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Submitted by Malka Golds

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Polish
Approval Date: 8/27/2025 2:20 PM
Family Surname: NELKEN
Country: Poland
Town: Kalisz
Date of Image: 1835
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Peace and blessings

I need the document translated into Hebrew or English.

NELKEN Szmaia 1835 M 6


Thanks in advance.
Malka Golds

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On  Response 
8/29/2025 3:39 AM Hello,
Here is all the useful information:

Time and Place of Record: Kalisz, 3 March 1835, 3 p.m.

Religious Marriage: 1 March 1835, performed by local assistant rabbi Joachim JAKUBOWICZ, with the consent of the groom’s father and the bride’s mother

Groom: Szmaia NELKEN, Jewish religion, residing in Kalisz, 18 years old, born in Kalisz, son of Abraham and Hinda NELKEN, merchants residing in Kalisz

Bride: Eidela SACHS, unmarried, 15 years old, residing with her mother in Kalisz, daughter of Lewek (deceased) and Circha[?] SACHS

Witnesses: Beniamin Fiszel BONUS, [???] at the Kalisz synagogue, 64 years old; and Icek SZYLEM, glazier, 44 years old; both residing in Kalisz

Marriage Banns (Announcements): 17, 24, and 31 January 1835 in Kalisz

Prenuptial Agreement: 23 February 1835, before W. BASENSKI

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