Biography of Stefania Mechniewicz
- Description:
- Born into a peasant family in Ignatovo, Alexandrov county, Kovno province, in 1885. Completed high school. Lived in Leningrad. From 1914 she taught in a school; after 1918 she was a nurse; and after 1930, a watchman. She was on the parish council of Visitation of the Holy Virgin Mary Church. In March 1938 she was arrested. Convicted (?). Fate thereafter unknown. Source: Shkarovskii, p. 272
- Variant Names:
- Mechniewicz, Stefania; Mekhnievich, Stefaniia Iosifovna
- Dates:
- 1885-1938
- Locations:
- Ignatovo (Belarus); Kaunas (Lithuania); Saint Petersburg (Russia)
- Subjects:
- female; laity; fate unknown