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- Luitenant ter zee, havenmeester en loods.
Marriage certificate no. 31/1876/city
Today, july 5, 1876 appeared before me Willem Barend Mellink, registrar on the island of Curaçao in the house no. 352, Overzijde (Otrobanda C.) to get married
Carel Robert Alexander van Osenbruggen, 30 years old, officer with the royal dutch navy, now detached here, born in The Hague in Zuid Nederland, son of Carel van Osenbruggen, docter in philology, retired teacher of the Haagse Burgerschool (the public school - C.) in The Hague, residing there and Anne Burns Marshall, deceased, married couple to the one side and
Louisa Catharina Scholtz, 31 years old, no occupation, born and living on this island, daughter of Frederik Anton Scholtz, pharmacist, living here and Maria Augusta Möller, deceased, married couple on the other side
The two announcements for this marriage have taken place here without interference on june 11 and 18, according to the deputy registrar in the city district and the certificate was made up, while the engaged have handed over their birth certificates and a certificate in which Theodorus de Veer, doctor physician declares that the bride is suffering from nervous heartbeats, therefore it is appropriate that the bride should marry in her home.
After I have asked the couple if they are willing to accept each other as man and wife and do all that is required by law from a married couple, and they have answered yes I have declared them man and wife in the presence of
Anton Willem Abrahamsz, 41 years old, merchant; Jacobus Johannes van den Berge, 43 years old, Officer and administrator with the royal dutch navy, meester (academic title) Johannes Petrus Smeele, 44 years old, member of the colonial council, president of the court of justice in this colony and Joseph Möller, 27 years old, government official, all living here, the first three acquaintances of the couple and the last cousin of the bride.
And this document was ….. and signed by the couple, the witnesses and the registrar.
The fact that both marriages took place at home, had nothing to do with a sickness of the brides (perhaps one or the other of the many brides of the period who got married at home was pregnant). At the time it was very fashionable not to appear at city hall, it gave some status to get married at home, therefore the couples did not mind to pay additionally for the favour of the registrar, but they also needed a certificate by a doctor, which was no problem if you had the money to pay for it.
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1846 - 1894 (48 years)
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