Obit: Klovas, Antoinette #2 (1901 - 1952)

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Surnames: Klovas, Lucas, Rittel, Dahl, Gordon

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 01/01/1953

Klovas, Antoinette #2 (27 OCT 1901 - 21 DEC 1952)

Funeral services were conducted at the Holy Family Church at Willard, Wis. by Rev. Augustine Svete, O.F.M., at ten o’clock on Wednesday morning, Dec. 24 fro Mrs. Wm. Klovas, who passed away at the hospital at Marshfield on Dec. 21st, 1952 after a lingering illness. She was 51 years of age.

Antoinette Lucas was born on Oct. 27, 1901 in Chicago, Ill., where she grew into womanhood and was united in marriage to Wm. Klovas on Oct. 19, 1919. She came to the Town of Mead (Clark Co., Wis.) with her husband and family in 1926 and resided there until death.

She leaves to mourn her untimely demise, her husband; three sons, Wm. G. Klovas, Ironwood, Mich., George M. Klovas, Thorp, and Richard D. Klovas, at home; two daughters, Marian, Mrs. Arthur Rittel, Wenatchee, Wash. And Elizabeth, Mrs. Glenn Dahl of Eau Claire; one brother, Anthony Lucas of Thorp, Wis.; and two sisters, Mrs. Irene Gordon and Miss Betty Lucas of Chicago.

She was laid to rest in the Holy Family Parish Cemetery at Willard. Pallbearers were Michael Klapatauskas Jr., Julius Klapatauskas, Alex Badzinski, Thomas Polnaszek, Michael Sneider and Erich Kapfer.

Research

The marriage certificate can be downloaded for free at
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home

Here are the details of the certificate from that site:

Collection: Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920
Groom: William Klovas
Groom's Age: 26 Groom's Estimated Birth Year: 1893
Bride: Antoinette Lucas
Bride's Age: 18 Bride's Estimated Birth Year: 1901
Marriage Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1919
Marriage Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Film Number: 1030711
Digital Film Number: 4272661
Image Number: 176
Reference Number: 844662

They were married at a RC Lithuanian Church in Chicago.
Holy Cross, Immaculate Heart of Mary, established 1904
4557 S Wood Street, Chicago IL 60609
Tel 773 - 376 - 3900, Fax 773 - 376 - 8929

There is also another interesting record there -- under William Klowas -- indicating the birth certificate (14 May 1920) of Vincent Klowas should be amended to read William Klovas. The Witness is his aunt, Betty Lucas.

If you look at the original birth certificate, it shows the parents as Vincent Klowas & Anthomine Lukosws (check the handwriting).
Perhaps they were using William and Vincent interchangeably? I would suggest expanding the search with the use of that name also.

Collection: Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922
Name: Vincent Klowas Birth Date: 14 May 1920
Birthplace: Chicago Gender: Male
Father's Name: Vincent Klowas
Father's Birthplace: Poland; Europe
Father's Age: 28
Mother's Name: Anthomine Lukosws
Mother's Birthplace: Poland; Europe
Mother's Age: 19
Residence: 5325 S. Wentworth, Cook County, Chicago
Film Number: 1309447
Digital Folder Number: 4440929
Image Number: 01089
Reference Number: 54494

Both records can be downloaded free at .pilot.familysearch.org

There is a death record for Paul Klovas showing his place of birth as Ackmineo Lithuania.
 

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 5 June 1917

Name: William Klovas     5257 Princeton Rd., Chicago, Ill.

City: Chicago    County: Cook    State: Illinois

Alien    Birthplace: Akmani, Russia

Birth Date: 15 Dec 1889     Race: Caucasian (White)

FHL Roll Number: 1613931     DraftBoard: 70

Age: 27     Occupation: Boiler Maker     Nearest Relative: Mother

Height/Build: Tall / Stout    Color of Eyes/Hair: Blue / Brown     Signature: (yes)

U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)

Name: Wm Klovas      Birth Date: 15 Dec 1890         Birth Place: Russia

Age at event: 28          Court District: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa

Date of Action: 5 Aug 1919

Collection: Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920

Groom: William Klovas

Groom's Age: 26     Groom's Estimated Birth Year: 1893

Bride: Antoinette Lucas

Bride's Age: 18       Bride's Estimated Birth Year: 1901

Marriage Type: Marriage

Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1919     Marriage Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Signed: Rev. Norbert Pakalnis, R. C. Priest, 21557 So Wood St., Chicago

Film Number: 1030711            Digital Film Number: 4272661

Image Number: 176                  Reference Number: 844662

1920 United States Federal Census

Name: William Klovas     Age: 27     Estimated birth year: abt 1893

Birthplace: Lithuania       Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)

Father's Birth Place: Lithuania         Mother's Birth Place: Lithuania

Marital Status: Married    Race: White     Sex: Male

Home owned: Rent         Able to read: Yes      Able to Write: Yes

Year of immigration: 1912 Pa (naturalization papers filed) 1918

Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 30, Cook (Chicago), Illinois

William Klovas           27  Lithuania-Lith-Lith    Occupation: Ship Builder

Antoinette Klovas       18  Illinois-Lith-Lith

Collection: Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922

Name: Vincent Klowas     Birth Date: 14 May 1920     Birthplace: Chicago     Gender: Male

Father's Name: Vincent Klowas            Father's Birthplace: Poland; Europe     Father's Age: 28

Mother's Name: Anthomine Lukosws   Mother's Birthplace: Poland; Europe   Mother's Age: 19

Residence: 5325 S. Wentworth, Cook County, Chicago

Film Number: 1309447         Digital Folder Number: 4440929

Image Number: 01089           Reference Number: 54494

1930 United States Federal Census

Name: William Klovis     Age: 39     Estimated birth year: abt 1891

Birthplace: Lithuania      Relation to Head of House: Head

Spouse's name: Antoinette Klovis   Race: White

Occupation: Dairy Farmer           Rent/home value: Own

Age at first marriage: William 29, Antoinette 18

Immigration: 1910 Naturalized           Parents' birthplace: Lithuania

Home in 1930: Mead, Clark, Wisconsin

William Klovis            39  Lithuania

Antoinette Klovis       28  Illinois

William Klovis              9  Illinois 

Marion Klovis               5  Illinois

George Klovis               3  Wisconsin

Elizabeth Klovis   1 1/12  Wisconsin

United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

William Klovas     birth: 15 Dec 1890     residence: Butler, Clark, Wisconsin

gender: Male         digital folder number: 4250062

Social Security Death Index

Name:  William Klovas     Born: 15 Dec 1890      Died: Apr 1976

State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (1962-1963)

Last Residence: 54701  Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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Destination - Chicago

Justin Klowas    Arr: 11 Jun 1909      Birth: abt 1890            Male   

Port: Bremen, Germany          Last Residence: Russia           Ship name: Rhein

Town: Pleike ? or Akmeny ? Russia

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Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934

SHIP: Nottingham                  Grimsby; Liverpool; Southampton

Kasemir Klowas          12 Apr 1910    abt 1860          Residence: Akman

Apolonia Klowas        12 Apr 1910    abt 1875          Residence: Akmen

Vincent Klowas          12 Apr 1910    abt 1890          Residence: Kruss
 

Responses

I don’t know if you will be able to help me. I am desperately trying to track down a birth certificate for a great grandfather.

William V Klovas is listed on a website that I believe you review, namely the Holy Family Catholic Cemetery Index.

On this page, William V Klovas is shown as being married to Antonette Lucas on October 19th, 1919. To date I have been unable to find any reference to their marriage and wondered if you would know where this information regarding their marriage came from.

The marriage is also referenced in Antoinette’s (I believe the correct spelling, although her gravestone shows her as Antonette) obituary (above) indicating that she was born and possibly married in Chicago, Illinois.

I have searched on several genealogy websites, using both spellings of her name and under his name for any reference to their actual marriage but have been unable to find anything at all.

I wondered if you would you be able to point me in any particular direction as to where I may find some information or as to where the source of your information came from for their marriage. I am hoping that being able to locate a copy of their marriage licence or certificate will help me with being able to locate where William V Klovas was actually born.

I know he was born in Lithuania but I need to try and identify the actual town in which he was born and ideally the church where he may have been baptised. My searches so far lead me to believe that he may have been born in a town in Lithuania called Amenė but I have very little to back this up.  Any help would be gratefully appreciated and I look forward to hearing from you.  Simon Glenister

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