I know this is a big ask...but I'm looking for help transcribing and translating the 1809 Hagen, Ger

Dave Kaiser

I know this is a big ask...but I'm looking for help transcribing and translating the 1809 Hagen, Germany Church Record at the bottom half of the first page and continuing on the top half of the second page.

It's the marriage of Johann Gerhard Rudolf Witte & Catharina Elisabeth Meyer. 

 

I have no idea why it's so long or what it could possibly be saying. At the very least, I'm most interested in learning any details that will help with further ancestry research, like:

Day/Month of wedding

Names of parents of the groom

Names of parents of the bride

Age of groom

Age of bride

*And any other important names/dates

 

I also see a numbered list 1) 2) 3) 4), which I'm betting references other events in the church books. Maybe parent's weddings? Or birth & christenings of bride & groom?

 

THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP! 😃

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the date of the marriage is Dec 2nd, 1809

the mother of the groom is a widow in Hagen/Natrup, Catharina Elisabeth Worpenberg

the groom's father was the "colon" Johann Rudolph Witte, deceased

the bride's father was the "colon" and farmer Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer, deceased

the bride's mother is Catherine Elisabeth Schulte from Brincke

the following documents are listed

1) birth certificate for the groom indicating that he was born on June 5th, 1783 in Hagen

2)birth certificate for the bride indicating that she was baptized on may 23rd, 1785 in Hagen

3)declaration of marriage banns

4) wedding vows

 

amongst the witnesses there is also a Johann Hinrich Witte, sone of the widow Witte, therefore the grooms brother

Dave Kaiser

Wow! Thank you so much! This is extremely helpful!

Dave Kaiser

It appears "colon" refers to an independent farmer who has inheritable rights to a piece of land, but not outright ownership of the land.