The form was for a Johannes Fritz Boysen and has a date of February 24th 1936. He was born on December 3rd 1907 in Flensburg. He held the rank of Feldwebel and served with 8th Machine Gun Company of the 27th infantry Regiment in Rostock. The document list the Name, birth dates, place of birth and religion of his mother, father, Grandmother on his mothers and fathers side and grandfather on his mothers and fathers side. “2.) Mother Name: Sophie Katharina Helene Klenk Date of birth: 21.9.1878 Place of birth: Tolkschuby in Schleswig district Religion: ev (German State Protestant Church) 3.) Father Name: Johannes Heinrich Boysen Date of birth: 26.11.79 Place of birth: Moldenit(?) in Schleswig district Religion: ev (German State Protestant Church) 4.) Grandmother (mothers side) Name: Anna Maria Stophasin Date of birth: 2.10.1852 Place of birth: Langberg in Schleswig district Religion: ev (German State Protestant Church) 5.) Grandmother (fathers side) Name: Christine Nissen Date of birth: 21.6.1848 Place of birth: Schaalby in Schleswig district Religion: ev (German State Protestant Church) 6.) Grandfather (mothers side) Name: Friedrich Theodor Klenk Date of birth: 7.12.1847 Place of birth: Schaaby [perhaps a spelling error, I suppose Schaalby is meant] in Schleswig district Religion: ev (German State Protestant Church) 7.) Grandfather (fathers side) Name: Esmus Peter Boysen Date of birth: 14.12.1842 Place of birth: Berend in Schleswig district Religion: ev (German State Protestant Church) On the bottom of the form it reads: “Through this form, Feldwebel Johannes Boysen has proved his Aryan Descent back to his grandparents.”
A real common document in these days. I have lots of these documents way back in history which my mother had to obtain. My father was in the war. Luckily, our family was"clean" Stefan.
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