{"id":23504,"date":"2024-11-24T06:03:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T14:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=23504"},"modified":"2024-11-24T12:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T20:51:46","slug":"the-death-of-antoni-myszkiewicz-a-soldier-who-died-in-the-january-uprising-1863","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/23504","title":{"rendered":"The Death of Antoni Myszkiewicz – a Soldier Who Died in the January Uprising – 1863"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most death records recorded in the metrical records of Polish parishes report the deaths of members of the parish. Occasionally, a death is reported for someone who was not a member of the parish, but who died within the reaches of the parish – for example, the death of a soldier who died in battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The death of Antoni Myszkiewicz was reported in the metrical records for Szwelice parish in 1864. I have not found records for anyone else with the surname Myszkiewicz in the Szwelice metrical records, and therefore assume that Antoni was born elsewhere. The death record, although recorded on 18 November 1864, states that Antoni died in battle in the fields of Czarnost\u00f3w on 18 September 1863. Most death records in the Congress Kingdom of Poland from this time period do not mention the place of burial, but this states that Antoni was buried in the cemetery in Szwelice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The date of Antoni’s death is significant. The January Uprising in the Kingdom of Poland began on 22 January 1863 and continued into 1864. The January Uprising was an effort to end Russian occupation of Poland and regain independence. As a consequence of this uprising, hundreds of Poles were executed and tens of thousands were exiled to Siberia. Serfdom in Poland was abolished in an effort to ruin the nobility for their role in the uprising. The voivodeships were eliminated and replace with Russian-style gubernias. One of the most significant consequences of the uprising was the increased effort to “Russify” the Polish people. Shortly after the uprising, the government required that metrical records be written in Russian instead of Polish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Death and Burial Record for Antoni Myszkiewicz – 1863\/1864<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Polish, the record states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Szwelice 35.
Dzia\u0142o si\u0119 we wsi koscielny Szwelicach dnia osmnastego listopada tysi\u0105c osmset szes\u0107dziesi\u0105tego czwarteo roku o godzinie trzeciej a po\u0142udnie. Stawi\u0142 si\u0119 Franciszek Zebrowski gospodarz rolny lat dwadziescia osm, i \u0141ukasz Biel stangre\u0142 latczterdziesci mai\u0105cy w Slubowie Zamieszkali i oswiadczyli nam \u017ce byli naocznani \u015bwiadkami poleg\u0142ego na polach czarnostowskich Antoniiego Myszkiewicza zo\u0142nierz a oko\u0142o lat dwadziescia cztery mai\u0105cego i w boju w dniu osmnastem wrzesnia tysi\u0105c osmset sze\u015bcdziei\u0105tego treciego roku ktory pozostawi\u0142 zon\u0105 Ann\u0105 z Orle\u0144skich – pochowany zosta\u0142 na cmentarzy Swelicach po przekonaniu iz prawdzie \u015bwiadk\u00f3w iednozgodnie zekorac\u0105cych. Akt ten stawai\u0105cym przeczytany, przez nas i tych\u017ce przypu\u0119 impiera podpisany zosta\u0142.
Ksi\u0105dz Ko\u0142akowski Proboszcz Szwelicach, Utrzymuj\u0105cy Akta stanu Cywilnego
XXX Franciszek Zebrowski
XXX \u0141ucasz Biel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated into English, the document reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Szwelice 35.
This happened in the church-owned village of Szwelice on November 18, 1864, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Franciszek Zebrowski, a farmer of 28 years, and \u0141ukasz Biel, a stableman of 40 years, who live in Slubowo, appeared and declared to us that they were eyewitnesses to the death of Antoni Myszkiewicz, a soldier of about 24 years, who was killed in battle in the fields of Czarnost\u00f3w on the September 18, 1863, leaving behind a wife, Anna n\u00e9e Orle\u0144ska. He was buried in the Szwelice cemetery after I was convinced that the witnesses were unanimously testifying to the truth. This document was read to the declarants, and signed by us and by the imperial authority.
[signed] Father Ko\u0142akowski, Pastor of Szwelice, Maintaining the Civil Status Records
[signed with his mark] XXX Franciszek Zebrowski
[signed with his mark] XXX \u0141ukasz Biel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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