Strouse, Tumosa, Morejunas Surnames

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Permalink Reply by Sigitas Pacesa on June 8, 2012 at 1:20am

Hi,

Well 'Tumosa' and 'Morejunas' sounds sounds pretty Lithuanian - could be 'Tumoša' or 'Tūmoša' , and the second one most likely sounds like 'Morėjūnas'.

Speaking of Soviesk - Cоветск - historical Lithuanian name is Tilžė - at some stage - 19th century (i think) Sovietsk was under rule of Germany - so could Strouse be Germanic version of Lithuanian Strausė / Štrausė? 

Permalink Reply by Jesica A. Curry on June 8, 2012 at 1:34am

That makes a lot of sense to me! Thank you!!

Permalink Reply by Amy Lynn Marchenonis on June 14, 2012 at 7:43pm

I could not find anything anything close to "Strouse," the closest thing to "Morejunas," I found is "Motejunas" or "Moranus" but I did find; "Tumosa" exactly as is from a Lithuanian Genealogy site while I was doing my research, I looked for yours as well.

Permalink Reply by Jesica A. Curry on June 16, 2012 at 10:10am

Yah, Strouse is a weird one, huh, lol? I've tried looking too like in the phone book and couldn't find it. I'm not sure if he changed it from something else when they came or before they came or not. My grandma absolutely did not talk about anything. The only thing I could think of was that they were Jewish and they put a front on with a usually German name and pretended to be Catholic... ?

Permalink Reply by Tom S. on June 15, 2012 at 2:36pm

Jessica,

 

Sovetsk is the current Russial name for what use to be called Tilsit (German) or Tilz^e (Lithuanian).

 

Go to http://en.wikipedia.org and type in Sovetsk.

 

Morejunas might be Morejiunas

 

Tom S.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Jesica A. Curry on June 16, 2012 at 10:06am

Thank you! 

Permalink Reply by Wendy Alexander on June 16, 2012 at 5:59am

Hello,

I checked in the Lithuanian phone book and could not find Morejunas.  I was able to find Motėjūnas.  Is is possible the r could have been a t? 

I have done some genetic genealogy research and I am connected to a Dalius Motėjūnas from Lithuania within 4 generations, but we haven't found the exact connection/relationship (that is, our research doesn't show common surnames yet).  His Motėjūnas family is from north central Lithuania.  We are also both related somehow to the Atkociunas family.

My family (Valincius, Dvylys, Pertikas, Suopis, Taparauskas, Urbonavicius Luksgas, Klevinskas) is primarily from south west Lithuania....Kalvarija/Kaunas and slightly north of those towns.

Wendy

Permalink Reply by Jesica A. Curry on June 16, 2012 at 10:06am

It is very possible that that' s what it is. I got that name from my aunts' husband. I'm not sure if he actually saw it written somewhere or if my grandma told him once or if he over heard it. 

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Richie C. on July 4, 2012 at 12:07pm

Jesica,

Strouse doesn't sound Lithuanian, but German.  During the last Partition of Poland (and therefore Lithuania) the area now known as Klaipeda was given to the Prussians.  Lots of German-sounding names there.  If you go to the forum in this group called In Lithuania:  Klaipeda County, including a list of resources for that region.  One of those resources is a list of 115,000 names.  I found this.  

-Richie C

Permalink Reply by Jesica A. Curry on July 4, 2012 at 12:40pm

Thanks Richie! That's a great place for me to start looking. 

Permalink Reply by Kimberly Ruedemann on August 7, 2012 at 12:39pm

Jesica,

I have family from the southwest region of Lithuania as well. Here in the USA their names have been spelled "Krouss", "Krouse", or "Krause". But I found my great-grandfather's original Marriage Certificate from Lithuania dated 1895 and his family name was "Krauza". The name you are searching for sounds so similar. Just a guess, but maybe it was "Strauza"!

Good luck with your search.