Michal Golebiowski Married January 29, 1812

I had no idea that a name like Michal Golebiowski was a common name like “John Smith” in the US. Michal (my 4th great uncle) was married today, January 29, 1812 for one of his four marriages. Michal has a history that has been challenging to sort out! Imagine my surprise when I was getting hints about him and the last name of one of the wives on Ancestry. I have not accessed older Polish records through Ancestry though it is helpful for lots of other things. The hints occurred because two people decided that “our” Michal and one his wife Agnieszka were “their” Michal and Agniewska. The first concern was the great distance their alleged son lived from the family. Possible, but then dates, ages and other details did not work out. I am keeping an open mind but at this point I do not believe there is a connection. I am sure they thought (like I originally did) that this was a unique name so it must be the same person. That certainly is not true. Here is the story of Michal’s marriage and some of his background: =============== So far, it looks like Jan Raszkiewicz and Apolonia Gołębiowska (my 5 time great grandparents) were each only married once -- to each other. It looks like Apolonia’s brother Michal wasn’t quite so lucky and was married three, maybe four times. The translator that helped thought it might be four, maybe five times. ***** On the 1812 marriage record for today, January 29, it states that Michal was a widower. His first wife Agnes died on December 3, about two months before. The first bann was announced January 19 and the second one was three days before the wedding. Because they were hurrying to marry, it is possible that he had young children that needed care. The bride was Miss Rozalia Gorbula, age 27. She presented an Act of Knowing from the Tomaszów Court of Peace stating her age and her parents weren’t present or mentioned so they may have been deceased. The witnesses were Wawrzyniec Turek ,36 , Jan Raszkiewicz ,40, Maciej Wujcik ,41, and Antoni Kulicki ,30-- for some reason four witnesses when there were usually two. ***** When he married his fourth wife February 7, 1825, it referred to his third wife’s funeral record but it didn’t name her. As I work my way through the records, I may find out who she is. He was a 58 year old widower still working as a peasant farmer In Majdan Górny. The bride was 41 year old Marianna (Sawiak) Dzierowa. She also was widowed and her husband, a peasant farmer in Majdan Górny, had died 17 years before. Jan Raszkiewicz, 48 , Wasyli Sawiak ,50 , Paweł Gołąb, 34 and Wawrzeniec Turek ,48 , all peasant farmers living in Majdan Górny were the witnesses. ***** Here is a list of his wives:: Wife 1: Agnieszka or Jagnizka Wife 2: Rozalia Gorbula Wife 3: Unknown or was it Rozalia? Wife 4: Marianna (Sawiak) Dzierowa