Daily Ancestorvirgo
Virgo is Latin for maiden, an unmarried young woman, and in marriage registers it marks a bride marrying for the first time.
Virgo means a maiden or unmarried young woman. In marriage entries the priest used it to show that the bride had not been married before, set against vidua for a widow.
It is a statement of marital status, not an age. A bride listed as virgo should be found under her maiden name in baptism records.
As seen in a recordBride's name in a Latin marriage entry
cum honesta virgine Catharina Lang
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