Death Notice #10 and Death Notice #32
There is very little information in death notice #10. I am looking for a "Clemens Knecht" who married an "Anna Gertrud Grah" on 15 May 1728. I have no other information about either.
The Clemens Knecht noticed here (FHL film 176236; image 256 of 424) died 27 Jan 1764; his age was 65 years 8 months and 2 days. Is there ANY other information in this listing? When might he have been born if age is accurate? Isn't there a calendar change to consider?
Two pages later (image 258 of 424), I found death notice #32 which mentions "Clemens Knecht" and "Anna Gerdruth Grahe" and age of 63 y, 4? m, 17 d. Death occurred 24 Jul 1765. I think this is her death listing. If so, when might she have been born?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS8Y-2N1Z?i=257&cat=15184
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Hello Gary,
Record 10:
Translation: on the same day [27 January 1764] Clemens Knecht [died] here; age 65 years, 8 months, 1 day.
His calculated birth date (Gregorian calendar): 26 May 1698.
His calculated birth date (Julian calendar): 16 May 1698.
Record 32:
Translation: on the 24th of the same month [24 July 1765] the late Clemens Knecht's surviving wife named Anna Gerdruth Grahe [died] here; age 63 years, 4 months, 17 days.
Her calculated birth date (Gregorian calendar): 7 March 1702.
Her calculated birth date (Julian calendar) 24 February 1702.
Comments: By 1700 all parts of Germany had converted to the Gregorian calendar. Though Solingen in Rheinland, Prussia, may have adopted the "new" calendar earlier than that.
Here is a link which will allow you to convert Gregorian and Julian dates: https://stevemorse.org/jcal/julian.html
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According http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/gregorian.html (and https://stevemorse.org/jcal/julian.html when clicking on the dropdown box and selecting Protestant Prussia), Prussia switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1610 (jumping from 22 August 1610 to 2 September 1610), so--assuming this means the entirety of Prussia switched at the same time--the Gregorian calculated birth dates Robert provided would be correct: 26 May 1698 for Clemens Knecht, and 7 March 1702 for Anna Gerdruth Grahe.
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Thank you kindly, @Charlotte Noelle Champenois, for the confirmation of the calculated Gregorian dates.
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Thank you both: @Robert Seal_1 and @Charlotte Noelle Champenois. The two links for calendar dates are very useful and I will bookmark them.
However, I think I'm still looking for my family. I see nothing in Record 32 that in any way confirms that the "Clements Knecht" in Record 32 is the same as the "Clements Knecht" in Record 10. Do you both agree that there could be a different "Clements Knecht" who married the "Anna Gerdruth Grahe" of Record 35?
I am looking for a "Clements Knecht" (father of a "Johann Abraham Knecht") who died before Mar 1760, so I will keep looking. Unfortunately, there is no index to deaths, so it is a slow process. Very slow.
Thanks again
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You're welcome, Gary.
If you are certain that the Clemens Knecht you are looking for died before March 1760, then the Clemens Knecht in record no. 10 cannot be your Clemens Knecht because the person in record no. 10 died in January 1764.
However, the Clemens Knecht recorded in record no. 32 might be your Clemens Knecht because he is identified as deceased in this record and could be the Clemens Knecht who died in March 1760, 5+ years before Anna Gerdruth Grahe died in July 1765.
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