[gelöst] Job of a witness 1812, Dabie, Polish language. 1 word.

[josemarcosr]

It's just a word I don't understand (I think).

Type: Marriage.
Origin: Dabie (Dombie), Kolo, Wielkoplskie.
Year: 1812

Source (cut attached):

https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1826176

Scan 105/113 Reg 156

The marriage:
Michael Tydelski - wdowiec (38 years)
Dorothea Barbara Tetzlaff (24 years)

Other people appearing in the document:
-Jan Dąbrowski
-Antoni Grossmann, 49 yo, Piekarz (baker)
-Boniamin Rüker (Benjamin Röhrer?), 51 yo, Piekarz (baker)
-Jakub Lange, 33 yo, sukiennik (tailor?).

But I don't understand Johann Dabrowski's work,

I can understand:

"Jan Dąbrowski w ... konsumpcja tutejszy liczący lat 51"

"Jan Dąbrowski w Elaktora? konsumpcja tutejszy liczący lat 51"

But it's not clear to me exactly that word "Elaktora" or something like that.

Elakłora
Elaktora
Czakłora
Czaktora
Claktora
Doktora?

I don't know if it's useful but for FamilySearch's Polish-German genealogical dictionary it provides this about the word "konsumpcja".
https://www.familysearch.org/de/wiki...he_Wortliste#K

Polish: konsumpcja ciała

German:Auszehrung, Tuberkulose

I never quite understood how to differentiate the ł and t in these Polish writings.

Thank you in advance, José Marcos.

[Dudas]

But it's not clear to me exactly that word "Elaktora" or something like that.

Elakłora
Elaktora
Czakłora
Czaktora
Claktora
Doktora?

No way José - as the Americans say

It says there "w przytomności W. Jana Dąbrowskiego Exaktora Konsumpcji tutejszego, liczącego lat 51"

I don't know if it's useful but for FamilySearch's Polish-German genealogical dictionary it provides this about the word "konsumpcja".
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Polish: konsumpcja ciała

German:Auszehrung, Tuberkulose

This is the first time I've seen such a wording, although "konsumpcja" used to mean "Consumption/Tuberculosis" (Lat. Consumptio). Btw., in German it should be "Verzehrung des Körpers".

[josemarcosr]

Thanks, Duda? I don't know if that's your name.

So he was some kind of tuberculosis doctor if I understand correctly?

Or was he a tax collector?

The marriage was in 1812 and it always caught my attention that in the area there (Dabie) many people died around that period (1811-1813), more than usual.

Would there have been a local/regional/national? Tuberculosis epidemic at that time?

[Dudas]

Exaktor [or Egzaktor] (Lat. exactor) is a tax collector.
The word "Konsumpcja" here refers to Urząd Konsumpcyjny - a kind of Excise Office.

Jan Dąbrowski was a tax collector at the, let's say, 'Consumption Office', which collected fees on vodka and other food items ('food being consumed') for the municipal treasury.

Btw, Tydelski also handled finances at a finance office.