Apolonia Kurkiewicz & Jan Eifler Wed 22 November 1840

Curt Wolf (my 4th cousin) has family connections to Rogozno because his 4x great grandparents were colonists from Germany who settled in Rogozno in the late 1700s. We are connected because eventually one of this couple’s descendants married a relative of mine. Miss Apolonia Kurkiewicz (my 4th great aunt) was married in Tomaszów on 22nd November 1840 at 5 o'clock in the evening. She was 20 years old and living with her parents, Antoni Kurkiewicz and Maryanna née Kiszczyński, who were shoemakers in Tomaszów. She had 11 siblings, 7 that died in infancy. Her brother Jozef was my 3x great grandfather. ***** The groom was also a shoemaker. Twenty five year old Jan Eifler was born and residing in the colony of Rogoźno. His single mother Anna Eifler, had been a servant/maid in nearby Horyszów Polski working for a shoemaker/tanner, who is considered to be the father. Anna was deceased by the time he married. Jan’s name was recorded as Johan -- the German for John (Jan in Polish.) His German grandfather was a colonist in Rogozno, Poland under contract with Jan Zamoyski. I will share information about this colony tomorrow from Curt Wolf. ***** The witnesses were both shoemakers from Tomaszów, Lukasz Radawski, 37 and Antoni Laowski, 42. ***** Jan and Apolonia had one son together. Their son Franciszek passed away on July 4, 1841, when he was less than a year old. Shortly after, Apolonia passed away on July 19, 1841, in Tomaszów Lubelskie, Poland, at the age of 20. By 26 September of the same year, Jan, who was now working in Tomaszów, remarried Miss Julianna Kusa and they had at least four children. He died in 1854 at the age of 38. ***** The photo is from Stasia Woj.