Marianne WASILEWSKI

21 JUN 1857 - 15 OCT 1926

• BIRTH: 21 JUN 1857, SÄ™dziszów, Malpolska, PL
• DEATH: 15 OCT 1926, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

1.  Josephine Gertrude PIECH
2.  Agnes Frances PIECH
3. +Francis Thomas PIECH
4.  Julia PIECH

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[N4557] Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths
Name Mary Piech
Name Nee Wasilewski
Event Date 15 Oct 1926
Event Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender Female
Age 69
Birth Year (Est) 1857
Birth Date 21 Jun 1857
Birthplace Sedzisiow, Poland
Occupation Housework
Residence Place Chicago, Cook, IL
Spouse's Name Stanislaus Piech
Burial Date 18 Oct 1926
Burial Place Niles Twp., Cook, IL
Cemetery St Adalberts
Citing this Record
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database

Location
In the Middle Ages, Sędziszów Małopolski was located on the border between the Kingdom of Poland and Red Ruthenia. In 1340, after King Kazimierz Wielki, annexed Ruthenia, Sędziszów lost its status of a border town. The town lies between two geographical regions of Poland - the Carpathian Mountains, and Sandomierz Basin. Sędziszów's area is almost 10 square kilometres (4 sq mi), and the town is divided into 5 districts (osiedla). Sędziszów Małopolski lies along European route E40 as well as major rail line E30, which goes from Kraków towards the border with Ukraine.

History
First mentions about Sędziszów Małopolski come from 1320s, when its parich church belonged to the deanery at Dębica. The village belonged to the Odrowąż family, and due to efforts of Jan Odrowąż, Sędziszów was incorporated as a town on February 28, 1483, by King Kazimierz Jagiellończyk. In 1512 Sędziszów received the rights to organize weekly markets (on Tuesdays), and in 1555, the town passed to the hands of the Tarnowski family. In the 1620s, it belonged to Mikołaj Spytko Ligęza, who built roads and strengthened river banks. In 1649 Sędziszów Małopolski belonged to the Lubomirski family, and the town suffered in the 1650s. First, there was a plague, which decimated the population (1652), then, during the deluge, Sędziszów was destroyed by the army of George II Rakoczi. In 1661, the town passed on to the Potocki family, as a dowry in a wedding of Feliks Kazimierz Potocki with Krystyna Lubomirska. The Potockis made several investments in Sędziszów Małopolski, building a town hall, a new parish church and a monastery.

In the 18th century Sędziszów was frequently looted and burned - among others, during the Great Northern War and the Bar Confederation. In 1772 (see Partitions of Poland), Sędziszów was annexed by the Austrian Empire, and in a fire of 1817, large parts of the town were destroyed. Between 1856-1858 Sędziszów received rail connections with Kraków and Lwów, and in the First World War, the town was seized by the Russians in September 1914. The Austrians managed to push them out in May 1915, and the retreating Russians set the town on fire.

In the 1930s, Sędziszów Małopolski became one of centers of the Central Industrial Region, and in 1937, a new factory Zakłady Przemysłowe Sędziszów Małopolski was opened. On September 8, 1939, the town was captured by the Wehrmacht. The Germans opened here a ghetto, in which in mid-1942 there were 1,500 local Jews. In July 1942, the Germans murdered 280 Jews at the ghetto, and the remaining population was transported to Belzec extermination camp, where they perished. Sędziszów Małopolski was an important center of the Home Army, whose units participated in Operation Tempest. The town was captured by the Soviets on August 4, 1944.