What does ¥ mean?

Question

This Dutch transcription of the marriage of Angelina/Engelina Mulder and Leonardus Koemans mentions the following information of the bride "47 jaar; hekelster; wed. van Pieter Olthuyzen, sleper, ¥ te Amsterdam" which translates to "47 years old, flax scutcher, widow of Pieter Olthuyzen, drayman, ¥ in Amsterdam".

I was wondering what the Japanse Yen sign means? Could it be born in Amsterdam? Died in Amsterdam?

I noticed that the transcription on wiewaswie.nl interpreted this as the birth place of the bride, but I have doubts about that. It seems more likely that it refers to her late husband Pieter.

Comments

Is it possible to see other entries that might also have that symbol?  Sometimes we need several incidents to notice a pattern or context.

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So far this is the only record where I've seen this symbol. I did try searching in the same local archive for ¥ and "¥ te Amsterdam"  but it seems the character is ignored in the search query . I also saw a mention of the same character here in this G2G post but that doesn't state any origin.

Answer 1

That is the so called "Lebensrune" (Elhaz or Algiz) and means born.

Unicode is : U+16C9

See also: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogisches_Zeichen

Comments

Thank you for the star

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TY for sharing Dieter as that Wikipedia page is only available in German and French I would probably never found it.

Answer 2

Sleper is drayman , so could the ¥ be type?

Answer 3

Looking at the marriage of daughter Johanna, there is a marriage supplement saying Pieter died 1826-09-10 in Amsterdam, indeed recorded there, saying he was born in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Comments

Same supplement at Engelina's 1834 marriage.

Pieter died resident at Smallepad

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Thank you very much for your help Jan! I hadn't found Pieter's death records yet, nor his parents so that's very helpful! 
So it seems the ¥ sign was not correctly used here and should actually be an  . 

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Shouldn't it be ᛉ , the birth or Lebensrune?

The other one  is the death or Todesrune, according to Dieter's link.

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Well, the bottom line, I think, is the actual text in the marriage certificate. That text does not refer in anyway to Pieter's birth place. For both groom and bride place of birth and current residence is recorded, but for Pieter it just states:

Pieter Olthuijzen in leven sleper te Amsterdam overleden

Please see the actual marriage certificate (right page, lines 12-13):

"Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province, Civil Registration, 1679-1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DRY3-NNF?cc=1576401&wc=9PGD-W38%3A108150401%2C113230901 : 8 July 2014), Gouda > Huwelijken 1824-1834 > image 598 of 611; Nationaal Archief, Den Haag (National Archives, The Hague).

I have seen quite some transcriptions of Dutch certificates and this is the first time I see that symbol used.