Agatha Chaikovski

THE THREE CHIRUS SISTERS. Jennie and Agatha Chirus, long residents in Haverhill, welcomed their young sister, Malvina, to the city in the 1920s. Jennie was married to Alexander Naudzunas, a shoe worker, and they lived on Margin Street. Agatha was married to Mike Chaikovski. They lived in Haverhill for a while before moving to Portsmouth, NH. Malvina married John Ziminski and they lived on River Street.

O'Malley, Patricia Trainor (1999). Haverhill's immigrants at the turn of the century. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. (p. 82)

• ********* FIVE FRIENDS. Mike and Agatha (Chirus) Chaikovski (rear left) join their friends Peter Swain and Victor Slaiciunas (front) and Benigna (Svenciskas) Slaiciunas (rear right). Peter Swain and his wife, Mary, operated grocery stores in Haverhill and Bradford. Victor Slaiciunas was a barber with a home on Groveland Street. All of these people, including Peter’s wife, Mary, were post-1910 immigrants from Lithuania.

O'Malley, Patricia Trainor (1999). Haverhill's immigrants at the turn of the century. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. (p. 82)

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