The Wedding of August Remus and Wilhelmine Haarwardt

In the image below of the marriage of my great grand parents August Remuss and Wilhelmine Haarwardt, I know the following information.

Text in German:

Remuss, August, Stellmacher aus dem Dorfe Baschlik, Kreis Rowno, Sohn des Schmiedes Daniel Remuss und seiner Ehefrau Eva, Eltern beide gestorben, Lutherischer Konfession und geboren in Preußen, Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder, Kreis Konitz im Städteland Tuchel mit Haarwardt, Wilhelmine Tochter des Landmanns Jacob Haarwardt und seiner Ehefrau Wilhelmine. Eltern: Vater gestorben, Mutter lebt, Lutherischer Konfession und geboren in Preußen, Regierungsbezirk Bromberg, Kreis Mogilno im Dorfe Tschepanowo. Aus der Kolonie Pustoine /Anielewke

 

Translation:

Remuss, August, cartwright from Baschlik, Rowno, (this is a village in Vohlynia, Russia - now Ukraine) son of the smith Daniel Remuss and his spouse Eva, both dead at the time of the marriage, of Lutheran denomination and born in Tuchel, Konitz, Marienwerder, Prussia, (this is south of modern Gdansk, Poland) with Haarwardt, Wilhelmine daughter of the farmer Jacob Haarwardt and his spouse Wihelmine. Parents: the father is dead, the mother lives, Lutheran denomination and born in Tschepanowo, Mogilno, Bromberg, Prussia (this is a village south east of Posen, Poland) now living in the colony of Pustoine/Anielewke (this is where they settled - it is also in Vohlynia, Russia - now Ukraine).

 

The record also gives August's age as 27 and Wilhelmine's age as 20. (September 22, 1867 St Petersburg # 1884090/2 466 50; details are in St Petersburg Special Marriage Records 0905256 for 1867).

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