This was a reunion photograph taken on what we think was Mary's first return-trip to Darsuniskis - in 1938.
They are standing in front of Mary's homeplace.
We have contemporary pictures of this house in the Darsuniskis folder.
Don't know all these people... but there are a few key people we do know:
Learn more about the drama that played out with some of the people in this
photo - in this same gallery - in the photo labeled: "Lithuanian Resistance Fighters"
[1] Antanina Lapinskas is standing at the far left (daughter of Mary's sister Constance - and the wife of the Lithuanian Resistance fighter Alfonse - see more about him in the photo of four soldiers).
[2] Next to her is Mary's brother Frank.
[3] Mary is the third adult standing - from the left.
[4] The woman in the white headscarf is Mary's mother Elena Kunigauskas.
Going to the far-right side of the photo...
[5] The woman second from the far-right is another Mary... she is a sister of Antanina (also daughter of Mary's sister Constance; she is now the mother of Arunas; see this Mary today in the Kazlauskas Reunion Gallery "Rick with Mary's niece Mary").
[6] The man at the far-right is George Lapinskas (husband of Mary's sister Constance; father of Anthoni & the other Mary).
This is the man who had to bribe a soviet official to bury his son.
More on this story with the photo of the four soldiers.
[7] The boy - third person from the right - is Jereme.
He's the one George had to bury.
More on him also with the four soldiers photo.
[8] The woman to the left of Jerome is his mother Constance Kazlauskas.
[9-10 ] To the left of Constance is Mary's youngest brother Joseph & his wife Elizabeth.
[11] To the left of them is Elena - the wife of Mary's brother Frank/Pranas.
[12-15] the four little girls in white dresses are all the daughters of Mary's brother Frank.
The two girls at the left joined us at the Kazlauskas renunion.
See the bigger of the two - in the purple suitcoat ("kazlauskas reunion 3").
The smaller of the two - in a green sweater ("kazlauskas reunion 1").
