Help reading birth record
Birth December 29, Beata Lisa in Hullsbruck. Father: Carl Köhler. Mother: Maria Stina Köhler.
What are titles/occupations of Carl and Maria Stina?
Is Maria Stina's surname really Köhler?
And the rest of the information seems to be more than just the "witnesses." What does it say?
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Hi @Dale Anderson_6 ,
Here is more information:
The mother was 30 years old at the time of the birth. The christening was performed on 30 December. The fathers occupation was a master builder (or architect). As his occupation is of higher social standing, he chose to use a non-patronymic last name Köhler and his wife chose to use the last name too. There was no legal requirement for a woman to take her husbands surname at marriage until the naming law of 1920. She probably used Köhler to be more easily identified with her husband and their social standing. The witnesses are also people of higher social standing. The first one is the "well-born" Mrs. Christina Juringuis whose maiden name was Crusebjörn, then it's the lieutenant Mr. Carl Juring (I think the flourish on the end could mean -uis), the book keeper Vennerberg, the laborer Carl Köhler, and the Madam Vennerberg, and the maiden Anna Lisa.
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