Paulina Raczkiewicz Born June 12, 1901

Paulina Raczkiewicz (my great aunt and Andrzej Dubiel’s grandmother) was born June 12 1901 at 5:00 in the afternoon. Her parents were Jan, age 37 and a peasant, and Katarzyna (nee Kaszucki), 30 years old. They lived in the village Sabaudia. (Pictured second one from the left.) Paulina was the 7th of the nine children born to the family. The older children were ages two to thirteen when she was born. The witnesses were both peasants--Marcin Matej, age 30 from Sabaudia and Andrzej Luj, age 28 from Podhorce. Her Godparents were Marcin Matej and Jozefa Kedrowa. Everyone present was illiterate, so the priest read the record outloud to them and was the only one who signed it. ***** Took place in the town Tomaszów on June 5th/18th, 1901 at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Appeared in person Jan Raczkiewicz, age 37, peasant, living in the village Sabaudia< gmina Tomaszów Lubelski>, and in the presence of witnesses Marcin Matej, age 30, and Andrzej Luj, age 28,both peasants living in the villages Sabaudia and Podhorce ,he presented to Us a child of female sex, stated that this child was born in the village Sabaudia on May 30th/June 12th of the current year at 4 o'clock in the morning to his lawful wife Katarzyna nee Kaszócka, 30 years old. At the Holy baptism performed on this day, this child was given the name Paulina and her godparents were 1st witness and Jósefa Kędrowa.This act was read aloud to the illiterate present and signed only by Us.