Two marriages on same page--Becker--requesting translation

TrishAndersen

Please translate--1786 second on left: Henrich wilhelm Becker and 1789 third on right: Johannes Becker. Thank you

http://www.archion.de/p/0d8bf9c1c3/

Robert Seal_1

Hello @TrishAndersen,

Translation of the record on the left:

Greifenstein, on the 3rd of December [1786], Henirch Wilhelm Becker, legitimate son of Johann Georg Becker, with Catharina Elisabetha, surviving legitimate daughter of Christoph Meuster? of Odersberg in the princely "Oranien Nassauschen" [Orange-Nassau], after three proclamations were married.

Comments:

Here is the link for Odersberg from Meyers Gazetteer: https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/20403034

Odersberg is not far from Greifenstein to the southwest.

Here is a link from the German Wikipedia about Odersberg, which is not to far from Greifenstein to the southwest: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odersberg

Use your browser's translate function to translateto English.

P.S. I will work on the other record tomorrow if no one has answered it for you beforehand.

Robert Seal_1

Hello @TrishAndersen,

Translation of the record on the right-hand page:

Greifenstein, on the 22nd of March [1789], Johannes Becker, surviving legitimate son of the late citizen Johann Georg Becker, with Maria Catharina, surviving legitimate daughter of the late Philipp Jacob Becker at Hof in the princely "Oranien Nassauschen", after three proclamations were married.

Comment: Here is the link for Hof from Meyers Gazetteer: https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/10809001

Hof is approximately 13 miles northwest of Greifenstein.

Robert Seal_1

I think princely Oranien Nassauschen was a jurisdiction/region/county in Germany ruled by a prince.

You may want to google "Oranien Nassauschen" or "Orange Nassau" and see what you find on the net.

TrishAndersen

Thank you for these translations. Both of these are evidently brothers --father is Johann Georg Becker.

The 1789 leads me to think Becker distant cousins in marriage.

Can you tell me what is meant by 'princely' "Oranien Nassauschen"?

This Becker line has become another huge puzzle like my Neuhard and Wallbruch family lines were. One bite at a time--remind me!!!