van Daalen/Statius Muller Marriage Certificate

• Title	van Daalen/Statius Muller Marriage Certificate
  Short Title	van Daalen/Statius Muller marriage
  Call Number
  Repository	National Archive, Curaçao
  Source ID	S211
  Linked to	Geertruida Maria Elisabeth Statius Muller Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen

  
  

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  Record Type: Marriage Certificate Bride's Name: Geertruida Maria Elisabeth Statius Muller Groom's Name: Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen Date: 17 Mar 1880 Vol Name/no: no. 12/1880/city Memo: Marriage certificate no. 12/1880/city Today, march 17, 1880 appeared before me, registrar Willem Barend Mellink, on the island of Curaçao, at the house no. 370, Overzijde (Otrobanda - C.) appeared in order to get married Jan Hero Adriaan van Daalen, 38 years old, attorney general, born and living on this island, widower of Elisabeth Sophia Louisa Muller, son of Adriaan Frans van Daalen and Jannetje van der Meulen, couple, both deceased on one side and Geertruida Maria Elisabeth Statius Muller, 24 years old, no occupation, also born and living on this island, daughter of Hendrik August Statius Muller, head of the building department here and Johanna Catharina Voogd, no occupation, cou;e, living here on the other side Both announcements for this marriage have here taken place without interference on the 7th and the 14th of this month, according to the document prepared by the deputy registrar in the city district here, and have the engaged submitted, the groom his birth certificate and the death certificate of his former wife, the bride her birth certificate and a certificate in which officer of health, head of the health department here, mister Ferguson declares that the bride suffers from dizzy spells and therefore unable to come to city hall and this is the reason that the marriage takes place in the home. The parents of the bride, present, have given their permission for the marriage. 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 Jan Ernst van der Meulen, 56 years old, merchant, cousin of the groom; Willem Constan Willemsen, 35 years old, gauger (calibrator?), brother-in-law of the bride; Isaac Christiaan Statius van Eps, 36 years old, retired major of the infantry and Caper Claude Francis Frederik Perret Gentil, 51 years old merchant's clerk, all witnesses living on this island and the two last uncles by marriage of the bride. And a document was prepared, which after reading has been signed by the couple, the parents of the briede, the witnesses and by me, registrar. (Because the bride was considered a minor, her parents had to give their consent with the marriage) 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.