Julie, A man would marry more than once in Poland usually because the mother of his children died and he needed someone to take care of them. Multiple marriages in Poland were common (prior to modern medicine). It was not all that important to people who their birth mother was - they were taken care of and that's what was important. I don't think your grandmother meant anything sinister when said people didn't talk about things like that. I think she just meant the question never came up. Debbie [email protected] wrote: > > Hi, Karen, > I haven't been following this thread, but I did happen to see your message, and it struck me as being similar to a situation in my own family. Please post to the list (or me, privately) if you are eventually able to obtain documentation for all three of those marriages. My g-g-grandfather was supposedly married 3 times, according to his children's (US) marriage records -- to Maryanna Krawczynska, Anna Nowacka, and Marya Cebulska. I have searched through the records from their home parish in Poland (courtesy of the LDS FHC) and have only been able to document the first marriage, to Maryanna Krawczynska. I have been unable to locate a death record for her, or records for any of the subsequent marriages that should have taken place. > Grandma has always insisted that "people didn't talk about that stuff back then" and I've uncovered a lot of evidence to support her assertion. I'm beginning to wonder if there was only one marriage, to Marianna Krawczynska, and my g-grandmother's siblings simply never knew their mother's name. I'm thinking that they "made one up" when they needed to put something down for their own marriage records, unbelievable as that may sound from our modern perspective. I've seen this before in at least one other old marriage record (from the US), for which the person put down "unknown" for mother's maiden name. I'd be interested to know if others on the list have had similar experiences. I haven't given up searching for those other marriage and death records, but since they aren't in the batch of records that they should be in, I'm a little perplexed. > Julie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Carpenter" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:27:55 PM > Subject: Re: [POLAND] POLAND-ROOTS Digest, -- 3 Mariannas > > Hi, Bronwyn, > I think Debbie answered my query. I have the possibility of my gggrandfather being married twice before Marianna Ulatowska. I am searching to verify marriage and death records. All three of the wives' first name was Marianna: Sierecki, Radeski, and now Ulatowska. > Thanks. > Karen > > >> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Karen Carpenter <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Oh, boy! That means three -- all named Marianna! >>> Thanks, Debbie. >>> Karen