{"id":35,"date":"2016-07-03T19:41:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/viskonsina.lapamuzejs.lv\/?p=35"},"modified":"2020-05-16T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T13:57:12","slug":"krauklu-gimenes-stasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viskonsina.lapamuzejs.lv\/en\/krauklu-gimenes-stasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Krauklis Family Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Life in the homeland<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The precise place of origin for the Krauklis family is not known. According to the documentary evidence, the Krauklis family, and related Sm\u0113dulis (Smedul) and Z\u012bberts (Siebert) families, are from Paneve\u017eys district in modern-day Lithuania. At the end of the 19th century, approximately 7% of Paneve\u017eys district was Latvian. As can be seen on the map<\/a>, it is clear that most Latvian communities that ended up in the US and later in Lincoln had origins in the border districts. The older generations, those who had immigrated to the US, rarely talked about life in Europe, and, if they did discuss such matters amongst themselves, they would do so in Latvian, so that the younger generations would not understand.<\/p>\n

J\u0101nis and Lav\u012bze Krauklis were married in approximately 1866. They had ten children, of whom three died in infancy. The first to leave for the US was eldest daughter Lav\u012bze, who was by this time married to Jur\u0123is (George) Sm\u0113dulis and had a daughter, Am\u0101lija. The Sm\u0113dulis family was accompanied on their journey by Lav\u012bze’s 20 year old brother Jur\u0123is (George) and 9 year old sister Minna, who was registered in the Hamburg passenger lists as another daughter of Lav\u012bze.<\/p>\n

Travel and Arrival in the USA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sm\u0113dulis family, along with Jur\u0123is and Minna Krauklis, departed from Hamburg on the ship Moravia. They arrived in New York on June 9, 1891, where they were processed through the Castle Garden Immigration Depot \u2013 New York’s immigration centre prior to the opening of Ellis Island. Their residence in Europe was shown as Kaunas, and their destination as Boston.<\/p>\n

Jur\u0123is Kraulis’ first work in Baltimore was in box-making.<\/p>\n

In the fall of 1891, Jur\u0123is’ future wife, Lav\u012bze Z\u012bberts (nee Kalni\u0146\u0161) arrived in New York with her husband J\u0101nis, son Adolf and daughter Am\u0101lija. The Z\u012bberts also headed to Baltimore, where in 1892 they welcomed another daughter, Emma. J\u0101nis died suddenly in 1894, and Lav\u012bze was so heartbroken, that the following year, on the anniversary of his death, she published a poem (possibly self-composed) in the Baltimore Sun in his memory:<\/p>\n

O when the day on which he died
\n Comes circling around through all the years
\nI can but think how lone and wide,
\n How cold and dark the world appears.
\nPoor heart, what hope hast thou perceived,
\n That still thy pulses beat so strong;
\nI did not think I could have lived
\n Apart from him so long \u2013 so long.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Marriage of Jur\u0123is Krauklis and Lav\u012bze Z\u012bberts (nee Kalni\u0146\u0161) in Baltimore, 1898.<\/p><\/div>\n

It is unknown when Jur\u0123is Krauklis and widow Lav\u012bze Z\u012bberts met, but they married in 1898 in Baltimore and the following year welcomed their first daughter J\u016blija.<\/p>\n

1899 was an important year for the Krauklis and Sm\u0113dulis families. More Krauklis family members arrived in 1899: sister Am\u0101lija, brothers J\u016blijs and K\u0101rlis, and mother Lav\u012bze, who was listed as a widow. It is unknown when her husband died. In this same year, Jur\u0123is Sm\u0113dulis was the first of the family to head to Wisconsin. He had heard about the good prices for land in Lincoln, and thus headed there on his own and was later joined by his family.<\/p>\n

Life in Wisconsin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jur\u0123is, J\u016blijs and K\u0101rlis Krauklis arrived in Lincoln before 1901. By 1905, all of the family had moved to Lincoln with the exception of Jur\u0123is’ stepdaughter Am\u0101lija Z\u012bberts, who married in 1906 in Baltimore and stayed there with her husband.<\/p>\n

Life in the virgin forests was not easy, but Latvians were strong and tenacious, and they were not worried about the harsh conditions. A family story illustrates this tenacity: In November of 1903, Jur\u0123is and Lav\u012bze Krauklis were awaiting their first son, Georgs. On that day, Lav\u012bze, preparing for the cold winter ahead, was splitting firewood, when she felt labour pains coming on. She went up onto the porch, gave birth to the baby, wrapped him in a blanket and tucked him behind the stove to keep warm \u2013 and then went back outside to finish up with the firewood!<\/p>\n

The Krauklis family earned good money from selling the logs cut down in the forest, and after the forest was cleared they were able to start using the land for farming. They built a barn and bought several cows.<\/p>\n

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Second Krauklis saloon and hotel in Lincoln, winter of 1910-1911. Workers to the left of the dog, to the right – Jur\u0123is, daughters J\u016blija and Leona, son Jur\u0123is (George), daughter Minna and son Albert.<\/p><\/div>\n

Around 1908, Jur\u0123is had the opportunity to buy a saloon not far from a growing logging worker community, and the family moved there. In 1910, they lost the saloon and hotel in a devastating forest fire that ravaged the area, and had to move back to the farm until they were able to rebuild and return to the saloon.<\/p>\n

In 1912, Jur\u0123is suffered a massive stroke, and could not walk for two years. He slowly regained the ability to walk, but never recovered fully, and died at the age of 62, 21 years after the stroke.<\/p>\n

When the family lost the saloon in yet another fire, the family moved back to the farm permanently. After Jur\u0123is’ and Lav\u012bze’s children grew up, they headed out of the community, living in Baltimore and Chicago, and occasionally returning home to Lincoln County.<\/p>\n

Family Today<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Krauklis family has many descendants in the US, and the family historian Jeff Krauklis is a professional musician and teacher. Jeff writes, \u201cWorking on genealogy, I\u2019ve learned how fragile life and its relationships are. My Latvian ancestors not only survived, they persevered. If any of them along the way had taken the path of least resistance, there\u2019s no way I\u2019d be here today.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life in the homeland The precise place of origin for the Krauklis family is not known. According to the documentary evidence, the Krauklis family, and related Sm\u0113dulis (Smedul) and Z\u012bberts (Siebert) families, are from Paneve\u017eys district in modern-day Lithuania. At the end of the 19th century, approximately 7% of Paneve\u017eys \u2026<\/p>\n

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