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My great-great grandfather, Wojciech Dańko, was married a second time in 1818 . His new wife was Rozalia Chruścicka. The record of their marriage is the first record on the image below.

The Marriage Record of Wojciech Dańko and Rozalia Chruścicka

SOURCE: Roman Catholic Parish of the Immaculate Heart of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Dubiecko, Poland. Liber Conjugorum (Book of Marriages). 1818. Wojciech Dańko and Rozalia Chruścicka. Text in Latin, translated by Stephen J. Danko.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of Wojciech Dańko and Rozalia Chruścicka. The record, translated from the Latin, states:

• The marriage of Wojciech Dańko and Rozalia Chruścicka was recorded in the marriage records for 1818 in Nienadowa
• The couple was married on 06 Jul 1818 in Dubiecko
• Wojciech was a 48-year-old Catholic widower and Rozalia was a 22-year-old unmarried Catholic
• The witnesses were Wojciech Trupiło and Walenty Blaut

The information in this record agrees with other information about Wojciech Dańko. He was born in about 1769-1770, was living in Nienadowa, and was a widower.

Based on the fact that the last child of Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska was born in 1816 and the marriage of Wojciech Dańko and Rozalia Chruścicka occurred in 1818, I conclude that Marianna Jedlińska Dańko died between 1816 and 1818.

Wojciech’s second wife, Rozalia, was 26 years younger than her new husband and, as it turns out, would bear him at least six more children.

Once again, Wojciech Trupiło was a witness to this event in the lives of the Dańko family.

Copyright © 2007 Stephen J. Danko

After showing the Birth and Baptismal Records of the children of Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska, it’s about time to show the marriage record for the couple . The Marriage Record for Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska is the third marriage recorded on the page shown below.

The Marriage Record for Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska

SOURCE: Roman Catholic Parish of the Immaculate Heart of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Dubiecko, Poland. Liber Conjugorum (Book of Marriages). 1793. Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska. Text in Latin, translated by Stephen J. Danko.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record for Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska. The record states that:

• The marriage of Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlenszczonka was recorded on page 96 of the marriage records for 1793 for house number 11 in Nienadowa
• The couple was married on 11 Nov 1793 in Dubiecko by Walenty [Kruzoski ?], assistant pastor
• Wojciech was a 21-year-old unmarried Catholic and Marianna was a 21-year-old unmarried Catholic
• The witnesses were Jan Szumanski and Wojciech Trupiło, [farmers without land]
• There is a notation that reads Extrad 10/10 879 No. 96

The priest was rather creative with Marianna’s surname, spelling it Jedlenszczonska rather than Jedlińska . The bride and groom were most likely unable to read and write, so there was no way for them to verify the spelling.

Note that one of the witnesses to the marriage was Wojciech Trupiło, who later would be the Godfather (sponsor) for several of the couple’s children.

Since both Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska were 21 years old at the time of marriage, they were both born about 1771-1772. Their births predate the time when records of Births and Baptisms were maintained in Dubiecko, so this marriage record may be the best extant source for their birth year . 

I am not certain what the notation Extrad 10/10 879 No. 96 means here . I previously thought that the notation meant that the individual moved, but the date indicated here, 10 Oct 1879, was probably after the death of both Wojciech and Marianna. Perhaps this notation shows when the marriage information was extracted in order to produce a marriage certificate. This is just a guess.

On a final note, there is a large “X” to the left of this record, and the names of the bride and groom are both underlined with a different pen than that used on the rest of the page. I am unsure of the meaning of these markings, but one possibility is that the marks were made after the death of one of the spouses, when the other remarried.

Copyright © 2007 Stephen J. Danko

The fourth child of Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska was born in 1804. She was named Rozalia and her Baptismal Record is the last one at the bottom of the image below.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Rozalia Dańko

SOURCE: Roman Catholic Parish of the Immaculate Heart of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Dubiecko, Poland. Liber Natorum et Baptisatorum (Book of Births and Baptisms). 1804. Rozalia Dańko. Text in Latin, translated by Stephen J. Danko.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Rozalia Dańko . The record states:

• Rozalia Dańko was born in house number 161 in Nienadowa, a girl legitimately born to a Catholic family
• She was baptized on 10 Aug 1804 in the church in Dubiecko
• Her parents were Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska
• Her Godparents (Sponsors) were Wojciech Trupiło, a landless farmer, and Marianna Markoska, wife of a farmer
• She was baptized by Leopold Kuczki

Several of the five children of Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska whose Birth and Baptismal Records I’ve shown so far have the same Godparents (sponsors). The Godfather of three of the children was Wojciech Trupiło and the Godmother of four of the children was Marianna Markoska.

Why were these two people asked to be the Godparents of the Dańko children over and over again? Perhaps Wojciech Trupiło and Marianna Markoska were close neighbors, prominent citizens in the community, or family members.

Throughout the Galician records, several different Latin words were used for farmers. The ones I seen most often are agricola, meaning a farmer who owned land, rusticus, meaning a landless farmer, and hortulanus, meaning a gardener who owned a small amount of land.

Copyright © 2007 Stephen J. Danko

The third child and first daughter of Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska was named Wiktoria. She was born in 1800 and is listed as the third baptism from the top of the image below.

The Birth and Baptismal Record for Wiktoria Dańko

SOURCE: Roman Catholic Parish of the Immaculate Heart of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Dubiecko, Poland. Liber Natorum et Baptisatorum (Book of Births and Baptisms). 1800. Wiktoria Dańko. Text in Latin, translated by Stephen J. Danko.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record for Wiktoria Dańko. The record states:

• Wiktoria Dańko was born in house number 161 in Nienadowa
• She was baptized on [06 December 1800 ?] in the church in Dubiecko
• Her parents were Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska
• Her Godparents (Sponsors) were Wojciech Trupiło, a landless farmer, and Marianna Markoska, [well-considered of the parishioners of Nienadowa ?]
• She was baptized by [Gabriel Golecki ?]

The left side of this document has deteriorated to the point where it is difficult to read . Click on the image above and enlarge it as much as you can so you can see the rough texture of the paper on which this document is written.

Personally, I think that images such as this, taken with a digital camera, are so much superior to the microfilm images commonly available for historical records. Not only are the photographic images usually clearer than microfilm images, but you can see the texture and color of the paper in the photographic image.

The records for the parish in Dubiecko, Poland have not been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, so I had to hire a genealogist in Poland to obtain these images for me.

The genealogist indicated that the date of baptism for Wiktoria was 06 Nov 1800, but the name of the month looks more like December to me.

The name of the priest who baptized Wiktoria is difficult to read, but I think it is Gabriel Golecki. I also couldn’t translate the occupation of Marianna Markoska, one of the sponsors. I believe the occupation may say in Latin “Coctrix de Adela Nin”, which I have translated as “well-considered of the parishioners of Nienadowa”, meaning that Marianna may have been a member of the nobility, but I’m not at all certain about this translation.

Copyright © 2007 Stephen J. Danko

My great-great grandfather, Pawel Dańko, was born in 1799 . There is, however, a Birth and Baptismal Record for another Pawel Dańko, born of the same parents in 1796, three years before my great-great grandfather’s birth. The Birth and Baptismal Record for Pawel Dańko born in 1796 is the third record on the image below.

The Birth and Baptism of Pawel Dańko – 1796

SOURCE: Roman Catholic Parish of the Immaculate Heart of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Dubiecko, Poland. Liber Natorum et Baptisatorum (Book of Births and Baptisms). 1796. Pawel Dańko. Text in Latin, translated by Stephen J. Danko.

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptism of Pawel Dańko – 1796 . The record states:

• Pawel Dańko was born in house number 161 in Nienadowa
• He was baptized on 01 Jul 1796 in the church in Dubiecko
• His parents were Wojciech Dańko and Marianna Jedlińska
• His Godparents (Sponsors) were Wojciech Trupiło and Zofia Waydzina, farmers (peasants)
• He was baptized by Tomasz Lazarowiz, Assistant Pastor

The sponsors signed with a mark “X”. This is distinguished from the mark “+” that indicates the death of the person named in the baptismal record, as on the Birth and Baptismal Record for Wiktoria Bębenek. The “+” mark is the sign of the cross and is sometimes circled to distinguish it from the “X” used to sign the records.

The fact that the next male child born to Wojciech and Marianna was also named Pawel is a good indication that their son Pawel born in 1796 died before the next male child was born. After the death of a young child, Poles often used the same name for a child born later.

Copyright © 2007 Stephen J. Danko