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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 1/25/2026 2:23 PM
Family Surname:
Country: Latvia
Town: Riga
Date of Image: 1884

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I am hoping someone can offer a full translation of record 156. I think it is a relevant family record, but I'd like outside confirmation. Thank you in advance.

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1/25/2026 3:30 PM

1.№.156.
2.Лет женщины. 24.
3.Лет мужчине. 30.
4.Кто совершил обряд обручения или бракосочетания (хипу). Помощник раввина.
5.Число и месяц. Христианский. 14 декабря.
6.Число и месяц. Еврейский. 8 тейвес.
7.Главные акты или записи и обязательства между вступающими в брак и свидетелями оных (их). Запись по закону Моисеева. Добавочная обещана на 200 рублей. Свидетели: раввин Шапиро и школьник Шварц. (Примечание: школьник- это религиозный служитель).
8.Кто именно, с кем вступает в брак, также имена и состояние родителей. Вдовец Шмуль Ицыкович Гакель (примечание: Ицыкович- отчество, из которого следует, что отца Шмуля звали Ицык) из Митавы с
девица (девица написана по ошибке), разведена Рива, дочь Лейб Якобсон из Туккума .

1.№.156.
2.Years of the woman. 24.
3.Years of the man. 30.
4.Who performed the rite of betrothal or marriage (hipu). Assistant rabbi.
5.Number and month. Christian. 14 December.
6.Number and month. Hebrew. 8 teives.
7.The main acts or records and obligations between the parties to the marriage and the witnesses thereof (them). Recorded according to the law of Moses. An additional promise of 200 rubles. Witnesses: Rabbi Shapiro and schoolboy Schwartz. (Note: a schoolboy is a religious servant).
8. Who exactly is getting married, as well as the names and conditions of the parents. Widower Shmuel Itsykovich Gakel (note: Itsykovich is a patronymic, which implies that Shmuel's father's name was Itsyk) from Mitava with a girl (the girl is written incorrectly), divorced Riva, daughter of Leib Jacobson from Tukkum.

/Svetlana/

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