Ignacy Kurkiewicz Died 18 July 1851

Ignacy Kurkiewicz was a 53 year old “petty bourgeois” when he died “ If your neighbor owns a small shop, she's a member of the petite bourgeoisie. According to Karl Marx, the political theorist who popularized this French term in the nineteenth century, the petite bourgeoisie is made up of capitalists who operate on a modest scale. In French, the phrase means "little townsfolk." https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/petite%20bourgeoisie Ignatius (my 2x great uncle) was born in Tomaszów on 18th July 1851 5 o'clock in the morning. He was baptised 19 July. His sister Paulina is my 2x great grandmother. His father was Józef Kurkiewicz, age 36 residing in Tomaszów. Jozef was a shoemaker at his marriage and at his death but in the birth record of his son Ignatius, he is listed as a farmer. It is possible he was doing both. One witness for the birth of Ignatius was Józef Zawalski, a 29 year old farmer, 29. The other one was Jan Roczniacki, a 29 year old cart/wheel maker. Jan was married to Katarzyna nee Kurkiewicz (my 3rd aunt--her parents are Antoni Jozef Kurkiewicz and Marianna nee Kiszczyńska. The other Godparent was Józef Zawalski Learning about relatives continues to unfold: Ignatius’ death record had been unavailable to me I thought. Recently I noticed some new records had been added to the LUBGENS index I use. I found the death record for him and had it translated on July 16. So I just found out he died April 5, 1905. His wife Antonina was still alive. Jan Wiśniowska, 40 and Jan Kurkiewicz, 25 were the witnesses. See “Who were the burghers in the family?”