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Submitted by Jeremy Thomas London

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Category: Translation - Polish
Approval Date: 11/4/2026 8:36 PM
Family Surname: Grotszteyn
Country: Poland
Town: Dobrzyn nad Drweca
Date of Image: 1857
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From Szukaj w Archiwach.

This is the 1857 death record from Dobrzyń nad Drwęcą, Rypin, Płock, Poland for my fourth-great-grandmother. JRI-Poland lists the following information from this record:

Deceased: Bayla GROTSZTEYN;
Date: 11 October 1857 (I assume this is the Gregorian date);
Age: 50;
Husband: Rubin GROTSZTEYN;
Witness: Jozef HERC, aged 21.

I don’t need a full translation, but, since this is a particularly important record for me, I’d be grateful if someone could:

1) Check whether all the details listed above are correct; and
2) Tell me any other details from the record, such as her parents’ names, children’s names, any other witnesses, family connections (I believe Jozef HERC is her nephew), occupations, residences, and birth places.

Thanks so much! Hopefully the handwriting isn’t too hard to read.

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On  Response 
11/5/2026 4:19 PM Record stipulates the death was reported by Rubin GROTSZTEJN, labourer aged 54 and Józef HERC, tailor aged 25, both residing in Dobrzyń nad Drwęcą, so both would have been 'witnesses'. Later the record adds that Bajla was the wife of Rubin.

She died in Dobrzyń nad Drwęcą, and yes 11 October is the Gregorian date.

Spelling is Bajla, and yes, aged 50 at death.

No indication in the record that Józef was her nephew. No maiden name, patronymic, names of parents or children etc.

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