Wenceslaus, born 1 March 1755 in Vlčovice to Barbara Kladivi.
After her name is the Latin note: “de-florata” which means, “deflowered, no longer a virgin.”
I had assumed this meant “raped” but I suppose there are multiple scenarios, and the actual meaning of this word does not let us know what exactly happened, except that she is pregnant out of wedlock.
I hadn’t seen this before. Whether or not this means that she was raped, I think it is sad. I wonder what life would have been like for her afterward, as a mother. I mean, I wonder how society would have viewed her. Pity? Disgust? Would she have been able to marry later? And her son? What would life have been like for him?
Thoughts?
I've seen the Dutch equivalent, "gedefloreerd," in several records. There it does not mean raped, but rather loss of virginity in an unmarried woman. I've seen a case where a farmer's son was called before the church council for having deflowered a maid. He was then charged to either marry her or pay her the equivalent of her dowry as compensation.