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Submitted by Carol Sue Milam

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 10/3/2021 12:57 PM
Family Surname: Mehl and Zeitlin
Country: Germany
Town: Berlin
Date of Image: 21 Oct 1907
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I am curious about the full name of the bride and her parents. Are the parents from Minsk or living in Minks? The husband is Ludwig Mehl. What are the words before Religion. I know Fenia and her parents were Jewish, but I don't believe that Ludwig was.

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10/3/2021 2:25 PM I'm afraid that parts of these names are hard to make out.

The bride was Gute Fenia Schajewer [?] Zeitlin. She was born in Minsk and living in Berlin.

Her father was Abram Eliew [?] Zeitlin. Her mother was Hanna Feiga Jostelewna [?] nee Maschewitzkaja. They resided in Minsk.

The bride's religion is "mosaischer", Jewish.

The groom's religion is evangelischer, Evangelical.

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