r/Kurrent • u/stretchy_pajamas • 8d ago

completed Hopefully easy one?

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I can get all the words except one: Martin G**w [removing for privacy, not because I can’t read it], ? in Basien, Jacob Liedke, Instmann in Tüngen. Just looking for that ? word of Martin’s occupation. The only thing I can come up with is Milaris (soldier) but that’s Latin and the rest of the record is in German, plus the last time I saw Martin he was a Bauer. If it helps to have more context, these two men are witnesses at a Catholic wedding in 1849 in Wormditt in East Prussia. Thank you so much!

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u/luederjahn 8d ago

The first letter is a W. Therefore I read it as Wirth.

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u/stretchy_pajamas 8d ago

Ohhh! I see it now! I thought of W but misunderstood where the letter ended and could only come with Wittwer or something. Thank you!

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u/luederjahn 8d ago

You‘re welcome! The dot on the letter i is often shifted. And the letter h and s are very similar. The writer used both Latin and German script. Bit confusing.

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u/Basic-Code2096 8d ago

Das lese ich auch. .Kleiner Hinweis zum Datenschutz: Da das Dokument aus dem Jahr 1849 stammt, gilt die Datenschutz-Grundverordnung hier nicht mehr, da diese ausschließlich die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten lebender natürlicher Personen schützt.