1775 Anna Philippine Maria Blecken Baptism

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.
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Figure 1. Annne Phlippine Maria Blecken (Click to enlarge)
Transliteration
         Getaufte                         1775
[first entry, which continues from prior page, omitted]

7) 12 Febr. Anna Philippine Maria Blecken des
Heinrich Wilhelm Blecken aus Evesen von seiner
seit den 15ten Jan: āī huj: ihm angetraueten Frau
Anna Philippina geb. Rösenern gebohrens Töchter
getaufft. Die Gevätterin war Anna Maria
Elisabeth Blecken des Johan Heinrich Blecken 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").

So

"…​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
         Baptisms                         1775
[first entry, which continues from prior page, omitted]

7) 12 February. Anna Philippine Maria Blecken, daughter of
Heinrich Wilhelm Blecken from Evesen, by his
wife Anna Philippina, née Rösener, whom he married on the 15th
of January of this year, was baptized. The godmother was Anna
Maria Elisabeth Blecken, wife of Johan Heinrich Blecken from Evesen.

References

  • [image243] "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