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Marriage: Johann Heinrich Ludewig Alwes of Gestorf and Sophia Dorothea Christine Westermann of Salzhemmendorf, 29 [August] 1798

Transcript and translation

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Transcription (original language)

Johann Heinrich Ludewig | Alwes aus Gestorf u. Sophia | Dorothe Christine Westermann | aus Salzhemmendorf. [margin: 29.]

Translation (English)

Johann Heinrich Ludewig Alwes of Gestorf and Sophia Dorothea Christine Westermann of Salzhemmendorf, [married] 29 [August] 1798.

Notes

Closes F183(1): the mother of the Alwes child of 1801 ("geb. W[...]mann") and the godfather "Meister W[...]mann, des Kindes mütterlicher Großvater" are Westermanns, not Wesemanns (PROBABLE). The bride's surname shows the st ligature and r. Grade: STATED. F276. Grade: STATED; the 1801 identification PROBABLE.