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Marriage in Vitebsk?

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Marriage in Vitebsk?

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 7:34AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 19 Sep 2012 11:28AM GMT
Surnames: Maniusevskaite, Kisel-Kisko, Kuzmimas, Genys
My husband's grandmother was born 6 April 1901, St. Petersburg, Russia. She was baptized over 40 years later in Kassel, Germany in the refugee camp: Vilhelmina, daughter of Adomas Kisel-Kisko and Liucija Maniusevskaite. Vilhelmina said Adomas died in the St. Petersburg baths when she was 4, leaving her, her two younger sisters (Malia and Bronislava), and Liucija alone.

We believe that Liucija subsequently remarried, possibly to a Kuzmimas, as a family photo shows Malia, Bronislava and her son Stasuke at a gravestone labeled Liucija Kuzmimie... (the rest was obscued with flowers). On the back in Malia's handwriting is written "our mother's grave".

Vilhelmina never wanted to talk about her background, so we don't know much more. We've wondered if there is a Jewish connection.

Vilhelmina married Petras Genys and my mother-in-law, Liudmila Genys was born 19 Nov 1922 in Gelvonai, Vilnius. By then, Petras was an officer in the Lithuanian Army and was soon after promoted to Colonel. Prior to officer training in Vilnius, he had been posted in Vitebsk, Belarus (1917-1918, Russian Army), so they may have met and married there. The family left Lithuania in 1944 and emigrated to United States 5 years later.

Any information on Vilhelmina's early life, and her marriage would be appreciated.

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