Matt Scholl b 1718 6 Aug 1756 look film 102078348 page 400

Kent Gardiner

Translation request:

I am hoping for a full translation and one additional question: Is Matthias Scholl a Procurator?

Robert Seal_1

Good morning @Kent Gardiner,

Translation:

On the 26th of August 1756, a little daughter of Matthias Scholl, the citizen, tailor, and temporary "procurator", from his wife Margaretha, in the morning early at 4:00 am was born to the world, so thereafter was baptized and was named Maria Catharina. Baptismal sponsors are Israel Stuz, citizen and farmer, with his wife; Jeremias Raber, an unmarried cooper, surviving son, and betrothed man, of the late Michael Raber, citizen and cooper; and Maria Cathar[ina], unmarried daughter, [and betrothed woman with [Jeremias] Raber, of Jo[hann] Simon Cammerer, citizen and farmer.

Comments: This record is from August 1756. Sure enough, the betrothed Jeremias Raber and the betrothed Maria Catharina Cammerer married five months later in late January 1757: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1812633:61060?tid=&pid=&queryId=2c2e0d0d9e020b88d3940e890159af95&_phsrc=VlI585&_phstart=successSource

Regarding the word "procurator":

Thode translates this as: lawyer.

C. Russell Jensen, Parish Register Latin, translates this as: proxy governor; proxy lawyer.

See also this link for the word "procurator" from Wikipedia: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/procurator See in particular section 2.3 for meanings of this word.

Finally if you translate the Latin word "procurator" in Google Translate, you will find a variety of meanings for this word.

Kent Gardiner

Robert, Yes I thought the word was procurator but wasn't positive. I have another Scholl who was a procurator so i knew the general meaning. However your links and research bring more depth to what this really means. I already knew Matthias was a tailor but had no idea he was a temporary procurator. Great find. Thanks, KG

Robert Seal_1

You're welcome, Kent.