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Death certificates for family members born in Russia may contain information about birth towns. Civil and church records for the daughters can also provide information. Death certificates and other records can be ordered online through chicagogenealogy.com; the site is also quite informational in helping to locate records.
It appears that you found the family on Canal Street in the 1900 Census, rather than 1910.
1910, 549 W. 14th Pl., Ward 9, Chicago, Cook County
Alexander Wigrac, 49, b. Russia Lithuania, immigrated 1892, naturalized citizen, married 21 years, laborer junk shop
Barbara, 39, b. Russia Lithuania, imm. 1892, 5 children, 5 living
Bessie, 20, b. Russia Lithuania, imm. 1892, factory machinist
Lissie, 18, b. Russia Lithuania, imm. 1892, bakery shop
Kettia, 16, b. IL, bakery shop
Frank, 11, b. IL
Emma, 6, b. IL
1920 Census, 549 W. 14th Pl., Ward 20, Chicago, Cook County
Frank Matrick, 28, renting, b. Russia, mother tongue Russian, imm. 1912, citizen 1918, chauffeur
Barbara, 28, home owner, b. Russia, mother tongue Polish, imm 1896
Alexander Vigrhez, 54, imm 1888, citizen 1894, b. Russia, mother tongue Polish, laborer, junk shop
Barbara Vigrhez, 48, imm 1888, b. Russia, mother tongue Polish
Emma, 16, b. IL
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html
Alexander Wigracas d. 1924 in Chicago.
WIGRACAS ALEXANDER
Cert # 6029145
1924-11-23
Deaths already cited can be found there, search Vigr to get all entries and spellings.
Some sources:
Illinois Archives:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html
Cook County genealogy site:
http://cookcountygenealogy.com/
LDS pilot site
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start
Cook County marriages:
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1463145;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable
Cook County birth records:
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1462519;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable
Cook County naturalization records:
http://198.173.15.34/NR/default.aspx
You can check with your public library to see if you can access immigration records through Ancestry.
Ellis Island passengers first arrived in 1892; Steve Morse search engine is most efficient:
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html
Best wishes in your search,
Mary
Also posted on the Russia forum:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/russia/messages/9175.html
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