Józefowo
Nr 21
It happened in Joniec, on April 12th/25th, 1903, at 6 p.m.
appeared: Piotr Wróblewski, 50 years old and Albin Małkiewicz, 34 years old, both farmers from Józefowo and they declared, that yesterday, at 10 a.m., died in Józefowo: Marianna Pierzynowska, life tenant (dożywotnik)*, 87 years old, widow after the late Antoni Pierzynowski, daughter of the unknown parents, birth place unknown, who lived at her family in Józefowo.
After convincing about the death of Marianna Pierzynowska this act was read to the declarants, who all were illiterate and was signed by Us only.
Civil Registrar, priest Ignacy Antoszewski.
*polish word dożywotnik: In common law and statutory law, a life estate (or life tenancy) is the ownership of land for the duration of a person's life. In legal terms, it is an estate in real property that ends at death when ownership of the property may revert to the original owner, or it may pass to another person. The owner of a life estate is called a "life tenant"