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LaisLewicki   
12 Oct 2010
Genealogy / Museum of Apiculture in Warsaw [11]

Hello!

I'm hoping that perhaps one of you can point me in the right direction. Well, searching the web for my great great grandfather's name (Kazimierz Lewicki), I have found this website:

chronologia.pl/osoba-leka18470304u0-pl.html (just add the w w w, as a new member, I can't post links)

Count me as a hopeless otimist, but my grandfather claims that my Kazimierz Lewicki was a beekeeper who lived and died at around the same time as the one in this website and who lived in Warsaw for a while. So I thought that they might be the same person but I can not find any further information on this, as I do not speak Polish. I was hoping someone could find me some contact information for this Museum, if there is a museum out there still, or perhaps if someone could find me information on this Kazimierz Lewicki's family, such as wife's name or children's name. With that, I can easily affirm if he's the same man or not. I was hoping to get this information and maybe (hopefully) show this to my grandfather as a nice surprise.

Anyway, I appreciate any help you can give me.
LaisLewicki   
12 Oct 2010
Genealogy / Museum of Apiculture in Warsaw [11]

I'll check into this information, thanks.

Perhaps it's best that I add a little more information about my family.

Kazimierz Lewicki married Helena Krupecka De Rogalla Lewicki (not sure about the spelling). According to my grandfather, they had four children: Kazimierz, Mieczyslaw(my great grandfather) and two daughters. Mieczyslaw joined the Russian Army a little before the Russian Japanese War in 1904, he was stationed in a war prison in Syberia and was awarded a silver medal with the face of Nicholas II. He came to Brazil with Kazimierz (his brother) in 1906, they arrived in Rio de Janeiro.

My grandfather estimates that my greatgrandfather, Mieczyslaw was born in the 1880's.

It seems to me that if my greatgreatgrandfather is indeed this famous beekeeper, than I would be related to this Stanislaw you send me the link to. I wish I had a better way to confirm it. (over the internet, I mean, being in Brazil limits my options a bit)

Thank you for your help, if you can find anything else, I would be really grateful.

I found an article on the Kazimierz Lewicki from the Museum

culturaapicola.com.ar/wiki/index.php/Kazimierz_Lewicki

But I'm still very confused on this... I'm really starting to convince myself that there were two Kazimierz living in Warsaw at the same time working with bee-keeping. The article doesn't say anything about spouses, children or how he died.

My grandfather tells me that my Kazimierz went blind from a blow to the head, he fell of his horse or carriage. I believe he died a few years after going blind.
LaisLewicki   
13 Oct 2010
Genealogy / Museum of Apiculture in Warsaw [11]

Anabee

I would really appreciate it if you could write the magazine for me. It would be really helpful, I haven't found much on the personal life of this beekeeping Kazimierz.

Jonni

Thanks for the link, I had already visited it and sent them an e-mail in English, hopefully they'll get back to me soon.