Jan Raczkiewicz was born October 23, 1927

Jan Raczkiewicz (my 1rst cousin 1x removed) was born October 23, 1927 to Piotr Raczkiewicz and his wife Józefa Szczupakowska. He was their firstborn of two sons. He was born in Domanisz, near Łaszczów, when Piotr was 30 years old and Józefa was 21 years old. Jan married Stanisława Konopka from the Pieniny Mountains. I am not sure of the date of their wedding. They had three children: Wiesław on April 11, 1948, Ryszard in 1949 (not sure of the date) and Maria on January 3, 1956. Jan and Stanisława worked as state institution workers. Jan died April 3, 2007 in Pruszkow, Poland at the age of 80. Does anyone have a picture of him? By MOs810 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28932372

Teresa Lebiodowska Died Sept 23, 1840

Teresa Lebiedowska (my 4th great grandmother) died on September 23, 1840 at 1:00 a.m. at the age of 70 in the village of Grodek, Poland. Her husband Grzegorz, along with Lukasz Grabek, 45, a peasant from the village of Podhorce reported the death in Tomaszow on the next day. Lukasz was her son from her first husband Jozef Grabek. Teresa was born as Teresa Walawender in approximately the year 1777. She married Walenty Grabek, a peasant farmer. They had at least two children: Lukasz (my 3x great grandfather) and Zofia. Walenty died on March 19, 1812 at the age of 44 in Górno, in house number 11. Teresa, age 30, remarried on February 21, 1813 to Grzegorz Lebiodoski, age 34, a peasant farmer in the village of Majdan Górny. They both had been widowed. Together they had one child named Agnieszka who was born in Gorno in Grzeogorz’s house number 12 on March 11, 1815. Teresa’s son Lukasz was 25 and living with his mother and step father when he married Katarzyna Krawczyk, 20 from the village of Łaszczówka. On February 10, 1833, Teresa and Grzegorz’s daughter Agnieszka married Jan Steciuk, who was a peasant farmer from Podhorce. Teresa and Grzegorz lived in Podhorce at this time. Seven years later Teresa died. Grzegorz remarried in September of 1842 to Agnieszka Grandas, a widow of a farmer from Podhorce.

Jozef Kurkiewicz born September 8, 1815

It is very likely that Jozef Kurkiewicz (3rd great grandfather) was baptized but the birth record does not reflect it. Most of the records list the birth and baptism dates as well as the Godparents except those I have found between 1810 and 1826. Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths was initiated according to the Code of Napoleon on May 1rst, 1808. After Russia gained control in 1815, this practice continued. Priests were responsible for civil registrations from 1808 to 1825. After 1826, the civil records reverted to church records but kept the same format. Jozef was born at 5 o’clock in the evening on September 8, 1815. His parents were Antoni, 32 and Marianna nee Kiszczynski, 28. He was born in house #60 in Tomaszow like his sister Jagnieska, who was born there three years earlier. The witnesses were Maciej Wyszynski, 42 & Maxym Zawalksi, 43. Jozef was the third child of 12 born to his parents. At least seven of their children did not survive to adulthood. Jozef’s father was a shoemaker, his mother came from a family of shoemakers and eventually Jozef himself would become a shoemaker. Image: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=207371

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.