Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

exsp.

English translation:

in Anwartschaft/ in Exspektanz/ exsp.

Added to glossary by Timoshka
Apr 27 00:33
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German term

exsp.

German to English Social Sciences Genealogy
In a genealogical record of the Buchwald(t) family, one member is described as:

Luise Charlotte Ottilie, geb. Jägersborg bei Kopenhagen 4. Juni 1867, exsp. auf Itzehoe.

The convent at Itzehoe is frequently mentioned in this record, since a few members of the family became nuns there. However, this must be something else, but I can find no explanation for the abbreviation "exsp." Any suggestions?

Discussion

thefastshow Apr 27:
Sorry, I failed to read discussion before research and posting, but since Björn isn´t after points anyway, it probably doesn t matter. Just saying...
Timoshka (asker) Apr 27:
@ philgoddard I first considered things like postulant and novice, but--based on the various references provided by Björn Vrooman--I believe it refers to the daughter of a nobleman, who is given a promise of succession to an office/position at a Damenstift (secular noble ladies' foundation, which the convent at Itzehoe had become after the Reformation).
Timoshka (asker) Apr 27:
@ Björn Vrooman Thanks for the links! I've been reading various things, and am still not 100% sure how to translate this. The word isn't even included in Grimm's dictionary!
philgoddard Apr 27:
Novice?
Björn Vrooman Apr 27:
And... ...this here:
"Meist wird die Tochter unmittelbar nach der Geburt eingeschrieben, die Expektanz wird mit einem Klosterbrief bestätigt und die Tochter wird zum sogenannten 'expektierten Fräulein'. Bleibt die Expektantin unverheiratet, kann sie nach Freiwerden einer Stelle als Konventualin in das Kloster aufgenommen werden."
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Johannis-Kloster_vor_Schle...

The above link also mentions Itzehoe, btw.
Björn Vrooman Apr 27:
@Timoshka Just turn the page by 90 degrees and look at the left lower corner:
https://www.von-hinueber.org/images/Downloads/Familienzeitun...

Does that help? See also:
"Im kanonischen Recht bezeichnen Exspektanzen Anwartschaften auf noch unbesetzte Kirchenstellen, insbesondere bei Stellen in adeligen Damenstiften."
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exspektanz

Best

PS:
"Zur Erlangung einer Expektance, der Anwartschaft auf eine Klosterstelle, war der Ahnennachweis beizubringen. Mit der Ahnentafel waren die Geburtsurkunde der Großmutter väterlicherseits und der Großeltern mütterlicherseits vorzulegen."
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobbertiner_Einschreibebuch

Dunno about the small e; found it with a capital letter on this page:
"...und gründete mit Elisabeth Gräfin von Pfeil und Klein Ellguth (* 1876; † 1945) eine Familie, die beiden und ihre Tochter Karola von Voss (* 1900; † 1945), Exsp. auf Kloster Dobbertin..."
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achim_von_Voß-Wolffradt

Proposed translations

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in Anwartschaft/ in Exspektanz/ exsp.

https://genlex.de/exspektanz/
"Exspektanz, Expectanz
(Lebach 1786)

(hist.) Anwartschaft auf eine noch besetzte Stelle im Staats- oder kirchlichen Dienst"

Du kannst das wahrscheinlich aber auch unübersetzt lassen.

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in spe (= prospective )

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postulant/candidate

When a woman formally enters the community, she is usually called a postulant or candidate. This stage could take six months or several years. The candidate/postulant lives in community for at least part of this stage. When a woman enters the novitiate, she is known as a novice and is called "Sister."

https://www.globalsistersreport.org/steps-and-stages-formati...

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