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Cemetery in Daukszyszki

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Cemetery in Daukszyszki

1 The church cemetery is located next to the church in. Care of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the cemetery, on the western side, several gravestones are preserved, now grouped in a lapidary. The oldest preserved tombstone, dating from 1858, is the granite obelisk of Father Justin Korwin-Sakowicz. The preserved inscription reads: /S. P. JUSTYN/ XIĄDZ JUSTYN KORWIN/ SAKOWICZ/ DIED IN 1858/. The five gravestones next to it comprise the Łaszkiewicz family section and date from 1861-1901. Two of the gravestones are cast-iron cuboid pedestals on profiled plinths. The inscriptions of all the tombstones have been preserved: /Ś. WALERYA Z RODZIEWICZÓW / ŁASZKIEWICZOWA/ ZYLA LAT 43 / + 1 go WRZESNIA 1874 / POKOJ JEJ POPIOLOM/ GROBY RAMINY LASZKIEWICZOW/ S. P. JOZEF LASZKIEWICZ/ LIVED 63 YEARS / + 1/13 JUNE 1885. / PEACE TO HIS SHADOWS/ S. S. STANISLAW LASZKIEWICZ / BORN 22 SEPTEMBER / 1860 / DIED 2 SEPTEMBER / 1861 / side: MARYIA LASZKIEWICZ / BIRTH 1 APRIL 1850 / DIED 26 OCTOBER. / 1861 R./.
The 2nd village Catholic cemetery, established in the 1st half of the 19th century, is located outside the village, 150 m west of the church. The cemetery is rectangular in plan, located on a slight hill, occupies an area of 0.4 ha and is fenced with a metal fence with a gate on the eastern side. It is dominated by gravestones from the 1st half of the 20th century. The oldest, legible gravestone is located in the central part of the cemetery and it is the burial place of Jan Hutorowicz from 1875. It has the form of a cuboidal pedestal of red granite on a plinth crowned with an iron crucifix. The inscription of the gravestone has been preserved; / JAN HUTOROWICZ/ ZM. 1874 GRUD. 21/ AT THE AGE OF 77/ A DISTRESSED WIFE/ WITH HER SONS JAN AND STANISŁAW/ ASKS PASSERS-BY FOR AN ANGELIC GREETING/ STANISŁAWA HUTOROWICZÓWNA/ D. 30 MAY 1915/ IN JUZULIN ESTATE/ PEACE TO HER SOUL/.
Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).
Bibliography:
  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech, „Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo wileńskie na obszarze Republiki Białoruś”, Warszawa 2007.
Author:
Bartłomiej Gutowski, Salomea Grabowska
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