Item No: frk01111

Title:
Marriage Certificate (Trauschein) for Maria Stüwer and Johannes Spriegel

Category:
Marriage Certificate (Trauschein)

Creators:
Decorator: Daniel Stephen Horn (active c. 1835-1839)
Scrivener: Daniel Stephen Horn (active c. 1835-1839)

Creation Place:
County: [Northampton]
State/Province: [Pennsylvania]
Note: Based on artist's location

Creation Date: 9/3/1839

Physical Description: Leaf

Dimensions: 25 cm x 20 cm

Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink

Media Type: Manuscripts

Language: German; English

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; Roman script

Associated Names: Horn, Daniel Stephen; Spriegel, Johannes; Stüwer, Maria

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and Roman script is in the lower portion of the document. Above it is a star-shaped flower within a wreath of flowers. Along the upper edge are additional flowers, including a tulip. The entire item is framed by a decorative border.

Horn was a teacher in the Church-Hill school house in Bethlehem.

Transcription:

Ich Maria Stüwer bin in den Ehestand getreten, mit Johannes Spriegel, den 14 ten \ Tag Märtz. Im Jahr unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi, Ein Tau= \ send Acht Hundert und Sieben und Dreiszig, In gottes Namen fangen \ wir an, Sein geist führt uns auf die rechte Bahn, zu zeigen an \ den Haushaltungsstand, Weil es ist Ja vielen noch so unbekannt, \ Darum bringen wir den reimen an das helle Licht, Efahrung wem die \ Lehr gebricht. Made by Daniel Stephen Horn, Teacher, September the 3^rd \ 1839.

Translation:

I, Maria Stüwer, entered into the state of matrimony with Johannes Spriegel, on the 14th day of March, in the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. In God’s name we commenced, his spirit leads us on the right path, to announce the state of householding. Because it is still so unknown to many, we bring the verses into bright light, informing those the teaching breaks. [In English] Made by Daniel Stephen Horn, Teacher, September the 3rd, 1839.

Provenance:
Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Bibliography:

"Daniel Stephen Horn" in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2^nd ed., vol. 1, p. 413.

Sotheby's (January 23, 1974); lot 74.

Weiser Number: 397

Subjects:

• Flowers
• Rosettes
• Stars
• Tulips
• Wreaths

Source:
Rare Book Department