Bartholomew Abromaitis
Baltramiejus’ (Bartholomew’s) Abromaitis death record in the metrics of Simnas parish (No.34).
http://www.epaveldas.lt/vbspi/content/biImage.jsp?imageId=/vbspi/showImage.do?id=PG_S_364945_57
He died in 1933 on May 5th.
He was 86 years old. Widower, a former farmer. He was born and lived in a village Kovalčiukai. His father was Andrius (Andrew) Abromaitis. His mother was Ona (Anna) Kubiliūtė (her maiden name) Abromaitienė. After Baltramiejus’ death his sons and daughters remained: – Antanas (Anton), 36 years old, – Jonas (John), 35 (?) years old, – Vladas (Vlad), 28 years old, – Marijona (Mary), 50 years old, – Ieva (Eve), 48 years old, – Morta (Martha), 45 years old, – Petronė, 30 years old, – Julijona (Juliana), 26 years old, – Izabelė (Isabella), 24 years old, – Rozalija, 41 year old. He is buried in the cemetery of town Simnas.
His daughter:
This document is written in Latin. This is an extract from the birth of metrics.
Morta Izabelė (Martha Isabel) (she had two names) Abromaičiūtė (an old Lithuanian unmarried girls’ surnames form; now it would be Abromaitytė) was christened in 1889 on 20 August in the church of Simnas. Her parents are Baltramiejus (Bartholomew) Abromaitis and Liucija (Lucy) Eidukaitė (her maiden name – Eidukas’ daughter) . They lived in province Suvalkai
Dean Kalvarija
Parish Krokialaukis (it is a neighboring parish to parish of Simnas)
village Gluoksninkai
Bartholomew is not a brother of our Peter, but perhaps a cousin.
Lesson in DNA research
I posted the following question on Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society on Facebook:
“If anyone has information on Abromaitis, Bubelis, Kavaliauskaitė, Kalčinskaitė, Vaskaitė, please contact me.”
I was contacted by a man with the last name Waskelis.
“I have a Vaškevičius DNA match that comes from Simnas area. I’m wondering if Vaškevičius may be related to Vaskaite?” He also had Bubelis matches.
I compared his kits to mine and my brothers on gedmatch. No matches.
Then I checked Family Tree DNA.
No match for me to his names.
Then I found it: his great aunt and my brother matched.
Sure enough, I went back to gedmatch to find his aunt, and again, she matched my brother but not me.
Not a new lesson, but an important one: test multiple family members, and use multiple matching sources: Ancestry.com, Family Tree DNA, and gedmatch.
Marriage record of Peter Abromitis and Anna Kovelesky, 1890, Lithuania
I posted ABROMITIS/ABROMAITIS FAMILIES IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
to a Facebook Lithuanian genealogy group. A very helpful man in Lithuania provided us the marriage record of my great grandparents which gave us the names of their parents.
He found the record at: http://www.epaveldas.lt/vbspi/content/biImage.jsp?imageId=%2Fvbspi%2FshowImage.do%3Fid%3DPG_S_364942_164
This is the record:
Short translation of the wedding record from Russian:
The marriage took place in the church of Simnas on 25 November 1890.
The bridegroom is Petras (Peter) Abromaitis. A unmarried man. A son of journeyman. He was born and lives in the village Skovagaliai. (This village was in the parish Simnas. The town Simnas is in Alytus district now.) He is 27 years old. His parents – Juozas (Joseph) Abromaitis and Teresė (Theresa) Vaskaitė (her maiden name) Abromaitienė. Father and mother live in the village Skovagaliai.
The bride is Ona Kavaliauskaitė. A unmarried girl. A maidservant. A truck farmer’s daughter. She was born and lives in the village Skovagaliai. She is 22 years old. Ona’s parents are Jurgis (George) Kavaliauskas and Marcelė Kalčinskaitė (her maiden name) Abromaitienė. They live in the village Skovagaliai.
Abromitis/Abromaitis families in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Abromitis/Abromaitis families in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
To date, we have identified 6 Abromitis/Abromaitis families (edited to 6 on Sept 29, 1917) who settled in Schuylkill Co., PA in the late 1800s/early 1900s. Four have been DNA tested, and we have not found any DNA matches between families.
We are looking for descendants or any of these families – or those who suspect they may be – to help us with research and further DNA testing.
Jacky Abromitis
Jacky.abromitis @ gmail.com
- Minersville Family 1 – DNA tested
Simnas
Peter Abromitis/Anna Kavaulinakas (Kovelesky)
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/54962455/family?cfpid=13750491108&usePUBJs=true
- Minersville Family 2 – DNA tested
Kaunus
Francis Clement (“Frank”) Abromaitis /Stella Grabarak
(moved to Philadelphia)
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/105185167/family/familyview
- Tamaqua Family – DNA tested
Simnas
Frank Abromaitis (1849)/ Marijona Stanulis (abt 1854)
Son, Frank, was said to have remained in Lithuania.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/48990/family
- Mahanony/Tamaqua
Frank born abt 1878 married to Petronel born about 1880
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/105184729/family
NOT the son of Frank Abromaitis (1849)/Marion Stanulis (abt 1854)?
No further info.
- Girardville Family – DNA tested
Joseph M. Abromitis (1884–1965)/ Mary Senuta (1888–1981)
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/75742374/family
From Lois Abromitis Mackin:
I recently learned that Rev Peter Abromaitis (1854-1911), pastor of several R.C. churches in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was the brother of Dr Joseph Abromaitis (1867-1927) of Baltimore and Waitekus Abromaitis (1866-?), also of Baltimore. There was another brother named Frank who seems not to have immigrated to the U.S. Rev Peter was ordained in Suvalkija gub. I don’t know where he was born. Dr Joseph’s naturalization paper says he was born in “Solceniki.” Rev Peter’s DC says his parents were Joseph Abromaitis and Catharine Kubilus.
6. Shenandoah Family –
John Abromaitis came to Shenandoah in either 1894, 1895 or 1896 based on census data. His son Luis was born in Suwalki in 1892 per his naturalization documents.
From 1900 Census Borough of Shenandoah (District 7 Enum. district 164 Sheet 3) Line 63
Abromaitis John born June 1860, etc.
wife Agnes, children Luis, Annie, Agnes,
boarder (blurred, could be brother) Chas. Abromaitis
The family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan around 1907.
Abromaitis Abromitis Genealogy
For those searching the genealogy of the many Abromaitis/Abromitis families, please email jacky.abromitis<at>gmail. com
I, along with two other Abromitis researchers, are conducting research, including DNA research to try to trace each of the Abromitis families.
Please email me for more information.