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John Karustus

Lithuanian: Jonas Kairiū́kštis
Also Known As: "Karustas", "Karustis", "John Kajruksztis", "Kairuikstis", "Kuraskes"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Plutiškės, Plutiškių sen., Kazlų Rūda Municipality,, Marijampolė County, Lithuania / Lietuva / Литва, Russian Empire
Death: September 15, 1910 (26-34)
Knickerbocker Colliery, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States (Killed in coal mines. Rush of coal led to suffocation.)
Place of Burial: Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Antanas Kairiukstis and Ona Kairiukstis
Husband of Catherine Karustus
Father of John Joseph Karustus and Helen Swenson
Brother of Laurynas Kairiukstis; Pranas Kairiukstis; Anthony Karuskas / Karukstas; Mary Kairiukstis; Agota Kairiukstis and 2 others
Half brother of Kotryna Kairiukstis

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About John Karustus

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DAUGHTER - Marriage Helen Karustis & John Swenson on September 23, 1931 with birthplace & parents names. John's parents are listed as being born in Lithuania. Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMZ3-1JW
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMZ3-1JV

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John Karustus's Timeline

1880
June 20, 1880
Plutiškės, Plutiškių sen., Kazlų Rūda Municipality,, Marijampolė County, Lithuania / Lietuva / Литва, Russian Empire
1908
August 16, 1908
Home, 23 East Oak Street, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
1910
September 15, 1910
Age 30
Knickerbocker Colliery, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
September 19, 1910
Age 30
Saint George Lithuanian Cemetery, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
1910
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States