family history

[Merry]

I agree. It looks like it was just Alex and Mary who came to Glasgow (Mary in 1908 and Alex most likely around the same time), whilst some of the rest of his family went to America.

I will try sending a message to sonsteam as he/she hasn't been back here since the initial posting.

[Merry]

It would appear things were looking up for Catholics in Lithuania in the period before they left:

Lithuania's nationalist movement continued to grow. During the 1905 Russian Revolution, a large congress of Lithuanian representatives in Vilnius known as the Great Seimas of Vilnius demanded provincial autonomy for Lithuania (by which they meant the northwestern portion of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania) on 5 December of that year. The tsarist regime made a number of concessions as the result of the 1905 uprising. The Baltic states once again were permitted to use their native languages in schooling and public discourse, and Catholic churches were built in Lithuania. Latin characters replaced the Cyrillic alphabet that had been forced upon Lithuanians for four decades. But not even Russian liberals were prepared to concede autonomy similar to that that had already existed in Estonia and Latvia, albeit under Baltic German hegemony. Many Baltic Germans looked toward aligning the Baltics (Lithuania and Courland in particular) with Germany.

[Merry]

There is this too though:

Between 1868 and 1914, approximately 635,000 people, almost 20 percent of the population, left Lithuania. Lithuanian cities and towns were growing under the Russian rule, but the country remained underdeveloped by the European standards and job opportunities were limited; many Lithuanians left also for the industrial centers of the Russian Empire, such as Riga and Saint Petersburg. Many of Lithuania's cities were dominated by non-Lithuanian-speaking Jews and Poles

[garstonite]

is this just a visit to see his family or a different Alexander because he is with Agatha?



http://www.rootspoint.com/record/194...-f311f4572b23/

[kiterunner]

The Alexander Miciulis who you found on the 1940 census was naturalised as a US citizen in 1925, Allan, and arrived in the US in 1907.

[sonsteam]

.thanks for reply no good at this computer stuff yet but hopefully a marriage print sent

Did your grandmother marry Alexander Mitchell in 1908? This is the index entry from ScotlandsPeople.

DAIRUTIS MARY MITCHELL ALEXANDER 1908 644/1 215 215 Bridgeton

Do you have a copy of this certificate (assuming this is your grandmother)

From your opening post, did you mean she had been married before and her maiden name was Rawlicki? Do you know when or where she married the first time?

I can't find any sign of her on the 1901 or 1891 Scottish census. What led you to believe she had arrived in Scotland by 1888?[/QUOTE]

Originally Posted by Merry

From googling I found a posting suggesting the family lived at 498 Baltic street Glasgow in the late 1890s.

I have found Alexander Mitchell as the Tennant/Occupier at that address on the valuation rolls in 1915, 1920, 1925 and 1930 (the last one available), but not in 1905 or before that (there is no 1910 roll available).

[Macbev]

Sonstream, if you look at post #9, you will see the marriage details I found on Scotland's People, which I believe is for your Mary Dairutis to Alexander Mitchell. If you do not already have this, I can send the image to you if you can send me a PM with your email address

[sonsteam]

many thanks for all help -when I was doodling I thought maybe my great granddad/ma came here to Glasgow direct from Lithuania but got prompts stating sciarva st. banbridge Donegal and having an Irish mum from Carrigans: couldn't say if the two are connected

[Merry]

but got prompts stating sciarva st. banbridge Donegal

What do you mean by 'got prompts'?

[sonsteam]

prompts- been on ancestry on to see what my Irish line would say! but couldn't get past 1911; even have address when my dad left Glasgow for Dumbarton in 1950 but local library has no record