GEN-DE Darmstadt 1759: help reading profession

[D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes]

Could I request some help reading a man's profession from this 1759 death record?

http://sakionline.net/uploads/mariabarbarapreissendeath1759a.jpg

The fourth entry on the page shows Maria Barbara Preißin, who died 27 February 1759 at the age of 43 years 9 months. I can't read her husband's profession or locate it in my dictionaries.

Looks as though Johann Michael Preißin was a "fürste Hof: ..." something?

Also, I notice Johann Michael's surname is spelled Preißin as well as the late wife's. Does this indicate that this was the actual family surname and not a feminized version of Preiß? Or maybe a mistake by the clerk?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,
Debra MacLaughlan-Dumes
http://sakionline.net/familypage

[Richard van Schaik]

On 01-12-2011 20:02, D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes wrote:
> Could I request some help reading a man's profession from this 1759 death record?
>
> http://sakionline.net/uploads/mariabarbarapreissendeath1759a.jpg

Laqueijer (servant) is what I can make of it. "Lakei" in modern Dutch.

Richard

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[Bernd Niemann]

Hello!

Am 01.12.2011 20:02, schrieb D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes:
> Could I request some help reading a man's profession from this 1759 death record?

> Looks as though Johann Michael Preißin was a "fürste Hof: ..." something?

I read:

fürstl. Hoff-Laquey(en alhier Ehefrau)

modern: fürstlicher Hof-Lakai

servant (valet) at the prince's court

HTH
Bernd

[D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes]

On Dec 1, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Richard van Schaik wrote:

> On 01-12-2011 20:02, D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes wrote:
>> Could I request some help reading a man's profession from this 1759 death record?
>>
>> http://sakionline.net/uploads/mariabarbarapreissendeath1759a.jpg
>
> Laqueijer (servant) is what I can make of it. "Lakei" in modern Dutch.

Thank you! I've found another more readable source document from the birth of a daughter in 1745, where Johann Michael Preiss is described as a "Laquais beÿ Hof," a court [?] servant. In English we have "lackey," which means servant, so this makes sense.

Thanks again!

[D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes]

Another confirmation of the reading, thanks very much, Bernd.