The Story of Tomasz Dominik & Regina Wójcik

Tomasz Dominik (my 4x great grandfather) was born in Rozaniec, near Tarnograd around 1753. His parents were Paweł Dominik and Anasztacja Baja. He was first married to Helena Szydlowska and had seven children with her before she died in 1801. ***** He then married Regina Wójcik (my 4x great grandmother) and had four additional children. Their first born child died in childhood. Farm life is not without danger –even for children. Twelve year old Rozalia (1802 – 1814) “died of earth,” (Zabita od ziemi) – possibly a farming accident. Their second child Anna (1806 - 1869) (my 3x great grandmother) married Michal Raczkiewicz and had 11 children. Their third and fourth children died in their 40s. Magdalena (1807 - 1855) married Bartlomiej. She died two years after her mother as a 45 year old widow working as a day laborer. Antoni (1809 - 1854) died as a beggar, nine months after his mother at the young age of 40. During the time period that Regina and Magdalena and Antoni died there was cholera and the Great Famine but no cause of death is given in the records. ***** Tomasz Dominik (my 4x great grandfather) died 15 April 1831 at 8:00 in the morning. He was 78 years old. He was born in Majdan Gorno and lived there his whole life. He left behind his widowed wife Regina nee Wojcik. ***** His younger brother Jozef, 70 and Jan Raszkiewicz, 53 were also peasant farmers in Majdan Gorno and they reported his death. The cause of death is not given but there was a cholera outbreak in Russia from 1829 to 1831 that was brought to Poland from soldiers by 1831. Influenza from 1830 to 1831 was also in Europe at the time. ***** When Regina (Wojcik) Dominik (my 4x great grandmother) died on June 15, 1853, she was an 80 year old peasant. Tomasz had died 22 years earlier. The witnesses that reported the death in Tomaszów two days later were Michał Raczkiewicz and Kazmierz Mazur. Michal was 54 years old and from Sabuadia. He was Regina’s son-in-law, married to Anna (nee Dominik.) The other witness Kazmierz was 60 years old and was from Majdan Górno, where Regina was from. ***** Several other relatives died in Majdan Gorny the same year: Jan Raczkiewicz (my 4x great grandfather) died in January at age 75. He was Anna nee Dominik’s father-in-law. Katarzyna (Krawczyk) Grabek (my 3x great grandmother) also died there in March at age 50.