Helena Bożeniec- Jełowicka h. Brama was born in Sapiechow (Lublin Voivodeship), Poland on 12th February 1870 and died on April 14th 1962 in Pleasantville, USA.  She was the daughter of Zdzisław Julian Jan Bożeniec-Jełowicki (1846-1893) and Karolina Kępińska (1840 – 1896).

In 1895 she married Kazimierz Pawłowicz h. Przyjaciel and had two children: Krystyna and Bohdan.