Bruno Wyser and Elise Schoenhals - marriage, and Ida Alice Wyser - baptism - German Evangelical Church, Montevideo, 3 Feb 1869 (full register pages, with the Estudio Batres Franzese cover letter of 6 Nov 2008)
Seven pages, obtained for Craig by Arq. Maria Gabriela Batres, Estudio Batres Franzese, Buenos Aires (cover letter 6 Nov 2008), from the registers of the Congregacion Evangelica Alemana (German Evangelical Church), Montevideo.
MARRIAGE REGISTER 1869 ("Aufgebotene und Getraute", pp. 105-106), entry 3: Bruno Wyser of Solothurn, Switzerland, Catholic; father Zeughausverwalter (arsenal administrator) in Solothurn; aged 27; parents' consent given by letter. Bride Elise Schoenhals of Simmersbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse; father Johannes Schoenhals, Pfarrer (pastor) in Simmersbach; aged 25. Married on the third of February 1869 (3.2.1869) by Pastor Hoppe. Witnesses: 1. Louis Frey, 2. Leo Tugginer.
BAPTISM REGISTER ("Geborene und Getaufte", entries for 1868-69), no. 51/3: Ida Alice, born 30 Oct 1867 at 6 in the evening, UNEHELICH (born out of wedlock); father Bruno Wyser, Landwirth (farmer), of Solothurn, Switzerland; mother Elise, born Schoenhals, of Simmersbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse; parents living in Montevideo; baptised 3 February [1869] by Pastor Hoppe. Godparents: 1. Eugen Funke (in Vertretung Louis Frey), 2. Otto Wyser (in Vertretung Leo Tugginer), 3. Alice Cartier (in Vertretung Elise Wyser, born Schoenhals).
The cover letter dates the marriage 4 Feb 1869, but the register itself says 3 February, the same day as Ida's baptism. Readings corrected 2 Nov 2026 against the earlier translation on media 520-521: the pastor was Hoppe (not Hopper), the witnesses Louis Frey (not Freyo) and Leo Tugginer (not Fugginer; Tugginer is an old Solothurn family name).
