Tadeusz Szymon Krępowiecki

⸺ by Charles Iliya Krempeaux

Tadeusz Szymon Krępowiecki (~1798 - January 5th, 1847) is my father's father's father's father, according to various records I found.

Name Variants

I have seen his name also written as Thadé Krempowiecki often in French language sources.

And have seen his name written as Тадеуш Шимон Кремповецкий in Russian language source.

An anglicized version of his name might be: Thaddeus Simon Krempowiecki, or even Thaddeus Simon Krempo. A Canadian version of his name might be: Thaddeus Simon Krempeaux.

His Parents

A record of Tadeusz Szymon Krępowiecki's marriage to Mary Ann Westcott provides his father's name. The name of Tadeusz Szymon Krępowiecki's father (in this record) is: Martin. Thus Martin Krępowiecki.

I also saw a family-tree that had Tadeusz Szymon Krępowiecki's mother as: Marianne Siewert. I don't have any information of the source.

In some records, it is mentioned that he has an ancestor named Adam Krępowiecki.

His Family

He married (my father's father's father's mother) Mary Ann Westcott, and had at least one child.

One of his children is named Thadias Krempowiecki. This is my father's father's father. Thadias Krempowiecki's full name may have been "Alfred Thadias Krempowiecki".

Multiple sources say Tadeusz Szymon Krępowiecki descendent of noble converts. Other sources say he is a Pole of Jewish origin. This suggests that either he or someone he is a decendent of converted to some form of Christanity from Judaism.

This is consistent with the results of my, my brother's and my father's sister's eldest son's DNA scans, which suggest Askenazi decent along the direct male line. If fact, those DNA results suggest it is either him or someone on his direct male line that converted from Judaism to Christanity,

His Notableness

A number of sources (books, encyclopedias, scholarly papers) have found him noteworthy due to attributing him to involvement in what was eventually called the "November Uprising" or "November Insurrection", and his involvement in what was eventually called the "Great Emigration".

My understanding is that it is due to (what eventually was called) the "Great Emigration" (or "Wielka Emigracja" in Polish) that Tadeusz Szymon Krępowiecki (eventually) ended up in England, (eventually) married Mary Ann Westcott, and had children.

Krępowiecki, Krempowiecki, Krempo, Krempeaux

While Tadeusz Szymon Krępowiecki was later in England, his family name was written in an Anglicized form as "Krempowiecki" because English does not have the letter Polish letter "ę" (which is pronounced as "em"), and "ę" gets turned into "em".

Some documents show some of his grandchildren sometimes having their their family name shortened as "Krempo".

One of his grandchildren — Charles Stanislaus Krempeaux — eventully had "Krempo" written in a French style as "Krempeaux".

Charles Stanislaus Krempeaux brought this spelling of the family name with him when he moved to Canada. And the decendents of Charles Stanislaus Krempeaux's and his wife Helen Elizabeth Kerr use the "Krempeaux" spelling.

Also note that, because of his noteworthiness, he also appear in Russian language literature. In that, the family name is spelt: Кремповецкий.

His Funeral

Stanisław Gabriel Worcell seemed to have spoken at Tadeusz Szymon Krępowiecki's funeral.

His Descendents

Some of Tadeusz Szymon Krępowieck's known descendents include:

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