About ANTHONY RACZKIEWICZ (who came from Tomaszow Lubelskie Poland to Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) and his family
Monday, January 17, 2022
Wincenty Rachański & Ewa nee Wiśniewska marry Jan. 17, 1930 & Wincenty & Their Son Die Soon After During the November Uprising
This story of the marriage of my 3rd great grandmother and her first husband is interesting because I am pretty sure, based on the limited information that I have, that their lives were directly affected by the November Uprising in Poland.
Wincenty Rachański and Ewa nee Wiśniewska (my 3rd great grandmother) married on January 17, 1830 at 1pm. The groom was a 22 year old bachelor, shoemaker journeyman. He was born in Tomaszów Lubelski to shoemakers Kazimierz and Tekla (Zielińska) Rachański. They were already deceased. *****
The bride was a 22 year old maiden. She was the daughter of Błażej Wiśniowski, and the late Agnieszka nee Szcześnicka. Her father was a foreman of the faience (ceramics) factory when she was born and was working as a grave digger when she married. Ewa was born in Tomaszów Lubelski and was living there with her father. Her father gave his permission for the wedding.
The witnesses were Grzegorz Jaworowski, 67 and Jacenty Janiszewski, 33, both shoemakers from Tomaszów. *****
Wincenty and Ewa’s son Filip (Feliks) was born soon after, in October of the same year. Feliks was born in Krynice and the birth was registered in the parish of Łabunie, Krynice is 16 kilometers (a little under 10 miles) north of Tomaszów Lubelski. *****
When their son Feliks died nine months later in August of 1831, his death record indicates that his father (Wincenty) was already deceased. While there was an Asiatic cholera epidemic along with influenza, it is possible that Wincenty died during the November Uprising battle that occurred near where they lived. The uprising occurred from November 29, 1930 to October 21, 1831:
“In July 1831, during the November Uprising, a siege and a blockade of Zamość began by 12,000 people. Tsarist soldiers led by General Kajsarow. Polish troops commanded by Major Dominik Bulewski and Major Wincenty Szymański, defending the Zamość fortress, fought a victorious skirmish with the Russian army near Krynice. ***** ”https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http://roztoczewita.pl/krynice/&prev=search&pto=aue *****
Timeline:
Jan 17 1830
Wincenty and Ewa marry in Tomaszów Lubelski
Oct 24, 1830
Feliks is born in Krynice
November 29, 1830
November Uprising begins
July 1831
Polish troops and Russian Army fight near Krynice (as part of November Uprising
August 11 1831
Feliks dies in Tomaszów Lubelski and his father has already died
October 31, 1831
November Uprising ends *****
Is it possible to get military records of relatives this far back?
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