I also found several further entries in the Glasgow poor books connected to the Kisielius name, including this one: Mariona Zatareckaite / Kisieliene. I'm, as yet, uncertain if she is connected to the family, but there a some things that make me think it is possible. First, she lived at 54 Rose Street. Second, her mother's name was Marianna Adomaityte, which could mean that she was related to Konstantinas Adomaitis (the first husband of Marijona Kisieliute).
Her 1917 application for poor relief states that her husband, Antanas Kisielius "died about 11 years ago in Russia". She had married him "about 15 years ago in Russia". In the residences section it says "about 6 years from Russia", which I take to mean that she arrived in Scotland in 1911. Does she turn up on the census? Who is she with?
There was no Antanas Kisielius listed in the immediate family group on this 1938 death certificate. So that could mean he was more distantly related. Or that he wasn't listed because he was already deceased. Or it's also quite possible there's no connection at all!!
14 December 2014
Political Separation
When I was looking through the poor books at the Glasgow City Archive, I came across the following letter. It was in the file of another Lithuanian dependent whose husband had been sent away under the Anglo-Russian Military Convention. It's not connected to my family at all, but in a way, I feel like it represents the plight of all the families that had men who were denied re-entry after the Convention.
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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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| Application (D-HEW 17/843) |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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?
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| Communications from Lithuania |
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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.
Glasgow Poor Books, Sofija
I'm just now getting back to the poor relief records for my great-grandmother and her sister-in-law that I found last September at the Glasgow City Archive. The records confirmed that my great-grandfather had indeed been sent away under the Anglo-Russian Military Convention. But I didn't get around to posting the other information that these documents contained.
My great-grandmother, Sofija (aka Zose, Yose, Jessie, Sophie), made the application on 9 Oct 1917, just one month after she had married and about 10 days after Kazimiras was sent away. The initial application was declined.
Just a month later, however, an addendum was attached indicating that she was pregnant with my great-uncle Kazimiras Jr, and the application was approved for a payment of 8/- per week (that's 8 shillings).
The application also provides some information about Kazimiras. He was sent away on 29 Sept 1917, and had been earning £3 per week as a coal miner at the time. It says "From Russia 6yrs", which I take to mean he had been in Scotland for 6 years (possibly explaining why I couldn't find him on the 1911 census). The way things are written is confusing, but it switches back to Sofija and explains what she pays to lodge with her mother and father (must be the case because it also confirms that Kazimiras's parents are "both in Russia").* She is residing with her mother and father and 3 children (her siblings, Annie, Peter, and Margaret). It states that they paid 18/9 (18 shillings, 9 pence) rent per month, and she paid 9/- (9 shillings) per week for board and lodging. Also noted is that she was a member of the Pearl Society, which I was told is usually noted because there was an expectation that such organizations were expected to provide support. I wonder if I can find any information about the Pearl Society.
The second page of the application is the record of the home visit, which took place on 12 Oct 1917. It lists the address, which I've seen many other places, 178 Rose Street. But it adds the note "2 up R", which I take to mean two floors up, on the right. It's a shame the building has been demolished. I would really have loved to go back there. It does list "Wilna", "Russia" (i.e. Vilnius, Lithuania) as place of birth, as I have already confirmed. And she is listed as "Howife" (housewife?) and munition worker. I was told there were several munitions factories in the area, but it would be hard to know which one. They did tell me that they (the Glasgow City Archive) does hold a collection of photos of WWI era women working in these factories, so maybe I'd be able to identify her.
The "home visit" page suggests that she's only been resident at 178 Rose Street for 5 weeks (that would be since Kazimiras was sent away). I know from the census she was there in 1911, but I don't know where she was in between. The record also states that she only knew Kazimiras for three months before marriage, which seems to suggest that they suspected this was a marriage of convenience. By that time Kazimiras probably did know he was being deported. The odd note on "settlement", I was told, was a matter of determining which parish would pay the poor relief. Unmarried women were said to be "settled" at their father's residence. Married women were said to be "settled" at their husband's residence.
It's also good to know that my direct ancestor was not a "lunatic" or an "idiot":
Some changes to the status of Sofija's poor relief are also noted. By January of 1918, she was taken off the poor roll and placed on a "special roll" (receiving a benefits increase to 12/6). I know there was a lot of back and forth between authorities about whose responsibility the Lithuanian dependents were going to be (see documents here). I wonder if there is a separate book somewhere that contains these "special roll" entries. I think the special roll was eventually canceled because she returns to the poor roll (and decreases to 10/-) in May 1920. I think I recall that the national government decided it would no longer support dependents of the men they'd deported under the Anglo-Russian Military Convention. This must be it. Finally, it shows that she was "repatriated" (read: deported) on 6 Sept 1920. What is really incredible about this is that not only was she forced out, her Scottish-born son went too.
The full document is here.
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* of course, "Russia" is actually Lithuania, since Lithuania was under control of the Czar at the time.
My great-grandmother, Sofija (aka Zose, Yose, Jessie, Sophie), made the application on 9 Oct 1917, just one month after she had married and about 10 days after Kazimiras was sent away. The initial application was declined.
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| Application |
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| Application "refused, able bodied, no dependents". |
Just a month later, however, an addendum was attached indicating that she was pregnant with my great-uncle Kazimiras Jr, and the application was approved for a payment of 8/- per week (that's 8 shillings).
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| Nature of applicant's "infirmity": pregnant. |
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| 8/- per week, Aliens Roll |
The application also provides some information about Kazimiras. He was sent away on 29 Sept 1917, and had been earning £3 per week as a coal miner at the time. It says "From Russia 6yrs", which I take to mean he had been in Scotland for 6 years (possibly explaining why I couldn't find him on the 1911 census). The way things are written is confusing, but it switches back to Sofija and explains what she pays to lodge with her mother and father (must be the case because it also confirms that Kazimiras's parents are "both in Russia").* She is residing with her mother and father and 3 children (her siblings, Annie, Peter, and Margaret). It states that they paid 18/9 (18 shillings, 9 pence) rent per month, and she paid 9/- (9 shillings) per week for board and lodging. Also noted is that she was a member of the Pearl Society, which I was told is usually noted because there was an expectation that such organizations were expected to provide support. I wonder if I can find any information about the Pearl Society.
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| Notes about Kazimiras and Raulinaitis family. |
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| Micheal and Katherine Kisielius, "both in Russia". |
The second page of the application is the record of the home visit, which took place on 12 Oct 1917. It lists the address, which I've seen many other places, 178 Rose Street. But it adds the note "2 up R", which I take to mean two floors up, on the right. It's a shame the building has been demolished. I would really have loved to go back there. It does list "Wilna", "Russia" (i.e. Vilnius, Lithuania) as place of birth, as I have already confirmed. And she is listed as "Howife" (housewife?) and munition worker. I was told there were several munitions factories in the area, but it would be hard to know which one. They did tell me that they (the Glasgow City Archive) does hold a collection of photos of WWI era women working in these factories, so maybe I'd be able to identify her.
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| Home Visit, 12 Oct 1917 |
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| Photo from Veronica Thomson of her mother Ona Kisieliute She noted it was possibly the "Moran-Nichol" munitions factory. |
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| Ona again (on right). Veronica didn't know who the person on the left was. Possibly Sofija? |
The "home visit" page suggests that she's only been resident at 178 Rose Street for 5 weeks (that would be since Kazimiras was sent away). I know from the census she was there in 1911, but I don't know where she was in between. The record also states that she only knew Kazimiras for three months before marriage, which seems to suggest that they suspected this was a marriage of convenience. By that time Kazimiras probably did know he was being deported. The odd note on "settlement", I was told, was a matter of determining which parish would pay the poor relief. Unmarried women were said to be "settled" at their father's residence. Married women were said to be "settled" at their husband's residence.
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| Residence |
It's also good to know that my direct ancestor was not a "lunatic" or an "idiot":
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| Good genes. |
Some changes to the status of Sofija's poor relief are also noted. By January of 1918, she was taken off the poor roll and placed on a "special roll" (receiving a benefits increase to 12/6). I know there was a lot of back and forth between authorities about whose responsibility the Lithuanian dependents were going to be (see documents here). I wonder if there is a separate book somewhere that contains these "special roll" entries. I think the special roll was eventually canceled because she returns to the poor roll (and decreases to 10/-) in May 1920. I think I recall that the national government decided it would no longer support dependents of the men they'd deported under the Anglo-Russian Military Convention. This must be it. Finally, it shows that she was "repatriated" (read: deported) on 6 Sept 1920. What is really incredible about this is that not only was she forced out, her Scottish-born son went too.
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* of course, "Russia" is actually Lithuania, since Lithuania was under control of the Czar at the time.
03 December 2014
Catholic Archive
I paid a visit to the Scottish Catholic Archive today. Finally. It's right here in Edinburgh, but I've never found the time to get there. They have very limited hours during the week and by appointment only.
All records in Scotland after 1855 are kept in a civil register (which is held at Register House at the National Archives of Scotland and digitized on the Scotland's People website). Records before 1855 were only kept by the churches. So if your family was Catholic, the Catholic archive holds pre-1855 records of their baptisms, banns, and burials (equivalent to births, marriages, and deaths), plus some other scattered notes on things. These pre-1855 records have been digitized, however, and are accessible on the Scotland's People website. The Catholic Church also holds records of post-1855 events, but these have not been consolidated at the Catholic archive, meaning that if you want to see them you must travel to the individual church where the event was registered!! This means the Catholic archive isn't much use to the average visitor. I went anyway.
The archivist was able to help me identify the churches and the people I need to contact about information I'm looking for. The main thing I want to see is a marriage record for Marijona Kisieliute my great-grandfather's sister, her first marriage to Konstantinas Adomaviczia in 1914. The civil record shows that one of the witnesses had the name Kisieliene. The first initial of the first name is either U or A. My hope is that the Catholic record will list the full name. This could link me to another of the Kisielius brothers. I've seen others in the records, but haven't been able to document any connection yet. This is probably held at Holy Family church in Mossend. I've emailed the priest requesting a look.
Another record I'd like to see is Marijona's second marriage to Juozas Valaitis in 1936. Both are listed as widows on the civil document. My hope is that document will list additional information about the death of her previous husband (I imagine some documentation of death would need to be provided). I actually suspect he was not dead. In the poor relief records that I found, I discovered that Konstantinas was with my great-grandfather when he was sent away under the Anglo-Russian Military Convention. I think he couldn't get back here either. Eventually she re-married. This record was originally recorded at St. John's Church in Glasgow, but St. John's was consolidated into Blessed John Duns Scotus, which should have the record books for St. John's.
I also asked about the baptism record for Kazimiras Kisielius Jr from 1918. It was registered at St Luke's, but St Luke's no longer exists, and I was told the records should also be held at John Duns Scotus.
I asked about the marriage of Kazimiras Sr and Sofija Raulinaite from 1917, which was registered at St Luke's.
And I asked about the baptism of Sofija, which I don't actually think happened here. Contrary to what Chute told me, and contrary to what she actually seemed to believe, she was born in Vilnius. She must have been very young when she arrived (since she doesn't seem to have remembered it), so there's a chance she could have been born there and baptized here. The Lithuanian record proves she was born there, but the German records show that she claimed to have been born in "Glashof, Britania".
All records in Scotland after 1855 are kept in a civil register (which is held at Register House at the National Archives of Scotland and digitized on the Scotland's People website). Records before 1855 were only kept by the churches. So if your family was Catholic, the Catholic archive holds pre-1855 records of their baptisms, banns, and burials (equivalent to births, marriages, and deaths), plus some other scattered notes on things. These pre-1855 records have been digitized, however, and are accessible on the Scotland's People website. The Catholic Church also holds records of post-1855 events, but these have not been consolidated at the Catholic archive, meaning that if you want to see them you must travel to the individual church where the event was registered!! This means the Catholic archive isn't much use to the average visitor. I went anyway.
The archivist was able to help me identify the churches and the people I need to contact about information I'm looking for. The main thing I want to see is a marriage record for Marijona Kisieliute my great-grandfather's sister, her first marriage to Konstantinas Adomaviczia in 1914. The civil record shows that one of the witnesses had the name Kisieliene. The first initial of the first name is either U or A. My hope is that the Catholic record will list the full name. This could link me to another of the Kisielius brothers. I've seen others in the records, but haven't been able to document any connection yet. This is probably held at Holy Family church in Mossend. I've emailed the priest requesting a look.
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| Kisieliene |
Another record I'd like to see is Marijona's second marriage to Juozas Valaitis in 1936. Both are listed as widows on the civil document. My hope is that document will list additional information about the death of her previous husband (I imagine some documentation of death would need to be provided). I actually suspect he was not dead. In the poor relief records that I found, I discovered that Konstantinas was with my great-grandfather when he was sent away under the Anglo-Russian Military Convention. I think he couldn't get back here either. Eventually she re-married. This record was originally recorded at St. John's Church in Glasgow, but St. John's was consolidated into Blessed John Duns Scotus, which should have the record books for St. John's.
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I also asked about the baptism record for Kazimiras Kisielius Jr from 1918. It was registered at St Luke's, but St Luke's no longer exists, and I was told the records should also be held at John Duns Scotus.
I asked about the marriage of Kazimiras Sr and Sofija Raulinaite from 1917, which was registered at St Luke's.
And I asked about the baptism of Sofija, which I don't actually think happened here. Contrary to what Chute told me, and contrary to what she actually seemed to believe, she was born in Vilnius. She must have been very young when she arrived (since she doesn't seem to have remembered it), so there's a chance she could have been born there and baptized here. The Lithuanian record proves she was born there, but the German records show that she claimed to have been born in "Glashof, Britania".
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| Birth of Sofija Raulinitis, 17 Aug 1901 (microfilm 604-20-289, pg333v-334z, no 757) |
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| She's even got her birth year and birth month wrong! |
30 November 2014
Some Reflections
These are some reflections on the information that was in the documents from Germany.
One of the documents (TD2285115.pdf, pg 6-7) was a register of people in the village of Plattling, Germany. Tevuk appears on the list at 25 Preisingplatz on 24 May 1945. There's a really interesting entry in Wikipedia about a battle that took place on 26 April 1945. I wonder if Tevuk was there and if he witnessed any of it (I wish I could ask him!). I also wonder if the building at 25 Preisingplatz is still there (google doesn't have streetview for this little village). There was a concentration camp at Plattling as well, which appears to have held more than Jewish prisoners. Is this possibly the Nazi camp that Tevuk told about? Or was he in hiding at 25 Preisingplatz? I recall vividly his stories of being on the verge of starving. There's also a story about a stolen pig, hidden on the second floor from Nazi soldiers in the family folklore. I wonder if it was at 25 Preisingplatz. The Wikipedia entry for Plattling also mentions a ceremony held for American veterans in May 2011, so there's clearly a strong local history community in this village. I wonder if they might be able to help. I should look into it more.
Chute shows up in records from the villages of Klingenbrunn and Spiegelau with the family of her first husband, Vytautas Apanavičuis. He's not listed with them, so they must be from after he had died in Dec 1944. Both villages are about 60km from Plattling, so I'm not certain where she met Tevuk. She is registered by herself in Bamberg (from Oct 1944 to June 1945), which according to the documents in TD2284935.pdf is where Vytautas was in the hospital until he died. There is a marriage record for her and Tevuk on 27 Aug 1945 in Munich. There is no record of Tevuk being in Bamberg.
By December 1945 they are in a displaced persons camp in Wolterdingen with Kitty and Chute's parents. There's a card showing that they emigrated to the US on 15 June 1949 by flight, with 1-year-old uncle Charlie. Chute would have been pregnant with my dad.
The DP Registration cards for both Chute and Tevuk (TD2285114.pdf, pg13; TD2285115.pdf, pg10) show they were at "Assembly Center No.: 6dpac". I wonder where this is. Is there more information about this place? Possibly a written history? Their "Displaced Person Statistical Cards" (TD2285114.pdf, pg17; TD2285115.pdf, pg12) both show that they were at "251 D.P. Assembly Centre, Wolterdingen n.Soltau".
One of the documents (TD2285115.pdf, pg 6-7) was a register of people in the village of Plattling, Germany. Tevuk appears on the list at 25 Preisingplatz on 24 May 1945. There's a really interesting entry in Wikipedia about a battle that took place on 26 April 1945. I wonder if Tevuk was there and if he witnessed any of it (I wish I could ask him!). I also wonder if the building at 25 Preisingplatz is still there (google doesn't have streetview for this little village). There was a concentration camp at Plattling as well, which appears to have held more than Jewish prisoners. Is this possibly the Nazi camp that Tevuk told about? Or was he in hiding at 25 Preisingplatz? I recall vividly his stories of being on the verge of starving. There's also a story about a stolen pig, hidden on the second floor from Nazi soldiers in the family folklore. I wonder if it was at 25 Preisingplatz. The Wikipedia entry for Plattling also mentions a ceremony held for American veterans in May 2011, so there's clearly a strong local history community in this village. I wonder if they might be able to help. I should look into it more.
Chute shows up in records from the villages of Klingenbrunn and Spiegelau with the family of her first husband, Vytautas Apanavičuis. He's not listed with them, so they must be from after he had died in Dec 1944. Both villages are about 60km from Plattling, so I'm not certain where she met Tevuk. She is registered by herself in Bamberg (from Oct 1944 to June 1945), which according to the documents in TD2284935.pdf is where Vytautas was in the hospital until he died. There is a marriage record for her and Tevuk on 27 Aug 1945 in Munich. There is no record of Tevuk being in Bamberg.
By December 1945 they are in a displaced persons camp in Wolterdingen with Kitty and Chute's parents. There's a card showing that they emigrated to the US on 15 June 1949 by flight, with 1-year-old uncle Charlie. Chute would have been pregnant with my dad.
The DP Registration cards for both Chute and Tevuk (TD2285114.pdf, pg13; TD2285115.pdf, pg10) show they were at "Assembly Center No.: 6dpac". I wonder where this is. Is there more information about this place? Possibly a written history? Their "Displaced Person Statistical Cards" (TD2285114.pdf, pg17; TD2285115.pdf, pg12) both show that they were at "251 D.P. Assembly Centre, Wolterdingen n.Soltau".
Documents from Germany
This post is going to take the form of running notes as I make my way through the documents that I received from the International Tracing Service in Germany (a service set up to help victims and descendants victims of WWII trace their families).
Document TD2285114.pdf:
** if not sending all documents with citizenship application, these are probably the best to send
Document TD2285114.pdf:
- pg 1- letter from ITS, listing the documents included in the packet
- pg 2- letter continued
- pg 3- shows that Chute was still with the Apanavičius family on 20 Aug 1945 in Klingenbrunn. Vytautas is not listed, I know already that he had died on 13 Dec 1944.
- pg 4- same
- pg 5- I can't seem to find anybody on this list
- pg 6- shows Chute is with the Apanavičius family, but there is no date. Location is Spiegelau / Grafenau. Says she is a "näherin" (seamstress!). Birth date is listed as 5 Jan 1921, rather than the 15th. And it says she was born in "Rodamme", which I believe is actually Rudamina. All the same information is recorded for the Apanavičiai.
- pg 7- shows Chute in Bamberg on 30 Sept 1947. Birth is listed as 15 Jan 1921, Rudamina, and "usual place of residence" is Kaunas. Date of sojourn (in Bamberg?) is 13 Oct 1944 to 5 Jan 1945. Also listed are Evaristas Apanavičius and Biruta Apanavičiute, but their "date of sojourn" does not overlap and I'm not certain if there is a connection. **
- pg 8- shows marriage of Chute and Tevuk in Munich, 27 Aug 1945. Tevuk born 15 Jun 1923, Krekenava. Former residence "unbek[annt]" (unknown).
- pg 9- shows marriage again, but lists Chute first. Chute born 15 Jan 1921, Ru[d]amina. Former residence "unbek[annt]" (unknown).
- pg 10- Marriage Certificate: lists Tevuk as "Landwirt" (farmer) and Chute as "Schneiderin" (dressmaker). Shows Tevuk born in Krekenava district, but says "beurkundung nicht nachgewiesen" (certification not detected?). Shows Chute as Apanavičius, geb. Kisielinte [sic]. Shows Chute born in Ru[d]amina district, but says "beurkundung nicht nachgewiesen".
- pg 11- second page of marriage certificate
- pg 12- document from marriage ceremony at St. Ludwig's in Munich, 2 Sept 1945. Shows Tevuk born 15 May 1923 in "pociunitiai" and Chute born 15 Jan 1921 in Rudamina. Also show Chute as Apanavičiene / Kisielinte [sic]. **
- pg 13- Chute's displaced persons registration card. Shows her as Marija Matuliene. Gives "claimed nationality" as Lithuanian, birthplace as Rudamina. Shows mother and father, and gives last permanent residence as Vilkaviskis. She does not claim to be a prisoner of war. Card is dated 13 Dec 1945. **
- pg 14- reverse side of card. Interesting information about "physical condition" and immunization.
- pg 15- duplicate card, also dated 13 Dec 1945, but handwriting is different.
- pg 16- reverse side of duplicate card
- pg 17- Displaced person statistical card for "Marija Matuliene, born Kisieliute". Card is dated 28 Jun 1948. Country of citizenship is Lithuania, last habitual residence is Lithuania. Born in Rudamina. Current location is 251 DP Assembly Centre, Wolterdingen n.Soltau. Stamped "emigrated to USA on 15 Jun ?? by flight". **
- pg 18- reverse side of card. Occupation is "dressmaker g-23".
- pg 19- Appears to be a passengers list for the flight to the US. The plane appears to be called "Youth Argosy". It left Hamburg on 15 Jun 1949. Matuliai are listed on the reverse.
- pg 20- passenger list continued. Listed are Chute, Tevuk, and wee Gediminas. Sponsor is listed as NCWC. Destination is listed as Londonderry, NH.
- pg 21- DP card. Shows Chute was born in Rudamina. Says "was in Br[itish?] zone / Germ."
- pg 1- letter from ITS, listing the documents included in the packet
- pg 2- letter continued
- pg 3- list of Lithuanians residing in Plattling. Tevuk listed on reverse
- pg 4- reverse of above. Shows Tevuk listed as "worker", residing in Hohenrainberacke. No date on document (pg1 says it was during the war).
- pg 5- register of people "who were temporarily or permanently stationed in the community [of Plattling], but are no longer in residence". Shows Tevuk was there, dated 12 Mar 1947.
- pg 6- register of people, handwritten, very difficult to read (pg1 says he registered at 25 Preisingplatz in Plattling on 24 May 1945). He is listed on the reverse (pg7).
- pg 7- reverse of above. Tevuk is #182. First name is rather illegible, but appears to start with a W, not a V (maybe "Wacis", as it would probably sound as he said it). Appears to list "Krekinava" [sic] twice. Dated 24 May 1945. Last column illegible. The wikipedia page for Plattling describes a battle which took place on 26 April 1945. Presumably Tevuk was there, or possibly in the Flossenbürg concentration camp. Must look into this more.
- pg 8- Tevuk's displaced persons registration card. Gives "claimed nationality" as Lithuanian, birthplace as Panevežys. Shows mother and father, and gives last permanent residence as Krekanava. He does not claim to be a prisoner of war (I wonder what this means. Is not claiming to have been a prisoner of war, or is he not claiming to be a prisoner of the Americans). Card is dated 13 Dec 1945, same as Chute. **
- pg 9- reverse side of card. Information about physical condition and immunization.
- pg 10- duplicate card, also dated 13 Dec 1945, but handwriting is different.
- pg 11- reverse side of duplicate card
- pg 12- Displaced person statistical card for Tevuk. Card is dated 28 Jun 1948, same as Chute. Country of citizenship is Lithuania, last habitual residence is Lithuania. Born in Kurgulai district of Panevezys. Current location is 251 DP Assembly Centre, Wolterdingen n.Soltau. Stamped "emigrated to USA on 15 Jun 1949 by flight". **
- pg 13- reverse side of card. Occupation is "farmer D-1".
- pg 14- DP card. Shows Tevuk was born in Panevezys. Says "was in Br[itish?] zone / Germ."
Document TD2285116.pdf:
- pg 1- letter from ITS, listing the documents included in the packet
- pg 2- Displaced persons registration card for "Kazys" (Kazimiras) Kisielius. Gives "claimed nationality" as Lithuanian, birthplace as Vilkaviskis. Shows mother and father (Mykolas Kisielius and Katarina Arminaite), and gives last permanent residence as Vilkaviskis. Card is dated 14 Dec 1945, the day after Chute and Tevuk. They have apparently rejoined by this point.
- pg 3- reverse side of card. Information about physical condition and immunization is blank.
- pg 4- it's not clear what this card is, but lists his and Sofija's birth dates (14 Mar 1891 and 17 Aug 1902, respectively). Sofija was actually born on that day in 1901. It says they are "untraceable", and has the following number "IRO 266792". I don't know what this is.
Document TD2285117.pdf:
- pg 1- letter from ITS, listing the documents included in the packet
- pg 2- Displaced persons registration card for Sofija Kisieliene. Gives "claimed nationality" as Lithuanian, birthplace as "Glashof [Glasgow] Britania" [this is wrong, but it does suggest that she didn't realize that she had actually been born in Lithuania]. Shows mother and father listed as Jurgis Laurynaitis (strange that is should be Motiejus Raulinaitis) and Jeva Gurevičiute. Gives last permanent residence as Vilkaviskis. Card is dated 14 Dec 1945, same as Kazimiras, and the day after Chute and Tevuk. Says she can also speak Lithuanian, English, German, and Russian!! The "remarks" line says she "does not wish to return of present". Certainly not, it wasn't long before that her son was disappeared by the Soviets.
- pg 3- reverse side of card. Information about physical condition and immunization is blank.
- pg 4- duplicate of TD2285116, pg4.
Document TD2285118.pdf:
- pg 1- letter from ITS, listing the documents included in the packet
- pg 2- Displaced persons registration card for Katarina Kisieliute. Gives "claimed nationality" as Lithuanian, birthplace as Vilkaviskis. Shows mother and father (listed as Kazys Kislielius and Sofija Raulinaityte). Gives last permanent residence as Vilkaviskis. Card is dated 19 Nov 1945, nearly a month before the others.
- pg 3- reverse side of card. Information about physical condition and immunization.
- pg 4- duplicate displaced persons registration card, handwriting the same in this case.
- pg 5- reverse side of duplicate card.
Document TD2284935.pdf:
- pg 1- letter from ITS, listing the documents included in the packet
- pg 2- card showing treatment of Vytautas Apanavičius in Würzberg Hospital from 8 Sept 1944, illness not indicated
- pg 3- card showing treatment in Würzberg Hospital until 9 Oct 1944, illness not indicated
- pg 4- card showing treatment in Bamberg Hospital from 9 Oct 1944 to 13 Dec 1944
- pg 5- grave registration in Klingenbrunn. Shows he was born 28 Mar 1921 in Kaunas, he was residing in Spiegelau. Cause of death is recorded as "herzschlag" (heartbeat?), 13 Dec 1944. Location of grave is "Friedhof Spiegelau". Says "Sterbeurkunde wurde bereits am 16.8.1946 übersandt" (Death certificate already sent on 16 Aug 1946).
- pg 6- duplicates much of the same grave registration information.
- pg 7- duplicates the same again
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