John (Julius) Kupstas, son of Jacob Kupstas and Veronika Surakauskute was born on 17 December 1908 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA . His birth was recorded in a ledger for the city of Worcester.
The Birth Record of John (Julius) Kupstas – 1908
SOURCE: “Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915,” digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 07 June 2011), Birth of Julius Kupstas, vol. 576, page 516, no. 2037, Worcester, Massachusetts, 17 December 1908; citing Vital Records: 1841-1915, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
The image above is a composite image from the ledger, cropped to emphasize the information for this child . Click on the link for a PDF copy of the birth record of John (Julius) Kupstas . The ledger states:
- John Kupstas’s birth is recorded as Vol. 576, Page 516, No. 2037 in the ledger for the city of Worcester,
- His name was recorded as Julius Kupstas, a male child born in Worcester
- He was born on 17 December 1908 and his birth was recorded in January 1909,
- His father was Jacob Kupstas, a laborer from Lithuania residing in Worcester,
- His mother was Weronika [Veronika] Shurakauskuta [Shurakauskute?]Â from Lithuania, residing in Worcester.
The maiden name of the mother is probably not correctly spelled Shurakauskuta, but I do not know the correct spelling of the surname.
John Kupstas would later marry Agnes H. Skowronski.
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