Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Zygmunt Gorazdowski a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba 1845 a Sanok ga ɗan siyasa Szczęsny Gorazdowski (c.1813-Mayu 1903) da Aleksandra Łazowska; iyayensa sun yi aure a 1843 kuma kakanin kakansa sune Szymon Gorazdowski da Maria Dobrzańskich. An yi masa baftisma a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba 1845 a cocin Franciscan. A lokacin da yake yaro ya yi ciwon huhu wanda ya zama tarin fuka; wannan bai hana shi yin la'akari da bukatun wasu ba kuma ya ba da taimako a duk inda zai iya. Kusan ya mutu a 1846 a lokacin kisan kiyashi na Galicia wanda ya ga manoma sun yi tawaye da serfdom kuma ya yi nasarar tsira lokacin da iyayensa suka ɓoye shi a ƙarƙashin motar injin niƙa. A shekara ta 1863 ya shiga kungiyar
tayar da zaune tsaye a kan Rasha.