Stanisława (Raczkiewicz) Bielak marriage 25 November 1917

Stanisława Raczkiewicz (my great aunt) and Jan Bielak were married 25 November 1917. The witnesses were Jan Skroban, 38, residing in the village of Kunki, and Wincenty Kita, 35, residing in the village of Susiec. Both of them were peasant farmers. The banns were November 11, 18, and 25 in both the Tomaszów and Krasnobród parishes. The parents of both the bride and the groom were married the same year, in 1885, in Tomaszów Lubelski. Stanislawa was 22 and was born and was living in the village of Sabaudia. She was the fourth of nine children of Jan Raczkiewicz and Katarzyna nee Kaszucka. The parents were married in Tomaszow on November 15, 1885. Her older three siblings had left several years before for the U.S. so she was the oldest sibling still living at home. Stanlislawa was 22 years old when she married. Her father died two years before she married. Jan was 29. He was born and was residing in the village of Susiec. He was the son of the late Andrzej Bialak and Rozalia nee Soluch. Jan’s parents were married 32 years earlier on January 24, 1885 in Tomaszow. Jan’s father Andrzej was a widower, 40, who was born in Cietusza, when he married Rozalia, who was born in Susiec. Andrzej’s parents were Marcin and Anastazja Bielak. Rozalia’s parents were Jan Soluch and Rozalia nee Babiarz. Jan and Stanislawa had two daughters (Wanda and Maria) and two sons (Wladyslaw and Stanislaw.) Two of them are still alive: Wanda and Wladyslaw. Wanda Soldaj had four children: Krystof or Krzysiek, Maria and Alina. Maria Dubowik had three children: Janusz, Wieslaw and Waldemar. Stanislaw Bielak had four children: Stanislaw, Wladyslaw, Wanda and Maria. Władysław Bielak had two children: Wieslaw and Jerzy. Stanislawa worked hard with her husband on their farm. She died on 14 May 1957, at the age of 56 in the post-war period. Eugeniusz Raczkieiwz sent me this picture of Stanislawa. It was taken around 1956. The grandchildren are Alina and Krzysiek.