Preidis Ancestral Line: < A1 Jonos Preidis | B1 Mykolas (Michael) Preidis

Elizabeth Madeline Silinsky (1876-1959)

236 Barthman Avenue Photo taken April 4, 2003

Elizabeth with her prize Gardenia; raised from a Gardenia in a corsage

C2 Adomas (Adam) Preidis, born December 1, 1874 in Panevezys, Lithuania, died April 29, 1930 in Columbus, Ohio at age 55 (view Death Certificate); married May 9, 1910 Elizabeth Madeline Silinsky (view Marriage Certificate), born May 9, 1876 in Ramygalos, Lithuania (view Birth Certificate), died January 13, 1959 in Columbus, Ohio (view Death Certificate). Adam and Elizabeth are both buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Elizabeth was the daughter of Motiejaus Silinsky and Elzbietos Bicinskuites of Ramygalos, Lithuania. Adam and Elizabeth had Five children.

Adomas (Adam) Preidis was Elizabeth's second husband. Her first husband was Karolis Masiokas, born May 1872 in Village Karsinauka, Panevezys, Lithuania, died April 7, 1909 in New Jersey at age 37. Karolis is buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in East Orange, New Jersey. Karolis and Elizabeth also had Five children.

Adam Preidis arrived in the United States at Ellis Island, New York on April 1, 1906. He traveled via the Hamburg-America Steamship Lines on the S.S. America.

Adam (35 years old) and Elizabeth (34) were married on May 9, 1910 at Holy Trinity Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church in Newark, New Jersey.

I only remember my Grandmother Elizabeth Madeline Silinsky Masiokas Preidis as an elderly woman who had a very hard life. She was born May 9, 1876 in Ramygalos, Lithuania, the daughter of Motiejaus Silinsky and Elzbietos Bucinskuites. She married Karolis (Carl) Masiokas (dob May 1872) in 1896 in Lithuania. Carl arrived in the United States at Ellis Island, New York on April 28, 1906 on the Hamburg-American Steamship Line ship SS Patricia.

Elizabeth and her daughter Paulina (Polly) Christine Masiokas arrived in the United States September 8, 1906 at Ellis Island, New York. Their ship was also of the Hamburg-American Steamship Line, the SS Kaiser Auguste Victoria. She was 7 months pregnant with her fourth child. Twins Valeria and Peter were born in 1902 and died at 5 months and 8 months respectively. They are buried in Panevezys, Lithuania. They traveled 3rd class (steerage) and she was ill the entire trip. People on board helped look after Paulina (Polly). Her son Charles was born October 17, 1906 in Newark, New Jersey. The next child Beatrice was born May 11, 1908, also in Newark, New Jersey.

Elizabeth was widowed April 7, 1909 and married her second husband C2 Adomas (Adam) Preidis May 9, 1910. She had 5 more children. In 1913 the family moved to Columbus, Ohio. They lived on Morrill Avenue, Marion Road, then settled at 236 Barthman Avenue in south Columbus (photo at right). Adam died April 29, 1930. The family was always poor. They had a large garden, kept chickens and geese and took in boarders.

Elizabeth could not read or write and knew very little English. Her children conversed with her in Lithuanian. She never became a United States citizen.

She lovingly tended her garden and a prize gardenia she raised from a gardenia in a corsage. She was blind from glaucoma as long as I knew her. I picture her sitting on her couch in a grayish black flowered dress with her rosary in her hands, praying. There were always cinnamon rolls with icing in her kitchen and portulaca in her garden. She had a terrier named Sandy after the dog in Lil Orphan Annie and a yellow canary named Nicodemus who was quite a singer.

She died January 13, 1959 at age 83. Her funeral Mass was at St. Ladislaus Catholic Church and she is buried at St. Josephs Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.

Preidis--Adam, aged 55, of 236 Barthman Avenue, died Tuesday in Franklin County Tuberculosis sanitarium. He had been ill eight years. Funeral will be held from the residence at 8:30 a. m. Friday, with a requiem high mass in St. Ladislaus church at 9 a. m. and burial in St. Joseph's.

Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Preidis; three sons, Frank, John and Paul; two daughters, the former Anne and Betty Preidis, and two brothers, John and Peter Preidis. Mr. Preidis was a former employee of the Bonney-Floyd Co.

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Mrs. Elizabeth Preidis, at home, 236 Barthman-Av, Tuesday, Native of Lithuania. Survived by 4 daughters, Mrs. Ray Whitehead, Mrs. Bea Moody, both of Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. Anne McClanahan, 3163 Indianola-Av. Mrs. Betty Slane, 310 Midland-Av; 4 sons, Charles G. Allen, 990 Rinehart-Av, John A. Preidis, 234 Barthman-Av, Paul J. Preidis, 529 E. Beck-St, Frank J. Preidis, 3676 Maize-Rd; 12 grandchildren.

Requiem High Mass 9:30 a.m. Friday, St. Ladislaus Church. Interment, St. Joseph. Friends received at MAEDER-QUINT PARLORS, 1068 S. High-St, after 7 p.m. Wednesday. Rosary 8 p.m. Thursday.

Children of (1) Karolis Masiokas and Elizabeth Madeline Silinsky:

D1 Paulina (Polly) Masiokas-Allen, a.k.a. Pauline Allen, born August 17, 1901 in Village Karsinauka, Panevezys, Lithuania, died February 17, 1997; married on January 1, 1924 in Columbus, Ohio, Reyman Whitehead, died March 24, 1969.

D2 Valunia (Valeria) Masiokas (twin), born 1902, died at 5 months in 1902, Village Karsinauka, Panevezys, Lithuania.

D3 Petras (Peter) Masiokas (twin), born 1902, died at 8 months in 1903 Village Karsinauka, Panevezys, Lithuania.

D4 Kazimieras (Charles) Masiokas-Allen , a.k.a. Charles Allen, born October 17, 1906 at 33 Chuck Street, Newark, New Jersey, died September 21, 1981 in Columbus, Ohio; married Adele Butkus, born April 13, 1922 in Skoudas, Lithuania, died October 7, 2005 in Tempe, Arizona..

D5 Katarzyna (Beatrice) Masiokas-Allen, a.k.a. Beatrice Allen, born May 11, 1908 at 29 Vincent Street, Newark, New Jersey, died February, 2001 in Riverside, California; married (1) Paul Hurles, died December 10, 1943; married (2) Cedric Moody, died December 10, 1952.

Children of (2) Adomas (Adam) Preidis and Elizabeth Madeline Silinsky:

D1 John Adolph Preidis, born November 14, 1910 at 493 Fenton Street, Newark, New Jersey, died March 23, 1978 in Columbus, Ohio; married January 7, 1934 Hazel Ross, born June 24, 1911, died June 15, 2011 at Regency Manor in Columbus, Ohio. John and Hazel are buried at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio, USA. No children.

D2 Anne Elizabeth Preidis, born July 12, 1912 in 149 Bowery Street, Newark, New Jersey, died January 2, 1973 in Columbus, Ohio; married October 5, 1940 Bert Lynch McClanahan, born September 6, 1913, died February 19, 2001.

D3 Paul John Preidis, born September 14, 1914, died October 21, 1996; married Helen M. Oyler, born 1917, died February 14, 1992. No children.

D4 Frank John Preidis, born September 27, 1917 at 236 Barthman Ave., Columbus, Ohio, died April 22, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio; married (1) October 5, 1945 Mabel E. McMorrow, divorced; married (2) Delores Immel, died January 1989.

D5 Elizabeth (Betty) Valarie Preidis, born November 3, 1919 at 236 Barthman Ave., Columbus, Ohio, died August 1, 1980; married April 30, 1949 Elmer Noble Slane, Jr., born April 5, 1917, died March 23, 1965. Elizabeth is buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

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