I'm facing a conundrum:
In a August 1867 Taufregister, the mother was identified as a widow, yet
instead of going under her deceased husband's name (as Wilhelmina Heinze
--
widow of Ernst Heinze), she was identifed under her maiden name
(Wilhelmina
Paetz). The child is illegitimate -- I had originally thought that she
was
born of Johann Knispel and Wilhelmina's 17 yr old daughter, and raised by
the grandmother to avoid some family shame for the daughter (Adelheid
Heinze, who later married Joh. Knispel and emmigrated). But maybe not,
maybe she was the daughter of Wilhelmina and Joh. Knispel.
Don't know if the illegitimacy would affect the name listing, but the
change
in the widow's last name seems odd to me -- I've never encountered such
thing before. And the marriage of Knispel to the daughter of his former
lover is a bit strange as well.
Any thoughts?
Jim
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