Antoni Lepkowski --> help locating village

[Balinovitch_Elizabeth]

Hello, I came across a section in a book written about my great-great-grandfather Antoni Łepkowski and great-grandfather Jan Łepkowski.

The section says Antoni was born in Połędze in Popowo, Bogusze, but I'm having trouble pinpointing the location. Is it the same Popowo as the one in Grajewo?


transcribed: 'Do 1922 r. byt poddanym rosyjskim. Usilnie starat sie o zmiane statusu przynaleznosci. Na podstawie pisma Starostwa Szczuczynskiego, z 17 sierpnia 1923 r. (nr 14960/23), skierowanego do Wydziatu Konsularnego Delegacji Polskiej w Konstantynopolu i potwierdzajacego, ze jego ojciec, Antoni Lepkowski, urodzit sie w 1824 r. w Potedze, przynaleznej do wsi Popowo w gminie Bogusze, otrzymat diugo oczekiwane obywatelstwo i paszport polski, a tym samym zostat zarejestrowany przez wtadze tureckie jako obywatel polski. Podobnie jego potomstwo.'

from this: https://republikapolonia.pl/2021/10/25/ ... lepkowski/ --> At page 44, under the photo of my great-grandfather.

I also need help finding any records on him: born 1824 (in the village above), died 23 August 1915 in Constantinople, Turkey. His father was supposedly Kazimierz Łepkowski (no information). He is said to have fought under Józef Bem, and settled in Turkey after going there with Adam Mickiewicz in 1855.

Thank you

[mbeelas]

Hello, I came across a section in a book written about my great-great-grandfather Antoni Łepkowski and great-grandfather Jan Łepkowski.

The section says Antoni was born in Połędze in Popowo, Bogusze, but I'm having trouble pinpointing the location. Is it the same Popowo as the one in Grajewo?


transcribed: 'Do 1922 r. byt poddanym rosyjskim. Usilnie starat sie o zmiane statusu przynaleznosci. Na podstawie pisma Starostwa Szczuczynskiego, z 17 sierpnia 1923 r. (nr 14960/23), skierowanego do Wydziatu Konsularnego Delegacji Polskiej w Konstantynopolu i potwierdzajacego, ze jego ojciec, Antoni Lepkowski, urodzit sie w 1824 r. w Potedze, przynaleznej do wsi Popowo w gminie Bogusze, otrzymat diugo oczekiwane obywatelstwo i paszport polski, a tym samym zostat zarejestrowany przez wtadze tureckie jako obywatel polski. Podobnie jego potomstwo.'

from this: https://republikapolonia.pl/2021/10/25/ ... lepkowski/ --> At page 44, under the photo of my great-grandfather.

I also need help finding any records on him: born 1824 (in the village above), died 23 August 1915 in Constantinople, Turkey. His father was supposedly Kazimierz Łepkowski (no information). He is said to have fought under Józef Bem, and settled in Turkey after going there with Adam Mickiewicz in 1855.

Thank you

You just need to find older map (I think pre 1900, cause I checked the one from 1930's). This place was part of the village which exists nowadays:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xegP5iJr1bwmWqgv9