Urodzenia pozamałżeńskie w społeczności rzymskokatolickiej parafii Trzebieszów w latach 1815–1867

Abstract

The article discusses issues related to the occurrence of illegitimate births in the rural Roman Catholic community of Trzebieszów parish in the Łuków region, in the years 1815–1867. This article addresses issues related to the number of births out of wedlock, the social and territorial origin of the illegitimate children, the mothers’ marital status, and the children’s gender. The source basis for the analysis was the parish registers from 1815–1867. The results of the analyzes showed that the births of illegitimate children accounted for 3.29% of those recorded in the parish. The research showed that children born out of wedlock came predominantly from the working population of peasant origin, who most often lived on farmsteads (‘zaścianki’) and estate villages, where a manor house or grange (‘folwark’) was located, among other things.

Keywords

• illegitimate births
• Trzebieszów parish
• Lukov area
• Roman Catholic community
• XIX century
• historical demography