A Page from the History of the Kalinowski Family

What does the name Kalinowski mean?
Where do people named Kalinowski live?
In what other ways is this name spelled?
What is the origin of this name?

These are among the questions I asked myself as I was researching the Kalinowski branch of my family tree.

Navigating the Internet, I was able to find some answers to these and other questions about the Kalinowski family. I have compiled my findings into this webpage and I hope that people bearing the name Kalinowski will find this site interesting.

Of course, as the title of this web page suggests, this is just one page of the history of the Kalinowski family. I hope this website will grow in size, but this can only be done with the help of those who visit it. If you have anything that you would like to see on this site (pictures, text, links to other websites, etc.) about the history of the Kalinowski family or any person having this name, please sign the guestbook and/or send me an e-mail.

Kalinowski is a name of Polish origin and most likely means "person from Kalinow, Kalinowa, Kalinowo, etc." However, since there are so many villages with those names in Poland, it is difficult to specify from which one a certain Kalinowski comes. The name of the place comes from kalina, which means guelder rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum opulus). There is also a feminine first name, Kalina. Therefore it can be safely concluded that those villages were either near a place with lots of guelder roses or cranberry trees, or possibly a place that was once owned or founded by a Kalina.

Kalinowski is a common name in Poland (in 1990 there were more than thirty thousand Polish citizens with this name), but people with this name also live in other parts of Europe as well as in North America and Australia. Naturally, the name has been spelled differently in almost every new language it encountered. For example, in Romanian (the official language of Romania and Republic of Moldova), the name KALINOWSKI is spelled CALINOVSCHI. The Lithuanian equivalent of the name is KALINÁUSKAS. In some languages, the ending -SKI is spelled -SKY, -SKIY, -SKYI, -SKYJ, -SKIJ, or -SKII. Also, the letter -W- in KALINOWSKI is changed to -V- or -U- in other languages. Imagine in how many ways this name can be written!

KALINOWSKI
KALINOWSKY
KALINOWSCY
KALINOWSKIY
KALINOWSKYI
KALINOWSKYJ
KALINOWSKIJ
KALINOWSKII
KALINOVSKI
CALINOVSCHI
KALINOVSKY
KALINOVSKII
KALINOVSKIJ
KALINOUSKI
KALINÁUSKAS
etc.

This section represents an attempt to gather information related to past personalities bearing the name Kalinowski. This table will always be under construction, as it is impossible to know everything there is to know. I am hoping that those visiting this website who know more on the subject will help expand the amount of information presented in the following timeline.

Year	Person, Event, References, Comments, etc.

	This table is under construction.

1450	Kalinowski, 1450, h. Kalinowa Reference: Tadeusz Gajl, "Polskie Rody Szlacheckie i Ich Herby", Bialystok (2000), page 91. Comments: This book has 20 000 names 1275 colored blazons and 200 black and white blazons. Unfortunately, no picture of the coat of arms Kalinowa.
circa 1610	Walenty Kalinowski - Starosta Bratslavski (1610? - ?) References: 1. See Okolski - reference [1] in the Bibliography list 2. See Niesiecki - reference [2] in the Bibliography list 3. See Pulaski - reference [11] in the Bibliography list 4. See Kmita - reference [12] in the Bibliography list 5. http://przodkowie.republika.pl/ 6. http://www.butschal.com/herbbutschal/uncrowed/kalinovski.htm 7. http://www.vinnica.ua/win/history/ 8. http://www.kresy.co.uk/podole.html 9. http://kolibry.astroguru.com/01110461.htm
1646-1652	Marcin Kalinowski (1605? - 1652) - Hetman Polni Koronni (11.1646 - 03.06.1652) References: 1. See Okolski - reference [1] in the Bibliography list 2. See Niesiecki - reference [2] in the Bibliography list 3. See Pulaski - reference [11] in the Bibliography list 4. See Kmita - reference [12] in the Bibliography list 5. http://republika.pl/akromer/herby_hetmani.html 6. http://www.jasnagora.pl/magyar/w_arsenal.html 7. http://przodkowie.republika.pl/ 8. http://www.historia.okey.pl/magnat.htm 9. http://www.library.vinnitsa.com/podolia/eng/kings.htm 10. Family Tree.
circa 1648	Jan Kalinowski - Wojewoda Czernihowski and Starosta Trembowelski (? 1648 ?) References: 1. See Okolski - reference [1] in the Bibliography list 2. See Niesiecki - reference [2] in the Bibliography list 3. See Pulaski - reference [11] in the Bibliography list 4. See Kmita - reference [12] in the Bibliography list 5. http://www.karmel.krakow.pl/html/Gdansk.htm 6. http://przodkowie.republika.pl/
1818	Kalinowski h. Kalinowa. Seweryn-Ksawery (son of Ignacy and Justyna Borzecka h. Polkozic) obtained the hereditary title of Count in Austria from Emperor Francis I on 17th August 1818. References: 1. See Ostrowski - reference [3] in the Bibliography list 2. See Dunin-Borkowski - reference [10] in the Bibliography list 3. http://www.geocities.com/polishnobles/Counts.html 4. http://przodkowie.republika.pl/ 5. http://www.geocities.com/tfboettger/research/polgenpl.htm#K 6. Family Tree.
1863-1864	Konstanty Kalinowski (1838-1864) - Leader of the 1863-1864 uprising in Belarus and Lithuania. He was also known as Kastus Kalinouski and Kostas Kalinauskas. References: 1. http://wiem.onet.pl/wiem/00f81d.html 2. http://www.belarus-misc.org/writer/kalinouski.htm 3. http://www.belarusguide.com/culture1/people/Kastus.html 4. http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2002-08/1028840353 5. http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~np214/lacin.htm
1918	Dominika Kalinowski (1886-1954) - She was born and spent her childhood in a city of the Podolia Province (part of the Russian Empire at that time). Trained as a teacher, she taught in schools in the Soroca District of the Bessarabia Province (also called Basarabia). In 1918, along with her husband Petru Tomachynski, she founded the first school in the village Frumusica of the Soroca District (present-day Republic of Moldova). She was also known as Domnica Calinovschi and Domnica Calinovschi-Tomacinschi. References: 1. "Literatura si Arta" - Saptamanal, Chisinau, Uniunea Scriitorilor din R.Moldova, 3 August 1995, Nr. 31, p. 5. 2. Family Tree.
1991	Saint Raphael Kalinowski (1835-1907) - He was a Pole who served in the Tsarist Army. During the 1863 uprising, he resigned his commission and joined the rebels. However, he was captured and sentenced to death. Later his sentence was commuted to hard labour in Siberia. There he became a pillar of strength to his fellow prisoners. After his release he became a Carmelite friar in 1877. He set about restoring the Order in Poland. He had a special love for the Orthodox and was very zealous in working for Christian Unity. He was sought out by both Catholics and Orthodox as a spiritual director. In 1983 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Cracow, and canonized in 1991. St. Raphael is a patron of ecumenism, especially with Eastern Christians. References: 1. http://www.helpfellowship.org/ocds%20lessons/Lesson%2010.htm 2. http://www.stthomasirondequoit.com/SaintsAlive/id222.htm 3. http://www.karmel.pl/swieci/rafal/rafal.htm 4. http://wiem.onet.pl/wiem/012b6d.html 5. http://www.carmelitedcj.org/Spirit_of_Carmel/Raphael/raphael.html 6. http://carmelnet.org/galleries/Saints/Saints_5/saints_5.htm 7. http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintr37.htm 8. http://www.carmelite.com/saints/raphael.htm 9. http://www.karmel.pl/hagiografia/hag4.htm

	This table is under construction.

Different branches of the Kalinowski family had different Blazons, or Coat of Arms. The names of these are, in alphabetical order: Kalinowa, Korwin, Lubicz, Slepowron, Topor, Trojstrzal, and Zaremba. Pictures of these blazons can be found at the following web addresses. The next section is dedicated entirely to the Kalinowa Coat of Arms.

Historical sources mention that in medieval times, the Kalinowski family was granted Coat of Arms. This section is dedicated to the Kalinowa Coat of Arms, which is described as follows:

Arms: On a red shield, an upright silver arrow with a golden point, which is upward. The plumage (the flights) is split into a V shape. At each end of the plumage, the arrow is decorated with a golden six-pointed star. Helmet decoration: Rising from a golden nobleman coronet, three white ostrich feathers through which the same arrow as on the shield passes through horizontally from the left to the right. The arrow is decorated with the same golden, six-pointed stars at each end of the plumage.

Below is a picture of the shield of the Kalinowski family Coat of Arms, followed by my translation of the above description into "heraldic language."

Arms: Gules, an arrow erect argent, the point upward Or, with the flights fracted chevronwise and at each end of the flights a mullet of six points Or. Helmet decoration: Rising from a nobleman coronet Or, a plume of three ostrich feathers argent transpierced fesswise by the same arrow, its point dexter, decorated with the same mullets.

Below are pictures of the Kalinowa blazon from "Herbarz Polski" by Kasper Niesiecki, "Orbis Polonus" by Simon Okolski, and "Ksiega Herbowa Rodow Polskich" by Juliusz Ostrowski.

This section is a compilation of literature references related to the Kalinowa Coat of Arms and/or the history of the Kalinowski family.

Bibliography

[1]. Simone Okolski, “Orbis Polonus in quo antiqua Sarmatarum gentilitia, pervetvstae nobilitatis Polonae insignae, vetera & noua indigenatus meritorum praemia & arma specificantur & relucent” Tom I, Cracoviae, Anno Domini 1641. [Polish Encyclopedia of the ancient Sarmatian families, the history of the coats of arms of the nobles of Poland old and new, their origin as awards for honorable deeds & the arms themselves specifically described and emblazoned], Cracow, (1641), Vol. 1, p. 515-521.

[2]. Kasper Niesiecki, "Herbarz Polski", Lipsk (Leipzig) edition, Vol. V, (1840), p. 10-16.

[3]. Juliusz Ostrowski, “Ksiega Herbowa Rodow Polskich” [Book of Polish Family Arms], Warszawa, (1897), p.128, and p.217-218.

[4]. “Die Wappen des Preussischer Adel, (1. Teil), J.Siebmacher's großes Wappenbuch, Band 14” Neustadt an der Aisch; Bauer & Raspe, (1973), (Preussischer Adel Edelleute) p.191, Taf. 240.

[5]. “Der Adel von Galizien, Lodomerien und der Bukowina, J.Siebmacher's großes Wappenbuch, Band 32” Neustadt an der Aisch; Bauer & Raspe, (1985), (Galizischer Adel) p.77 and 142, Taf. 85 and 172.

[6]. Leszczyc Zbigniew, “Herby Szlachty Polskiej Z Przedmowa Waclawa Gasiorowskiego”, Poznan-Warszawa-Lwow, (1908), page 169 and Tablica XXXIV.

[7]. Andrzej Kulikowski, “Heraldyka Szlachecka” [Noble Heraldry], Warszawa, (1990), p. 88.

[8]. “Materialy Do Biografii, Genealogii i Heraldyki Polskiej” Tom Siodmy-Osmy, RZYM, (1985), p. 194-195.

[9]. Krzysztof Jasiewicz, “Lista Strat Ziemianstwa Polskiego 1939-1956”, Warszawa, (1995), p. 438-439.

[10]. Jerzy Hr. Dunin-Borkowski “Almanach blekitny. Genealogia zyjacych rodów polskich” [Genealogy of Living Polish Families], Lwów-Warszawa (1909), p. 115-116.

[11]. Kazimierz Pulaski “Kronika polskich rodow szlacheckich Podola, Wolynia i Ukrainy” [The Chronicle of Polish Noble Families of Podole, Wolyn and Ukraine], Vol 1, Brody (1911), p. 80-93.

[12]. Adam Kmita, ”Saga rodu Kalinowskich” [The Kalinowski saga], Heraldic Magazine - Magazyn Heraldyczny, Warszawa, (199?), Vol. 7, p. 5-8.

[13]. Walerian Nekanda Trepka “Liber generationis plebeanorum («Liber Chamorum»)”, Opr. R. Leszczynski. Wyd. 2, Wroclaw-Warszawa-Krakow (1995), [Original: late 1600s, reprinted 1995], p. 190.

[14]. Tadeusz Gajl, "Polskie Rody Szlacheckie i Ich Herby", Bialystok (2000), page 91.

[15]. "Almanach de Gotha"

[16]. “Poczet Szlachty Galicyjskiej i Bukowinskiej” [Nobility Listing for Galicia and Bukowina], Lwow, (1857), p. 105;
(Internet source: http://www.webmedia.pl/wacekps/poczet.htm ).

[17]. Adam Boniecki, "Herbarz Polski", Vol. 9, p. 151-1??;
(Internet source: http://www.przodkowie.com/ ).

[18]. Seczys Elzbieta, "Szlachta wylegitymowana w Królestwie Polskim w latach 1836-1861 (1867)", DiG, Warszawa (2000).
(Internet sources: http://www.ornatowski.com/index/szlachta1836-1861.htm
and http://www.dig.pl/pdf/Szlachta_wylegitymowana.pdf ).

[19]. Ignacy Kapica Milewski, "Herbarz - Dopelnienie Niesieckiego" [An Armorial Suplement to Niesiecki], Cracow, (1870), p. 151-153. (reprinted Warsaw, 1988).

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