Source:  Church Book of the Evangelical Lutheran and German Reformed Parish at West Leyden, Lewis Co., LDS/FHC microfilm #1479678 Item 6

The original records are handwritten in German.  The earlier years are in the difficult to read old style German script.  However, many of the latter years are written in German with a mixture of old style German script and a latanized version for the names which are a bit easier to read.  Many entries also have additional information including 2 or more wittnesses which I have not notated herein and some of other pertinent info.  However, the wittnesses can be important clues, as many times they are other extended family members!  Where easily read, I have included ages and places of birth, when given.  Please refer to the original source for the best possible translation and complete record!

Please note that the names are the German equivalents of what most of these individuals used on a daily basis including, in some instances, the spellings of last names.  For instance Gerstbacher/Kerschbacher was generally spelled Casbaker by the family members and Draxel was Traxel, etc..  I have left the spelling of all names as in the original source, as best as I could decifer them.  Where I'm unsure of the name or portion of a date, I have placed a "?" after it.  If I could not read it at all I have placed a "??", indicating the existence of the name/word, but that I couldn't read it well enough to even take a guess!  Anything written in [-] is my transcriber notes, based on my own research or on other material included in this church book.
 

No.	Date	Groom	Bride
1	29 Nov 1843	Friedrich Schopfer	Margaretta Russi?
2	31 Mar 1847	Friedrich Wetzel	Charlotte Knieriem
3	9 Mar 1848	Gottlieb Haas	Margaretta Yacky
4	9 Nov 1848	Georg Raith?	Christiana Henriette Yütz?
5	28 Nov 1848	Joh Fried Christian Trotzer?	Dorothea Maria Richter?
6	1? Dec 1850	Balth. Pförtner	Magdal. Knieriemer
7	22 Jul 1851	Philipp Yacky	Marie Grübner
8	28 Oct 1851	Georg Birk	Cathar. Rauscher of Turin
9	2 Nov 1851	Joseph Kuhns	Therese Burgerd
10	25 Nov 1851	Heinrich Wolf	Kartharine Draxel
11	26 Feb? 1852	Jacob Roser	Maria Kilz?
12	24 Mar 1852	Güstav Julius Hermann Schuhmacher of West Branch	Cathar. Reimüller  of West Leyden
13	13 Apr 1852	Gottfried Klessmann	Elisabeth Draxel
14	19 May 1852	Heinrich Roser	Catharine Schwab
15	13 Apr 1853	David Regez?	Susanna Catharina Streün?
16	31 Jul? 1853	Martin Regez	Marianne Steiner
17	9? Jun 1853	Carl King? of Rhein Bayern 34 years old	Cartharine Scheidemacher? of Hessen Darmstadt 20 years old
18	23 Dec 1853	Johanes Muller	Juliane Yacky
19	14 Dec 1854	Louis Stahlbecker? 22-1/2 years old	Christine Stephan 22 years old
20	12 Sep 1854 at Rome	Peter Keim of Erlenbrunn [near Pirmasens, Germany]	Maria Wessner of ??
1	4 Apr 1859	David Glesmann 51 yrs and 4 months old	Eva Lang 56 yrs old
2	26 Apr 1859	Balthasar Burke 28 yrs old	Elisabeth Feuerstein 18 yrs old born in West Leyden
1	20 May 1860	Nicolaus Peter 26 yrs old born in Lewis county, NY	Margaretha Beyl 21 yrs old born in Buffalo, NY
2	1860	Georg Eckart 25 yrs old born in West Leyden	Christina Beyl 24 yrs old born in Buffalo
1	27 Feb 1862	Heinrich Krieg 40 yrs old	Margaretha Seber 41 yrs old
2	5 May 1862	Georg Unbekannt 56 yrs old	widow? Elisabeth Wolf 49 yrs old
3	21 Jun 1862	Gottlieb Suzeler? 32 yrs old	Catharina Katterer 31 yrs old
	[no date given]	Georg Peffer? born 20 Jan 1807 [this entry appears to be a listing of a  husband and wife and their children, as  no date is given for the marraige and the  wife's name is written as if she's already  married.  It is under an 1866 year heading]	Ehlisabetha Peffer nee Hofmann born 28 Mar 1816 apparent children listed next as: Louisa? born 6 Mar 1850 son[s?] Etwart? and? Michel born 14 Mar 1856
	23 Sep 1866	Christian Samuel Hahlman? born in 1804	Julianna? nee Wahl? born 1807
	1866	Valintin Feuerstein born 9 Mar 1793	Evynlinn? Harpenschläger? born 21 Feb 1796
	26 Mar 1870	Johann Gerstbecker	Caroline Boni
	24 Oct 1871	Johann Wolf	Magdalene Beyel
	20 Feb 1872	Johann Gottfried Long	Rosa Elise Anken
	13 Jan 1874	Jacob Grübel	Angeline Feuerstein
	11 Apr 1874	Friedrich Schopfer	Friederike Roser
	29 Sep 1874	Ludwig Schenkenberger	widow Margdalene Kropp nee Gottsmann
	17 Jun 1875	Michael Eckart	widow Margarethe Seidel nee Jonas
	27 Jul 1875	Samuel Henry Triess	Mary A. Keim
	16 Dec 1875	Philipp Schenkenberger	Catharine Amann
	28 Dec 1875	Peter Grübel	Cornelia L. Beyel
	31 Aug 1876	Jacob Rauscher	Elisabeth Haass
	21 Dec 1876	Carl Heinrich Beyel	Maria Roser
	7 Jul 1877	William Eckart	Josephine Regenbach
	28 Feb 1878	George Henry Geuerstein	Barbara Heldt
	9 May 1880	Valentin Pohl	Martha Hofer?

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