Melchers, Paul Archbishop of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1872 July 3

In the marriage case of Margaret Kohlenbeck the wife of Mathias Fischer now pending before the archiepiscopal court they need the testimony of: 1. John Peter Kohlenbeck, her father, 2. Anna Catharine Kern, born Kohlenbeck, her aunt, 3. Anna Maria Schonhagen, born Kohlenbeck, her sister. The three persons live in Cincinnati at 165 North Linn Street. Melchers asks that Purcell have some priest interrogate these three persons according to the enclosed questionnaire, under oath and send on their statements. The enclosed form asks that the three be asked: 1. their names, relationship, religion, business, and habitation. 2. their relationship to John Mathias Fischer, born in Schenkelberg in 1829, 3. if they know when Mischer was married to Margaret Kohlenbeck and where. 4. whether they lived together and had children, 5. why Fischer left her and where he went, 6. where and how long Fischer lived in other places, 7. whether they heard he had returned to Europe, 8. whether they think he is still alive and what evidence or documents they have for their opinion. 9. If they know of other witness of his present place of living or of his death. 10. If they have anything to aid to this testimony. The questionnaire is signed by Dr. Kleinheidt, defensor matrimonii, and dated June 25, 1872. :: II-5-e D.S. Latin 3pp. 8vo.