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« Monhofen, 7 November 1884. Before the undersigned civil registrar appeared today, known to him personally, the day-laborer Johann W..., residing in Monhofen, of the Catholic faith, who declared that Catharina W..., née S..., his wife, without occupation, of the Catholic faith, residing with him in Monhofen, gave birth at his home on the seventh of November of the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, at seven o'clock in the morning, to a child of male sex, to whom were given the first names Johann Carl (Jean-Charles). Read aloud, approved, and signed: signed W... Johann. The civil registrar: signed K... »

« Today, the twelfth of Floréal, year five of the one and indivisible Republic, at two o'clock in the afternoon, before me, Pierre G..., deputy to the agent of the commune of Elzange, appointed to draw up the records intended to establish the births, marriages, and deaths of citizens, there appeared in the hall of the town hall Nicolas J..., mason, residing in the said commune, who was assisted by Jean N..., laborer, aged sixty-two, and Jean N..., unmarried adult, aged twenty-six, both residing in the department of Moselle and commune of Elzange, and declared to me, Pierre G..., that Marie N..., his lawfully wedded wife, gave birth yesterday, the eleventh day of the current month of Floréal, at ten o'clock in the evening, at the house of Jean N..., laborer, situated in Elzange, to a male child whom he presented to me and to whom he gave the first name Jean J... On the basis of this declaration, which the citizens Jean N..., laborer, and Jean N..., unmarried adult, certified to be true, and upon the presentation made to me of the named child, I have drawn up, by virtue of the powers delegated to me, the present record, which Nicolas J..., father of the child, and the two witnesses Jean N..., laborer, and Jean N..., unmarried adult, signed with me — except Nicolas J..., the father, who declared he did not know how to write; he made his ordinary mark. Done at Elzange on the day, month, and year above. Signed: Nicolas J... (mark) — Jean N... — G... »

« In the year eighteen twenty-six, on the sixth day of the month of February, in the afternoon, before us, deputy mayor of the commune of Saussan, delegated by the Mayor of the said commune to carry out the duties of civil registrar of the said commune of Saussan, canton of Montpellier, department of Hérault, there appeared Antoine Gabriel Cournut, farmer, aged twenty-six, native of and residing in this commune, of legal age, legitimate son of Antoine Cournut, farmer, and of Marguerite Goubert, both residing at the said place, present and consenting; and Miss Marie Simon, farmer, aged twenty-three, born in and residing in this commune of Saussan, legitimate daughter of full age of André Simon, farmer, and of Marie Berthez, both residing at the said Saussan, present and consenting. They requested us to proceed with the celebration of the marriage planned between them, the banns of which had been posted at the main door of our town hall on Sundays the fifteenth and twenty-second days of the month of January of this present year eighteen twenty-six, both at noon. No objection to the said marriage having been notified to us, and granting their request, after reading to the parties all the documents mentioned above relating to their civil status and to the formalities of marriage, and chapter six of the title on marriage concerning the respective rights and duties of spouses, we asked the future husband and future wife whether they wished to take each other as husband and wife. Each having answered separately and in the affirmative, we declare, in the name of the law, that Antoine Gabriel Cournut and Miss Marie Simon are united in marriage. Of which we have drawn up this record in the presence of Mr. Pierre Louis Bonnier, aged sixty-four, Jean Pierre Joseph Ricard, aged thirty-four, Pierre Brunet, aged twenty-five, and Etienne Molière, aged twenty-three, all farmers residing in this commune of Saussan. After the record was read to them, they signed with us, the groom and the groom's father; the other contracting parties declared that they did not know how to sign, as required. Signed: Bonnier — Ricard — Brunet. »

« Cologne, 16 December 1813. My dear father and my dear mother, I am writing you this letter to ask after your health. As for me, I am very well, thank God, and I hope this letter finds you the same. My dear father, on the 8th of this month I received your letter dated 23 September, from which I learned that you are well, along with the six francs you sent me. Now I ask you for some more money, if you would be so kind as to send it, for I am in great need. I have been through much hardship, but no harm has come to me, thank God. So pray to God for me, for I have no time to do it myself. I have written you several letters without receiving any reply. […] »
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