Of noble birth, he was born the son of a surveyor and forester, in Łazy, near Siedlce, Poland.
It remained a small settlement, located next to the much larger village of Rokitno Szlacheckie.
Henryk Pachulski the pianist and composer was born here, as was his elder brother Władysław Pachulski, also a musician who became the son-in-law of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patroness Nadezhda von Meck and played a significant role in the breakdown of their relationship.
It belonged to this property 25 settlings laid in mountains then: Szlachtowa, Czarnowoda, Jaworki, Białowoda (today gm.Szczawnica), Kunina, Bończa, Łazy, Popardowa, Margoń, Rybień, Homrzyska, Złotne, Czaczów, Barnowiec, Roztoka, Składziste, Maciejowa, Łabowa, Lachowiec, Kotów, Młyn, Nowa Wieś, Łosie, Krzyżówka, and Frycowa.