Hello,
I'd like to refer back to Posamentierer's post. I did some research on the Elwitz family. It seems that Nathalie's father Johann Friedrich Elwitz died in Mierunsken in 1837, 51 yrs old, wife and 10 children. One of his 10 children was baptised in Mierunsken, another one earlier in Fürstenwalde. Nathalie, however, seems to have been born somewhere else. Although there are some Elwitzes in Jedwabno, they all seem to be children of Johann and Philippine. Most likely, there was no Elwitz family in Jedwabno before Philippine and her children moved there.
Regarding Heselicht in Eastern Prussia, there is no baptism of a Freynhagen in 1830 +/- one year. There isn't a baptism of an Elwitz in 1824 +/- a year. So either the age mentioned in the wedding entry isn't correct or nobody of them was born in Heselicht.
It seems that Nathalie's family was rather well of, given her father's profession, at least while her father was alive.
Also, Nathalie and her siblings all had very long and very fancy names which was not common in Jedwabno (most people, including my own Jedwabno ancestors, had only one simple name like Anna or Johann). The only people with longer names were the sons and daughters of well-off people, like doctors for example.
This is not a proof but it makes it seem unlikely that Nathalie was the servant girl.
Regards, Annika
I'd like to refer back to Posamentierer's post. I did some research on the Elwitz family. It seems that Nathalie's father Johann Friedrich Elwitz died in Mierunsken in 1837, 51 yrs old, wife and 10 children. One of his 10 children was baptised in Mierunsken, another one earlier in Fürstenwalde. Nathalie, however, seems to have been born somewhere else. Although there are some Elwitzes in Jedwabno, they all seem to be children of Johann and Philippine. Most likely, there was no Elwitz family in Jedwabno before Philippine and her children moved there.
Regarding Heselicht in Eastern Prussia, there is no baptism of a Freynhagen in 1830 +/- one year. There isn't a baptism of an Elwitz in 1824 +/- a year. So either the age mentioned in the wedding entry isn't correct or nobody of them was born in Heselicht.
Zitat von Freienhagen
Also, Nathalie and her siblings all had very long and very fancy names which was not common in Jedwabno (most people, including my own Jedwabno ancestors, had only one simple name like Anna or Johann). The only people with longer names were the sons and daughters of well-off people, like doctors for example.
This is not a proof but it makes it seem unlikely that Nathalie was the servant girl.
Regards, Annika
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