Michael Lapukas

SOURCES BELOW:

Names:
Michel Lapuks (Arrival 1902)
Marka Lapukas (Marriage Index)
Marka Laprikas (Ancestry transcription of Marriage record)
Possibly Maika Lapukas (my transcription of Marriage Record, Family Search Transcription)
Michel Lapukis (1920 Census)

Possible Lithuanian name: Mykolas or Mikas, Lapukas or Lapūkas

Date and Place of Birth: CONFLICTING YEARS
C 1884, Lithuania (1902 Arrival)
10 Oct 1886 (SSDI)
10 Oct 1882 (Grave) - date that I entered

• Find a Grave entry notes disparity with SSDI entry. Although there’s no photo assume 1882 is what is on the stone.

Probably born in Kurtuvėnai, Šiauliai District Municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania (birthplace of brothers John & Joseph), but no documentation.

Death: 10 Nov 1966, Lynn MA (Obituary), Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn MA (Grave)

Parents: Joseph [Lapukas], farmer and Marta [or Morto] Powilaitis, housewife, both of Lithuania. (Michael Marriage Record)

Spouse: Mary Waitkus (Obituary)

Children: Stanley Lapukas & Sophia Smith(Obituary)

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)

Arrival in US: “Jonas Lapuks” age 20 from Rotterdam 22 May 1902 to New York 01 Jul 1902, ship Ryndham. Previous Res Uszkalny. Going to uncle Georg Powilatis, Knonstr (could this be Knox St?), Lewiston ME. Traveling with “Michel Lapuks” age 18 same prev res & destination. Notation “Ix32569 (505) 4/20/36” for Michel. (John Sr Arrival)

Obituary info: “Michael Lapukas” d 10 Nov 1966, of Lynn, MA. Spouse: Mary (Waitkus), Children Stanley Lapukas (South Lynnfield) & Mrs Sophia Smith (Lynn) Brother Joseph of Lewiston ME.

Occupation:
Leather worker (Grave, biographical info included)
1920 - Weaver (1920 Census)

Places of residence:
1971 - Lynn MA (Brother Joseph’s Obituary). This is a mistake (confirmed that there is only 1 pair of Michael & Joseph Lapukas in New England
1966 - Lynn MA
1920 - 16 Knox St, Lewiston ME (1920 Census)

SOURCES:
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.

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

SSDI: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKX8-L59 : 7 January 2021), Michael Lapukas, Nov 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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

Grave: “Michael Lapukas” https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22651700/michael-lapukas

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.