Frank Hicks (Yakas)

Three Brothers arrived from Lithuania at the turn of the century, Joseph, Frank, and James Yakas.  Joseph married Bertha and had several children including Ann, John, George, Helen, and Josephine.  I have spoken to a descendant of Helen who is a flavor scientist living in Chicago.

James Isador Yakas married Pauline and they had four children, Agnes, Paul, Sophie, and Adam

Frank Yakas appears only once in the records I have found, the 1900 US census at age 35.  He lived with Joseph (40), wife Bertha (38), several of their children, and brother James Isador (18).  He reports being single, born in Russia and immigrated to the US in 1894.  The residence is on Glen St in New Britain, CT.

One of these brothers is the father of Anthony John Yakas.  James is eliminated since he was only 11 at the time of Anthony's birth.  Joseph is eliminated because Anthony does not appear in his household with the other children in 1900 or 1910, instead he is in James' home in 1910 and described as a nephew.  This leaves Frank as his father.  Also, George (Joseph's son) and Adam (James son) were known to us as children and were described as cousins rather than one of them being a "great uncle"

There are no records of Franks immigration, death, marriage, or anything else.  I believe he went back to Lithuania, at any rate he left the area before 1910.  There is no record of Anthony John Yakas' mother's name.  And his parents did not appear to have come to the US.  Email correspondence to Lithuania have not revealed any other relatives.  For now this line is a dead end.