Jan Raczkiewicz died January 1, 1853

Jan Raczkiewicz (my 4x great-grandfather) died January 1, 1853, at 9:00 in the evening. He was born approximately in 1778 so was around 75 years old when he died. Jan was a peasant farmer from Majdan Górny and was born in Łaszczówka He was a widower because his wife Apolonia nee Golebiowska died nine years earlier in 1844. They lived in Majdan Górny, where Apolonia was born. Jan and Apolonia had nine children. Two of them, Wojciech, 42, and Marcin, 33, confirmed their father’s death with the authorities. Jan was the son of Paweł and Franciszka Raczkiewicz, peasant farmers from Łaszczówka.