Kisielius / Valaitis

On my last visit the National Records, I found the first bit of evidence that there might still be a branch of the Kisielius line living here in Scotland.  Yesterday, I traced that a little bit farther and found that is indeed the case!  Marrie (Marijona), machute's first cousin, my first cousin twice removed, had one daughter with Juozas Valaitis named Anele.  She married Louis Tracy and had two sons.  Both of those families are still living.

Anele Valaitis, born 1926

Louis Tracy and Anele Valaitis, married 1952

It wasn't until I'd traced down through most of those families that something occurred to me.  The name that Chute initially gave me when she told me to look for the Scottish part of the family was "Helen Tracy Louis". I'm quite sure, now, that was her foggy memory trying to recall "Anele Tracy & Louis".  Which, I'm pretty sure, means that Chute has been in contact with Anele previously!  She'd be about 86 by now but, very hopefully, still living.  I'd really be interested in what she knows about her American cousins, particularly if she knows something more about the missing Kisielius brothers (still no trace of them remaining here).  Now I've just got to track down a current address.

Chute's Note

The previous post on Marrie showed that Juozas was her second husband.  As it turns out, they were both widows at the time that they married.  I searched but found no death record for her first husband, Konstantinas Adomaviczia, which makes me believe he was also deported under the 1917 Anglo-Russian Military Convention, but was not as fortunate as my great-grandfather Kazimiras.

Juozas Valaitis and Marijona Adomaviczia (Kisielius), married 1936

I did find, however, that they had one surviving son, Juozas Adomaviczia (later, Joseph Adams).  Unfortunately I ran out of time before I could search much further than that.  He could very well lead me to more living relatives, however.  Next time.

Juozas Adomaviczia, born 1915

Ona Adomaviczia, died as an infant, 1918