JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Will of Helena Dowmont-Siesicka Montwiłł (Józef’s great grandmother).
Written document. Jasūdai Manor (Ukmergė District), 16 December 1801 (Registered in the Ukmergė Land Court record, 18 December 1801). In Polish.
LVIA, f. 79(SA), ap. 1, b. 32 (Gorb. 14229), fos 975–976v
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Family Tree of the Montwiłł family (‘Columns’ coat of arms), drafted according to Church Record Books and documents confirming gentry descent, held in LVIA.
Compiled by Violeta Pansevič and Dovilė Korovacka, 2025.
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Resolution confirming the gentry origin of the Montwiłł family (‘Columns’ coat of arms).
Written document. Vilnius, 21 March 1804, in Polish.
LVIA, f. 708, ap. 2, b. 4, fos 182–187
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Resolution confirming the gentry origin of the Montwiłł family (‘Columns’ coat of arms). Family Tree of six generations. No. 11 – Assessor Stanisław Maciej Montwiłł (Józef’s father).
Written document. Vilnius, 4 February 1835, in Polish.
LVIA, f. 391, ap. 1, b. 1045, fos 64–66
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Registration of the marriage of Stanisław Montwiłł and Aleksandra Dowgiałło (Józef’s parents) in the Lentupis Roman Catholic Church Register.
On 23 November 1839 Fr Wincenty Szawlewicz [Šaulevičius] in Lentupis Church witnessed the marriage of the boyar Stanisław Montwiłł of Rajūnai Manor in the parish of Deltuva, 38 years old, to the gentlewoman Aleksandra Dowgiałło of Romaniškės Manor in the parish of Lentupis, 24 years old.
Groom’s parents – gentlefolk Andrzej and Dorota Muśnicka Montwiłł.
Parents of the bride – gentlefolk Wincenty and Anastazja Juraho Dowgiałło.
Witnesses – the gentlemen Ignacy Swolkień, Andrzej Montwiłł, Ignacy Jazwiński et al.
Written document. Lentupis Church (now in Belarus), 23 November 1839, in Polish.
LVIA, f. 604, ap. 37, b. 55, fo 362v, §39
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Receipt of widow and gentlewoman Anna Kończa-Wyrwicz handing over Tarakai Manor land property in the Ukmergė District to the landowner Stanisław Montwiłł (Józef’s father).
Confirmed by signatures of A. Kończa-Wyrwicz and S. Montwiłł.
Written document. Ukmergė, 23 of April 1852, in Russian.
Kaunas Regional State Archive (KRVA), f. I-70, ap. 3, b. 588, fos 1–2
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
List of Ukmergė District gentleman Stanisław Maciej Montwiłł’s family when his youngest son Józef was 2 years old.
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
List of family of the gentleman Stanisław Maciej Montwiłł, residing at Mitėniškiai manor in Ukmergė District, when his youngest son Józef was 8 years old.
Written document. 28 November 1858, in Russian.
LVIA, f. 708, ap. 2, b. 723, fos 516–517
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Service list of Titular Counsellor Aleksander Montwiłł (Józef’s brother) leader of the Ukmergė District Gentry.
Printed matter, written document. 1883, in Russian.
LVIA, f. 378, ap. 91, B/S 1883, b. 143, fos 8–12
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Petition of Józef’s brother Aleksander Montwiłł to the Head of the Kaunas Gubernia Gentry to release him from the post of head of the Ukmergė District Gentry on health grounds.
Written document. 16 September 1885, in Russian.
LVIA, f. 378, ap. 94, B/S 1886, b. 52, fo 2
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Obituary of Wanda Brochocka-Montwiłł (wife of Józef’s brother Aleksander).
Died in Berlin, 13/26 August 1907, buried in Pabaiskas Cemetery on 20 August/2 September.
Printed matter. Printed at Józef Zawadzki Press, Vilnius, August 1907, in Polish.
LVIA, f. 1135, ap. 6, b. 110, fo 74
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Façade, plans of ground floor and first floor, and location of Józef’s sister, Zofia Montwiłł’s brick house on Totorių St, Vilnius.
Drafted by the Architect, Cyprian Maculewicz.
Sketch. Vilnius, 12 April 1887, in Russian.
LVIA, f. 938, ap. 4, b. 1344, fos 3v–4
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Alphabetical register of householders in the city of Vilnius, 1895. No. 1227 – Zofia Montwiłł (Józef’s sister), resident in Totorių St.
Printed matter, written document. Vilnius, 1895, in Russian.
LVIA, f. 938, ap. 11, b. 344, fo 91
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Resolution confirming gentry status of Montwiłł family (‘Columns’ coat of arms). Family tree of eight generations. No. 39 – Józef Montwiłł.
Written document. Vilnius, [1901], in Polish.
LVIA, f. 391, ap. 8, b. 2572, fos 76–77v
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Biography of Józef’s brother Wincenty Montwiłł, written by his eldest daughter Countess Stefania Helena O’Rourke.
From the personal archive of the doctor and historian Władysław Zahorski (1858–1927).
Written document. Vilnius, 3 April 1915, in Polish.
LVIA, f. 1135, ap. 8, b. 27, fos 51–54
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Carte de visite of Countess Stefania Helena O’Rourke (eldest daughter of Wincenty Montwiłł).
Printed matter. First half of 20 cent., in Polish.
LVIA, f. 1135, ap. 21, b. 621, fo 222
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Montwiłł Family’s Chapel-Mausoleum in Pagiriai Cemetery (Kėdainiai District).
Built by Fr Pietraszko in 1823 (other sources cite 1827), renovated in 1883 by Wincenty Montwiłł. On the chapel wall there is not only the renovation date but also plaques marking the crypt containing family remains and grave stones.
Photo: Neringa Češkevičiūtė, 30 March 2025.
JUOZAPAS MONTVILA [JÓZEF MONTWIŁŁ] – THE GREAT PHILANTHROPIST (LVIA)
Information about the variety of apple found by Wincenty Montwiłł, later known in Lithuanian as ‘Montvilinis’, from Prof. Rimvydas Laužikas’ article “Lietuvos obelų mikroistorija” [“Microhistory of Lithuanian Apples”].
Laužikas, Rimvydas, „Lietuvos obelų mikroistorijos“, Būdas nr. 3 (2021), p. 42–43
