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  • Dapsis Kabillus Zygmont

    • Posted Dec 9, 2009 9:06 AM

      Lorraine,

      The surname "Dapsis" is probably spelled "Daps^ys" and pronounced dahp-SHEES. The emphasis could easily shift back among non-Lithuanians because so few English words are accented on the final syllable. The "s^" with a little birdie over it is pronounced "sh" as in the English word "sheep." It is typed "s^" on non-Lithuanian keyboards. It is unlikely that it was shortened from "Donavich" or anything beginning "don-", which indicates a different name entirely, perhaps someone's maiden name.

      In the current online phone book for Lithuania http://www.zebra.lt/lt/suzinok/telefonai) which is unfortunately only in Lithuanian, there are these listings for the surname Daps^ys (there are only a few listings for Daps^as):

      Alfonsas Daps^ys
      J. Janonio g. 12-11
      Tels^iu miesto sen.
      Tels^iu m.
      844432286

      Antanas Daps^ys
      Z^irmunu g. 40-30
      Vilniaus m.
      852797265

      Bronius Daps^ys
      Mindaugo g. 13-1
      Anyks^iu sen.
      Anyks^c^iu m.
      838151916

      Dalius Daps^ys
      P. Mas^ioto g. 43-6
      Pakruojo sen.
      Pakruojo m.
      842151566

      Danielius Daps^ys
      Gelez^inkelio g. 1-10
      Vilniaus m.
      852611640

      Gediminas Daps^ys
      Statybininku g. 11 - 15
      Panevez^io m.
      845440553

      Henrikas Daps^ys
      Rudes g. 8-86
      S^iauliu m.
      841435482

      Jonas Daps^ys
      Aus^ros g. 3
      Kretingos miesto sen.
      Kretingos m.
      844554513

      Juozas Daps^ys
      Kairis^kiu k.
      Papiles sen.
      Naujosios Akmenes raj.
      842550052

      Jurgis Daps^ys
      J. Matulaic^io a. 5-3
      Vilniaus m.
      852301793

      Kastytis Daps^ys
      Parko g. 61-1
      Vilniaus m.
      852679713

      Kstutis Daps^ys
      S^iaures pr. 3-15
      Kauno m.
      837712211

      Pranas Daps^ys
      Sodo g. 49c
      S^iauliu m.
      841544485

      Vaclovas Daps^ys
      Klaipedos g. 10
      Tels^iu miesto sen.
      Tels^iu m.
      844474964

      Plus the following for unmarried women whose father was named Daps^ys:

      Apolonija Daps^yte
      Ramygalos g. 82-33
      Panevez^io m.
      845432945

      Birute Daps^yte
      Z^aliuju Ez^eru g. 11-54
      Vilniaus m.
      852701439

      Danute Daps^yte
      Ramuc^iu g. 39-16
      Naujosios Akmenes miesto sen.
      Naujosios Akmenes m.
      842556095

      Danute Daps^yte
      Dainu g. 49-20
      S^iauliu m.
      841417450

      Elena Daps^yte
      L. Vaineikio g. 23
      Palangos m.
      846053368

      Regina Daps^yte
      Rygos g. 25-14
      Vilniaus m.
      852443264

      Plus another 37 listings for women married to a man named Daps^ys or Daps^sas (the ending for married women's names is the same regardless of the ending of her husband's name).
      The abbreviations are:
      g. = gatve, street
      m. = miestas, town or city
      sen. = seniunija, elderate or eldership (a kind of administrative division larger than a town, but smaller than a city or district, perhaps like an American township or borough or an area of a city)
      miesto sen. = miesto seniunija, elderate of the town
      k. = kaimas, village
      raj. = rajonas, district (compare to the English "region")
      The endings "-o", "-u", "-aus", "-os" all indicate the possessive case, meaning "of or belonging to" as in the phrase "city of Vilnius" = "Vilniaus miestas".

      This is a fairly long list of possible relatives, but it is a good bet that some of them, at least, are related, however distantly, to your family. Once you find out where the Daps^ys family was from, you might be able to narrow the above list down significantly.

      The given name Casimir in Lithuanian is Kazimieras, but in America it was very commonly changed to Charles -- for reasons no one can explain exactly, just as the Lithuanian Vincentas often became William in America, even though it means Vincent.

      John Peters
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