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I am researching an ancestor who used the name Wilhelm Beitz after arriving in the US in 1873. His wife was Sophia Bestier Beitz. They were married in 1858 according to what I have learned. So I found a record on FamilySearch that has the name "Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Beetz" marriage to "Sophie Henriette Friederike Bestier." The Birth years are the same for each as I know them (from cemetery records). But the event (marriage) year is 1863. From immigration records I believe the family came from Alt Zarnitz, Pommern and the record I have located is from Anklam, Pommern. Those two locations are pretty close together.
My question is two fold: Can these two different names represent the same people? and, what is the difference in the date of marriage? It looks to me, the little I understand German, that I am looking at an entry in a church record.
I also have found one that is the same type of longer name and not quite the same date for Sophia's father and mother's marriage.
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