{"id":874,"date":"2006-12-15T16:02:25","date_gmt":"2006-12-15T23:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/15\/perhaps-he-just-didnt-know\/"},"modified":"2011-05-11T10:53:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T17:53:06","slug":"perhaps-he-just-didnt-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/874","title":{"rendered":"Perhaps He Just Didn&#8217;t Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, I was searching the website of the <a title=\"New England Historic Genealogical Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americanancestors.org\/\">New England Historic Genealogical Society<\/a> (NEHGS) for the Massachusetts\u00c2\u00a0Marriage Record\u00c2\u00a0for Adam Koscinczyk .\u00a0 Adam\u00c2\u00a0was to become the father-in-law of Anthony Chmielewski, whose birth record I described yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>A search of the Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 resulted in only two hits:\u00a0 the marriage of Adam Koscinczyk and Valerie Helena Burakiewicz, and the marriage of Joseph Koscinczyk and Rozalia (Bachon) Krawczyk .\u00a0 The marriage of Adam and Valerie was the\u00c2\u00a0record for which I was searching, but I found the other record, the marriage of Joseph and Rozalia much more interesting.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Niewiem Left\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Niewiem-Left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image872\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 461px; height: 61px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Niewiem-Left.jpg\" alt=\"Niewiem Left\" width=\"461\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The left side of the marriage register shows that Joseph Koscinczyk and Rozalia (Bachon) Krawczyk were married on 22 Nov 1905 in Holyoke (Massachusetts) .\u00a0 Joseph was 28 years old, and this was his first marriage .\u00a0 Rozalia was a 23-year-old widow, and this was her second marriage .\u00a0 Joseph was\u00c2\u00a0a laborer from Russia-Poland residing in Worcester, and Rozalia was an Operative from Austria residing at 21 Oliver St., Holyoke.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Niewiem Right\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Niewiem-Right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image873\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 389px; height: 62px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Niewiem-Right.jpg\" alt=\"Niewiem Right\" width=\"389\" height=\"62\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the right side of the marriage register, Joseph listed his parents as Anton Koscinczyk and Margaritte Niewiem .\u00a0 Rozalia listed her parents as John Bachon and Mary Scribek .\u00a0 The marriage was officiated by the Rev. St. [Stanis\u0142aw]\u00c2\u00a0Tarnowski, Holyoke, Clergyman, and the event\u00c2\u00a0was recorded on 23 Nov 1905.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s so interesting about this record?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, Joseph&#8217;s mother&#8217;s maiden name is listed as &#8220;Niewiem&#8221;, which is not a Polish surname at all .\u00a0 &#8220;Nie wiem&#8221; is a Polish sentence that means &#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that, when asked for his mother&#8217;s maiden name, Joseph answered in Polish,\u00a0&#8220;Nie wiem&#8221;, and the clerk dutifully recorded that response in the register.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2006 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, I was searching the website of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) for the Massachusetts\u00c2\u00a0Marriage Record\u00c2\u00a0for Adam Koscinczyk .\u00a0 Adam\u00c2\u00a0was to become the father-in-law of Anthony Chmielewski, whose birth record I described yesterday. 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