Anna (Dominik) Raczkiewicz died June 23, 1869

Current events included a year-long outbreak of cholera, the continuing struggle for democracy and the effects of overpopulation, when Anna (Dominik) Raczkiewicz (my 3x great grandmother) died. Anna died June 23, 1869. Jan Skurcz, 36 and Jozef Bender, 30, who lived nearby helped to report the death. She was the daughter of Tomasz Dominik and Regina nee Wojcik. Her family was from Majdan Gorny. She was 63 years old and left behind her husband Michal. Anna and Michal were married for 45 years and had 11 children together. During this time period, the health of people in general improved with the result that more children made it to adulthood. Eventually this would lead to the challenge of not having enough land to divide among the children in a family. They lived in the village of Sabaudia and worked as farmers. In Poland, the farmland is divided into long, thin fields that start from the road. This makes it easy to plow since the number of turns is reduced. Different crops may have been planted in each strip, allowing the family to be self-sufficient.