Verkaufs-Schwester im Schwesternhaus - shop clerk (or vendor) in the Sisters' House ( translation glossary) Genealogy,

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German term or phrase:	Verkaufs-Schwester im Schwesternhaus
English translation:	shop clerk (or vendor) in the Sisters' House
Entered by:	Maurite Fober

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1:17am Jul 25, 2004

German to English translations [PRO]
Genealogy

German term or phrase: Verkaufs-Schwester im Schwesternhaus

From a Dienerblatt about a woman who started as a Maedchenvorgesetzte, then after being a Verkaufs-Schwester became a missionary, then returned home and went into Diasporadienst.

Maurite Fober

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Answers: 51

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Clarification request(s) and response

Ann C Sherwin: 1:25am Jul 25, 2004: What was the religious denomination? It could make a difference in how I would translate Schwester. -
Ann C Sherwin: 1:27am Jul 25, 2004: (I am not yet assuming she was a nurse, though she could be.) -
Maurite Fober (asker): 3:30am Jul 25, 2004: I assume the denomination in her case was Evangelisch (Protestant), as this was mentioned in her husband's notes.

shop clerk (or vendor) in the Sisters' House

Explanation:
She may have been Moravian or Mennonite. All members were called brothers and sisters. Adults lived in group houses, brothers' or sisters' houses, until they were married. The houses usually had small shops where they sold their products. Enter Moravian + "Sisters' House" in Google and you will get many hit. Here is one example.

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Note added at 16 hrs 51 mins (2004-07-25 18:08:08 GMT)
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Another fact pointing to the Moravians is that they also had a diaspora. Enter <Moravian + Diaspora> in google and read about it.

Selected response from:

Ann C Sherwin
United States

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks to all for trying so hard to pin this one down for me. I appreciate all your efforts, the light relief too! Ann, I'm very grateful as your explanations made sense of the whole document for me.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

NFG

Richard Benham

shop clerk (or vendor) in the Sisters' House

Ann C Sherwin

3 +1

vending sister at a deaconess home

Robert Schlarb

3 +1

nurse selling goods in the nurse's home

Christine Lam

salesperson in a nursing house

Derek Gill Franßen

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

nurse selling goods in the nurse's home

Explanation:
I can imagine that the nurses lived there and had to sell crafts and home made food etc.

Christine Lam
Canada
Native speaker of:

German

6 mins confidence:

salesperson in a nursing house

Explanation:
Not to be confused with a "nursing home".
;)

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Native speaker of:

English

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

NFG

Explanation:
I can't help being reminded of the earliest joke I remember from my childhood....

A monastery goes into business as a fish and chip shop. The first customer comes in and asks one of the monks, "Are you the Fish Friar?"

"No, I'm the Chip Monk!"

Richard Benham
France
Native speaker of:

English

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

vending sister at a deaconess home

Explanation:
I am assuming that she was a sister in a protestant deaconess order, perhaps Bethel. Today there still exist many deaconess homes, which serve as retirement and care residences for sisters who have left active service. Patterned on the Catholic nunnery, in the past these homes were also important for training young sisters for further service, as temporary accommodations for sisters going to the mission field or just having returned and even as shelters for homeless mothers or orphans. While a student, I myself stayed a few days at such a home for retired deaconesses in Stuttgart on one occasion.

http://www.altstaedten.com/b-seiten/kloster.htm
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http://www.bethel.de/page_en/1_0/1_1/1880.htm
The Sarepta deaconess' home has 263 deaconesses
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http://www.baptisten.org/aktuelles/nachrichten/berichte/binl...
Für das zum Diakoniewerk Bethel gehörende Haus Bethel in Buckow gibt es innerhalb unserer Bundesgemeinschaft eine neue Zukunftsperspektive. Ursprünglich wollte das Diakoniewerk das nach der "Wende" nicht mehr genutzte Haus, in dem noch zwei Bethel-Schwestern leben, verkaufen.

Robert Schlarb
Austria
Native speaker of:

English,

German

10 hrs confidence:

shop clerk (or vendor) in the Sisters' House

Explanation:
She may have been Moravian or Mennonite. All members were called brothers and sisters. Adults lived in group houses, brothers' or sisters' houses, until they were married. The houses usually had small shops where they sold their products. Enter Moravian + "Sisters' House" in Google and you will get many hit. Here is one example.

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Note added at 16 hrs 51 mins (2004-07-25 18:08:08 GMT)
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Another fact pointing to the Moravians is that they also had a diaspora. Enter <Moravian + Diaspora> in google and read about it.

Reference: http://www.horseshoe.cc/pennadutch/religion/moravian/moravia...

Ann C Sherwin
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks to all for trying so hard to pin this one down for me. I appreciate all your efforts, the light relief too! Ann, I'm very grateful as your explanations made sense of the whole document for me.

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German: Verkaufs-Schwester im Schwesternhaus

English translation: shop clerk (or vendor) in the Sisters' House