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Category: Translation - Russian
Approval Date: 3/4/2026 8:33 PM
Family Surname: Lopata - Tracz
Country: Poland
Date of Image: 1884

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This is my great-grandparents' marriage certificate. I would like a translation of this (as detailed as possible) in English, please. Thank you very much.

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3/5/2026 5:16 PM

№ 18. Город Венгров. 1/13 августа 1884 года.
Объявляем, что в присутствии свидетелей Цалки Роземберга , торговца, 52 лет и Гершка Голдберга, рассыльного,35 лет вчерашнего дня (31 июля/12 августа 1884 года) в 9 часов вечера заключен религиозный брачный союз между
Шмуля-Шляма Лопата, холостой, сын покойного Нусына и состоящей в живых Ханы-Фейги Шмулевны, супругов Лопатов (Лопата), родившийся в деревне Строчск Венгровского уезда 15 марта 1865 года и здесь (город Венгров) при родственниках проживающего
И
Фрейдою Мирлею Трач, девицей, дочерью покойного Шаи и состоящей в живых Миндли Ароновны, супругов Трачей (Трач), родившейся в городе Венгров 10 июня 1867 года и затем при матери живущей.
Браку предшествовали 3 оглашения , опубликованные в здешней Божнице.
Позволение матерей жениха и невесты получено словесно.
Религиозный обряд бракосочетания совершил раввин Венгровского округа Хаскель Бидерман.
Акт подписан чиновником, свидетелями, раввином, а остальные неграмотные.

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No. 18. City of Vengrov. August 1/13, 1884.

We declare that in the presence of witnesses Tsalka Rozemberg, merchant, 52 years old, and Gershko Goldberg, delivery boy, 35 years old, a religious marriage union was concluded yesterday (July 31/August 12, 1884) at 9:00 PM
between
Shmulya-Shlyama Lopata, unmarried, son of the late Nusyn and the surviving Khana-Feiga Shmulevna, spouses Lopatov (Lopata), born in the village of Strochsk, Vengrovsky district, on March 15, 1865, and here (the city of Vengrovsky), in the presence of relatives residing here
and
Freida Mirleya Trach, maiden, daughter of the late Shai and the surviving Mindli Aronovna, spouses Trach (Trach), born in the city of Vengrovsky on June 10, 1867, and then living with her mother.

The marriage was preceded by three proclamations published in the local chapel. Permission from the mothers of the bride and groom was obtained verbally.
The religious wedding ceremony was performed by Rabbi Haskel Biderman of the Vengrov district.
The deed was signed by the official, witnesses, and the rabbi; the others were illiterate.
/S/

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