Marianna Plebanski Wiciejewska died on August 23, 1812

Marianna Plebanski Wiciejewska (my 5th great-grandmother)died on August 23, 1812 when she was 70 years old. She died in house #201 in Tomaszów Lubelski. She was born in approximately the year 1742. One witness was Rafal Lusawicki, a 38 years old who was her son-in-law. Jan Jablonski, 43, a neighbor, was the other witness. I don’t know what was the cause of death. Happening at the time was the Asiatic Cholera Epidemic, the Galician peasant uprising, and typhus from Napoleon's army. I am not sure when her husband Jakub Wiciejewska died but it was before Marianna since she was widowed.. The family worked as potters and farmers in Tomaszow Lubelski. Marianna and her husband had six children -- only one boy. He worked as a potter and the daughters married weavers and cabinet makers.

Edward Dubiel died August 9 1980

Edward Dubiel (my 1rst cousin 1x removed) died August 9, 1980. He and his wife Halina (Mandziuk) lived in Rogozno, Lubelskie, Poland. Rogozno is a village with farmland 5 kilometers outside of Tomaszów Lubelski. Edward was a carpenter. His grandaughter Ewalina Wawrzusiszyn says she inherited from him her patience for craftsmanship. www.wawrzusiszyn.com Edward and Halina had two children: Boguslaw Dubiel and Anna Wawryzusiszyn. Edward was born to Jan Dubiel and Paulina (Raczkiewicz.) Paulina was born in Sabaudia but moved to Rogozno after she married. They had six children: Leokadia, Bronislawa, Jan, Jozef, Edward and Halina.

Justyna Kiszczyńska died Autust 9, 1814

It is kind of amazing to know about relatives that are so many generations back. Justyna Kiszczyńska (my 5x great grandmother) was born in approximately 1758. She died 9 August 1814 at 10 o’clock at night, at age 56. She died in house number 89 in Tomaszow Lubelski. I do not know who her parents are because I can’t find birth or marriage records related to her and the informants did not know that information in order to relay it to the priest. The informants were Jakub Kiszczyński, son of the deceased, age 25 and Ambroży Kudlicki, age 56, a neighbor. Her husband Lukasz was already deceased. Her daughter Marianna (my 4x great grandmother) was 27 at the time and married to Antoni Jozef Kurkiewicz. At the time of her mother’s death, Marianna and her husband already had two of the 12 children they would have together. Her brother Jakub, one of the informants, and his wife Marianna nee Kurkiewicz had not yet married.

Stefan Józef Kaszucki was born in Tomaszów on August 10, 1832

Stefan Józef Kaszucki was born in Tomaszów on August 10, 1832 at 11 o'clock at night. He was my 2x great grandfather. His father was Andrzej Kaszucki, a 36 year old furrier. His father was Greek Catholic and Stefan Józef and his brothers were all baptized in that faith. His mother was Salomea née Wiciewski, age 24 whose family were potters. His mother and sisters were baptized in the Roman Catholic faith. Stefan Józef was baptized and confirmed on August 12 in the Greek Catholic church. The witnesses were Onufry Stopczynski 36, a watchmaker, and Szymon Hladeszywicz, 50, a shoemaker. The Godparents were Onufry Stopczanski and Małgorzata Kukiełkowicz. She was my 3x great aunt whose parents were Maciej Wiciejewski and Marianna Metalska (my 4x great grandparents) who were potters like Ewa’s family.

Ewa (Wiśniewska) Kurkiewicz died on August 10, 1889

at the age of 80. One witness reporting her death was her 38 year old son Ignacy Kurkiewicz. Ignacy was the grandfather of Mike Liszewski and his sisters (my newfound 3rd cousins 1x removed.) The other witness was Walenty Lisikiewicz, age 40. Ewa’s parents were Błażej Wiśniewski and Agnieszka nee Szcześniaka. Ewa was the oldest child born to Błażej and Agnieszka. Her father worked as a potter and later as a gravedigger. Her mother died when she was 14 years old and her father was engaged to one woman and then married another woman when Ewa was about 15 years old. Ewa first married Wincenty Rachanski, a shoemaker, when she was 21 years old and they lived in Krynice. Wincenty and their son Felix died the following year. Ewa returned to Tomaszow and six years later married Jozef Kurkiewicz, a shoemaker. She had five children with Jozef (Paulina--my 2x great grandmother, Andrzej, Jakub, Franciszka, Ignatius) Ewa’s husband Jozef Kurkiewicz (my 3rd great grandfather) died 15 years before Ewa.