Translation needed

lorraineanderson1

Good afternoon! I am hoping that someone would be willing to translate the attached document for me, please. I believe it to be a marriage record between Johann Jacob Ovens and Margaretha Magdalene Muhl. But I see a few dates and am not clear about which is the marriage date and which may be a birth date(s). The record was found on Ancestry...Germany,Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1618-1921 and is the record on the bottom left side of the screenshot. Thank you for any assistance offered!

Ulrich Neitzel

@lorraineanderson1

Hello Lorraine, this record has a lot of abbreviations - it is partly me guessing what the meaning is. The title above the entries is "Verlobte" = engaged and the heading of the second column is "dies de spons"; I am not quite sure if this is the date of engagement or marriage.

Transcription:

No. 15. 15 ej.

Der Schmidt in Tating Johann Jac. Ovens, (1842 Tating) alt 26 J., ein unehel. Sohn einer weil. Margar: Jürgens in Tating u. eines Johann Jak. Ovens daselbst, u. seine Braut Margarethe Magdalene Muhl hies., (1843 ibid.) alt 25 J., ehel. Tochter des weil. Dirk Muhl hies. u. sr. Fr. Anna Magdalene geb. Hansen.

Zeug: Pet: Lor: Hansen hies. und Corn. M. fach? hies.

Vorlieg: beider Aegtebr. aus Tating u. Pock.Sch. des Bräut. d.d. 20 Jul. 1842 v. D. Thomsen u. der Br. 15 Sept. 1847 ab eod. med. 

Translation:

No. 15. [engagement/marriage date] 15th of the same month [October] 1868

The blacksmith in Tating Johann Jac[ob] Ovens, (born 1842 in Tating), 26 years old, an illegitimate son of the late Margar{ethe] Jürgens in Tating and of Johann Jak[ob] Ovens there, and his fiancée Margarethe Magdalene Muhl here, (born 1843 there), 25 years old, legitimate daughter of the late Dirk Muhl here and his wife Anna Magdalene née Hansen.

Witnesses: Pet[er] Lor[enz] Hansen here and Corn[elius] M. fach? here

Presented: "Aegtebrief" (certificate of no impediment for marriage) from Tating for both and certificate of vaccination against smallpox for the groom of 20 July 1842 by Dr. Thomsen and for the bride of 15 September 1847 by the same physician.

lorraineanderson1

Thank you so much, Ulrich. This confirms some information I have, and offers some family intrigue! I appreciate you!