What happens when (distant) cousins fall in love and want to get married? Canon law says they need marriage dispensation. Let us take a look at an example of a couple that lived in Roermond, Limburg, in the 18th century. Transcription 27 februarii habita mea Licentia Contraxerunt matrimonium Cum dispensatione in tertio et quarto mixto Read more…
Today, we are looking at the baptismal entry of Maria Helena Matthei (1765). Translation 22nd [April 1765] is born and baptized Maria Helena, legitimate daughter of Sir Josephus Gerardus Matthei, Her Imperial and Royal Majesty’s Post Official, and Madam Anna Elisabetha Crans, spouses. Sir Leonardus Cox and Madam Maria Helena van Kuck widow of Schepes, Read more…