Glasgow Poor Books, Marijona

Marijona Kisieliute was the sister of my great-grandfather, Kazimiras Kisielius. She lived in Scotland at the same time as him, and married Konstantinas Adomaitis (aka Adomaviczia, Adomaviezic). Her application to the Parish of Govan (Glasgow) came later because she was initially on the poor role of Bothwell Parish, where she resided with Konstantinas. By the date of this application, 22 April 1920, she had moved in with Sofija's side of the family (at 178 Rose Street) just a few months before Sofija was repatriated. Very interestingly, the Raulinitis group had started using "Ralwitch" by this point. Given that the "special roll" ended around this time April or May 1920, I suspect she was trying to save money by moving in with family.

Application (D-HEW 17/843)

Husband sent away. Initially paid by Bothwell.

The home visit was on 26 April 1920. The language saying that she is "separated" and that her husband "left to join [the] Russian army" is misleading. He was forced to leave and they were only "separated" because somebody else did the separating. Konstantinas appears to have been with Kazimiras when he was sent away in Sept 1917.

Home Visit

Marijona apparently worked in a distillery on Muirhead Street (Glasgow?) and was on the (special roll) for Govan from 24 June 1919 to 27 April 1920. 8 Pitt Street and 3 Pitt Street are listed as previous residences, and there is a note that one of both was a company house. Presumably it was miner housing, which should would have been kicked out of when her husband was sent away. Perhaps this is why she had to move in with the Rolwichs? It's also noted that she might have stayed with the "Yankilunas" family. What's the connection there? Her husband was apparently "known in Mossend as 'Adam White'". I assume this was derived from him saying his name was Adomavicius, which was heard as "Adam Avicius" and then just assigned an easier surname.

Residences

An interesting note shows that they (Konstantinas and Kazimiras) were in contact from Lithuania after their deportation. A letter from Kazimiras states that Konstantinas was with him at his and her parents. Strangely, the sentence is unfinished, stating that "she is willing to go there as soon as she can get _____". I wonder what kept her from going. I would assume it was money, but I think others (including Sofija) were "repatriated" (read: deported) at government expense. Marijona eventually does re-marry in 1936 to Juozas Valaitis, having had a child with him in 1926. On her second marriage certificate she is listed as a widow. Did Konstantinas die? Or was she just not willing to go back and join him?

Communications from Lithuania

Second Marriage

Some additional, duplicate information:

The full document is here.

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UPDATE:  I contacted the archivist at the North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre, which holds the poor books for Bothwell Parish, and requested that a search be done for Marijona. She found a match in the index, but told me that the book has unfortunately not survived. This is the information she had in the index:
          Ref Book: CO1/23/115
          Marijona Adamavegia
          Record No. 10,723
          Date of Application – 19th October, 1917.
She also checked the index for Kisielius/Kisieliute and Raulinitis/Raulinaviciute from 1916-1923, but found no matches.