Kowalski Family photo in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Gd%C3%B3w" class="extiw" title="w:en:Gdów">Gdów</a> circa 1939.
<p>Anna Kowalska (daughter of Marjan Miłkó and Gustawa Boguta, grand-daughter of Szymon Boguta and Walerja née Kusionowicz who was the daughter of Sylwester and sister of Józef, Władysław and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Andrzej_Kusionowicz_Grody%C5%84ski" class="extiw" title="w:en:Andrzej Kusionowicz Grodyński">Andrzej</a>), seated with husband Stanisław alongside children Stanisław,  Janusz and Maria plus their bikes.
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Stanisław Kowalski, was apparently born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Miech%C3%B3w" class="extiw" title="w:en:Miechów">Miechów</a> but was granted land near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Grodno" class="extiw" title="w:en:Grodno">Grodno</a> for his valiant services as an Officer in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski" class="extiw" title="w:en:Józef Piłsudski">Pilsudski</a>'s Army.  He became Mayor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lipniczki" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lipniczki">Lipniczki</a> but was killed by Russians and buried in a nearby forest before his wife Anna dug up his body at night and buried him in a local cemetery under another name so as not to be discovered by the Russians (later the grave was re-named and a statue erected). Anna, who had graduated from Chambre des Beaux Arts in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Vilnius" class="extiw" title="w:en:Vilnius">Wilno (Vilnius)</a>, then took her three children by night to Gustawa's house in Gdów. <br><span style="color:blue;"><i>The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Scotch_Mist/Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Scotch Mist/Poland">Scotch Mist Gallery</a> contains many photographs of historic buildings, monuments and memorials of Poland.</i></span>
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