George Yezulinas (1890 - 1965)

Born 12 Apr 1890 in Lithuania, Russia

Descendants

Died May 1965 at age 75 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

George was born in Kapčiamiestis in Russia-occupied Lithuania on April 12th, 1890.^[1]

He married his wife, Anna Sledziauskas, in Kapčiamiestis.^[2]

They had their first daughter, Antanina on 10 July 1910 in Lithuania.^[3] It is unknown if George was present for her birth as he immigrated to the United States that same year, seeking work in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania.^[4] His wife joined him a few years later, immigrating in October 1913.^[2] Originally, Antanina was to stay in Lithuania and care for her maternal grandparents until their deaths, at which point she would immigrate to the United States to join her parents and family. However, her grandfather lived to age 102 and died in 1961, by which time she was married with children and was unwilling to leave Lithuania.^[5]

In 1917 he was described as short, medium build, with blue eyes and light hair.^[1]

George and Anna were naturalized as US citizens between 1920 and 1930.^[6]

George was employed as a coal miner in the West Shenandoah Colliery by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company.^[1] He retired from coal mining around 1949, at the age of 60.^[7]

He passed away in May 1965.^[8] He was buried in St George Cemetery, Shenandoah, where he shares a headstone with his wife and son George Jr.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} “World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918,” digital images, MyHeritage, (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10513-21503868-/george-yuozilinas-in-united-states-world-war-i-draft-registrations?s=485038221&indId=individual-485038221-3500019 : accessed 27 October 2018), George Yuozilinas, serial no. 1657, order no. 419, Draft Board no. 1;L-Z, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918, NARA microfilm publication M1509; no specific roll cited.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Manifest, SS President Lincoln, 8 October 1913, List 16, p. 87, for Anna Jesolinowa (age 22), digital images, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10512-61955189/anna-jeselinowa-in-ellis-island-other-new-york-passenger-lists : accessed 27 October 2018).
3. ↑ "Antanina Juozulynienė", family tree profile, Geni World Family Tree (https://www.geni.com/people/Antanina-Juozulynienė/6000000080989020473 : accessed 24 October 2018); submitted 24 February 2018 by Gediminas Jančiulis. Unsourced profile by living relative.
4. ↑ 1920 U.S. Census, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Shenandoah Borough, enumeration district (ED) #121, p. #5-A (stamped), dwelling #81, family #82; George Yesolenis head of household; digital image, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10133-184475717-/george-yesolenis-in-1920-united-states-federal-census : accessed 26 October 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, no specific roll cited. Listed: George Yesolenis (head) 30, Anna (wife) 32, Alex 5, George 3 2/12, Anna 1 0/12, Charles Sabolis (boarder) 26.
5. ↑ "Oral interview with Debra (Yezulinas) Thibodeaux," 6 October 2018 by Russell Staubs, notes owned by Russell Staubs, Monument, Colorado; Recollections on family migrations to Shenandoah, Pennsylvania and Fairborn, Ohio.
6. ↑ 1930 U.S. Census, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Shenandoah, enumeration district (ED) 0122, p. 12-A (stamped), dwelling 435, line 32; George Yozulinas head of household; digital image, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-243076291/george-yozulinas-in-1930-united-states-federal-census : accessed 28 October 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication T626 roll #2147.
7. ↑ Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Marriage License no. 127, Peter G. Yezulinas and Anel M. Skupsky, 1949; Schuylkill County Civil Court Marriage Dockets 1885-1950, book 127, Schuylkill County Historical Society, Pottsville, Pennsylvania; photocopy in the personal files of Russell Staubs. Marriage licenses of Yezulinas brothers prior to 1948 lists George Yezulinas’s occupation as "miner"; this one lists it as "labor", leading the researcher to speculate he retired from mining in 1948/49.
8. ↑ U.S. Social Security Administration, “Social Security Death Index,” database, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10002-23412689/george-yezulinas-in-us-social-security-death-index-ssdi : accessed 26 October 2018), entry for George Yezulinas.
9. ↑ BillionGraves, database and images (https://billiongraves.com/grave/George-yezulinas/5289613 : accessed 28 October 2018), entry for George Yezulinas (1891-1965), BillionGraves Record 5289613, St George Cemetery, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania.