Marriage: Johann Heinrich Richmann and Dorothea […], Oldendorf, 16 November 1784

Transcription (German)

1784 d. 16 Nov. unverheirathet Johan Henrich Richman[n], [Loker?] in Oldendorf, u. unverheirathete Dorothea [T…]innen auch aus Oldendorf.

Translation (English)

1784, 16 November: Johan Henrich Richman[n], unmarried, [occupation unread: Loker?] at Oldendorf, and Dorothea [surname unread], unmarried, also of Oldendorf.

Notes

Unmarried in 1784, the groom is not the Johann Heinrich Rickmann of Ahrenfeld who had children with Catharina Maria Grünewald in 1777 and 1783 (D183, D277).

Bild 190 (p. 382), 3 May 1800, entry 2 (not transcribed in full): Johann Herm Leifmann married "Joh. Heinrich Richmanns Wittwe in Arenfeld," more likely the Ahrenfeld father's widow.

To read on the image: the occupation and the bride's surname.

Grade: Stated (draft reading).

Conventions

[ ] editorial addition or expansion; [?] uncertain reading; [...] or […] illegible or outside the crop; [sic] as written. Spelling, capitals and abbreviations follow the register. Draft reading, not yet checked against the image by a second person unless noted.

Re-read 12 October 2026 (afternoon)

Grade: probable.

Transcription (German)

1784 d. 16 Nov.: unverheirathet Johan Hinrich Richman, [Loker?/Leser?] in Oldendorf u. unverheirathete Dorothea T[?]-/[?]innen aus auch Oldendorf. [Page note:] 1784 sind copulirt 4 Paar.

Translation (English)

16 November 1784, the unmarried Johan Hinrich Richman, [occupation?] at Oldendorf, and the unmarried Dorothea T[?]innen, also of Oldendorf. In 1784 four couples were married.

Notes

Bild 184 of 307, left page, "Copulirt in Oldendorf 1784", first entry. The occupation has five letters with an L-loop and ends -er; the bride's surname begins with T and ends -innen, split at the line break (the earlier reading "Kinnen/Rinnen" stays beside it). Grade: STATED for the date, the groom, "unverheirathet" and Oldendorf; POSSIBLE for the occupation and the surname.