He was born in Sieradz County as the third son of Klemens and Teodora née Wierzchlejska, originally from Karsznice.

His father, an insurgent in 1863, was a lieutenant in the cavalry brigade of General Edmund Taczanowski, and at the end of the 19th century a long-time president of the Land Credit Society.

[1] After graduating from high school in Łódź, Marian entered the Faculty of Machine Design at the Lviv Polytechnic, where he obtained an engineering degree in 1903.

He started working at the "Borman i Szwede" Mechanical Plant, and after a few years at the "Orthwein, Karasiński i S-ka" machine and casting factory.

During the German occupation, he was involved in social activities and worked in the agencies of the Central Welfare Council.