The Death and Burial of Józef Niedziałkowski – 1870

Józef Niedziałkowski died on 17 Nov 1870 at 11 am in Ruszczyny in the Congress Kingdom of Poland. He was presumably buried on 18 Nov 1870 in the cemetery of the parish of Krasne.

The Death Record of Józef Niedziałkowski – 1870

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Jana Chrzciciela (Krasne, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland).
Akta zgonów 1859-1875, Józef Niedziałkowska death (1870); FHL microfilm 1808246.

Click on the image for a larger view of the document. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death Record of Józef Niedziałkowski – 1870. Translated from the Russian, the record states:

271.
No. 62.
Ruszczyny

This happened in the village of Krasne on the 6th [Julian Calendar] / 18th of November [Gregorian Calendar] 1870 at three o’clock in the afternoon. There appeared Franciszek Lipinski, a twenty-nine year old day laborer, and Józef Chmialiński, fifty years from birth, a private owner residing in Ruszczyny, and they stated that yesterday at six o’clock in the evening Józef Niedziałkowski died, a day laborer, seventy eight years from birth, residing in Ruszczyny, having been born in Gawronki, son of the deceased couple Tomasz and Antonina née Zbinowska. The widowed wife of Józef Niedziałkowski was left behind. After eyewitness testimony on the death of Józef Niedziałkowski. This document was read to those witnesses present and was signed by us alone.
Pastor of the parish of Krasne, Maintaining the Civil Registry. Reverend [two words?]

This document is one of the records I found at the Family History Library during the recent UPGS Conference.

I don’t recognize the names of anyone in this document, but they shared the Niedziałkowski surname with my ancestors who lived in the same parish. I’ll keep this document and perhaps one day I’ll discover if I am related to those named in the document are related.

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