Looking for information about my Great Grandparents Frank Abraitis and Ursual Savicks aka Savitskas Abraitis. I know that they came to the US around 1905 and settled in the Pittsburgh, PA area before finally settleing in Manchester, CT.
hey i am the grandson of a Anthony Abraitis he was from Lithuania but i found a furniture maker in chicago who also has same last name i e_mailed nov 24,2003 hopefully to get a answer from who ever it is but yet to hear I'll give it a few days i was curious to see if frank& my gramps Anthony WERE related some how more than likely because there arent many I live in Saginaw,MICHIGAN well thanks for your time
My father emigrate from Vilnus,in 1929, but in his birth documents heis said to be polish,he says he came from a place near vilnus known as benekoine or bienekone,whereis it?can I know this.by the way he came to brasil, and his mother name was bagdsum or bagdjum??
Surname Mozol mean a "corn" (a callosity on hand). However it seems this surname is a russificated and distorted version of Lithuanian surname Maz^uolis, that mean "little man" (only turn an accent mark ^ upside down and put it on the top of letter z). Benekoine is a village Binekainiai, about 70 km S of Vilnius. This village is in Belarus now, Grodno area and has a name Benjakoni. Use http://www.expedia.com/
to search where is this village on a map.
Use http://telefonai.takas.lt/simple_search.asp
to search a Mozol surname in Lithuania. Enter Mozol in Pavarde window, click on Pirmyn button and wait for results. You may select a figure 20 in Rodyti po window. A button Kitas mean "next page", Is naujo mean "new search". Minimum 3 first letters should be entered in to Pavarde window. Enter Bagd, click on Pirmyn button and look through all possible surnames.
It is likely, that his mother had a surname Bagdz^iun (Lithuanian version - Bagdz^iuniene). Two letters dz^ sound as J in the word June. So surname Bagdz^iun may be pronounced as Bag-June. South-East part of Lithuania had very big Polish influence. A lot of people forgot their ancestors were Lithuanian, forgot Lithuanian language. Now a lot of them say they are Polish.
Vidmantas.
My Grandfather, Walter J. Alisauskas born in NY 1882 or 1883 returned to Lithuanian and went to Russia for education in music.
Returned to England and took the name Lester, billed as The Great Lester for magic. Spoke classic Lithuanian and many other languages. Performed as pit director in Vaudeville theater,and moved to Baltimore from NY as pit director of Gaiety Theater. Played violin and 28 other instruments, retired and taught music. Married in White Plains, N.Y. to May E. Raulynas (Rowland) from North Brookfield, Mass.
Brother was William Alisauskas
I have been researching my family. I discovered that my Grandfather's mother was a Kiselus; Her given name was Ursala. Sometime in the late 1800's in Lithuania, Tawodoras Petrulis married Ursala Kiselus. They may have had a number of children; however, I only know of their one son, my grandfather, Joseph Petrulis born Feb. 11, 1883. Joseph emmigrated to America on June 7, 1907. Joseph married Juliana Norwila in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1914. In 1915, they had a son, my father, Albert Petrulis. The family then moved to Chicago where 5 more children were added to the family.
I have found info on the Kiselus name at two web sites:
1. ellisislandrecords.com
2. ssdi.geneaolgy.rootsweb.com
Let me know if any of this info is of relevance to you.
Searching for any family members of my grandmother, Justina Stulpinaite. Mother's first name was Barbora?,
father's name Dominik? Stulpin. She married my grandfather, Casimir Bumblauskas in 1913 at Providence of God Church, Chicago.
Searching for any family members of my grandmother, Justina Stulpinaite. Mother's first name was Barbora?,
father's name Dominik? Stulpin. She married my grandfather, Casimir Bumblauskas in 1913 at Providence of God Church, Chicago.
Thank you for replying. I have the copy of death certificate in front of me. His date of birth is 15/4/23. Place of birth on certificate Lithuania.
He died in UK 25/6/90
I would like to try and eventually track down remaining family in Lithuania but at this moment would like to get a birth certificate but dont know how to do this.
Death certificate states Date and Place of Birth 15th April 1923 Lithuania. Correct surname is stated on death certificate as GLIAUBICIUS (Antanas).
His ex-wife is lithuanian and has lived in UK for 50 years or so but was very abrupt when i spoke to her on the phone and her English was not very good. Her son, Vytas is from a previous marriage and is not Antanas's son and was born in Uk and speaks good English did not want to speak to my husband when he rang him. A lot of money changed hands after Antanas's death and they think I want the money from them but all i want is information and cant make them understand this! I am only interested in getting a birth certificate and tracing any family in Lithuania. I have sent several letters to them asking for information but they all are ignored. Can you help at all Vidmantis?
I will visit an archive in a few days and will ask about possibility to find any info. It is bad that we don't know a parish name where Gliaubicius was born/christened. You may send an e-mail directly to my e-mail address. Do you have an e-mail address which I could send an e-mail to?
Vidmantas
Do not know where he was born and tried to find out but he was a very secretive person and ex wife does not know! My office email is mary.nicholls@ubht.swest.nhs.uk - if you have trouble with my personal email address (as above).
Help!
I've been working on my family genealogy for a few years and still have not been able to get any farther than my Grandfather for my Father's name of "Eadelis".
We think it was changed when he came into the US from Canada (before 1924, the year my father "William" was born. He also has older brothers, "Robert, John Jr.& one younger George"), we think it as "Jadelis". "John" was born in 1896 in Lithuania and was raised on the familes horse farm. "John" became a Chief Engineer aboard the Oar boats in the Great Lakes, USA. His 3 brothers became Catholic Priest in Lithuania / Canada (?) "John" married "Flora Galarneau" around 1920 in Canada or after he came to the US.
ALL help is welcome!!!!!!
Dave Eadelis
Cleveland, Ohio USA
wth1977@aol.com
wth1977@msn.com
Has anyone out there used the services of the Archive and if so are they reliable? I am in possession of their fees but I am weary as to whether they demand more and more as the search goes on.For researching 2 families they quoted me a total price of 202 dollars USThis includes translation into english.I would be happy to hear from any people who have used their services and how satisfied they were.Thank you and labas
Labas. I saw your message. I have had the Archives in Lithuania look up my ancestors baptism/marriage/death and bajorai records and they have done an excellent job! They are very thorough and detailed and well worth the price. There is an INITIAL ONE TIME search fee when you originally contact them (around $60-70) but no such fee after that. --Frank
After I wrote them my letter it did not take all that long for them to answer, I think they answered in the month and they did say that it is a long process because all is done by hand.Now that I have received positive information about them I think I will send the info plus the money and wait.Labas
We contacted them and they were extremely helpful and prompt in supplying us with information. we didn't request an english translation. the secretary in the local Lithuanian church was fluent in Lithuanian and she translated for us. we thought the price was fair.
Hi Mary the adrress is the following Lithuanian State Historical Archives, Lietuvos Valstysbes Istorijos Archyvas Gerosios Vilties 10 2009 Vilnius Lietuvo Repubblika Lithuania I hope all is correctly spelled as the typing on thwe envelpoe is a year old and seems to be fading, however I'm sure the poste office will do any necessary minor corrections.
I've just scrolled down 50 pages and I can't believe that there are no people out there on this planet of ours with the following names..Skyrie(Skiris,Skaris,Skerys) and Kimont(Kimontas,Kimontaite)as well as Usas and Spokas.I'm trying with great frustration to trace my family history.My grandparents emmigrated to Scotland and Liverpool at the beginnig of the last century.I know there were Kimonts in Chicago area, one was a priest or bishop.Any and all bits of information would be greatly appreciated.
Do you know what area your relatives were from? Do you know their exact surnames? Have you searched surnames in Lithuanian telephone directory? Enter Usas in Pavarde window, click on Pirmyn button - 6 surnames will come up, enter Usait - 16 surnames Usaite (e with a dot on the top) will come up, enter Usien - 15 surnames Usiene (last e with a dot) will come up. Enter Kimont - 9 families will come up. Enter Skyrius, enter Skerys. Minimum 3 first letters shoul be entered. It seams there are no Spokas families in Lithuania, however there are a lot of S^pokas (only turn an accent mark upside down and put it on the top of S, this surname sounds as Shpokas). There are a lot of Usas families, where first letter U with a dash on the top. Usaite is an Usas' daughter, Usiene is an Usas' wife. How to use telephone directory - see my response to next message.
Vidmantas.
Well my last name is Usas too and i am the ONLY Usas in the whole province of Quebec. My parents divorced when i was very young, but her x-husband's side of the family resides in Kitchener, Ontario. You could look them up with the Ontario,Canada directory. Good luck!
Greetings to everyone! I am researching my fathers surname, Bubnell. He was told by his father/grandfather that his family came from Lithuania. I was able to find his grandfather on a manifest at Ellis island, however, under nationality 'Lithuaninan' was written then scratched out with 'Polish' taking its place. Many years ago my father met a man from Lithuania who said his name was very common in Lithuania, but it was spelled wrong. We would like to know the correct spelling and pronunciation of Bubnell. There is my story so far. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
It is likely that your ggrandfather had a surname Bubnelis in Lithuania. Use a lithuanian telephone directory: www://telefonai.takas.lt/simple_search.asp
Enter first 6 letters of surname in Pavarde window, click on Pirmyn button and wait for results. All possible surnames with different endings will come up.
Bubneliene is a Bubnelis' wife, Bubnelyte is a Bubnelis' daughter. Surname Bubnel is a Russificated version of Bubnelis I think.
You may select a figure 20 in a "Rodyti po:" window. Button "Atgal"- mean Back, "Kitas"- Next page, "Is naujo"-new search.
There are a surname Bubnelis (with a dash on the top of letter u (sounds as more stressed u)) in the telephone directory too. I do not know how to search this surname if you do not have Lithuanian fonts in your PC.
Vidmantas.
I am searching info for Elizabeth Sadoska (Sadowski, Sadowska). She may be from Rusk, Russia and married a Novak. They lived in Plains, Pennsylvania. I am having a difficult time finding info for her. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Mollie
my father is called jouzas bieliunas his father and grandfather were also called jouzas and they lived in ZARASSI PROVINCE RIMSE LITHUNIA any more info please get in touch
I Do Not Know What Province Or Area We Come From.
My Grandfather, Joseph Peter Bieliunas, Settled In Coal
Country, Upstate Pennsylvania. We Don't Know Much More. I Could Ask My Father, Bernard, What He Knows.
I am researching roots on my mother's side (Lomsargis). I found a Kazmir Lomsargis who, according to a 1929 Chicago obit was the brother in law of Isadore Nauseda. I am not entirely sure how Kazmir links to my mother's family; but we know he does as the obit mentions a known cousin. What we are puzzled by is how Kazmir was a brother in law of Isadore, as Kazmir's known sisters never seemed to have made it to the USA.
I found the grave site of Kazmir at St Casmir's cemetary in Chicago; he is buried in the Nauseda family plot. On the tombstone there are the following inscriptions:
Please, if anyone has any information on the town/province/state of Swienlajerio, Russia/Prussia/Lithuania: inform me immediately for pertinent genealogical research purposes.
Labas everyone. The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629 (773) 582-6500 has experienced some problems with its e-mail address recently because of the hyphen (-) which separated the last part of the address. It has been corrected and the hyphen has been removed.
You can now e-mail the genealogy department at the museum at: genealogy@lithuanianmuseum.org.
You can contact the editor of the Museum newsletter at: editor@lithuanianmuseum.org
The Balzekas Museum has thousands of obituaries and other genealogical material. Check them out. Best wishes, Frank.
I have the details of my Lithuanian deceased father who died in UK. Would it be possible to obtain a birth certificate in Lithuania? How much would a search cost and could I enquire through the consulate here in UK or would I have to write to Lithuanian Embassy or the bureau that deals with births, marriages and deaths in Lithuania?
Nobody responded as yet but will let you know. Incidentally, if you look on the first page of this site there is an address of the Vilinius archives. If no luck there, try putting out your message again
I dont know the answer to your question but I suppose it is a database in Lithuania like we have in UK of births, deaths and marriages. Are you from UK or USA?
Where have I been, well ……dealing with deceit and dealing with denial. Below
is what I wrote the day after I got out of a new york city jail….I couldn’t
speak to anyone about it for fear of antagonizing Jonas, and because I am
pregnant with Jonas’s child…..Ray Jonson “Sparrow” Selenis. I am going to
try to go full term with this child…there are problems because I was heavily
medicated after the trauma I experienced during the 44 hour I was in prison.
The door has closed, and another is opening…..I am struggling to find enough
love and peace of mind to be a good mother to this child, while I am
celebrating the one good thing (other than a lot of music) that came out of
the 12 years Jonas’s and I were together. I’m scared and lonely and know
that the courts have evidence of my “innocent”(at least from the things
Jonas said to misrepresent me out of fear of Holly finding out that he was
still sleeping with me…and making Sparrow – which I guess I
understand….Jonas is scared, and…….well time heals everything and brings
forgiveness – to everyone, I have to believe that, for the sake of Sparrow
and myself) Anyway, this is what I have been dealing with for the past few
months, and I need the prayers of my friends and family to get through
this……. I was a woman/tool (like the woman who puts her husband through
medical school and gets dumped) for Jonas for 12 years, until he found
someone else who he didn’t “shadow” - The past few months have made me
accept that he was with me because he was afraid of being alone, and I
stayed with him out of my own denial and low self-esteem (I’m the third
black girl Jonas has impregnated, and this is OUR third child – I’ve always
none, he wasn’t going to marry a non-white, but I didn’t want to admit it to
myself, so here I am – making my therapist, very RICH). Anyway, Sparrow is
coming….and I am moving onward, without silence or shame, with a new hope
for the future………its time to”unplug”.
Breaking the Web 12/12/2001
Jonas and I made love on our 12 year anniversary Friday Oct 12th, 2001,
and I spent the entire weekend with Jonas. We had a date on Wed 17th, Jonas
blew me off, I was worried due to the terrorist atmosphere. On Thursday Oct
18th, I finally called Jonas and he said he had been “out socializing”, I
asked him to meet me at St. John’s Cathedral after his shrink appt. (he goes
3 times /wk). He got there and, I asked him “who he had been with”, “He
told me he was at a party playing scrabble all night”, then he said, “He had
kissed some girl”, I asked her name, he said “Holly, I don’t know he last
name, it was nothing to me”. I started to cry, and then I slapped him, he
grabbed me and pushed me down (scar on left knee). Some lady came up to us
and broke us up, and talk to us about love and sincerity. She asked Jonas
if he loved me, “ He said Yes”, then she said that he should take me home to
his house and take care of me, and that I should forgive him for cheating on
me. We were both upset, we went home to Jonas’s house, and cried and talked
for 2 days. I felt terrible about what had happened, so did he, we agreed
to ask Jonas’s shrink to recommend someone to counsel us, and to give each
other space as we tried to work out our relationship. Jonas kissed me, said
he loved me and went out, with some friends and his nephew, while he was
gone, I cleaned the apartment (which was an absolute sty) including changing
the shower curtain and buying two sets of clean linen. Then I wrote him a
letter expressing how much I wanted things between us to change, and that I
loved him and forgave him for hurting me, and hoped he could for give me.
After I left, I sent him a $50.00 gift certificate to his favorite gourmet
grocery, so he would have some good food in the refrigerator. Two weeks
later, Jonas went to the hospital to get his neck check out from when we
were fighting each other outside of St. John’s - I gave him $197.00 to pay
the bill. For weeks after, we talked on the telephone, even though it was
difficult for us both. We emailed each other, on personal and business
matters, and on three separate occasions when Jonas needed money, he came to
my office and I gave it to him, plus a bag lunch of his favorite wrap
sandwich. Before I went to the Bahamas, to a yoga camp, I gave Jonas
another $200.00 so he would have money to by food for Thanksgiving. The
weekend he had his gig in NJ, he said he had no money to get there and I
gave him money, which I think he used to fix Holly’s car. He asked me to
watch our dog, Stella while he was gone, but at the last moment before he
left I couldn’t because I had some important meetings with some people in
the music business. I saw Jonas right before, Holly came to pick him up, I
wished him a good luck with his show (the first in years, which I was sad
that I couldn’t see it), reminded him to record it, and we kissed goodbye.
As I left, I asked when he would be back he said sometime in the late
afternoon, so I said, I’ll come by on Sunday and get my mail and maybe spend
sometime with Stella. He said okay. Sunday came, I rang the buzzer, before
I used the house keys Jonas had given me three years ago after I helped him
get settled into the apartment ( we decided to sublet my place for money,
and I would live with him in the nicer new apartment – we had a lot of
loving fun at both places). Anyway when I got to the top of the stairs,
Jonas was outside in the hallway. Unnerved and surprised by his glare, I
smiled and said “ how was you gig?” “Great, what are you doing here?” he
snarled, “ I came to pick up my mail and to see Stella, gee I thirsty can I
have some water?” “No” he hissed, “ and you can’t have you mail.” “But I
need to pay my bills, please just go in and get it for me. “ No, I have
company” and then he started to shove me down the stairs. I resisted,
startled and afraid that he might make me slip on themarble or continue to
twist my tiny wrists until the snapped. “I’m going to call the police.” I
said retreating. “Fine”, he said ,” I don’t’ love you, I never loved you.”
I went outside and called the police that’s when Sal and Frank showed up.
“I never loved you was echoing in my ears,” I felt sick and dizzy. The 3
of us went up to Jonas’s apartment. As Jonas was handing my mail to Sal,
Holly ran right up to my faced screaming and hissing at me. Feeling
threatened I slapped her face with my mittened hand, “ saying you didn’t
know that Jonas was still sleeping with me, did you? Shocked and hurt she
shrunk to the couch crying. Officers, Sal and Frank got me out of there.
I was taken to the station for disorderly conduct and told that I would be
given a ticket and released, because I had no prior record of any type of
crime on any level, not even a speeding ticket. 44 hours later without
food, water, sleep, and the horrors of being confined with drug addicts and
violent criminals, I was given 30 seconds to state my case to a less than
sympathetic public defender, and rushed up before the judge trembling and
crying. Prior to that, I hadn’t had any opportunity to see an attorney or
find out the charges against me. All I knew was that Jonas’s love for me
had turned in to hate, and if I ever got out of jail, I would leave him and
this town far behind me. I go somewhere to recover for the 12 years of
psychological abuse and neglect and from the trauma of the things I had to
endure and witness in that 44 hours of dehumanizing humiliating.
My responsibility is that I should never have allows Jonas to manipulate me
and provoke me to violence, even in self-defense. Then only reason I
didn’t get an order of protection on him from the St. John’s incident is
because he and I went home together and agreed to see a couples’ counselor.
Jonas’ hates confrontation, so he lies to people in order to get want he
wants, and he lies to woman, in order to get them to give him what he wants,
with offering a commitment - mommy, lover, whatever. His crime is pure
cowardice
Holly, is just another victim. She didn’t deserve to find out that Jonas was
still sleeping with me that way, and she didn’t deserve to be slapped
(although, mittened), for blindly defending a man who was lying and
manipulating her as well. He told me back in Oct, after he started seeing
Holly that he would need to get money from me anymore, because things were
going to change for him, financially in February 2002 – men marry for money,
too.
All I want is my dignity back, and my personal belongs, as well as the money
Jonas took/stole from me.
But I will settle for my freedom, and no record of this grave occasion left
in history to haunt me at a late time.
1/29/02 (Last court date was yesterday 1/28/02)
When I wrote this I was traumatized and devastated. Reading it again, only
reinforces how WRONG Jonas and I were and how much I didn’t see. Jonas
never loved me and he resented me. I was just lying to myself…..for
Sparrow’s sake, I need to accept that and start dealing with the reality of
making a beautiful safe loving world for this innocent child. I’m not sure I
can do that with a peace-filled loving heart. I am battling a broken
embittered, weary, angry sadness. I feel shattered and lost internally, and
at the same time all these amazing things are happening in my career, things
I though I would share with Jonas. Man, life is not predictable, and nothing
is guaranteed…..well, that’s where I’ve been, now I need to figure out where
I’m headed…..
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IN KUANAS ARE TWO MACEJUNAS FAMILY MEMBERS. I DO NOT SPEAK LITHUANIA OTHERWISE I WOULD BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
My grandfather: Julian Giorge Kibildis (1888-1931) emigrated to U.S. ca.1910, leaving his parents: Michel Kibildis and Agota (sp?) Alexisniute in Lithuania. My grandmother: Mary Lenora Swagzdis(Szvagzdis,1895-1984), born in Pennsylvania, both her parents came from Lithuania: Vincent Bartholemew Swagzdis (1857-1939), Constance Mendezkis (Mondeika, Mendejkis 1869-1935) If anyone can help me with connections, I'd be very grateful...
My great-grandfather, Anton Pranaitis came to the US around 1900. He had a twin brother who stayed in Lithuania, I think. Anton and his wife Anna (married in the US, she was Lithuanian but I don't know her maiden name) had three children: Anthony, Anna, and Walter. (Anthony was my grandfather.) The Pranaitis family lived in (Long Island) NY and CT. Anton (reportedly) worked in a Steinway piano factory.
I know that Walter's family changed their last name to Prentice or Prentis. I don't know any of his children but would like to make contact with them.
I have been told that my last name is the name Francis reduced to a nickname and made into a last name. Can anyone confirm or correct that?
I would like to connect with any Pranaitis' out there. . .a bit about me. I am a Catholic priest and I work at DePaul University in Chicago. My brother Anthony (Tony) lives in Golden, CO, is married and has 3 children. Our parents are deceased, as are all the other Lithuanian relatives we ever knew.
Yes, your surname Pranaitis means - son of Pranas(Frank).Did you heard anywhen about Catolic priest
Gauronskas or Gauronskis in US? He can be cousin of my
grandfather,who came to US from Lithuania.
One of the pastor's of my old church (St. Andrew, New Britain CT) was named Gauronskas. I believe he may have been born in Lithuania around 1900 or so.
I noticed you have requested information on the last name, Senkus. My late grandfather, Louis Anthony Senkus, was born in Lithuania around 1900 and emigrated to the United States somewhere around the 1920s. He migrated to Chicago, Illinois, where my late father, Louis Anthony Senkus Jr., was born in late 1920s. Is this information pertinent to you?
My ggrandmother's maiden name was Elizabeth SENKUS. She had a brother Joseph SENKUS (born 1877 in Gyv^iskiai)who settled in Connecticut and a sister Petronele who remained in Lithuania (possibly in Padovinys). They all were from the Suvalkija regions of Lithuania.
My maternal grandparents emigrated from Lithuania somewhere around the 1900's. My aunt, Stella, died about eight years ago and my mother, Ann, died four years ago. As far as I know, there are no relatives left except for one cousin in Kankakee, Illinois, and her children, my sister and her family in Virginia and my family. Of the five children from the Senkus family, I only know about my mother and her two sisters. We have no record of the two brothers.
Years ago someone called my aunt and asked for some genealogical information but she wasn't interested in responding.
Have you done any other background checks on Senkuses?
My maternal grandparents emigrated from Lithuania somewhere around the 1900's. My aunt, Stella, died about eight years ago and my mother, Ann, died four years ago. As far as I know, there are no relatives left except for one cousin in Kankakee, Illinois, and her children, my sister and her family in Virginia and my family. Of the five children from the Senkus family, I only know about my mother and her two sisters. We have no record of the two brothers.
Years ago someone called my aunt and asked for some genealogical information but she wasn't interested in responding.
Have you done any other background checks on Senkuses?
My maternal grandparents emigrated from Lithuania somewhere around the 1900's. My aunt, Stella, died about eight years ago and my mother, Ann, died four years ago. As far as I know, there are no relatives left except for one cousin in Kankakee, Illinois, and her children, my sister and her family in Virginia and my family. Of the five children from the Senkus family, I only know about my mother and her two sisters. We have no record of the two brothers.
Years ago someone called my aunt and asked for some genealogical information but she wasn't interested in responding.
Have you done any other background checks on Senkuses?
Looking for information on Sylvester Dapkus born in Lithuania 3-28-1878 married in Lithuania to Frances Maxiliauskas born 10-28-1879. Any info would be apprciated. Thanks.
Looking for the information about Balcunaite from Kaunas
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My name is Edward, I am 26, live and work in Prague,
Czech republic. My grandmother is Berute Balcunaite,
was born April 7, year 1925 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Her
father’s name was Micolas and mother’s – Olga. In 1945
she was deported to Magadan as the enemy of the
communism and Soviet Union. I am looking for the
information about my grandmother’s parents including
property or anything they could have. They supposed to
live somewhere, work, etc. I would very appreciate any
information.
Perhaps she may know of my grandfather - Joseph Stanisauskas - he was born
November 6, 1888. From the death certificate - his father's name was
Walter. Town of birth is hard to make out, looks like Northern ? Lithuania.
Perhaps she may know of my grandfather - Joseph Stanisauskas - he was born
November 6, 1888. From the death certificate - his father's name was
Walter. Town of birth is hard to make out, looks like Northern ? Lithuania.
Seeking info on the Krencius family. Immigrants to US were Marijona (spouse John), and her family: Joseph, Alex, Kazimer, Johanna, Anna, Josephine, Pauline, etc.
Also interested in son that stayed in Lithuania - Frank.
A Jonas Krencius (aka Kranz) married my grandmother's sister, Ona Maciulyte, in Kenosha, WI on November 4, 1906. He had a brother in Kenosha. Check the Kenosha telephone directory. He may have been from Raseiniai or that area. She was from Simkaiciai.
I doubt that there ever was a formal name change. My mother often used the name Kranz. Like a lot of immigrants the use of what seemed to be a more anglicized name was common. On the other hand the Lithuanian surname dictionary gives Kranz as a synonym for Krencius, seemingly indicating that the famuly origins may have been German.
My maternal grandmother's sister, Ona, was married to Jonas Krencius in Kenosha on November 4, 1906. He may have been born in or near Raseiniai. After his wife's death in January, 1949, he went to live with a daughter in Calumet City where he died shortly after. He had one or two brothers in Kenosha. The family used the name Kranz as well. Look in Kenosha and in Illinois white pages.
My Mothers family name is Doilido. I live in Poland in Warsaw, and 'am trying to find out where my famili comes from..
If U can help me, please write
brand@wp.pl
while walking thru oakwoods cemetery one day, I came across the name KENKELIS
and on the head stone it said he was the last banner bearer what were the banner bearers
Anybody have information on the names, "Yanushonis" and or "Schuldalski" All that I know is that Yanushonis is Lithuanian (my mother Helen Yanushonis grew up in Edwardsville, PA), and Schuldalski is my grandmother's maiden name (also Lithuanian) until she married my Grandfather and turned Yanushonis. The other side of my family is polish (Niedziejko and Gryszkiewicz), but I guess that has nothing to do with this forum. Any other information about the two names Yanushonis and Schuldalski other than what I have already said (like where in Lithuania - especially from what village - these names are from and most common. also the meaning of these name would also be very good. Any information that can be given to me would be most appreciated though.
I would apprecite any family tree information they have on any of these names:
KULIS-SHEREMET/SURWILO-SNOPKOWSKI. They are all names that are in my family history. The recent names of my parents/grandparents include the names
BIELANOS-SPECIAN/MARCISZ-ZYDKIEWICZ.
Thank You
I would appreciate any infomation that anyone may have on these names. Also, Names down the ladder on the maternal sides are KULIS, SHEREMET, SURWILO and SNOPKOWSKI.
My great-grandfathers name was August Wywadis and he was from Lithuania (info. from death certificate). Anyone know anything about what this name could mean? Is it a Lithuanian name? Thank You
Looking for information on Benedict Bartkus and Barbara Juogalvis who married. They are my great grandparents who never left Lithuania. Also, any information on Michael Vasin.
Bartkus is one of the main names I am researching. My great grandparents did leave Lithuania - however I have little info on their siblings, etc. Where in Lithuania are your relatives from? My Frank Bartkus came to the Unites States and ended up in Chicago area and married Martha Stankus and they had a large family. I know quite a bit from them down but am trying to go back farther. Hopefully we can find some type of connection.
Hi,
My mother's family name is Bartkus. My grandfather apparently came to New York in 1905 or 1906, but he and my grandmother (a Kazlauskas)died while my mother's family was still young so no one has much information about them. I assume they met and married here. They were based in the NYC area. I would love to find out whether their original families stayed in Lithuania or eventually came over here also.
I'd appreciate any information anyone has on these names as far back as possible.
My dad is Joseph Bielanos Jr. His father was Joseph Bielanos and his mom is Anna (Specian).
His pateral grandparents were Adolf Bielanos(his 2nd marriage) and Petronella (Surwilo).(She married later to Alexander Krasowski)
His materal Grandparents were Elli Specian and Eva(Helen) Sheremet
My Moms parents were Joseph Marcisz and Mary (Zydkiewicz).
I'm not sure about my Mom's paternal Grandparents.
Very unusual surname, origin unknown but suggested to be Finnish, the Kivytas came to America from Kudirkos Naumiestis. Looking for any other Kivytas or their descendants.
I have a collateral ancestor with the surname Kivyta - Frances, who lived in Cleveland OH. Married Anthony Montville. Her sister Petronella Beatrice married Joseph Palubinskas. Male sibling named Vincent Kivyta. Half-brother named Joseph Kalikauskas. France's' father believed to be William Kivyta.
Family was originally from Lithuania. I believe they lived in the Suwalki Gubernia in about 1890.
