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Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 6/10/2026 4:03 PM
Family Surname: Falkenstein
Country: Germany
Town: Rotenburg
Date of Image: 1876

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Hi! Could you please transcribe or translate this for me? Thanks! Regards

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6/11/2026 1:52 PM

Hello,
I transcribed this for you last month.

Nr. 8.

Rotenberg am vierzehnten Maerz tausend acht hundert siebzig und sechs.

Vor dem unterzeichneten Standesbeamten erschienen heute zum Zwecke der Eheschließung:

1. der Schumacher Jesaias Falkenstein, der Persönlichkeit nach bekannt, mosaischer Religion, geboren den dreizehnten August des Jahres tausend acht hundert Sieben und Vierzig zu Richelsdorf Kreis Rotenburg, wohnhaft zu Richelsdorf, Sohn des Schuhmachermeisters Gabriel Falkenstein und dessen verstorbener Ehefrau Caroline(?) geborene Katz, wohnhaft zu Richelsdorf Kreis Rotenburg;

2. die ledige Jettchen Werthan, ohne besonderes Geschäft, der Persönlichkeit nach bekannt, mosaischer Religion, geboren den sechsten September des Jahres tausend acht hundert Fünf und Vierzig zu Rotenburg, wohnhaft zu Rotenburg, Tochter des Handelsmanns Leiser Werthan und dessen verstorbener Ehefrau Dina geborene Tannenwald, wohnhaft zu Rotenburg;

Als Zeugen waren zugezogen und erschienen.

3. der Handelsmann David Werthan, der Persönlichkeit nach bekannt, fünf und dreisig Jahre alt, wohnhaft zu Rotenburg, Altstadt No. 51;

4. der Schuhmacher Moses Rosenbladt, der Persönlichkeit nach bekannt, fünf und dreisig Jahre alt, wohnhaft zu Rotenburg, Altstadt No. 239.

In Gegenwart der Zeugen richtete der Standesbeamte an die Verlobten einzeln und nach einander die Frage:
ob sie erklären, daß sie die Ehe mit einander eingehen wollen. Die Verlobten beantworteten diese Frage bejahend und erfolgte hierauf der Ausspruch des Standesbeamten, daß er sie nunmehr kraft des Gesetzes für rechtmäßig verbundene Eheleute erkläre.

Vorgelesen, genehmigt und unterschrieben.
gez. Jesaias Falkenstein.
Jettchen Falkenstein.
David Werthan.
Moses Rosenblatt.

Der Standesbeamte.
[signature]

Die Uebereinstimmung mit dem Hauptregister beglaubigt
Rotenburg, am 14ten Maerz 1876.

Der Standesbeamte.
[signature]

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Submitted by Federico Matias Falkenstein

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Submitted by Federico Matias Falkenstein