When Theophilus Philemon Slagowski was born on 21 August 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Xaverius Franciscus Slagowski, was 43 and his mother, Margaret Maria Steiber, was 43. He died on 27 November 1865, in his hometown, at the age of 3, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Polish Jacek, Wiktor, Zbigniew.
Polish (Łagówski): habitational name for someone from a place called Łagów, named with Polish łao, a derivative of Old Polish łagoda ‘order, quiet’.
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