Konstanz BW - death - 1863 - Jenta - Heinrich
Konstanz, Baden 1863 April 26 Heinrich Jenta burial, Konstanz Film, pages 194,195
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Hopefully this entry tells us how Heinrich died and why in Germany. Konstanz is a large Baden city on the Rhine. He may have moved there for his profession as a Seidenweber.
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Todtenbuch 1863
Heinrich Jenta
Im Jahr: Eintausend achthundert drei und sechszig, den vier und zwanzigsten April, nachts ein Uhr starb hier und wurde am sechs und zwanzigsten beerdigt: Heinrich Jenta, Ehemann der Margaretha geb. Salzmann, Seidenfabrikant hier, alt fünf und fünfzig Jahre. Die Ältern sind unbekannt. Zeugen: 1) Jakob Honegger, Fabrikant hier; 2) Ludwig Roman(?), Revisor(?) hier.
Constanz, 26 April 1863. A. Leys(??)
Heinrich Jenta died in Konstanz 24 April 1863 at 1 am and was buried 26 April. He was the husband of Margaretha nee Salzmann (i.e. she was still alive), and silk manufacturer in Konstanz, aged 55 years. His parents are not known. Witnesses were Jakob Honegger, manufacturer in Konstanz, and Ludwig Roman (not sure about the surname) - I believe Revisor = accountant in Konstanz. Not sure about the signature at all - but this is not really relevant.
BTW - no German or Swiss would ever(!) talk of "Konstanz am Rhein" - always "Konstanz am Bodensee" (Lake Constance). If you mention "Konstanz am Rhein", 99% of all will ask back "which other Konstanz??".
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WSeelentag Awesome. I am always amazed at how you can read such difficult text.
Lots of water around Konstanz am Bodensee.
I know that in small town in both Germany and Switzerland certain families are well known over the years. I imagine in a large city like Konstanz this doesn't hold true. More cosmopolitan. Am I right?
Isn't the signature the name of the Pastor who wrote the entry? In my research in Graben Germany I located the names of the Pastors from 1410 to 1974. I also located some biographical information on them. When the handwriting changed in the records I knew the date the new Pastor took over.
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I know that in small town in both Germany and Switzerland certain families are well known over the years. I imagine in a large city like Konstanz this doesn't hold true. More cosmopolitan. Am I right?
No - not really: also in larger towns you often have families dominating financial, political or cultural life over generations. It may just be a slightly larger number of families.
Isn't the signature the name of the Pastor who wrote the entry?
Most likely it is - so if you find a list of pastors, you may well find the person signing this document amongst the list.
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