I call my family first photo as “The Four Musketeers” because they stand so proud, dignified and trustworthy. This is a priceless souvenir for me, where I can see my grandfather Franciszek Wietecki together with his 3 brothers who came to Słupca, to their mother and brother Stanisław. Another brother, Teofil Wietecki, lived in the USA from 1907 and died there as a veteran of World War I and World War II. I received the photos a few years ago from the descendants of Stanisław Wietecki from Słupca and for me it is a find comparable to the discovery of the tombs of the pharaohs in Egypt.

1. Thus, in the first photo stand from the left brothers: Stanisław (from Słupca), Jan (from Kalisz), Franciszek (from Chodzież) and Wojciech (from Kalisz)
2. In the photo, sitting from the left in order of seniority: Jan (1896 -1971), Stanisław (1894 -1967), Franciszek (1885 -1953), Wojciech (1880 -1963)
3. In the photo taken in the US state of Minnesota in 1920, are standing Teofil (Tofil) Wietecki and his wife Stella née family Lesniewski.
4. In the photo from my grandfather’s funeral in Deszczno near Gorzów Wielkopolski in 1953, there is the only sister of these brothers, Józefa Wietecka, about whom I know the least.
5. Cropped photo of Józefa Wietecka (born 1888).
6. In this only photo, I can see my great-grandmother Magdalena Wietecka née Rypplów (1852-1941) in 1939, sitting surrounded by the family of her younger son, Stanisław from Słupca, with whom she lived.

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Janina Janiszewska, Poland