Hi Viktoria,
Yes the documents were long and difficult to read. My eyes glazed over quickly
. I had the advantage of Photoshop so that I could zoom in and out quickly and also improve the contrast. I'll attach the images just in case you're interested.
And yes it seems they were married 4 years after Aloyisius was born. The last page page does explicitly state that the child was born to
them ('van hun geboren is').
This is what I've made of the three pages:
The year 1852, 18 february at 2 oclock in the afternoon, before us Edwardus Van Roie Schepen en delegated civil servant (clerk/registrar) Yve (?) den Courgerly ten Staet of the village/town of Bornhem, district of Mechelen, province of Antwerp, are gathered in our town hall: Jacobus Van Couwenbergh, servant, resident of Oppuurs and born there the 26th June 18 1821, lawful, adult son of Joannes Sievlaer van Couenbergh, deceased at Oppuurs on the 9th of March 18 1825, and Joanna Dorothea Kerremans also deceased at Oppuurs on the the 25th June 1826.
Seen here the proof of
And Melania de Prins, handworker, resident of this community (town/village) and born here on the 26th of April 1824, lawful and adult daughter of Paulus De Prins., deceased at Bornhem on 26th May 1832.
.
Seen here from Marie Antonia Gillies, hadwerker, 61 years old and a resident of this municipality here, currently giving permission in the marriage of her daughter on behalf of the parents,
(legal)
That the marriage Banns have been posted on the door of the town hall and also announced on the Sundays of 8 and 15 of this month February at 11 o clock in the morning. No objections to the marriage have been submitted and given his authority
(legal_
That Jacobus van Cauwenbergh and Melania Deprins are united by marriage.
Together with this (event? Registration?) it, is clear that a child of the male sex was born to them ...(legal)
registered in this municipality on 13th May 1848 under number 33 with the Surname and Christian Name De Prins, Aloysius, who they recognise as their lawful son.
Names of witnesses:
Carolus Vorleysen , writer (or clerk), 55 years old
Carolus Ludovicus Van Guets, glassmaker, 22 years old
Petrus Roels, shopkeeper (?), 48 years old
Joanna Van Lukess, Fishseller, 62 years old
All 4
residents of Bornhem.
. (legal)
Thanks Mike,one problem was the documents came up so small and when enlarging them they were bigger than the screen so I could only see half at a time then reduce,move over and enlarge,get to the right hand side get an idea of what that said.
Often the sense of course carried over to the next line.
Thewriting is not easy to read but what wonderful documents to have,and I quite understand why Woodworker 22 would like to know exactly what was written.I certainly would
The "jargonese " is largly adding nothing but the bare bones give dates ,names and places so quite a good bit of info.
I would have found it a tiny bit easier had the documents come in date order,more sense would have appeared but It may have not been obvious as the dates were written,not in numbers.
I will have to leave it for little while which must be frustrating for Woodworker.
Did you get the sense that Melania was not married when Aloyisius was born,as the wedding was about 4 years later but as Belgian women don`t lose their maiden names that does confuse matters.
I`ll try again when I get back, attending a funeral and having to travel there and stay so a few
days `til I try again.
Thanks again Mike.Viktoria.