Lithuania immigrants

[kathwc]

Cnn anyone help with ancestors that arrived from Lithuania in 1903 and resided in Chicargo..  They didn't seem to like officialdom and I only have one entry of my ancestors on the census.

Aleaxander Monstavich and Marcell Yushka were there names.

Many Thanks

[shellyesq]

There is a WWI Draft Registration card for an Alex Monstavich.  He lived at 3347 S. Morgan St. in Chicago.  He was born 15 May 1878.  He was a non-declarant alien who was a citizen of Russian Lithuania.  He was a laborer for N. American Provision (?) Co. at 47 Racine Ave. in Chicago.  His nearest relative was Eva Monstavich at the same address.  He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair.  It was reported that he was shot eight years ago.

I couldn't figure out where you found them in the census, but I've seen some Lithuanian names butchered on my family tree, so they may be hiding in more than one census.

[GreySquirrel]

I assume you want to go back in time (from US to Lithuania) but you may still find some interesting links about Lithuanians in Chicago here http://www.lithuaniangenealogy.org/databases/index.html if you don't know the site already.

Grey Squirrel

[johnnyboy]

Hi kathwc and all: Upton Sinclair's best-known novel The Jungle (published 1906) centers on Lithuanian immigrants to Chicago who were employed in the city's many, many packing houses. It might give you some idea of the life lived by immigrants at that timelife. You can read a description of the novel at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle

Regards,
John