Daily Ancestorsponsa
Sponsa is Latin for "bride" or "betrothed woman," introducing the woman in a marriage or banns entry.
Sponsa means bride or a woman engaged to marry. In a marriage register it is followed by her name, often her father's name and her home parish.
A sponsa described as vidua is a widow and may be listed under her late husband's surname. Look for her father's name in the entry to find her birth family.
As seen in a recordMarriage register with printed columns
Sponsa: Maria, filia Jacobi Weber, ex parochia S. Petri
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