My Dad was born 1895, April 23, /St. George- Jurgis day/ and was named Jurgis. He was the thirteenth child of Jonas LAURINAITIS and MORTA LAURINAITIENE, IN PUMPENU VALSCIUS, PANEVEZIO apskritis, SMILGELIU KAIME , where his family owned a 43 hektarus Farm.
I do not write when people are around- I think I will write more at home.
Been here since before Christmas!
BABUNELE- that is how we used to call her. But I will write about Prialgauskas more later
Now it is time to Write about LAURINAITIS family- that’s who I was and that is whom my mother married in to.
. After she got married, they lived on a small country estate in Zemaitija, near Plunge and had one daughter Stanislava- that is my Mother.She was send to Liepaja, Latvija, Girls Boarding school, where she became friends with another girl from Palanga- Marija Kentraite, who later became my Mother in Law- but she never new that. But that is another part of my story- will be told later.
My Grand father Prialgauskas, died from a stroke on my Confirmation day. I was like 14 years old and Grandmother came to live with us to Kaunas. She was a real oldfasioned Lady, always dressed nicely, with a pin at her neck- still smoking!
Just a few words today. It will be peaced together- but still my story!
As far as I remember, her father, Vaclovas Prialgauskas, was born in Telsius too. He was a son of “Zemaiciu Bajoras Lithuanian aristocracy, that lived in a small estate on Prialga river/later named Babrunga/ That is where the name PRIALGAUSKAS came from. He was tall, very handsome man, educated and was in charge ofCount Tiskevicius lands. We called him”DZIADUNIA”- AND I SWAS 14 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED FROM STROKE.
AFTER THAT, MY GRANDMOTHER- STANISLAVA-ZEMAITAITE- PRIALGAUSKIENE CAME TO LIVE WITH US AND WE CALLED HER -babunia.
SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF A BAJORAS FROM VILIUS REGION, WHOSE MOTHER DIED EARLY AND LEFT 5 DAUGHTERS- MY GR4ANDMOTHER BEEING THE OLDEST. THEY HAD A GERMAN GOVERNESS. MY GRANDMOTHER AND HER SISTERS WERE SEND TO A GIRLS BOARDING SCHOOL IN LIEPAJA, latvia.
SHE SPOKE 5 LANGUAGES, PLAYED PIANO AND WAS A REAL LADY!
And she smoked! Which was veru unusual for a woman in those days!She told me, that she used to make home made cigarettes for her governess, and used to sneak some off and smoke in the bushes.
She was send to the German nunns Boarding school- spoke fluently German, Polish, Rusian, French and Lithuanian,played pijano beautifly and had a waist that you could measure with two hands!
Today is the day I am going to start telling my life’. Not for me- but for my children and grandchildren and for generations to come. All I remember about my family and Koncius family and our life in Lithuania. It may be long and not in sequence- but that is how my mind works. So be patient while you read it.
My name is IRENA GRAZINA LAURINAITIS -KONCIUS.
/used to be Laurinaityte- Konciene./
My parents were Stanislava PRIALGAUSKAITE- LAURINAITIENE and JURGIS LAURINAITIS. As far as I remember, my Mom was born 1893, in June, in Telsiai, Lithuania, and my Dad in 1895 in Pumpenai, Lithuania.
At this point I am going to thank my Grand son, Spencer Koncius CLARK for teaching me to use the computer and setting this up so I could write my story. In a way- this is every bodie’s story=just will start with me! / I call him SPENCEROOOOO/.
Everybody was asking me, when I am going to write my story- well, I started!
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