schultenhof.
With this I would read the names of the witnesses as:
- Christophorus Schulte Althoff and
- Anna Catharina Schulte Niehoff
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Ulrich, thank you so much for that explanation! I knew about hofname/ farm name, but had never encountered the term "Schultenhof". I assume Christophorus Schulte and Anna Catharina Schulte are not husband/wife since they are from different farms. So Anna Catharina could be married to a relative of Christophorus with the same surname. Does that sound correct? THANKS AGAIN…. I don't know how you managed to read that :)
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