Sigh. Bad habits die hard. Lorentz Salomon not Lorenz. Glad to see Steve agrees. I was really worried when I first looked at the record and couldn't reconcile our differences. Thought maybe I was losing it. It's been that kind of week: buried my father at sea, got lost in Lake Mead, wrecked a radiator, got stranded in the desert, tow truck blew a tire, etc. Brian On Fri, June 24, 2011 9:54 am, [email protected] wrote: > Ok, I had a hard time reading this record. I'm not sure which record Steve > is reading. We must be looking at different records. > > A fresh look this morning. > > Marriage on 21 Sep 1825. I had a hard time with the one, but the index a > few pages later confirms both the date and the wife. > > Dominique is a weaver (tisserand), born in Reguisheim. His father a > laborer (journalier) and both his parents are alive and living in > Reguisheim. > > I can't be certain, but I think Marie Ann Zwiger was born and lives in > Bollwiller. Her father is dead and her mother is present and is a witness. > > Witnesses: > [Fr]? Joseph Diernay, age 56, daylaborer (journalier) [bride]. > Jean ?Schneider?, age 46, farmer (cultivateur), cousin of the bride. > Lorenz/Laurent Salomon, age 37, farmer [cultivateur], cousin of the bride. > Remy Durrwill, age 46. > > The Schneider looks like Schinidlir. So > Schneider/Schneidler/Schindler/Schmider/?. Someone better than me will > need to look at it. Also, not positive on Diernay, that appears to be the > way he signed it, but not how it appears in the text. Lorenz Salomon > signed as Lorenz, but in the text it is Laurent. > > Lastly, I think the bride's mother is Anne Marie Meiss, not Miess. Very > difficult to read. > > > HTH, > Brian > > On Fri, June 24, 2011 12:28 am, [email protected] wrote: >> That's not the way I see it. >> >> 20+ Sep 1825 >> Dominique Baumann living in Feldkirch, son (majority, born 24 mar 1803) >> of >> Dominique Baumann and >> Marie Ann Riss, married. >> The bride is Marie Ann Zwiger, age 19, born 25 mar 1806. >> Daughter of Michel Zwiger and Ann Marie Miess?, married. >> Banns 28 August, 4 Sep, 11 Sep, 18 Sep ? [four?] >> >> Brian >> >> On Thu, June 23, 2011 10:47 pm, Stephan Wall wrote: >>> Scott, >>> >>> The record is very hard to read. I had better results by printing it >>> out >>> and >>> studying it with a magnifying glass. It looks like the father was >>> Joseph >>> Baumann >>> who was still living in town and mother Yarrah Hughes who died on 26 >>> October >>> 1821. The bride looks to be Marie Elise Josephine Baumann born 8 >>> October >>> 1812 in >>> the same town. I cannot make out her father but, her mother looks to be >>> Madeleine Thomas. >>> >>> >>> Good Luck >>> Steve >>> -- > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message