Mary Lapukas

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Names:
Mary Lapukas (SSDI)
Mary Waithaty (Marriage Record)
Mary Waitkaty (alternative transcription of marriage record)
Mary Waitkus (husband’s obituary)
Mary Whitkas (Son Stanley’s Obituary)
Mary Lapukis (1920 Census)

Vaitkus and Vitkus are both common Lithuanian surnames (http://pavardes.lki.lt). Are there other possibilities?

Possible Lithuanian names: Marijona Vaitkutė or Marijona Vitkutė

Date and Place of Birth:
C 1893, Lithuania (Marriage Record)
03 Aug 1891 (SSDI)

Death: Mar 1976 (SSDI)

Parents: Dominick [no surname], dead and Barbara Martinksty [or Martinkaty], housekeeper, b Lithuania, of Lewiston (1913 Marriage Record). Note there is a Barbara Vaitkene living with Patrinilla & John T Miller in Auburn ME (1930 Census). Could this be Mary’s mother? Yes, it is! Marriage of Patrolina Witkins and John Milaszewicz lists Parents Dominica Waitkins & Barbara Martinkata (Patrolina Witkins marriage)

Marriage: 01 Feb 1913, Maine - Marka Laprikas & Mary Waithaty, both of Lewiston ME (Marriage Index)
01 Feb 1913. Groom: Marka [could say Maika] Laprikas [but looks like Lapukas to me] (23 or 27, of Lewiston, Mill Op, b Lithuania). Bride: Mary Waithaty [or could say Waitkaty] (20, mill op, of Lithuania). Groom’s Parents Joseph [Lapukas], farmer and Marta Powilaitis, housewife, both of Lithuania. Brides Parents: Dominick [no surname], dead and Barbara Martinksty [or Martinkate], housekeeper, b Lithuania, of Lewiston. (Michael Marriage Record)

Children: Stanley Lapukas and Sophia Lapukas Smith (husband's obituary)

Arrival: did not find a passenger list that includes her
1912 (1930 Census)
1902 (1920 Census)

Places of residence:
1966, 1976 - Lynn MA (husband’s obituary, SSDI)
1920 - 16 Knox St, Lewiston ME (1920 Census)
1913 - Lewiston ME (Marriage record)

SOURCES:
Mary SSDI: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK62-Z6R : 7 January 2021), Mary Lapukas, Mar 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Marriage Record: “Marka Laprikas” in the Maine, U.S., Marriage Records, 1713-1922, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1669644:1961

Marriage Index: "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNL-VY4 : 27 November 2014), Marka Lapukas and Mary Waithaty, 01 Feb 1913; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta

husband Michael's Obituary: “Michael Lapukas” in The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, 13 Nov 1966, Sun, Page 94, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96134992/michael-lapukas-obituary/

son Stanley's obituary: “Stanley J. Lapukas” The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, 26 Jun 2010, Sat • Page B8. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96244509/obituary-for-stanley-j-lap...

1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZ4-7F7 : 1 February 2021), Michel Lapukis, 1920.

Patrolina Waitkins Marriage: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-KM4C : 2 March 2021), John Milaszewicz and Patrolina Waitkins, 06 Sep 1909; citing Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.