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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Death Record for Tomasz Niedzia\u0142kowski<\/em><\/p>\n Click on the link for a PDF copy\u00c2\u00a0of the Death and Burial Record for Tomasz Niedzia\u0142kowski – 1862<\/a> .\u00a0 The record, translated from the Polish, states:<\/p>\n 52 .\u00a0 Mosaki Godacze\u00c2\u00a0 This happened in the church-owned village of Krasne on the seventeenth of December one thousand eight hundred twenty six at two in the afternoon there presented themselves the well-born J\u00f3zef Niedzia\u0142kowski, age twenty-five and Leon Chotkowski, age twenty-five, owners of the noble part, both living in Mosaki Godzcze of the Krasne Parish and stated that on this day at seven in the morning, in his home at number three, the well-born Tomasz Niedzia\u0142kowski died, a country-squire, age seventy-two, residing in Mosaki Godacze, leaving behind his widowed wife Cecylia n\u00e9e Chotkowska .\u00a0 After visual confirmation of the death of Niedzia\u0142kowski, this document was read aloud to those appearing, of whom the first is the son of the deceased, it was signed by us those appearing to the document are unable to read.<\/p>\n Reverend Norbert Zalewski, Preacher, Krasne Parish<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This record names the Tomasz’ wife, Cecylia Chotkowska, and his son, J\u00f3zef Niedzialkowski .\u00a0 It also names Leon Chotkowski, likely a relative of Cecylia .\u00a0 In this record, J\u00f3zef and Leon are\u00c2\u00a0both described as “well-born” and “owners of the noble part” of the village, and Tomasz is described as “well-born” and “a country squire”.<\/p>\n The record further identifies where Tomasz died:\u00a0 “in his home at number three”, suggesting that his home\u00c2\u00a0may have been\u00c2\u00a0either close to the center of the village or at one edge of the village since the numbering of houses often started in one of those two places .\u00a0 In Polish villages, the houses were numbered, but the streets were not named .\u00a0 The house number was sufficient to uniquely identify each house.<\/p>\n The Priest who prepared the record described himself as “Kaznodzieja”, meaning “Preacher” .\u00a0 This is the first\u00c2\u00a0record in which\u00c2\u00a0I’ve seen a Polish Priest describe himself as a preacher.<\/p>\n My great-great-great-great grandfather, Tomasz Niedzia\u0142kowski, died in 1826 .\u00a0 His was the 52nd death in the Krasne Parish that year. The Death Record for Tomasz Niedzia\u0142kowski Click on the link for a PDF copy\u00c2\u00a0of the Death and Burial Record for … Continue reading \n