1. Adoption Agreement

Certified Copy

Agreement concluded between Mr Władysław Marceli Baraniecki, bearing those two given names, on the one hand, and Mr Franciszek Frischman on the other, with Mrs Wanda Frischman, née Grochowicz, also joining in this deed.

I. Mr Władysław Marceli Baraniecki, being unmarried, hereby adopts Mr Franciszek Frischman, whose father is deceased, as his child. He assumes all obligations imposed by law upon an adoptive father towards his adopted child and grants Mr Franciszek Frischman all rights which, under the law, belong to an adopted child in relation to his adoptive father.

II. Mr Franciszek Frischman accepts the foregoing declaration and undertakes to recognise Mr Władysław Marceli Baraniecki as his adoptive father and faithfully to fulfil all the obligations of an adopted child.

III. Mr Franciszek Frischman shall henceforth bear the surname “Baraniecki” and be known as Franciszek Baraniecki.

IV. Mrs Wanda Frischman, née Grochowicz, joining in this deed as the wife of Mr Franciszek Frischman, fully agrees with its contents and therefore consents to the adoption of her husband described above.

In witness thereof, the parties have signed.

Brzozów, 20 February 1920.

Władysław Marceli Baraniecki, signed in his own hand.

As witness: Stanisław Szajna, signed in his own hand.

Franciszek Frischman, signed in his own hand.

Wanda Frischman, née Grochowicz, signed in her own hand.

Register No. 17377

I hereby certify that Mr Władysław Marceli Baraniecki, bearing those two given names, a retired major residing in Brzozów, who is not personally known to me, signed the foregoing document in his own hand in my presence. His identity was established by an identity document issued by the Military Command in Przemyśl on 10 January 1913 and by the witness Mr Stanisław Szajna, a judicial councillor residing in Brzozów, who is personally known to me.

Brzozów, the twentieth day of February, nineteen hundred and twenty — 20 February 1920.

Bronisław Lipczak, signed in his own hand, appointed deputy notary in Brzozów by decree of the District Court in Przemyśl dated 25 March 1919, reference No. 690 — 13 N./13.

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Register No. 3107

I certify that Mr Franciszek Frischman, pharmacist, and his wife Wanda Frischman, née Grochowicz, both residing in Dynów and personally known to me, signed this document in their own hands today in my presence.

Dynów, the twenty-fourth day of February, nineteen hundred and twenty — 24 February 1920.

Adam Marcinkiewicz, Notary, signed in his own hand.

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I certify that this copy corresponds word for word with the original, written on a single sheet and bearing a revenue stamp of four crowns, with additional stamps of one crown and one crown and fifty hellers on the signature-authentication clauses.

Dynów, the twenty-fifth day of February, nineteen hundred and twenty — 25 February 1920.

Adam Marcinkiewicz
Notary

[Signature and seal]

2. Court Order Approving the Adoption

Reference No. Nc. V. 300/20

ORDER

This Court approves the agreement submitted by Mr Władysław Marceli Baraniecki, a retired major residing in Brzozów, and Mr Franciszek Frischman, a pharmacist in Dynów, dated Brzozów, 20 February 1920, under which Mr Władysław Marceli Baraniecki adopted Mr Franciszek Frischman as his child, since the agreement complies with sections 179, 180 and 182 of the Civil Code.

Under the terms of the aforesaid agreement, Mr Franciszek Frischman shall henceforth be known as “Franciszek Baraniecki”.

The submitted adoption agreement shall be retained in the Court’s custody pursuant to section 282 of the provisions governing non-contentious proceedings.

This order shall be communicated to the Governor’s Office in Lwów, so that it may, if appropriate, order the change of surname of Franciszek Frischman to “Franciszek Baraniecki”. According to the certificate issued by the parish office in Dynów on 30 December 1906, he was born in Dynów on 22 February 1874, the son of August Frischman.

Notice shall be given to:

1. Władysław Marceli Baraniecki, retired major, in Brzozów.
2. Franciszek Frischman, now Franciszek Baraniecki, pharmacist, in Dynów.

District Court, Division V.

Brzozów, 7 April 1920.

[Signature and official stamps]

3. Application to Amend the Family’s Parish Records

To the Honourable Governor’s Office

I. By its order dated Brzozów, 7 April 1920, reference No. Nc. V. 300/20, which has now become final and is enclosed as a certified copy under attachment 1, the District Court in Brzozów:

a. Approved the agreement dated Brzozów, 20 February 1920, under which Mr Władysław Marceli Baraniecki adopted the undersigned, Franciszek Frischmann, as his child. Under the terms of that agreement, the undersigned, Franciszek Frischman, shall henceforth be known as “Franciszek Baraniecki”.

b. Has already communicated the aforesaid order to the Honourable Governor’s Office.

II. Accordingly, enclosing:

a. The birth certificate of Franciszek Frischmann, dated Dynów, 25 August 1919, No. 123, as attachment 2;

b. The marriage certificate of Franciszek Frischmann and Wanda Marya Grochowicz, dated Przemyśl, 24 March 1919, No. 295, as attachment 3;

c. The birth certificate of my son, Kazimierz Adolf Stanisław Frischman, bearing those three given names, dated Dynów, 26 June 1919, No. 106, as attachment 4;

d. The birth certificate of my daughter, Barbara Marya Frischman, bearing those two given names, dated Dynów, 28 March 1919, No. 38, as attachment 5;

and since, under sections 92 and 146 of the Civil Code, a wife and children bear the surname of the husband and father respectively, the undersigned requests that the

Honourable Governor’s Office

take notice of the aforesaid final order of the District Court in Brzozów, dated 7 April 1920, reference No. Nc. V. 300/20, and instruct the parish offices:

a. In Przemyśl: to amend, in its parish registers and in relation to the enclosed marriage certificate, the surname of the undersigned from Franciszek Frischmann to Franciszek Baraniecki;

b. In Dynów: to amend, in its parish registers and in relation to the enclosed birth certificates of the undersigned and his children, Kazimierz Adolf Stanisław Frischman and Barbara Marya Frischman, their family surname from Frischman to “Baraniecki”;

and to notify the undersigned accordingly.