Poland: Legitimate Reason For Multiple Illegitimate Children?

[RanneFraser]

Hiya! I've been looking into a relative named Rozalia Kostecka. She was from Spieszyn, Poland. She was married to Grzegorz Wiszniewski then died in 1919. Her death certificate doesn't list any parents and i've been unable to find a marriage record yet. Just a few years ago, Spieszyn had no records online so i'm ecstatic for what is available now. Looking into the Kostecki families in Rudka revealed just one having children around the time of Rozalia's birth in 1855. Jan Kostecki and Elzbieta Wasilewska. I thought this was promising since they only had two children born 1859 and 1861, until i looked into Elzbieta on her own. She had many illegitimate children before having the two with Jan, none of them being a daughter named Rozalia. So while i no longer believe this is Rozalia's family, unless her husband was wrong about her birth date and she came after 1862 when the records end, i am very much interested in Elzbieta's reasoning for having so many illegitimate children. Could Jan have been the father of all her children? Could they have not been allowed to marry for some reason? Different religions maybe? There are a lot of records missing so it will probably have to wait a few more years, but curious if anyone has a guess? Also, Elzbieta herself was illegitimate as there is a Katarzyna Wasilewska having multiple illegitimate children as well.

[brigidmac]

I wouldn't like to hazard a guess on this apart from maybe looking into Roch ...could be a version of Rose Rosalie

It's odd that Elzbieta had a child with a different man between the two she had with Jan .

Did you find death records of any of these children

[RanneFraser]

While the records for marriages and deaths say 1808-1925, there are large gaps so no luck on the burials for any of the children. Likewise, no marriage for Rozalia. I noticed that with Elzbieta as well, but i thought maybe it's a different person in a different town with the same name? If it's her having multiple baby daddies, why would the fathers' claim her on a register? Wouldn't it continue to say 'illegitimate'. My theory is she had this relationship with Jan until his wife died and then they made it legit, but with the lack of burial or marriage records, i can't corroborate that. It's an interesting discussion though.