Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife ta ne a Milkowszczyzna (to a Daular Rasha, yanzu a Belarus) ga dangin Pawłowski masu daraja, kuma ta mutu a Grodno (yanzu a Belarus) kusa da nan. Daga 1852 zuwa 1857, ta zauna a Warsaw, inda ta halarci makaranta. A can ta haɗu da wata marubuciyar Poland ta gaba Maria Konopnicka. Bayan ya koma Milkowszczyzna, yana da shekara goma sha shida, Eliza ta auri Piotr Orzeszko, wani ɗan ƙasar Poland mai shekaru biyu da ita, wanda aka tura shi zuwa Siberia bayan da aka yi watsi da ita.
Tashin hankali na Janairu na 1863. An raba su bisa doka a shekara ta 1869. Ta sake yin aure a shekara ta 1894, bayan shekaru 30 na ƙauna da Stanisław Nahorski, wanda ya mutu 'yan shekaru bayan haka. A shekara ta 1866, ta koma Grodno kuma ta zama marubuciya.