The Story of Marcin Kurkiewicz & Franciszka (Rzeczycki) Kurkiewicz

A husband and his wife died on the same day -- a year apart! ***** Franciszka (Rzeczycki) Kurkiewicz (5x great grandmother) died 16 July 1829 at 3:00 in the morning. She was 80 years old. One witness was Antoni Kurkiewicz (my 4th great grandfather), her 44 year old son, who was a shoemaker. The other witness was Jan Bratkiewicz, a 32 year old farmer. Franciszka was 80 years old and a native of Tomaszów Lubelski, born around 1749. ***** Her husband Marcin Kurkiewicz (5x great grandfather) died exactly one year earlier on 16 July 1828, also at the age of 80. Jan Bratkiewicz, (Marcin’s son-in-law) a 31-year-old furrier, and Antoni Kurkiewicz, (his son), a 42-year-old, reported the death. Marcin was born in Mościska, about 1748, and his parents were from Mościska. There are several villages with this same name so it is unknown which one he was from. ***** Franciszka and Marcin were "Lawnikow" (jurors), of the town of Tomaszów Lubelski. Jurors were lay assessors of criminal cases. Interestingly, another 5x great grandparent (Michal Sczesznicki) was a judge. ***** Their son Antoni Jozef (my 4x great grandfather) was a shoemaker. He married Marianna Kiszczynska and had 12 children. Their daughter Józefa (born abt. 1802) was married twice to Jan Bratkiewicz and Jan Redzki/Recki. The first time she married at age 15, she was described as the sławetna' - renowned Miss Józefa Kurkiewicz. Both of her husbands were weavers. ***** References ***** Marcin Kurkiewicz d. 1828/129 Skan - Szukaj W Archiwach Death of Marcin Kurkiewicz. Go to Szukaj w Archiwach. (n.d.) https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/skan/-/skan/aed2f12722acde396198bfb35e910e62cf02d728ac89c86bc4a345747db82c7a ***** Franciszka Kurkiewicz d. 1829/84 Skan - Szukaj W Archiwach Death of Franciszka Kurkiewicz. Go to Szukaj w Archiwach. (n.d.) https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/skan/-/skan/95dab357d2218141a6a486ba97a1fd9c3e0efe0216caa11f39d56f33f35a4216