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Category: Translation - Polish
Approval Date: 9/27/2026 4:37 PM
Family Surname: LIBEL, ELBAUM
Country: Poland
Town: Krasnobrod
Date of Image: 1858

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Please provide a complete English translation of this 1858 Polish marriage act (Krasnobrod act 14) of Kielman LIBEL and Chawa ELBAUM. Include every name, age, marital status, place of birth and residence, both sets of parents (living/deceased), witnesses and their ages/roles, the date, banns, and any notes. Key questions: the bride's exact name and age, and her parents' names. Source: Polish State Archives, Krasnobrod Jewish civil register, 88/777/0/2.1/32.

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9/27/2026 5:35 PM

Hello,
Here is a translation:

No. 14.

Town of Krasnobród, 27 December 1858, 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

There appeared Josef BABAT, Jewish, deputy rabbi of the town of Krasnobród;

along with Kielman LIBEL, Jewish, unmarried man, 28 years old, day-laborer, born in Krasnobród; son of Wolf (deceased) and Etta (still living) LIBEL, the mother a day-laborer[?] residing in Krasnobród;

and Chawa ELBAUM, Jewish, unmarried woman, 18 years old, born in Krasnobród and staying here with her mother; daughter of an unknown father and of Gryna ELBAUM, the mother a day-laborer residing in Krasnobród;

in the presence of Etta LIBEL, the mother of the groom, and of Gryna ELBAUM, the mother of the bride; both Jewish;

also in the presence of witnesses: Beniamin ELBAUM, synagogue caretaker, 43 years old; and Szloma ZYSBRENER, synagogue sexton, 55 years old; both Jewish, both residing here in Krasnobród;

and [the rabbi] declared that before him today a religious marriage was performed between Kielman LIBEL, unmarried man; and Chawa ELBAUM, unmarried woman; both Jewish;

that such marriage was preceded by three banns on 11, 18, and 25 December of the current year, published at the synagogue in Krasnobród;

and that there were no impediments to the marriage.

The mothers of the newlyweds gave consent orally;

the newlyweds declared that they did not sign any prenuptial agreement.

This act was read to the appearing parties and the witnesses, and was signed by Deputy Rabbi Josef BABAT, Kielman LIBEL, Beniamin ELBAUM, and Szloma ZYSBRENER; the others declared that they are illiterate.

[signatures]

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