1775 Anna Philippine Maria Blecken Baptism

Citation

The baptism record for Anna Philippine Maria Blecken appears on image 243, on the right-hand page, the first complete entry, of the Petzen "Verzeichnis der Getauften und Konfirmierten 1641-1784".

Baptism Record

Marriage Required Approval

Marriage required approval. Marriage was not so much about personal choice or falling love. It was done for maintaining or improving the family’s social and economic status however modest it might be. If a couple could not obtain approval because of their modest income, they sometimes started a family anyway. This might have been the case here, where the parents marry a month before their child is born.

Image

Figure 1. Annne Phlippine Maria Blecken (Click to enlarge)

Transliteration and Translation

Transliteration

         Getaufte                         1775
[first entry, which continues from prior page, omitted]

7) d 7t Febr. Anna Philippina Maria Bleken des
Heinrich Wilhelm Bleken aus Evesen von seiner
seit den 15ten Jan: āī huj: [= anno huius]
ihm angetraueten Frau Anna Philippina geb.
Rösenern gebohrenes Töchterl getaufft.
Die Gevatterin war Anna Maria Elisabeth Bleken
des Johann Heinrich Bleken aus Evesen Ehefrau.

Meaining of Latin "āī huj"

"āī huj" is an Latin abbreviation, very common in 18th-century German church records.

Meaning:

"āī" = anni—the genitive singular of of "annus" (Latin for "year"), with the bar over the "ai" indicating abbreviation.
"huj:" = huius — Latin for "this" (as in "of this year").

So the full phrase "āī huj" means:

"of this year" (literally, "of the year of this").

"…von seiner seit den 15ten Jan: a͞i huj: ihm angetraueten Frau Anna Philippina geb. Rösenern gebohrens Töchter getaufft."

translates as:

"…by his wife Anna Philippina née Rösener, to whom he had been married since the 15th of January of this year, was born his daughter, who was baptized."

Translation

7) On the 7th of February, Anna Philippina Maria, the daughter born to
Heinrich Wilhelm Bleken of Evesen by his wife Anna Philippina, née
Rösener, who had been married to him since the 15th of January of this
year, was baptized.

The godmother was Anna Maria Elisabeth Bleken, the wife of Johann Heinrich
Bleken of Evesen.

Citations

[PET-B-1775a] "Archion Protestant Kirchenbücher Portal", database with images, Archion (https://www.archion.de/p/615ac16dc3/ : 13 October 2025), path: Niedersachsen > Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv > Kirchenbücher der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe > Petzen > Verzeichnis der Getauften und Konfirmierten 1641-1784 > Image 243 of 322, right page, first complete entry