Jeronimo Dominguez was born in Yancey, Texas (Medina County) in 1913. He attended a Missionary School in Medina County but early in his childhood years his family moved to Elgin. Except for his service in WWII he has lived in Elgin ever since. Jeronimo attended public schools but his education was interrupted by periodic trips with his family for seasonal migrant farm work and, (at least one year), they followed the harvest as far as North Dakota. He had completed 8th grade when, in 1934 he left school for employment, mostly as a farm hand where and whenever work was to be found locally near home in Bastrop County. In 1940 he found year-round employment with Rafael Castillo,...
