Obit Sunday -- Constant Joseph Vidunas III 1945

Constant Joseph Vidunas III 1945

Mini Pedigree from Ancestry.com

1943

Constant Joseph Vidunas II and Catherine Markulin married in January, in Cook County Illinois.  They later had three children, Paul, Constant III, and Anne.

1945

Constant Joseph Vidunas III is born and died less than 2 months later.  This little boy was born prematurely in Greensburg PA in February, and he died at the hospital in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA.  I assume this would be his birth hospital, as well.  The address is listed at #16 Forbes Road, Westmoreland PA.  He is named as a Junior, rather than the Third, probably because the name is not exactly the same as his grandfather Kostantas.  However, the Lithuanian name and the Anglicized name are the same, therefore I consider this boy is the third Constant.  He was premature, and the doctor attended him from the moment of birth to his death.  He probably never even left the hospital.  He died of diarrhea which he'd had for five days.  

The informant's signature appears to be his mothers' authentic handwriting.  He had a Catholic burial in Greensburg PA.

Constant Joseph Vidunas III 1945 death certificate

(Ancestry.com, 2014)

Constant Joseph Vidunas III 1945 Gravestone

(Franny, 2013)

Ancestry.com. (2014). Constant J. Vidunas 1945 death certificate. Retrieved from Pennsylvania Death Certificates 

              1906-1964 [database online]: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5164/42410_2421406272_0839-

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Franny. (2013, November 6). Constant J. Vidunas III, memorial # 119908800. Retrieved August 17, 2017, 

              from Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119908800&ref=acom

No Relation Thursday -- Constance Vadunas born about 1917

Constance Vadunas 1917

Yet another unrelated Vidunas, this female is found in the 1930 census for Pittsburgh, Allegheny County PA.  She was about 13 years old, lived with her widowed mother Valeria Vadunas, and her siblings Edward age 16, Albert age 15, William age 11, Joseph age 8, Harry age 6 and Ellen age 5.  The lived on 1925 Sidney Street in Pittsburgh, and both parents were Lithuanian immigrants.  

1925 Sidney Street, Pittsburgh PA
Google Maps 2017

In looking at my Ancestry.com entries for her, I find some discrepancies.  I have entered that her father Paul Vidunas died sometime before 1940 (I have since amended this to read before 1930, to reflect Valeria's widowed status in that census).  Her brother Anthony "Gus" died in 1950 when she was about 33. Brother Jerome died 1958, Joseph died 1967, Albert died 1977 and mother died 1982.  Sister Helen/Ellen died 1992, brother William died 1995, Edward died 2003.

1925 Sidney Street Standard View
Google Map 2017

I don't have any record of her marriage, nor of her death.  Nothing about her life.  Oh, yes.  The name in the census is written as Vadunas, but I don't let that worry me too much.  Here's why.  If you say the name Vidunas, with an accent, it can come out as Vadnas quite easily.  Sometimes the owners of the  names themselves weren't too keen on proper spelling until about 1940s or so.  

1925 Sidney Street Pittsburgh PA Street View
Google Maps streetview October 2016
downloaded August 2017

Can you imagine living with 6 children in this kind of housing?  Is Constance your Vidunas?