Monday, January 4, 2021

Eastern & Roman Rite-how many?

Митр. Іларіон (Капрал) Seven of the eight “branches” of the family of Anthony Raczkiewicz were predominantly Roman Catholic. The exception was the Kaszucki family who originated from Uhnów (Ulanów) which was part of Galicia and now is part of Ukraine. They were Greek Catholic as far back as I could go--to the 1750’s--the 4x great grandparents and the 3x great grandparents. By the 2x great grandparents--Jozef Kaszucki married his second wife Pauline Kurkiewicz, a Roman Catholic. Their daughter Katarzyna Kaszucka (my great grandmother) married John Rackziewicz, a Roman Catholic. In the case of my grandfather’s parents, it appears the family was raised as Roman Catholic even though the mother was Greek Catholic. In other cases, the girls seem to be baptized in the faith of their mother and the boys in the faith of their father. The examples in our family were mostly men who were Greek Catholic marrying Roman Catholic women. Pelagi is mentioned twice in the six examples above but that is because she re-married. While the Kaszuckis were Greek Catholic and married within the faith for the most part for a long time, there are examples of some inter-faith marriages within our family. For example, Marrianna Wiciejewska, 36, (my 4th great aunt) in 1829 married Pawel Szostak,35. He was a shoemaker and a Greek Catholic. Marianna was a widow. The marriage proceeded after the release of 3 banns in Tomaszów churches of both churches; Greek Catholic and Latin rite on Oct 18 & 25 and Nov 1 1829. There were no objections to the marriage. Another example was Mike Liszewski’s 4x great grandparents Szczepan Czarnopyś and Pelagia Romanowicz in 1829. The banns were announced in both the Latin and Eastern rite. In 1837, Mikolaj Romanowicz 28 and Marianna Kurkiewicz, 17 were married. Mikolaj was a widower of the Greek Catholic rite and Marianna’s family was Roman Catholic. Banns were announced in both parishes. In 1853, Andrzej Dzierzbowicz, 43 and Agnes Kurkiewicz, 25 were married. Andrzej was a widower and Greek Uniate. He worked as a mason and his family were shoemakers. Agnieszka’s family was Roman Catholic and they were carpenters. The banns were announced in both parishes Marcin Halkieiwcz, Marcin, 36 Pelagi Czarnopys, 43 were married in 1856. Pelagi was with widow of Szczepan Czarnopys. Marcin was a Petty Officer/Warrant Officer in the Russian Tsarist Army and Roman Catholic. Pelagi’s family were laborers and she was Greek Catholic. Marianna Kurkiewicz (parents: Wojciech and Jozefa nee Wlochowicz, shoemakers) married Bazyli Bzierzbowicz in 1859. Bazyli’s family were masons and practiced the Greek Uniate faith. Marianna’s family were shoemakers and of the Latin faith. Three banns were announced in the Tomaszów Latin faith parish and Tomaszów parish of the Greek Uniate. Verbal permission was given by the parents and there was no objection to the marriage.

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