van Osenbruggen/Scholtz

• Title	van Osenbruggen/Scholtz
  Short Title	van Osenbruggen/Scholtz marriage
  Call Number
  Repository	National Archive, Curaçao
  Source ID	S210
  Linked to	Louisa Catharina Scholtz Carel Robert Alexander van Osenbruggen Family: Carel Robert Alexander van Osenbruggen / Louisa Catharina Scholtz

  
  

• Notes

  Record Type: Marriage Certificate Bride's Name: Louisa Catharina Scholtz Groom's Name: Carel Robert Alexander van Osenbruggen Date: 5 Jul 1876 Vol Name/no: no. 31/1876/city Memo: Marriage certificate no. 31/1876/city Today, july 5, 1876 appeared before me Willem Barend Mellink, registrar on the island of Curaçao in the house no. 352, Overzijde (Otrobanda C.) to get married Carel Robert Alexander van Osenbruggen, 30 years old, officer with the royal dutch navy, now detached here, born in The Hague in Zuid Nederland, son of Carel van Osenbruggen, docter in philology, retired teacher of the Haagse Burgerschool (the public school - C.) in The Hague, residing there and Anne Burns Marshall, deceased, married couple to the one side and Louisa Catharina Scholtz, 31 years old, no occupation, born and living on this island, daughter of Frederik Anton Scholtz, pharmacist, living here and Maria Augusta Möller, deceased, married couple on the other side The two announcements for this marriage have taken place here without interference on june 11 and 18, according to the deputy registrar in the city district and the certificate was made up, while the engaged have handed over their birth certificates and a certificate in which Theodorus de Veer, doctor physician declares that the bride is suffering from nervous heartbeats, therefore it is appropriate that the bride should marry in her home. After I have asked the couple if they are willing to accept each other as man and wife and do all that is required by law from a married couple, and they have answered yes I have declared them man and wife in the presence of Anton Willem Abrahamsz, 41 years old, merchant; Jacobus Johannes van den Berge, 43 years old, Officer and administrator with the royal dutch navy, meester (academic title) Johannes Petrus Smeele, 44 years old, member of the colonial council, president of the court of justice in this colony and Joseph Möller, 27 years old, government official, all living here, the first three acquaintances of the couple and the last cousin of the bride. And this document was ….. and signed by the couple, the witnesses and the registrar. The fact that both marriages took place at home, had nothing to do with a sickness of the brides (perhaps one or the other of the many brides of the period who got married at home was pregnant). At the time it was very fashionable not to appear at city hall, it gave some status to get married at home, therefore the couples did not mind to pay additionally for the favour of the registrar, but they also needed a certificate by a doctor, which was no problem if you had the money to pay for it.