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From: "David Zincavage" <>
Subject: Re: [LITHUANIA-L] Baranauckas/Baranauskas
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:10:30 -0400
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Barauskas would be Borowski lituanianized.
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Subject: Re: [LITHUANIA-L] Baranauckas/Baranauskas


> Robbyn, I believe Baranauckas and Baranauskas were pronounced the same by
> Lithuanian speakers in America, so I wouldn't worry about the spelling
> difference. In fact, in the period you are looking at, you have to expect
> almost any variation due to the overall process of assimilation into the
> American culture, as you have already noticed in the census records.
>
> Where in PA was your Baranauckas/Baranauskas family living? Was it by any
> chance near Freeland in Luzerne County? I have a Veronica BARAUSKAS, born
> Dec 1866 in Russia-Lithuania, died 1917 in Waterbury, CT, buried in New
St.
> Joseph's Cemetery, Waterbury, CT. She was married to Antanas (Anthony)
> BUKEVICIUS (BOCKWICH). Their children were Mary [married Wallace],
Charles,
> Thomas, Anthony Robert, Helen [Cullen] and Alice [Naughton]. This family
> lived in Freeland, PA 1883 - 1887 and was living in Waterbury by 1890.
Are
> they at all familiar to you?
>
> Bill Josey
>
> In a message dated 8/13/2001 11:09:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> << Subj: [LITHUANIA-L] Lithuanians in Russia/Plonad?
> Date: 8/13/2001 11:09:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> From: (Robbyn Wolf)
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> </A>
> To:
>
> I was hoping that someone maybe able to explain a few things for me
> regarding my great-grandparents (surname: Baranauckas).
>
> First I am told that Baranauckas is not a proper Lithuanian name, but it
is
> indeed a name they used. Their Gravestone reads, "Baranauskas", though no
> documentation supports this.
>
> To further complicate things for me - they are listed in the 1910 PA
Census
> as Benosky from Russia Lithuania and in 1920 PA Census as Brownosky from
> Russia Poland.
>
> Can anyone offer an explanation or stir me in the right direction?
>
> Regards, Robbyn Wolf
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