Anthony Raczkiewicz born March 13, 1896

When Anthony John RACZKIEWICZ (my grandfather) was born on March 13, 1896, in the village of Sabudia, his father, Jan, was 28 and his mother, Katarzna (nee Kaszucka) , was 24 years old. Jan was a peasant farmer and his wife had come from a family of furriers from the city. Their family already consisted of 5 year old Jan and 4 year old Jozef. Mikołaj Roczniak, 30 years old, and Andrzej Lisikiewicz, 23 years old accompanied Jan to report the birth of his son in the city of Tomaszów Lubelski. His Godfather was Mikolaj and the Godmother’s name hasn’t been deciphered in the record, which is written in Russian. The document was read out loud, and signed by the priest , because they could not read or write.