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Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 4/15/2026 4:05 PM
Family Surname: Stenzler
Country: Romania
Town: Radauti
Date of Image: 1920

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Hello,
I am only interested in the highlighted section of the document. I didn't crop the top part of the document because the headers can help. This is a marriage registry.
I don't speak German but I thought I would be able to understand most of this marriage certificate. Turns out, I don't really understand who is the bride, and who are her parents. I would like to know if Henie can be called also "Helene" (because I have record of her being called Helene later in her life). Also I would like to understand if her last name is Wohl or Wolf. It looks like her father's name is Wohl so why is her surname Wolf? Am I reading that wrong? I would like to know if her mother's first name is "Judith" or if "Judes" only means "Jew", in which case I would like to understand if Henie is described simply as "born of the jew Wolf" - that's strange? I think I don't understand the articles. Finally her birthplace is a mystery to me: what does Kindestie mean?
Thanks in advance,
Lucas

Response

4/15/2026 5:11 PM

Hello,
Several points regarding the bride’s information:

As for the content in that column, first, here is a transcription and translation:

“Henie Wolf, geboren in Kindestie, wohnhaft in Rădăuți, uneheliche Tochter der Jüdes Wolf und des Schaje Wohl in Rădăuți.”

Henie Wolf, born in Kindestie, residing in Rădăuți, illegitimate daughter of Jüdes Wolf and Schaje Wohl in Rădăuți.

Henie is a Yiddish name, I believe. European Jews often adopted secular names that were separate from their Hebrew/Yiddish ones, and these names sometimes started with a similar sound as their religious names (Markus for Mordechai, Clara for Chaya, etc.) So Henie could certainly have been called “Helene,” although it would take additional information to be certain Helene is really the same person.

Henie’s surname, at least legally, was Wolf (although she could have herself still used “Wohl”). She has her mother’s maiden surname because her parents had not been civilly married, which was common for Jews at this time and place. (There is a longer explanation for this trend that I can get into if you would like.) So yes, her father’s surname was Wohl, but her surname was Wolf.

The mother’s first name is “Jüdes,” which does not mean “Jew.” I have seen “Jüdes” to be a version of the Hebrew “Yehudit” or Judith, but I am not sure this is always the case. “Wolf,” again, is a surname, though possibly a patronymic one (derived from some past male ancestor’s name).

Kindestie is the German spelling of a town close to Rădăuți. Today, it is called Cândești, and it is in nearby Botoșani County, Romania. (Note that there are also several other towns in different parts of Romania called "Cândești.")

Please let me know if you would like information on any other parts of the record.

4/15/2026 7:19 PM

Here you go Lucas. The previous volunteer already addressed your specific questions. The notation written horizontally in columns 4-5 is in Romanian so I can’t help you there.

+++

(1) RECORD NO.:
72

(2) GROOM:
Schaje Stenzler, born in Radauti, merchant there, legitimate son of Chaskel Stenzler (tailor in Radauti) and Rosa née Büx
DOB 15 February 1892
Unmarried

(3) BRIDE:
Henie Wolf, born in Kindestie, resident of Radauti, illegitimate daughter of Jüdes Wolf and Schaje Wohl in Radauti
DOB 8 July 1894
Unmarried

(4) MARRIAGE:
12 November 1920 in Radauti

(5) OFFICIATING RABBI OR PRAYER LEADER:
Dr. Jakob Hoffmann

(6) WITNESSES:
Schloima Wolf, merchant in Radauti
Hersch Wohl, merchant in Radauti

(7) REMARK:
Groom: birth record from here, vol. IV, p. 284-285, line 25
Bride: birth certificate issued in Sereth 6 July 1920, p. 512

+++

Translated by Robert Rosenbaum (Ashland, Oregon)
Freelance translator and interpreter
M.A. in Translation and Interpretation (German-English), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
rosenbaum.robert@gmail.com

4/15/2026 7:37 PM

PS. Strictly speaking the groom is identified not as “legitimate” but as “legitimized”, implying that he was born illegitimate but the parents subsequently had a legally recognized marriage.

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