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Submitted by Susan Wight Swanson

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 2/15/2026 2:24 PM
Family Surname: Ettlinger, Valfer, Jost, Marx
Country: Germany
Town: Karlsruhe
Date of Image: 1893
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I would be very grateful for help with an English translation of the German, esp. if the handwritten portions could be deciphered. Death record for Regina/Regine Ettlinger Valfer, 18 Dec 1893.

[Source: Stadtarchiv Karlsruhe; Karlsruhe, Deutschland; Namensregister, Sterbebucher, 1870-1951]

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2/15/2026 2:39 PM Hello,
Here is all the relevant (non-generic) information:

Regine VALFER née ETTLINGER

No. 1573

Karlsruhe, 18 December 1893

Declarant: Mrs. Rosa JOST née VALFER, identity known, wife of the merchant Simon JOST, residing in Karlsruhe at Markgrafenstraße 20; who knew of the death from her own cognizance

Decedent: Regine VALFER née ETTLINGER, 75 years old, Jewish religion, residing in Karlsruhe at Brunnenstraße 2, born in Karlsruhe; widow of the merchant Aron Löb VALFER; daughter of the teacher Josef ETTLINGER and his wife Jacobine née MARX, both deceased here

Death: Karlsruhe at Brunnenstraße 2, 18 December 1893, at half past nine in the morning [9:30]

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