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LUTOMIRSKI'S Family Crest

LUTOMIRSKI’s origin comes from a small Polish town called Chelmica Wielka (Great Helmet) in the Land of Dobrzyn. Lutomirski’s family founders were known as heroic and valiant knights. In 1406, King of Poland and Lithuania, Vladislav Jagiello adjudicates City of Lutomiersk to Przedbor and his son Jan as a reward for bravery and fidelity during fights against Teutonic Knights for the Land of Dobrzyn .

Stanislaus Lutomirski - famous theologian and later an Arian* teacher. Graduate of prestigious universities in Poland and abroad. In 1551 becomes a personal secretary to the King of Poland Sigismund August. In 1563 he becomes a superintendent of Kalvinistic denomination. He was a senior of the Kalvinistic Assembly in Pinczow. After the Synod that took place in Wilno, he calls together two other synods in Brzeziny and Wegrow in 1565. During Seym in Piotrkow he debates publicly on dogmas in the church.

Jan Lutomirski - Treasurer of the Crown during reign of Zygmunt Stary (Sigismund the Elder). He coins and establishes safe deposits for the royal treasury. He performs currency reform in January of 1548.

Lutomirski family loses their privileges, titles, properties and estates during counter-reformation, when a decree proclaiming banishment of all Polish Brothers (Arians) is issued in 1658.

*) Arians - Christian followers of Arianism - theological school originated in the North African Church, based on the teachings of Arius (c. AD 250-336), considered heretical by Catholic Church and condemned by the first Council of Nicea in 325.

My great-grandparents: Alexander Ingnatius Lutomirski with his wife Stefania Theodozia Pietkiewicz, and one of their children - Hieronim Alexander.

Alexander was a sculptor. He was known for his incredible athletic strength. The myth says that he was able to straighten out a horseshoe with his bare hands.

He died at a young age in 1929 becoming a victim of one of the terrible epidemics that were very common then in Europe.

Stefania was left with six children, yet she managed to raise and educate all of them on her own. She died in 1963.


My grandparents: Janina Kulik-Lutomirski and Ludwik Lutomirski. Wedding picture taken in 1935. Ludwik was a sculptor artist working for Lopienski Brothers Co. in Poland. He was killed by Nazis during Warsaw Uprising in 1944. Janina (born in 1910) died in Warsaw on Dec. 14, 2001. More about Warsaw Uprising.		My granduncle: Hieronim Alexander Lutomirski (1897-1976). Ludwik's brother. Very talented artist. Also used to work for Lopienski Bros. This picture was taken in 1921, right after the Polish-Soviet War in which Hieronim Alexander victoriously participated. After the World War II he restored most of the monuments in different cities of Poland, that were destroyed by Nazi Germany .

My other great-grandparents. Parents of Janina Kulik-Lutomirski:


Jozefa Markiewicz-Kulik (1893 - 1964)		Jan Kulik (1889 - 1941)

Stefan

My granduncle Stefan Lutomirski (1910 Warsaw, Poland - 1978 Escondido, CA)

Stefan - brother of Hieronim Alexander and Ludwik. Highly educated in pre-war Poland. During the World War II he was an activist in the underground Polish Army (AK). After the war, in 1945 he emigrates to the United States and settles down in California. He was a member of Polish Congress and member of Polish Choir in Los Angeles. He died prematurely of heart attack during my father's visit in Escondido, CA. With his death all our dreams were gone. I had to wait twelve years to finally relocate to the United States.

My grandfather Alexander Kolacz (1892-1964). This picture was taken about 1914, when the World War I just begun. Poland at that time was still under occupation of Russia, Austria and Germany.

He was serving for Czar's army and participated in the World War I. In 1917, when October Revolution begun, he was fighting against bolsheviks... barely got away with his life!

Alexander was a very talented artist.

More about Kolacz Family

"Nothing can make up for the absence of someone whom we love, and it would be wrong to try to find a substitute. (...) It is nonsense to say that God fills the gap; He does not fill it, but on the contrary, He keeps it empty and so helps us to keep alive our former communion with each other, even at the cost of pain."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MY PARENTS

Elzbieta (Elizabeth) & Waclaw (Vatslav)
My father was born in January of 1925. He is an artist. He has a Master Degree in Arts. His paintings, and other artworks are very unique but yet kept in a conventional, realistic style. He is a veteran of World War II. During the war he was a member of underground army (AK), fighting against Nazis and bolsheviks..
My mother was born in January of 1937. She comes from a famous, noble, protestant family - LUTOMIRSKI. I am very proud of her because she is a wonderful lady. She taught me what is right and what is wrong. She showed me lots of love - and she accepts me today just the way I am. I love my Parents very much and I miss them incredibly, as they still live in my motherland.
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Click here to see my parents in early 1960s!

I love my little girl!

Kasia - My beloved daughter!

Nothing better could ever happened to me! She brings so much joy into my life. Even though we live apart, yet still, we are very close with each other. My each visit to California is a total blessing!

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My dear and only sister: Maria. She lives in Poland and I miss her so much... she is married and has two wonderful kids: Daniel and Diana.

My best friends: Katarzyna (Kasia) Bak (left) and Robert Lawaty (right); both born in Poland, both graduates from F. Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, finally, both opera singers. Kasia lives and performs in Linz, Austria. Robert lives and performs in Warsaw, Poland.

They are more than friends. I consider them as family members.

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