Latin Church records.

[redclover]

Hi,

I am looking at some Polish church records from the 1780's which are, of course, in Latin.

There are a number of words and abbreviations used. I presume oppid. means resident in the town  while rustica means resident beyond the village boundary.

Any ideas what the following could be.

gemeli or gemelli

civil or civilis

evangelista

R. G.


Also would anybody know what was used to represent a widow or widower in Latin.


Any help would be appreciated.

Richard.

[stanmapstone]

Widow is relicta, and Widower relictus. Civis is citizen. gemeli or gemelli is twins.

Stan

[GR2]

You may also find viduus = widower and vidua = widow. Evangelista = Evangelist.

Graham

[stanmapstone]

You may also find viduus = widower and vidua = widow. Evangelista = Evangelist.

Graham

It will depend on the context; relicta, is widow, survivor, and relictus widower, survivor

Stan

[redclover]

Thank you both for the prompt replies.

Gemili fits as two children were born, Catherina and Anna gemeli.

As regards civis, I wondered whether it meant the person had some offical position in the village, as he appeared to be a god-parent to half the births in the village at that time.

Relicta seems to be a term that I have come across occasionaly in the records.

Evangelista appears after the birth name, for instance Joannes evangelista. Could it be used as a second name or does it mean something?

Thanks again.

Richard. 

[Little Nell]

civis - could be burgess, as well as citizen.

Nell

[redclover]

Thanks, I'll go with that.

Richard

[stanmapstone]

Evangelista appears after the birth name, for instance Joannes evangelista. Could it be used as a second name or does it mean something?

A Google Book search shows examples of Johannes Evangelista as Christian names, after St.John the Evangelist.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Evangelist
Stan

[redclover]

Have just found a confirmed record for a relative who remarried as a widower. The term used was viduus.

So I know what to look for now.

The only outstanding term now is R.G. after the name of the groom on a marriage record.

Thanks for the help.

Richard.