Nellie Magdalene Dusavage, daughter of Michailas DuseviÄius and Marija GriÅ¡iūtÄ—, was born on 10 May 1905 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA . Her birth was recorded in a ledger for the city of Worcester.
The Birth Record of Nellie Magdalene Dusavage – 1905
SOURCE: “Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910,” digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 12 July 2011), Birth of Nellie Dusewicz, vol. 552, page 490, no. 988, Worcester, Massachusetts, 10 May 1905; 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 Nellie Magdalene Dusavage . The ledger states:
- Nellie Magdalene Dusavage’s birth is recorded in Vol. 552, Page 490, No. 988 in the ledger for the city of Worcester,
- Her name was recorded as Nellie Dusevicz, a female child born in Worcester,
- She was born on 10 May 1905 and her birth was recorded in January 1906,
- Her father was Mike Dusevicz [Michael Dusavage], a wireworker from Lithuania Russia residing in Worcester,
- Her mother was Mary Griskutiscz [Maria Grishiute] from Lithuania Russia, residing in Worcester.
This family was Lithuanian and Lithuanian names were often misspelled in the vital records ledgers from this time period . Lithuanian immigrants also changed their names after arriving in the United States, so the names listed here were not likely to be those used in Lithuania . The father’s name may have been Michailas DuseviÄius and the mother’s name may have been Marija GriÅ¡iūtÄ—.
Nellie Magdalene Dusavage later married John Napoleon Peter Izbicki.
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