The Story of Three Generations of Dominiks

The last name Dominik is derived from Latin and means “of the Lord.” Anna Kosciucha (Ania) from Legnica, Poland told me on August 23, 2023 that the Dominik family came from the village of Różaniec and around 1780 they began to move to Majdan Górny. After 1825, the name Dominik rarely appears in the records of the Tarnogród parish. I was put in contact with Ania through a series of events: Marcin Bielak (my 2nd cousin 1x removed) chatted with me on Facebook about family history. He made the connection related to our Dominik history by mentioning that he met Sławek Domienik while fishing, a hobby which he really enjoys. Marcin connected me with Sławek, who connected me with Anna and I learned a lot. This is the only family line that is documented for seven generations. Most of them are documented for five generations or less. ***** 7th Generation ***** Mikolaj and Regina Dominik (my 7x great grandparents) had at least two children in Różaniec.. Their son Sebastian (my 6x great grandparent) was born in 1706 and their daughter Regina was born in 1713. If the parents were born at least 20 years earlier, then that means Mikolaj and Regina were born approximately in the year 1686. ***** 6th Generation: ***** On January 5, 1706, Sebastian Dominik (my 6x great grandparent) was baptized. His Godparents were Sebastianus Warenciak/Waręciak and Agnes Szczęsniak. Sebastian and his wife Agnes had Paweł (my 5x great grandparent), their only child that I know about. I do not know his wife’s surname or birthdate, their marriage or death dates and if they had other children. ***** 5th Generation ***** Paweł was born on January 14, 1731 in Różaniec. His Godparents were Jan Galka and Dorothea Paszelke, who both lived nearby. Paweł married Anastazja Baja and they had nine children. Four of the children either died young or there is no information about them: Tomasz, their first child who was born in 1752, Mateusz, their second child who was born in 1775, Marcin, their sixth child who was born in 1765, and Marianna, their eighth child who was born in 1771. Paweł and Anastazja’s third child Wojciech was born in 1757, married Zofia Fus from Bukowina, and died at age 52 in 1809. When Wojciech’s wife Zofia died in 1831, 22 years later, she was a beggar in Tomaszow. Her 45-year-old son Szymon, a peasant from the village of Nedeżów and 27 year old Jan Duczakiewicz, a shoemake in Tomaszow and native of Bukowina where Zofia was from, were the witnesses. Paweł and Anastazja’s fourth child Zofia was born in 1759 and married Franciszek Malinowski when she was 18 years old. Their fifth child Tomasz (my 4x grandparent) was born in 1762. He had seven children with his first wife Helena Szydlowaka and four children with his second wife Regina Woycik. He died in 1831 at age 78. Their seventh child Jozef was born in 1768 and married Dorota Szumanik/Lesniak. He died in 1837 at age 69. He is the 5x great grandfather of Ania, who has helped with Dominik family history. Their ninth child Anastazja was born in 1772. Her Godparents were Krzysztof Waręciak and Jadwiga Wlazio, both from Różaniec. She married Jan Typek when she was 16 years old. Sebastian Marson and Tomasz Lacht, neighbors and feudal tenants, were the witnesses. She died a widow in Majdan Gorny, in 1849. Paweł died on June 24, 1806 at the age of 75, in house # 78. There is no information about his wife Anastazja’s death. ***** References: Dominik. The Internet Surname Database. (n.d.). https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Dominik