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Death — Johann Weiss, tailor, Ochsenburg, 15 March 1891
Transcript and translation
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Transcription (German, as read)
Name "Johann Weiss"; Stand "Schneider, hier, ev."; Eltern "Johann Friedrich Weiss, L. u. Br. hier [Leinenweber und Bürger? doubtful], u. Margaretha, geb. Schüle"; hinterlassene "Wittwe: Elisabeth Friederike, geb. Haas"; born "hier, 22 Mai 1825"; died "15 März 1891, morg. 3 Uhr"; buried "17 März 1891, mitt. 1 Uhr", "Gemeinde, Predigt" [doubtful]; Familienregister page 652.
Re-read 23 October 2026 (WE3.4e) at very high zoom:
Name: "Johann Weiß". Stand: "[Schneider?] hier" (doubtful).
Parents: "Johann Friedrich Weiß, [..] hier, Margaretha geb. Schüle".
Widow (hinterlassene Ehegatte column): "Wittwe Elisabeth Friederike geb. Haas" (legible at medium zoom, as in WE3.3a).
Born: "hier, 22. Mai 1825".
Death: "15. März 1891, morg. 3 Uhr" (the digit after the 1 is a 5, with the same 5 as in "1891").
Burial: "17. März 1891, mittags 1 Uhr", with a word after it that reads like "Gemeindeprediger" or "Predigt" (doubtful).
Family register: "652".
English translation
Johann Weiss, tailor of this place, Protestant, born here 22 May 1825, son of Johann Friedrich Weiss, [citizen] of this place, and Margaretha née Schüle; survived by his widow Elisabeth Friederike née Haas; died 15 March 1891 at 3 a.m.; buried 17 March 1891 at 1 p.m.