OBIT: BATULEWICH, ALPHONSE : Husband of Angela (Obit.).Plain Dealer 16 Apr, 1989, pg. 11 sec. B

1. Joanne BATULEWICH
2. 1. Benita BATULEWICH
3. James BATULEWICH
4. Mark M. BATULEWICH, (Batulewick)

For some reason he occasionally used the name PRISKIENIS on some of his papers (ie. Marriage license, naturalization papers). Also found his name as BATULEWICUS on a deed.

IMMIGRATION:
Arrived 1906 per 1920 census, 1907 per 1930 census. A ship manifest was found on the Ellis Island website for the earlier arrival:
BATULOWIZKI, Banadas
Russia, Lithuanian, Kowrno
6 Aug 1906 (arrival)
19 years of age, Male, Single
Ship - BLUCHER, Port - Hamburg
Possibly traveling with WALUKANIS, Janatz, age 22, Male, Single.

CENSUS: 1930, ED 18-389, Sheet 19A, Lines 31-37 (8101 Sowinski)

RESIDENCES:
1929 - 8108 Sowinski Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
1930 - 8108 Sowinski Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
1970 - 3487 W. 63rd St

OCCUPATION:
1930 - Train Inspector

OBIT:
Name: Batulewich, Banadas
Date: May 31 1970
Source: Plain Dealer
Notes: Batulewich (Barton). Banadas Batulewich, beloved husband of Anna (deceased), dear father of Anne, Casmere K. Batule, Alphonse J., Harvey V. and Olga L., dear grandfather of seven. Funeral services Monday, June 1 of Out Lady of Perpetual Help Church at a.m. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at The Jakubs and Son Funeral Home, 936 E. 185th St. Visiting Hours Sunday 2-5 And 7-9 P.M.

Name originally spelled VANIKIUTIS (?)

IMMIGRATION: Per her naturalization papers, Anna departed from Rotterdam, Holland on the SS Rotterdam and arrived 7 Jul 1909 in New York City. Attempts to locate her entry in the ship's manifest have been fruitless, so far. She would have been listed as "Ona Vanickiutis" according to information she provided on her naturalization papers. The Morton Allen Ship Directory does not list the Rotterdam as having arrived in July. Most years the Rotterdam arrived in June or August. She had to have arrived before April 1910 because at that time she appears on the 1910 census.

MARRIAGE: Married at St. Casimir's Church on Sowinski Avenue, Cleveland by Rev. J. Halaburda.
Marriage license (v92, pg 30) lists WANICKA, ANNA and PRISKIENIS, BENDATAR
(copy in my possession)
** Who is Bendatar Priskienis? Or was there a misunderstanding of what they were saying? **
**Note added 1 Nov 2002: Anna Batulewich told me that for some reason Ona's husband occasionally used this alternate name. She did not know why but had found some other papers that mentioned it. I'm wondering if perhaps he had been using a step-father's name?**

RESIDENCES:
1915 - 7919 Medina Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
1916-1922 - 8108 Sowinski Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

DEATH: Certificate # 64170, Volume #17015 ( #7279 is also a possible certificate number). massive heart attack

OBIT:
Name: Batulewich (Barton), Anna
Date: Sep 2 1962
Source: Plain Dealer
Notes: Batulewich (Barton). Anna Batulewich (Barton) (nee Vanicki), 3487 W. 63rd St., beloved wife of
Banadas, dear mother of Anne, Casmere K., Alphonse J., Harvey V., Olga L., and grandmother. sister of Louis Vanicki, Genevieve Kutolowski, Irene Stankiewicz, John Vanickl and Stanley Vanicki. Friends may call at Delia Jakubs & Son Funeral Home, 6621 Edna Ave. From 2-5 And 7-10 P. M. Sunday. Funeral services Monday, Sept. 3, at 10 a. m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery.

BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery: Sec 88, Lot 3131, Grave 1

1. Anna P. BATULEWICH, (Barton) b. 25 Jan 1916, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; c. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. May 2003, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Casimir K. BATULEWICH, (Batule) b. 2 Nov 1918, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 29 Nov 1994, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 2. Alphonse J. BATULEWICH, (Batulewick) b. 7 Oct 1920, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 14 Apr 1989, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Harvey V. BATULEWICH b. 20 Feb 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Jul 1977, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
5. Olga Larjana BATULEWICH b. 5 Sep 1924, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Feb 1971, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

OBIT: Name: Bratovich, Joseph
Date: Dec 10 1958
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #095.
Notes: Bratovich, Joseph, beloved husband of Jovana (nee Kakich), dear father of John, Angela Batulawich, Ann Marrotti, and grandfather, dear brother of Johanna Ujcie, Katherine of Italy, late residence, 1440 E. 53d St. Services from Jos. Zele & Sons Funeral Home, 6502 St. Clair Ave. Services Thursday at 2 p. m., Rev. Richard Hurdiss officiating. Interment Whitehaven Cemetery.

Obit for his brother-in-law
Name: Barella, Joseph K.
Date: Jan 10 1969
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #091.
Notes: Barella. Joseph K. Barella, father of Mrs. Anne A. Marrotte, uncle of John Bratovich and Angela Batulewich, great-uncle of six. Friends received at Zele Memorial Chapel ? E. 152d St., where services will be held Saturday at 1:30 P. M. Visiting Hours Friday From 2-3 P. M.

1. 3. Angela M. BRATOVICH
2. John BRATOVICH d. 1970, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. Anna A. BRATOVICH d. Jul 2001, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 4. Banadas (Benjamin) BATULEWICH, (Barton) b. 7 Feb 1889; d. May 1970, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Michael BATULEWICH, (Butler)

Vincent's family was said to be well-to-do and owned a large, prosperous farm in Lithuania where they employed several field hands. When the Russians came to try to take over their property, they worked a deal to save their farm where Vincent would join the Cossacks and serve in their Army. Whether this is true or not, is uncertain. During the late 1800's, males had to serve 25 years in the military. One of the few stories that have been passed down through the family about this experience is that he got to play clarinet for the Czar of Russia as part of a Cossack band. After the feast, the band members were allowed to go to the table to eat upon gold plates. He had never seen such a feast before in his life.

His daughter, Isabel, was supposedly named for his sister.

He was described variously as dear, sweet, home person, pious, good father, very nice, religous, but very strict.

Naturalization papers specify his birthplace as Sapiergizkis. Various other spellings of this town are also usable: Sapiezyszki, Sapienyszki, Sapizishok or Sepizishok (Jewish version), and the modern version, Zapyskis. The town is located NW of Kaunas at 54N55 23E40 on the south bank of the river. Classification of the town is Zapyskis, Marijampole Uszd, Suwalki Gubernia, Lithuania -- probably the equivalent of our City, County, State, Country.

The Zapyskis Estate was set up on the first half of the 16th century. It was owned by the Sapiega family, thus carrying the name of Sapiegikis for some time; later on, it was renamed Zapyskis. The small town of Zapyskis was mentioned in the late 16th century. The Kaunas-Virbalis trading and mail track went through Zapyskis. On the second half of the 16th century, P. Sapiega initiated and funded building of a church. (It was repaired and reconstructed in 1677, 1744, 1763, after the 1812 War and after the 1846 Flood. Sermons have not been held since the early 20th century). A parish school functioned in the 17th century. The town was devastated during the wars in the mid-17th and early-18th centuries. Annexed to Prussia in 1795, Zapyskis was incorporated into Russia in 1815. Trade livened up (markets and fairs were organised). In 1825-1847, Zapyskis had the urban rights. The flood in 1846 caused much damage to the town, as did the 1957 fire and WWI. In 1919-1950, Zapyskis was the centre of a rural district. Inhabitants of Zapyskis were engaged in agriculture, fishing, and small crafts. (Source: http://www.lietuva-jums.lt/IMI/i_en.jsp?nr=zapyskis_sen_apie_seniunija)

Zapyškis thru the ages
1501 Panemune
1559 Zopijskei
1578 Sapiežyszki
1599 Sopežiški
1613 Sapieczyški
1808 Zapieciszki
1883 Sapežiški
1900 Sapiežiškiai
1911-1917 Zapiškis
1915 Szapjechischki
1920-1923 Zapyškis
1941 Sapieschyschken


IMMIGRATION:
Per his naturalization papers, Vincent departed from Hamburg on the SS Palatia 19 Mar 1898 and arrived in New York City on 31 Mar 1898. He stated that his destination was Wooster (Worcester?), Massachusetts. He arrived in Cleveland on 21 Oct 1898. The actual ship manifest, so far, has not been found.

SPECULATIONS:
On 29 Jan 2003, this researcher (Sandra Wanicki Rozhon) discovered that a Kazimiery Juszkiewicz arrived at Ellis Island on 03 Apr 1912 aboard the FINLAND. His destination was his brother, Wilunas (spelling?) Juszkiewicz. His home town is listed as Szapieziskis! He was 30 years of age, so born about 1882 and married (his wife's name isn't quite legible on the ship's manifest). He stated that he had been in the U.S. in 1905 in Worcester (Vincent's destination, also), but his final destination in 1912 was Elizabethtown, N.J.. The question certainly is whether this fellow is possibly a relative of Vincent's first wife?
...............
Attempts to find Vincent listed in the ship's manifest for those dates has been fruitless -- the closest record resembling his name and age was Julian (or Yulian) Winitzki who was headed for Milwaukee where his cousin (named Marcin Adamsky) lived. This fellow listed Chovocz as the city he emigrated from. It so happens that there is a town only 4 miles away from where our Vincent was born that sounds much like this one, though not spelled the same. One strike against this name is that if this is an exact spelling, most Winitzki's that have been found seem to be Jewish.
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A second possibility is Vicent Bielansky if he was travelling under someone else's name. Another possibility is a Wincenz Wanicki who arrived 13 Aug 1901 on the Friedrich Der Grosse out of Bremen. He emigrated from Rzcgocin?? and listed his ethnicity as Galicy. He had a wife and child with him. While not from the right timeframe, there is a "Kasimir Winicki" (listed as Kasmimir Wunicki on the Ellis Island website index) who arrived in 9 April 1909 on The Rhaetia from a town called "Piple" which I've determined is only 4 miles east of Zapyskis, so also possibly a relative of some sort. His destination was his sister-in-law, Veronica Loslowicz, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Kasimir's age is difficult to decipher. It could be 22 or 42. He lists his wife as a close relative back in Lithuania. Her first name is also difficult to decipher from the original manifest. Starts with an "M"
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FROM PALATIA SHIP MANIFEST [31 Mar 1898]:
Pg 153 0012. Winitzki, Yulian M 28y M Russian, Pole Chovocz [destination - Milwaukee)
Pg 168 0011. Bielansky, Vicent M 26y M Russian, Pole Pokosny [name may be Pielansky] [destination - Shenandoah,PA]
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FROM FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE SHIP MANIFEST [13 Aug 1901]:
Wanicki, Wincenz M 29y M Galicy Rzcgocin
Wanicki, Bronislawa F 24y M Galicy Rzcgocin
Wanicki, Marya F 9y S Galicy Rzcgocin



CENSUS:
1910 Ohio Census (Ward 24, E.D. 362, sheet 5, 8205 Pulaski Avenue N.E.) lists Wincenty Wanicki; wife Angelica; children Anna (13), Isabel (3), Ludwig (2), and Tekla (11 months). Vincent's age at the time was 40, second marriage, married for 5 years (so they must have married around 1905), arrived in USA in 1899 (this differs from what he claimed on his Naturalization papers), he spoke English, worked in a Drill Factory, and was renting upstairs at that address.

CENSUS:
1920 Ohio Census (ED 299, sheet 27B [?], lines 99-100 4100 E.59th, Cleveland.
1920 " " " " sheet 28A, lines 51-57
Lists all children except for Anna.

RESIDENCES:
1899 - 138 Sowinski (city directory)
1900 - 156 Hoffman (census - possibly as Fritz Winitzski though month of birth is different. Everything else matches well. Right neighborhood.)
1904 - 81 Pulaski (city directory) Helper
1905 - 81 Pulaski (city directory) Helper
1906 - 91 Pulaski (city directory) Car Repairman
(noted on Isabel's birth certificate)
1907 - 8301 Pulaski (city directory) Car Repairman
1908 - 8210 Sowinski (city directory) Car Repairman
1909 - 8210 Sowinski (city directory)
1909 - 8209 Pulaski (city directory) Finisher
1910 - 8205 Pulaski (as noted in 1910 Census) Machine ??? Drill factory
1910 - 7988 Sowinski Milkman
1911 - 8002 Sowinski (city directory) Milkman
1912 - 8002 Sowinski (city directory) Milkman
1912 - 1187 East 80th St. (Declaration of Intention) Milkman
1913 - 8002 Sowinski (city directory) Polisher (reamer)
1914 - 2492 Thurman (westside)(Irene's birth certificate) Polisher
1915 - 4116 East 59th St. (city directory & Jennie's deathcert)Polisher
1916 - 4116 East 59th St. (city directory) Polisher
1917 - 4116 East 59th St. (Petition for Naturalization) Polisher
1918 - 4127 East 56th St. (city directory) Polisher
1919 - 4127 East 56th St. (city directory) Polisher
1920 - 4100 East 59th St. Purchased this home Polisher
1921 - 4100 East 59th St. Polisher
1922 - 4100 East 59th St. Polisher
1923 - 4100 East 59th St. Polisher
1924 - 9815 Greenview Purchased this home Polisher (Garfield Hts)
1925 - 4184 East 75th St. (city directory) Polisher
1926 - 4280 East 71th St. (city directory) Polisher
1927 - 4184 East 75th St. (city directory) Laid off (never returned to work)
1929 - 7014 Claasen (city directory)
Remained on Claasen until he died in 1936.

MARRIAGE:
Married at St. Casimir's Church on Sowinski Ave.. Witnesses: Anthony Subonis, Sophie Mrocinska, Bern Getsewicz (in 1910 census as GECAWICZ, a carpenter, of 1107 E. 79th St.), Mary Nowakowska

NATURALIZATION:
Wanicki Vincent Address: 4116 E.59 St. Cleveland,Ohio 713175-Vol.41,pg.16 Court of CommonPleas, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio Born: * Russia May 12,1871 Date and Port: March 19, 1898 - New York Naturalized: Sept.11,1917 Witnesses: Karl Lachowski - 6923 Clement Ave. Martin Budniak - 3736 E. 69 St. Notes: * country of allegiance Soundex: W520

DEATH:
WANICKI, Wincenty Death date: 3/11/1936, Cuyahoga County Certificate #15937
Died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

BURIAL:
Calvary Cemetery, Sec 59, Lot 310, Grave 2

OBIT:
Unsuccessfully searched for an obituary in the Cleveland Press. It's possible that an obit was published in the local Polish newspaper.

OBIT:
Name: Wanicki, Vincent
Date: 1936
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #083.
Notes: 1872-1936. Calvary Cemetery Cleveland, O.

Died after a fall while going to babysit for another family. Daughter, Anna, was taken care of by maternal aunt and uncle in Klaipeda, Lithuania. Anna later came to U.S. at approximately age of 10.
**Note added 19 APR 2002: Anna Batulewich told me that this story isn't true -- that Karolinka died in childbirth. Ona was an only child. If this is the case, then her date of death can be included as Jul 1897.**

Jus̆kevicius, if they were Polish, they'd be Juszkiewicz. It is from the name element "Jus-" and is a patronymic name from a father or descendant whose given name was Joszef. Joszef is the Polish form of Joseph. Joseph originated among a group of Semitic people inhabiting ancient Palestine and means, "the Lord added". It is a popular surname in Lithuania with 397 families living there in 1985.

The -ewicz/-owicz patronymic suffix, meaning literally "son of," cognate with the Russian
-ovitch. In the modern Lithuanian orthography, it appears as -evic^ius or
-avic^ius, hachek accent on the C.

1. 5. Ona (Anna) WANICKI b. 26 Jul 1897, Sapiegiskis, Kaunas, Lithuania; d. 29 Aug 1962, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.