Amanuensis Monday: Baltasar STROESSER’s birth certificate

This week’s document in my current project is the birth certificate of my great-grandfather Harry STROESSER’s eldest brother, Baltasar. He seems to be the one everyone remembers, simply because his name is so much fun to say. (Sadly, there was no Caspar or Melchior in the family to round out the wise men.)

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Transcription (the italicized parts were handwritten on the record):

Im Jahre tausend acht hundert fünf und siebenzig, den siebenzehnten

des Monats Juni um neun Uhr Vor mittags ist vor Uns

Theodore Welbes Bürgermeister Beamten des Civilstandes

der Gemeinde Wahl , im Kanton Redingen , Grossher=

zogthum Luxemburg, erschienen Stroesser Peter Eisenhändeler

alt vierzig ein Jahre

wohnhaft zu Heispelt , welche Uns ein Kind männlichen

Geschlechts vorgestellt, hat geboren zu Heispelt Vorgestern um

Elf Uhr Nachmittags von ihm Deklarenten und seiner

Ehefrau Thines Barbara ohne Gewerb alt dreißig ein Jahre

und welchem er den Vornamen Baltasar

geben zu wollen erklärt hat.

Diese Erklärung und Vorstellung sind geschehen in Gegenwart des Flammang Martin

Feldhüter , alt vierzig vier Jahre

wohnhaft zu Heispelt und des Reuter Nicolas Wegewärter

alt vierzig acht Jahre

wohnhaft zu Wahl und haben des Vater des Kinder

und beide zeugen die gegenwärtige Urkunde,

nachdem sie ihnen vorgelesen worden, mit Uns unterschrieben.

 

Line by line Translation:

In the Year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, the seventeenth

of the Month of June at nine o'clock Before noon is before Us

Theodore Welbes Burgermeister Officials of the Civil State

of the Commune of Wahl , in the Canton Redange , Grand-

duchy of Luxembourg, appeared Stroesser Peter Iron Merchant

aged forty-one Years

residing in Heispelt , which to us a child of the male

Gender presented, born in Heispelt the Day Before Yesterday at

Eleven O’clock After Noon by the Declarer and his

Wife Thines Barbara without Occupation aged thirty-one Years

and which he the First Name Baltasar

has declared to want to give.

This Statement and Presentation are done in the Presence of Flammang Martin

Field Watchman , aged forty-four Years

residing in Heispelt and Reuter Nicolas Road Watchman

aged forty-eight Years

residing in Wahl and have the Father of the Child

and both witnesses the present Deed,

having been read to them, with us signed.

Balthasar never emigrated from Luxembourg, but married, spent his life, and died there. Therefore, he will be making at least a couple more appearances during the course of this project.

And, of course, I have added the template for 1875 birth certificates to my collection.

Source:

Wahl, Redange, Luxembourg, birth certificate no. 21 (1875), Baltasar Stroesser; digital image #119, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, "Naissances 1867-1890-- RINDSCHLEIDEN: Mariages 1796-1797, 1800-1804, 1805-1823 -- WAHL: Mariages 1796-1803, 1805-1890 -," FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 30 May 2010). 

Wedding Wednesday: Dan STROESSER and Alice McGARRY

I had kind of lost track of the series of Wedding Wednesdays I had been pursuing, namely, the marriages of the STROESSER family of Omaha, Nebraska. Yet there are only two remaining: this one and the rather out-of-turn one that I will post next week.

Page 18 of the 23 Aug 1955 edition of Omaha’s Evening World-Herald:

Miss McGarry to Wed Omahan
   Mr. and Mrs. Leo McGarry, De Witt, Ia., have announced the approaching marriage of their daughter, Miss Alice, and Daniel George Stroesser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stroesser.
   The couple will be married October 1 at St. Patrick’s Church in Villa Nova, Ia.

Daniel George STROESSER, better known as Dan STROESSER, was a younger brother of my grandma, Rose Edith STROESSER.

Page 70 of the 2 Oct 1955 edition of Omaha’s Sunday World-Herald:

Iowa Girl Weds D. G. Stroesser
   St. Patrick’s Church of Villa Nova near De Witt, Ia., was the scene of the 9 a. m. Saturday wedding of Miss Alice McGarry and Daniel G. Stroesser.
   The Rev. James P. Quinlan officiated and a reception and breakfast were held at the American Legion Hall in De Witt.
   The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo McGarry of De Witt and the bridegroom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stroesser.
   Mrs. Winston Green, De Witt, was matron of honor for her sister. Joseph Stroesser was best man for his brother. Ushers were Daniel Begley and Leon McGarry, brother of the bride from De Witt.

Amanuensis Monday: Michel STROESSER’s birth certificate

Continuing my project from last week, today I will present my transcription and amateurish translation of the birth certificate of one Michel STROESSER, the eldest brother of my great-grandfather Harry STROESSER.

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Transcription (the italicized parts were handwritten on the record):

Im Jahre tausend achthundert drei und siebzig, den vierten

des Monats Dezember um zehn Uhr Vor mittags ist vor Uns

Theodor Welbes Bürgermeister Beamten des Civilstandes

der Gemeinde Wahl, im Kanton Redingen, Grossher=

zogthum Luxemburg, erschienen Stroesser Peter Eisunhandsler

alt dreißig neun Jahre

wohnhaft zu Heispelt, welche Uns ein Kind Männlichen

Geschlechts vorgestellt, hat geboren zu Heispelt vorgestern um

zehn Uhr Vormittags von ihn Deklamators und seine

Ehefrau Thines Barbara ohne Stand alt zwanzig neun Jahre

und welchem er den Vornamen Michel

geben zu wollen erklärt hat.

Diese Erklärung und Vorstellung sind geschehen in Gegenwart des Flammang

Martin Feldfüter, alt vierzig zwei Jahre

wohnhaft zu Heispelt und des Biver Peter Ackerer

, alt vierzig sieben Jahre

wohnhaft zu Kuborn und haben den Vater

des Kinder und buide zunpen die gegenwärtige Urkunde,

nachdem sie ihnen vorgelesen worden, mit Uns unterschrieben.

Line by line Translation:

In the Year one thousand eight hundred and seventy three, the fourth

of the Month of December at ten o'clock Before noon is before Us

Theodor Welbes Bürgermeister Officials of the Civil State

of the Commune of Wahl, in the Canton Redingen, Grand-

duchy of Luxembourg, appeared Stroesser Peter Blacksmith

aged thirty-nine Years

residing in Heispelt, which to us a child of the Male

Gender presented, born in Heispelt the day before yesterday at

ten o’clock in the Morning by his Declamation and his

Lawful wife Thines Barbara without Occupation aged twenty-nine Years

and which he the First Name Michel

has declared to want to give.

This Statement and Presentation are done in the Presence of Flammang

Martin Field watchman , aged forty-two Years

residing in Heispelt and Biver Peter Farmer

, aged forty-seven Years

residing in Kuborn and have the Father

of the Children and both bear witness to this present Deed,

having been read to them, with us signed.

Family lore has it that “Mike” STROESSER also immigrated to North America, and ended up somewhere in Ontario, Canada. I have not yet been able to prove any New World records to my satisfaction, but they would be irrelevant to this particular project anyway. This is the only Luxembourgish civil registration document for Michel STROESSER. (Update: I was wrong. He was married in Luxembourg as well. Also, there are now some verified New World records.)

In honor of Michel STROESSER, I am adding my template for the 1873 Luxembourg birth records to my collection. Enjoy!

Source:

 

Wahl, Redange, Luxembourg, birth certificate no. 32 (1873), Michel Stroesser; digital image #99, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, "Naissances 1867-1890-- RINDSCHLEIDEN: Mariages 1796-1797, 1800-1804, 1805-1823 -- WAHL: Mariages 1796-1803, 1805-1890 -.," FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 30 May 2010).

Amanuensis Monday: Harry STROESSER's birth certificate

After so many years of research, I have mountains of paperwork recording sources, and uncounted megabytes of images saved on my hard drive. Yet, all that information has not necessarily been attached to my gedcom file. That poor gedcom has all sorts of names, dates, and other facts that appear to be sourceless until you tackle my mountains and megabytes. But I am working on it!

Currently I am working to put together good source citations for my numerous Luxembourgish records, including transcriptions and translations. (And in the process I am discovering more facts than I realized I had!) The Amanuensis Monday daily prompt will be a helpful tool in this project, if you will forgive my inelegant amateur translations.

I begin this week with the birth certificate of my great-grandfather, known in the U.S. as Harry STROESSER. But on his birth certificate in Luxembourg, he is known as Johann.

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Transcription (the italicized parts were handwritten on the record):

Im Jahre tausend acht hundert acht und siebenzig, den neunzehnten

des Monats Oktober um zehn Uhr Vor mittags ist vor Uns

Theodore Welbes Bürgermeister Beamten des Civilstandes

der Gemeinde Wahl , im Kanton Redingen , Grossher=

zogthum Luxemburg, erschienen Peter Stroesser Eisenhändler

alt vierzig vier Jahre

wohnhaft zu Heispelt , welche Uns ein Kind männlichen

Geschlechts vorgestellt hat, geboren zu Heispelt Gestern

um sechs Uhr Nach mittags, im Hause Nr. Erzeugt von seiner Ehefrau

Thines Barbara ohne Gewerb alt dreißig vier Jahre wohnhaft zu Heispelt

und welchem er den Vornamen Johann

geben zu wollen erklärt hat.

Diese Erklärung und Vorstellung sind geschehen in Gegenwart des Biver

Peter Ackerer , alt fünfzig zwei Jahre

wohnhaft zu Kuborn und des Simon Peter

Pächter , alt fünfzig ein Jahre

wohnhaft zu Kuborn und haben die Comparenten diese

Urkunde, nachdem sie ihnen vorgelesen worden, mit Uns unterschrieben.

Line by line Translation:

In the Year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, the nineteenth

of the Month of October at ten o'clock Before noon is before Us

Theodore Welbes Burgermeister Officials of the Civil State

of the Commune of Wahl , in the Canton Redange , Grand-

duchy of Luxembourg, appeared Peter Stroesser Ironmonger

aged forty-four Years

residing in Heispelt , which to us a child of the male

Gender has presented, born in Heispelt Yesterday

at six O’clock After noon, in House No. Begat by his Wife

Thines Barbara without Occupation aged thirty-four Years residing in Heispelt

and which he the First Name Johann

has declared to want to give.

This Statement and Presentation are done in the Presence of Biver

Peter Farmer , aged fifty-two Years,

residing in Kuborn and Simon Peter

Leaser , aged fifty-one Years

residing in Kuborn and the Comparents have this

Deed, having been read to them, with us signed.

You may notice the unfamiliar word “Comparents.” That is my interpretation of the German legalese word “Comparenten.” The word, as far as I have found, has no direct translation. It refers to the person reporting the event as well as all the witnesses. (*Update: I have since found that “Comparenten” translates to “Appearing party or parties.”)

Harry STROESSER later immigrated to the U.S., where he married and raised his family, so this is the only Luxembourgish civil registration record I have for him.

And just in case you want to try your hand at transcribing and translating a birth record from Luxembourg, I have begun to post some templates I developed for myself. Just keep in mind that I am very much an amateur!

Source:

 

Wahl, Redange, Luxembourg, birth certificate no. 20 (1878), Johann Stroesser; digital image #153, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, "Naissances 1867-1890-- RINDSCHLEIDEN: Mariages 1796-1797, 1800-1804, 1805-1823 -- WAHL: Mariages 1796-1803, 1805-1890 -.," FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 30 May 2010).

Wedding Wednesday: Edward STROESSER and Jean CUDA

Page 74 of the 3 Oct 1954 issue of Omaha’s Sunday World-Herald:

Miss Cuda Weds E. H. Stroesser

   St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Bee, Neb., was the setting Saturday for the wedding of Miss Jean Cuda and Edward H. Stroesser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Stroesser. The Rev. Michael Pazourek officiated at 10 a. m.

   The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Divis of Bee, wore a satin gown styled with fitted basque bodice and tulle shoulder yoke with pearl trim. The skirt ended in a cathedral-length train.

   A lace cap trimmed with seed pearls held the bride’s fingertip illusion veil and she carried an orchid and stephanotis.

   Mrs. William Rowe, matron of honor for her sister, wore a gown of aqua-marine satin and net. Bridesmaids, the Misses Melvene Horacek and Joan Stroesser, the latter a sister of the bridegroom, wore rose gowns. Attendants wore matching hats and carried chrysanthemums.

   Daniel Stroesser was his brother’s best man. Ushers were the bride’s brother, Sgt. Richard Divis, Hamilton Air Force Base, Cal., and Miles Semrad, Fremont, Neb.

   After a church reception the couple left on a wedding trip to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Stroesser will live in Omaha.

The groom, Edward Henry Stroesser, was my grandmother's older brother. They were both children of Harry and Mary Stroesser of Omaha, Nebraska. Ed, as my grandmother, Rose, called her brother, was the seventh Stroesser child to be married.

Wedding Wednesday: Joe STROESSER and Genevieve RAMM

Page 59 of the 25 June 1950 issue of Omaha’s Sunday World-Herald:

Autumn Wedding
Couple to Have
   Alphonse J. Ramm has announced the engagement of his daughter, Miss Genevieve Ramm, to Joseph P. Stroesser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stroesser. An autumn wedding is planned. Mr. Stroesser attended Creighton University.

This announcement, with its odd Yoda-speak headline, was published on the first anniversary of my grandparents’ wedding. Doubtless, the date is merely coincidental, but still interesting. Joseph STROESSER was my grandma’s younger brother, and the eleventh child of Harry and Mary STROESSER.

The marriage is described in the 3 Sept 1950 edition of the same newspaper: 

Page 35:

Genevieve Ramm September Bride

   Miss Genevieve Ramm, daughter of Alphonse Ramm, and Joseph P. Stroesser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stroesser, were married Saturday at Holy Name Church at 10 a. m. by the Rev. Raymond Gruenke.

    The bride wore a white slipper satin gown with a panel of lace on the bodice. An illusion headpiece held her fingertip veil and she carried a bouquet of white gladioli.

   Miss Geraldine Burke, maid of honor, wore a dusty rose pink crepe and carried deep pink gladioli. Miss Sue Stuckey, bridesmaid, wore blue satin and lace and carried deep red gladioli.

    Edward H. Stroesser was best man. Daniel Stroesser ushered. A reception took place at the home of the bride’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett McAndrew. The couple will live in Omaha.

The best man and usher were both brothers of the bridegroom (and my grandma); I am unfamiliar with the names of the maid of honor and bridesmaid.

Wedding Wednesday: Rose Edith STROESSER and Francis Albert “Jack” HOYT, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stroesser

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Rose

to

Mr. Francis Albert Hoyt, Jr.

Saturday morning, the twenty-fifth of June

Nineteen hundred and forty-nine

at nine o’clock

Saint Cecilia’s Cathedral

Omaha, Nebraska

Rose Edith STROESSER and Francis Albert “Jack” HOYT, Jr. were my grandparents. I have already recorded the story of how they met one another here. The announcement of their engagement went out on page 70 of the 8 May 1949 edition of Omaha’s Sunday World Herald:

Stroesser-Hoyt Wedding June 15
   Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stroesser have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Rose Stroesser, to Francis A. Hoyt, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Hoyt, Sr., of Council Bluffs.
   Miss Stroesser and Mr. Hoyt will be married June 25 at 9 a. m., in the St. Cecilia’s Cathedral.

Rose was the fourth STROESSER girl to marry in St. Cecilia’s Cathedral. A couple weeks before the wedding, her sister Clare (who had been married nine years before), threw her a bridal shower.

Page 18 of the 2 June 1949 issue of the Evening World-Herald:

Shower to Honor June Bride-Elect
   A bridal shower will be given this evening by Mrs. Robert Hill for Miss Rose Stroesser, who will be married in St. Cecilia’s Cathedral June 25 to Francis A. Hoyt, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Hoyt, Sr., of Council Bluffs. Miss Stroesser is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stroesser.

An unidentified newpaper clipping found in Grandma’s family album announced the upcoming wedding.

Cathedral Rites For Miss Stroesser

In a ceremony Saturday morning at St. Cecilia’s cathedral, Miss Rose Stroesser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stroesser, will become the bride of Francis Albert Hoyt, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Hoyt, Sr., of Council Bluffs.

Matron of honor will be Mrs. Robert Hill, sister of the bride, and two other sisters, the Misses Therese and Joan Stroesser, will be bridesmaids. A brother, Edward Stroesser, will be best man and Dan and Joe Stroesser will usher. Rita Johnson, niece of the bride, will be ring bearer.

A wedding breakfast will be held in the Commanders’ Room of the Legion Club and in the evening a recetpion [sic] is planned at the Stroesser home.

The wedding took place on 25 June 1949. Two newspaper clippings, one which I have been able to identify and one I still have not found in any archives, described the wedding.

Page 56 of the 26 June 1949 issue of the Sunday World-Herald:

St. Cecilia’s Scene of Rite

Rose Stroesser Wed to Francis Hoyt

    St. Cecilia’s Cathedral was the scene of the wedding Saturday of Miss Rose E. Stroesser and Francis A. Hoyt, Jr., of Council Bluffs. Mrgr. Ernest Graham performed the 9 a.m. ceremony. Mrs. Winifred Traynor Flanagan was organist.

    The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stroesser. Mr. Hoyt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hoyt of Council Bluffs.

    The bride’s gown of white satin had a marquisette yoke outlined with seed pearl embroidery. The full skirt had a three-yard train. A tiara of sequins held her fingertip illusion veil. She carried white roses with streamers of stephanotis.

    Mrs. Robert Hill, matron of honor for her sister, wore a gown of pink satin brocade and carried green carnations. She had a matching floral tiara.

    Miss Therese and Miss Joan Stroesser, bridesmaids for their sister, wore similar gowns of taffeta and net in orchid and yellow. They carried contrasting bouquets of carnations, and wore similar flowers in their hair.

    The bride’s brother, Daniel Stroesser, was best man. Michael Ferryman and Richard Rosso ushered.

    An evening reception was given at the home of the bride, and a wedding breakfast at the Legion Club. After a trip to Denver, Colo., the couple will live in Omaha.

Hoyt-Stroesser

   In St. Cecilia’s cathedral in Omaha, Miss Rose E. Stroesser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stroesser of Omaha, became the bride of Francis A. Hoyt, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Hoyt, sr., of this city, Saturday morning.

   Msgr. Ernest A. Graham celebrated the nuptial mass, at which time a double ring ceremony was used.

    Mrs. Winifred Traynor Flanagan was the organist.

   The bride wore a gown of white satin with a marquisette yoke outlined with seed pearls. The skirt swept into a three-yard train and her finger tip veil fell from a tiara of sequins. She carried a bouquet of white roses with a shower of ribbon streamers.

   Mrs. Robert Hill, sister of the bride, was matron of honor and wore a gown of rose brocaded satin with a bolero jacket. She carried a bouquet of green carnations and a tiara of matching carnations was in her hair.

   Misses Joan and Therese Stroesser, sisters of the bride, were the bridesmaids. They wore matching gowns of taffeta and net in shades of orchid and yellow respectively. They carried carnations which were in contrast with their gowns and wore matching carnation tiaras in their hair.

   Rita Johnson, daughter of Sgt. and Mrs.K. L. Johnson, niece of the bride, was the ring bearer.

   Daniel Stroesser, brother of the bride, was the best man and ushers were Richard Rosso and Michael Ferryman.

   A reception followed the ceremony at the home of the bride’s parents, 417 North Fortieth street, in Omaha.

  Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mrs. John J. Korman and family of Philadelphia, Pa. Warrant Officer and Mrs. George Ehmen, jr., and family of Denver, Col.

   The couple left on a wedding trip to Denver, Col., and on their return will reside in Council Bluffs.

The last newspaper clipping related to my grandparents’ wedding appears to contain text, but upon closer examination the text has nothing to do with their wedding. The picture is the star of this clipping. I remember Grandma being still very proud of this picture in the newspaper, more than fifty years later. The original is a beautiful, hand-tinted photograph too large to fit on my scanner.

You can easily see where I stitched the two halves of the photo together. A note inserted into the envelope with this picture identifies it as the original of the one in the paper, however close inspection (the sweep of the fabric, position of the veil, etc.) disproves that. It is, however, extraordinarily similar and clearly taken during the same session.