Civil and Church Death Record for Anna Margaretha (Lötz) Rödiger

On the same page of the Tann Church Death Record book as the death record of George Roediger's first wife, Anna Martha Scheuch and their 9th child, Anna Katharina, is the death record for Anna Margaretha (Lötz) Rödiger, wife of the Bürgermeister, Justus Rödiger. They died just 2 months apart.

Today, I am going to provide an Auszug (Abstract) of the facts from Anna Margaretha (Lötz) Rödiger's death record as provide by the church in Tann, and then take a look at the Civil Record of her death which I found on ancestry.com

Tann Tod Kirchenbuch (Tann Death Church Book) p. 192 (1886)

Record #: 837

House Number of the Deceased: House # 8

Name: Roediger, Anna Margaretha

Maiden Name: Lotz

Birthplace: Meckbach

Birth Date: 16 October 1849

Death Date: 8 April 1886

Burial Date: 10 April 1886

Husband: The farmer/peasant and current mayor, Justus Rödiger

Sterberegister und Namensverzeichnisse, Mecklar
(Civil Death Register and Name Directories, from Mecklar)

This says (as best I can make out):

Page 14, Number 14

Mechlar, on the 8th of April 1886

Before the official who signed, today, the peasant/farmer George Rödiger, who lives in Tann, indicated that Anna Margaretha Rödiger was born Lotz, wife of Mayor Justus Rödiger, [she was] 36 years, 6 months, 22 days old; of the Protestant religion, living in House #8; [she was] born in Meckbach.

[She was] the daughter of the deceased musician, Eckhardt Lotz and his wife, Eva Elisabeth, born Apel.

[She died] in her home on the 8th of April, 1886 at 11 o'clock in the morning.

[The next sentence is obscure to me. I can not make out one word, which is making the entire sentence unclear--hope to get some help on this soon. But the German that I can read is "Anzeiger ??? aus eigener Wissenschaft unterrichtet." I think that the gist is that George is stating that he has personal knowledge of the facts.]

Pre-read, approved, and signed, George Rödiger

The Civil Servant, [signature]

The conformity with the main register, Mecklar, on the 8th of April 1886

The Civil Servant, [signature]

SUMMARY

In addition to the information contained in the church record, in this document we learn who Anna Margretha's parents were, including her mother's maiden name, and the fact that her father was a musician by occupation.

What is curious to me is why her husband's brother, George, was the informant. Perhaps, the spouse was not permitted to provide this statement, or perhaps Justus was too overcome with grief to provide it.

It is sad to realize that less than 2 months later George's own wife would die from complications of childbirth.

In case you don't have access to Google Maps or Google Earth to see where Tann is in relationship to Meckbach and Mecklar, check out this map snapshot:

Coming Soon--

Meet the sister of Justus, George and Conrad Rödiger that we never knew they had until a few days ago!