Jozef Kurkiewicz (my 3x great grandfather) Dies December 30, 1874

On December 30 in 1874, the death of Jozef Kurkiewicz (my 3x great grandfather) was recorded in Tomaszów Lubelski. He died the day before. The declarants were Jan Kamiński, age 45, and Walenty Lisikiewicz,age 28, both farmers from Tomaszów Lubelski. Because records were recorded in Russian at this time, two dates were given -- December 30 and December 18. December 18 was from the Julian calendar, in use by Russia. The December 30 date is from the Gregorian calendar which Poland had been using and went back to using after 1917. It is the most commonly used calendar in the world. The difference between the Gregorian and Julian Calendars in the 19th century is 12 days. Jozef was 60 years old when he died. He left behind a widowed wife, Ewa née Wiśniewska (my 3x great grandmother. Ewa had previously been married to Wincenty Rachnski. Jozef was was a shoemaker and a farmer like his father Anthony Kurkiewicz. His mother was Marjanna Kiszczyńska, Together Jozef and Ewa had at least six children. Their oldest child Paulina (b. 1838) is my 2x great grandmother. Their youngest child Ignatious (b. 1851) is the 2x great grandfather of Mike Liszewski. I “found” Mike as a DNA match on Ancestry and now collaborate regularly with his wife Connie. Like me, Mike was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.