Help with translation of 1816 marriage record from Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Debra Palmer01

Hello,

The marriage record (first entry on the right) was relatively easy to translate and I would appreciate help with a few questions about the record.

Thank you!

Debra

Question: in the Sundays of Proclamation column, the scribe wrote 2nd before Easter Day. Does that just mean that Easter Day was the second Proclamation Sunday?

Question: I could not read the occupation of the groom and does the information for him mean that he was likely born in Reinshagen and Retschow was his place of residence at the time of the marriage?

Question: one of the bride's names is spelled Eleisabeth and a FamilySearch Wiki page that I found about spelling variants states that scribes sometimes used "ei" as a variant of the "I" sound. Did the scribe likely write a variant spelling of Elisabeth?

[Entry] 1

Date of marriage: 1816, April 26th, Reinshagen [place of marriage]

Sundays of Proclamation or date of dispensation granted: Palm Sunday, 2nd Easter Day, 1st Sunday after Easter

Name of the groom: Jochim Hinrich Peter Friedrich Lange from Reinshagen ? in Retschow

Name of the bride: Catherina Eleisabeth Henriette Schult

Father of the bride: Jacob Schult, Einlieger in Heiligenhagen

Previous marital status: [blank]

Name of the wedding preacher: C. Lange

JohnsonGreg

His occupation is Knecht which could be a servant, farmhand, apprentice or laborer. I interpret it as he is from Reinshagen and now working(and living) in Retschow.

I don't know the answer to the other two questions.

Robert Seal_1

Hello @Debra Palmer01,

Answers to your other questions:

Question: in the Sundays of Proclamation column, the scribe wrote 2nd before Easter Day. Does that just mean that Easter Day was the second Proclamation Sunday?

Answer: 2. Ostertag = the Monday after Easter. The three proclamation dates in this record are: Palmarum = 7 April 1816; 2. Ostertag = 15 April 1816; Quasimodogenti = 21 April 1816.

Typically, the marriage proclamations are made on three successive Sundays. But in the year 1816, Easter, the holiest day in the church calendar, fell on Sunday, April 14. Because this is such an important church holy day, it is likely that marriage proclamations weren't announced on Easter, and this couple's second proclamation was made the next day on Monday 15 April 1816.

Question: one of the bride's names is spelled Eleisabeth and a FamilySearch Wiki page that I found about spelling variants states that scribes sometimes used "ei" as a variant of the "I" sound. Did the scribe likely write a variant spelling of Elisabeth?

Answer: Yes, the scribe wrote a variant of the name "Elisabeth". Don't be surprise if you come across other records for the bride where that name is spelled: Elisabeth; Elisabethe; Elisabetha.

@JohnsonGreg was right on the mark with his answer to your other question.

Debra Palmer01

@JohnsonGreg,

The first letter looked like "Q" to me and I can see the "K" in Knecht now. Thank you for translating and adding the meanings for the groom's occupation. Your interpretation of the two places where he had lived is very helpful too. Thank you!

Debra

Debra Palmer01

@Robert Seal_1,

I was making a guess about 2nd Easter Day = Easter Day was the second Proclamation Sunday.

That is interesting to know how the church would have managed the announcement of a Proclamation that fell on the holy day of Easter. Thank you for including those details about the church and the Proclamation dates in 1816. I appreciate it! And thank you very much for your answer about the variant spellings of Elisabeth that is helpful.

Debra

Robert Seal_1

You're welcome, @Debra Palmer01.