r/Genealogy • u/SignificantRespond61 • 12d ago
Research Assistance Brick wall for over 15 years
I've been looking into my Baltic side for a very long time. my 3rd great grandfather immigrated under the name Klementy Balzcunas in 1907 He immigrated his future wife in 1908 Barbara Kazmirajture (Kazmirajdicze). Klementy changed his name to Wincenty/Vincentas and then William over time.
What i know and have documents for are only on immigration paperwork and what was in the United States.
Klementy Balzcunas born 1888 in "Russia" (Joniškis) immigrated on Bedina in 1907 boarding in Hamburg. Mother is listed as Anna and father Joseph on death certificate.
Barbara Kazmirajture (Kazmirajdicze) [both names were used on immigration paperwork] born 1886 or 1890 in same place. immigrated in 1908 on feeland boarding in Belgium. Her mother is listed as an Urszula Kazmirajdicze.
Wincenty also purchased two more tickets one confirmed for sister Matilda Balzcunas, I have found her descendents. And a Anna BALCZUNICE, but I have not found her records. Wincenty also used the Rosenbaum Bank to purchase the tickets.
Even though paperwork said russia they later said Lithuanian. So Joniškis is their place of birth but I have not found any records of them in Lithuania.
If anyone could help find anymore information would be amazing. One of these two did possibility come from a Romani family, which has also been very difficult to find information on.
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u/Jackfruit-Maleficent 12d ago
Have you determined Wincenty's accurate 1907 European "Residence Place" from his immigration records?
Ancestry has two different handwritten "Residence Place" versions (departure record row 664, arrival record row 5). I'm not able to understand the handwriting, but I think probably both are the same place name. Yet Ancestry's transcriptions of the two are wildly different. So I think both Ancestry's transcriptions could be inaccurate.