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Marie Curie's family tree: a daughter who lived to 102.

Marie Curie was born on 7 November 1867 in Warsaw, the daughter of Wladyslaw Jozef Sklodowski and Bronisława Marianna Boguska, and died on 4 July 1934 in Passy, Rhône-Alpes, at 66. She married Pierre Curie. 2 children are in the tree. The FamilySearch Family Tree has her as Maria Salomea Skłodowska.

Five generations, as the FamilySearch Family Tree has them: 22 of the 30 places filled. Each name opens that person's page on FamilySearch.
Three generations, as the FamilySearch Family Tree has them: 6 of the 6 places filled. Each name opens that person's page on FamilySearch.

Marie Curie's family, year by year.

  1. 1867WarsawOn 7 November 1867, Marie Curie is born to Wladyslaw Jozef Sklodowski and Bronisława Marianna Boguska.
  2. 1876WarsawOn 1 January 1876, her sister Zofia Maria Skłodowska dies. She is 8.
  3. 1878WarszawaOn 9 May 1878, her mother, Bronisława Marianna Boguska, dies. She is 10.
  4. 1897Paris, Île-de-FranceOn 12 September 1897, her daughter Irène Curie is born.
  5. 1902Varsovie, MazowieckieOn 14 May 1902, her father, Wladyslaw Jozef Sklodowski, dies. She is 34.
  6. 1904Paris, Ile-de-FranceOn 6 December 1904, her daughter Ève Denise Julie Curie is born.
  7. 1906Paris, Île-de-FranceOn 19 April 1906, her husband, Pierre Curie, dies at 46.
  8. 1934Passy, Rhône-AlpesOn 4 July 1934, Marie Curie dies at 66.

Her children.

Where the lines came from.

Up her father's line: Wladyslaw Jozef Sklodowski, her father, born 1832 in Kielce, Świętokrzyskie; Wladyslaw Józef Skłodowski, her grandfather, born 1804 in Skłody, Masovia; Urban Skłodowski, her great-grandfather, born 1771; Jan Skłodowski, her 2nd great-grandfather, born 1743 in Poland; Jakub Skłodowski, her 3rd great-grandfather, born 1700; Seweryn Skłodowski, her 4th great-grandfather, born 1660 in Skłody, Mazowieckie; Maciej Skłodowski, her 5th great-grandfather, born 1612.

Up her mother's line: Bronisława Marianna Boguska, her mother, born 1835 in Ruchna, Masovia; Felix Boguski, her grandfather, born 1810 in Warszawa, Warszawskiego; Mateusz Boguski, her great-grandfather; Marcin Boguski, her 2nd great-grandfather; Franciszek Boguski, her 3rd great-grandfather; Bartłomiej Kisielewski, her 4th great-grandfather; Stanisław Kisielewski, her 5th great-grandfather; Adrian Kisielewski, her 6th great-grandfather.

The family as the FamilySearch Family Tree holds it: 47 people, 40 of them her ancestors. The earliest on her direct line is Maciej Skłodowski, born 1612.

Gaps in the record.

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From the FamilySearch Family Tree, read on 7 November 2026: 47 people around Marie Curie, up to eight generations back and two down. Thanks to everyone who has added to it. The tree is its contributors' work; where it and history differ, this page says so and names the source. Everyone named on this page has died.