Parafia św. Izydora w Topólczy – parafia rzymskokatolicka znajdująca się w dekanacie Szczebrzeszyn, w diecezji zamojsko-lubaczowskiej. In 1919, the recently erected brick edifice was turned over by the Austrians to the Catholic Church
After the failure of the revolution (1864) the Romanov Tsar- Alexander II- abolished the Union, forcing the Greek Catholics to convert to Orthodoxy in 1875. This was part of a strict Russification policy...the weak slowly gave up, giving in to the Orthodox priests, gendarmes, and the border police,,,
the persecution of the Uniates took on dramatic forms...
Timofey Tracz, arrived as rector in Szczebrzeszyn, It was a sad chapter for the Polish Catholics, especially for the Uniates. The priest was once a Uniate. He had freely converted to the Orthodox belief and became an ideological Russifier ...his activities took on a fanatical character...
He instilled fear in everyone in the Zamosc area. No one opposed him. It must be said that he made great strides in spreading Orthodox beliefs. He carried out his mission without too many reservations: with promises, harassment, threats, and force....The number of adherents to the Orthodox parish grew relatively quickly and consisted of 486 souls at the time.
In 1905, in the first two months after the declaration of the Tolerance Manifesto, the region saw 4195 people convert from the Orthodox to the Roman Catholic religion, of which 402 were from Szczebrzeszyn and Zamosc environs...
During World War I, when the Russians left Szczebrzeszyn, both churches were closed. The entire Orthodox parish disappeared instantly. In order to wipe out any trace of their former beliefs, families changed the inscriptions of their kin on their tombstones from Russian to Polish...
My grandmother, Eugenia Panuciak was born in 1893 and was thus baptized in the Orthodox Church in Topólcza. She was among those who converted to Catholic religion after the declarartion of the Tolerance Manifesto.
My grandmother, Eugenia Panuciak was born in 1893 and was thus baptized in the Orthodox Church in Topólcza. She was among those who converted to Catholic religion after the declarartion of the Tolerance Manifesto.
Below are the Greek Catholic and Orthodox Chruch records for my grandmother's family who lived in Turzyniec and moved to the neighboring village of Topolcza sometime between 1853 and 1882.
Turzyniec village. This happened in Szczebrzeszyn on January 19th, 1837 at 3:00 p.m. Jan Panuciak appeared, husband (of the deceased), age 44, and Jerzy Szuta, half brother of the deceased, age 25, both peasants of the village Turzyniec, and stated that yesterday at 3:00 p.m. Anastazja Panuciak died, married, age 46, peasant of the village Turzyniec, daughter of the late Jędrzej and Anna Szuta nee Szłapak, peasants in the village of Turzyniec, leaving behind a widowed husband Jan Panuciak. After visual confirmation of the death of Anastazja Panuciak, this document was read aloud to the declarants, stating they do not know how to write, I signed. Father Jan Iwaskiewicz, paster of Szczebrzeszyn, Greek-Catholic rites, Administrator of Topólcza parish
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The following is the death certificate of the wife of my 3rd great uncle JAN PANUCIAK
Turzyniec. No.311. It came to pass in Szczebrzeszyn on the 31st of December 1839, at one o’clock in the afternoon, there appeared Jan Panuciak, husband of the deceased, 50 years old, and Antoni Panuciak, 45 years old, both peasant farmers residing in Turzyniec and attested that two days ago at 9 o’clock in the evening Agnieszka Panuciak, a peasants wife, died in Turzyniec, 50 years of age, daughter of unknown parents, herself a peasant from Łukowa (note: about 25 kms south
of Turzyniec),
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It was in Szczebrzeszyn on February 23rd 1841 at 3 pm. Witnesses Jan Budzyński (50 years) and Franciszek Kur (?) (23 years) - both farmers in Turzyniec. A marriage between Jan Panas (19 years) greek catholic small farmer born in Topólcza - his parents Andrzej and Marianna nee Kowalczyk and Antonina nee Ciupik (?) Panuciak (age 24) - widow of Szymon Panuciak since April 22nd 1840, a daughter of Łukasz and Małgorzata nee Wrocka.
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*The following is the marriage certificate of my 2nd great grandparents-JAN PANUCIAK and ZOFIA KRUPA (both born c. 1823):
It did happen in Topólcza, Nov 5th 1843, at noon. We make it known that in the presence of witnesses Andrzej Kur, 38y old, and Jozef Buczak 23 y old, farmers residing in Turzyniec, neighbors of the said below Jan Panuciak, today has been concluded the religious marriage between Jan Panuciak, young man, 20 yrs old, farmer residing in Turzyniec, son of Antoni and Anna Panuciak nee Bojar, farmers residing in Turzyniec, and Miss Zofia Krupa, daughter of the late Jan and the living Katarzyna Krupa nee Typiak, farmer, 20yrs old, born in Topólcza and staying at service in Turzyniec.
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The following death certificate confirms Jan (b.c.1793), *Antoni (c. 1795) and Mikolaj (c. 1787) are brothers PANUCIAK
*Antoni is my 3rd great grandfather.
MICHAL PANUCIAK and ANNA SZUTA are my 4th great grandparents (born c. 1770)
Topólcza, November 24th 1843, 1:00 p.m.; Witnesses: Jan Panuciak, age 50, and Antoni Panuciak, age 48, brothers of the deceased,farmers residing in Turzyniec; Deceased: on the 22nd of this month and year at 9:00 p.m. in Turzyniec Mikołaj Panuciak died, age 56, farmer, son of the late Michał and Anna Panuciak nee Szuta, leaving behind a widowed wife Agnieszka Panuciak nee Podolak.
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The following is the death certificate of my 3rd great grandmother ANNA PANUCIAK nee TYPIAK
Noting my 4th great grandparents JACENTY TYPIAK and JOHANNA BADZYNSKI
It was on March 5th/17th 1845 at 1 pm. Antoni Panuciak, age 52 - husband of the decesed - and Józef Kowalski age 50 - neighbor, both owners, living in Turzyniec, said that on March 1st/15th 1845, at 1 pm, Anna Panuciak - daughter of Jacenty and Johanna Typiak nee Badzyński, living in Turzyciniec - at age 55, has died in Turzyciniec . She left her widowed husband Antoni Panuciak.
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It did happen in Topólcza, Jan 27th, 1850, at one o'clock in the afternoon. We make it known that in the presence of witnesses Eliasz Krupa, 33 years old, and Jan Panuciak, 36 years old, farmers, the first residing in Topólcza, brother in law of the stated below groom [husband of his sister], and the second residing in Turzyniec, brother in law of the bride [husband of her sister], today has been concluded religious marriage between Marcin Koper, a young man 27 years old, born in Topólcza, son of Michał and the late Zofia Koper, born Chorzep [or Chorzepa], farmer residing right by his Father, and Miss Anna Krupa, 20 yrs old, farmer born in Topólcza, daughter of the late Jan and Katarzyna Krupa nee Typiak, and now residing with her mother in Turzyniec.
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The following is the translation of the baptism of my great grandfather WOJCIECH PANUCIAK
It did happen in Topólcza,Apr 25 1852 at 6 o'clock in the afternoon. Appeared in Jan Panuciak, 29 years old, farmer from Turzyniec, in the presence of Jan Ruski, 53 years old, and Wawrzyniec Jonasz, 45 years old, both farmers from Turzyniec, and presented us a male child born in Turzyniec in the twenty-second day of the current month and year, at eleven o'clock at night, with his wife Zofia born Krupa twenty-eight years old. On the holy baptism and confirmation held today the child has
been given the name of Wojciech and his godparents were Jan Ruski and Maryanna Kurzycka. This act after being read to the present and witnesses, by ourselves was signed, because they do not know how to write. Priest Jozef Lisowski, Pastor at the parish Topólcza
N 6 Turzyniec
Dzialo sie w Topólczy dnia dwudziestego piatego kwietnia tysiac osiemset piecdziesiatego drugiego roku, o godzinie szostej po poludniu.Stawil sie Jan Panuciak, lat dwadziescia dziewiec majacy, wloscianin z Turzynca, w obecnosci Jana Ruskiego lat piecdziesiat trzy, i Wawrzynca Jonasza lat czterdziesci piec majacych, obydwoch wloscian z Turzynca, i okazal nam dziecie plci meskiej urodzone w Turzyncu dnia dwudziestego drugiego biezacego miesiaca i roku o godzinie jedenastej w nocy, z jego malzonki Zofii z Krupow lat dwadziescia osiem majacej. Dziecieciu temu na chrzcie swietym i bierzmowania w dniu dzisiejszym odbytym nadane zostalo imie Wojciech, a rodzicami jego chrzestnemi byli Jan Ruski z Maryann Kurzycka. Akt ten po przeczytaniu go stawajacemu i swiadkom przez nas samych podpisany zostal, gdyz ci pisac nie umieja.
Ksiadz Jozef Lisowski, Proboszcz parafii Topolckiej
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It took place in city Szczebrzeszyn on April 21, 1873 at 4 p.m. Appeared Jan Panuciak,the child's father, peasant, living n village Topólcza, 50 years old in the presence of Michał Bogdzieszowicz 32 years old and Tomasz Gurma, 24 years old, peasants from Topólcza and presented us male child and said that the child was born in Topólcza on 17 April 1873 at 4a.m. from his legal wife Tekla maiden name Chorzempa, 40 years old.
-----------The following is the baptismal os my grandmother's sister MARIA PANUCIAK identifying my great grandmother KATARZYNA FERENC (from another parish which is unknown at this time)
No. 30
It came to pass in the village of Topolcza on August 5, 1888, at 4:00 PM. Appeared in person Wojciech Panuciak, 25, farmer residing in Topolcza, in the presence of Jan Lipec, 35, and Tomasz Gucki, 36, farmers residing in Topolcza, and presented us with a female infant, declaring that she was born in Topolcza on the third of this month and year at 8:00 AM of his legal wife Katarzyna nee Ferenc, age 29. At holy baptism and anointing today by Fr. Ioann Gregoriewski, the child was named MARIA. Godparents were Jan Lipec and Maria Rusiak. This act read aloud to the illiterate and signed only by me. Administrator and registrar.
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1886 Michal 6 years old, son of Piotr and Antonina née Dulembuvcho died
It happened in Topólcza on March 5th 1892 at 2 p.m. Appeared Mikołaj Fituła 21 years old and Józef Kur 31 years old peasants living in village Turzyniec and said that on March 3rd, 1892 in Turzyniec, died 6 a.m. Agnieszka Panuciak the 9 months old daughter of Wojciech Panuciak and Helena Panuciak nee Fituła peasants living in village Turzyniec
1893 Maria, 5 y old dtr of Wojciech Panuciak and Katarzyna Ferenc died http://regestry.lubgens.eu/viewpage.php?page_id=766
1893 Jan Panuciak 72 farmer widower died...(therefor born c 1821- no more info noted).
In the village Topolcza appeared on March 27th, 1899 at 3 p.m, Nikolay Cielica (40 year old) and with present wittnes ... and showed us a newborn female , that he was born in the village Turzniec on March 25th this year at 9 p.m from wife Ekaterina maiden family Mazur (35 year old). The child was baptized by priest Ioan Grigorevski and give name Stachiy, godparents were Feodor
Kнorzemna with Antonina Сhernecka.
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