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In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned.
So we have an interesting one today – this individual is Czech, but was living in Latvia during the interwar period. The tombstone inscription is in Czech, and I’ve provided my best guess as to the translation by using some online translators and dictionaries, but if you speak Czech and can correct it, please do.
Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge.
Name: Alois Tlapa, born September 29, 1879 in the Czech Republic, died March 23, 1936 in Rīga.
Bottom Inscription: “Za Tvoji lásku nenahraditelnou, nic jiného Ti nemužeme dáti, jak jenom pamět nezapomenutelnou, a krásny sladky spánek přáti” (“For your love is irreplaceable, It is nothing I cannot give, Just an unforgettable memory, I wish a beautiful sweet sleep.”
Location: Meža kapi, Rīga
Sorry I missed last week!
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details.
June 8, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 9, 1925)
- Carpenter Kārlis Zariņš (Aloja) and Emīlija Emsiņa (Rūjiena)
- Iron-cutter Ernsts Veile (Rīga) and Marija Elza Eglīte (Rīga)
- Chauffeur Jānis Fridrichs Alberts Brodiņš (Jaunmuiža) and Anna Cecīlija Kroņkalne (Majori)
- Worker Donats Visuns (Andrupene) and Leokadija Zelava (Andrupene)
- Mason Aleksandrs Sīpols (Rīga) and Aleksandra Simonova (Rīga)
- shoemaker Ferdinands Ludwigs Kerns (Rīga) and Anna Karolīna Salna (Liepāja)
- Gardener Juris Gutfrics (Voronezh) and Augusta Stepanova (Rīga)
- Mason Pēteris Kalviņš (Lazdona) and Alma Antonija Rudzīte (Lazdona)
- Worker Augusts Julius Mīlīgs (Valka) and Emma Marija Ābele (Valka)
June 9, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 10, 1925)
- Scribe Kārlis Medunskis (Rīga) and Evelīna Valtere (Pskov)
- Painter Jānis Saliņš (Limbaži) and Paulīne Tomsone (Salaca)
- Farmer Indriķis Fonarevs (Nirza) and Paula Raikiņa (Polotsk)
- Merchant Adolfs Gurvičs (Rīga) and Estere Rummere (Disna)
- Electric fitter Pēteris Konstantins Mindals (Rīga) and Lilija Šarlote Paeglīte (Rīga)
- Weaver Krišs Alfreds Rops (Lielauce) and Aleksandra Feodorova (Jelgava)
- Student Teodors Rušins (Odzene) and Elizabete Elza Wilhelmsone (Rīga)
- Clerk Voldemārs Mednis (Gulbene) and Anna Elizabete Siliņa (Rīga)
- Clerk Julius Puriņš (Smiltene) and Emīlija Kristīne Osis (Rīga)
- Locksmith Jānis Kovalas (Jelgava) and Anna Spuriņa maiden name Lagzdiņa (Ēdole)
- Bookkeeper Kārlis Gaile-Gailītis (Tukums) and Lilija Teodora Siltāja (Smiltene)
- Worker Emiljāns Znatovs (Šauliai) and Jevdokija Belodzele (Višķi)
- Senior bookkeeper Jānis Voldemārs Ozoliņš (Cesvaine) and Milda Alenikova (Dikļi)
- Table-maker Grigorijs Timofejevs (Rīga) and Marsa Titova (Rīga)
- Clerk Pauls Otto Ivansons (Koknese) and Natālija Leonija Fridenberga (Rīga)
- Industrialist Pēteris Bulla-Bullis (Salgale) and Marta Spuļge (Umurga)
June 10, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 11, 1925)
- Engineer Johanes Antons Pestmals (Rūjiena) and Karita Ellen Reinwald (Rīga)
- Fitter Vladimirs Bočenko (Siljāņi) and Milda Auguste Lepnis (Rīga)
- Merchant Jānis Bogdanovs (Pskov) and Marija Rut-Gūtmane (Krasnoyarsk)
- Aleksandrs Sleikste (Kulneva) and Kristīne Tauriņa (Straupe)
- Mission worker Wilhelms Reinholds Vieglais (Biķeri) and Veronika Zelma Rooks (Rīga)
- Student Alfreds Voldemārs Sēls (Rīga) and Anna Jestisejeva (Rīga)
- Student Jāzeps Markušēvičs (Jēkabpils) and Anna Reiburga (Tukums)
- Architect Aleksandrs Augusts Birznieks (Rīga) and Alma Alīde Saltupe (Lisuma)
- Painter Reinholds Kārlis Kaspersons (Kosa) and Elvīra Olivija Zaķīte (Rīga)
- Technician Pēteris Matvejs (Branti) and Alvīna Vītola (Banuži)
- Worker Māŗtiņš Vimba (Rīga) and Ella Paulīne Aronsone (Hargla)
- Worker Voldemārs Kreilis (Kauguri) and Marta Puriņa (Rīga)
- Student Jānis Karols (Lazdona) and Marija Priedkalne (Vitebsk)
- Surveyor Pēteris Kļaviņš (Lazdona) and Alma Antonija Rudzīte (Lazdona)
June 11, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 12, 1925)
- Worker Jānis Loviķis (Godokišķi) and Bronislava Girucka (Rīga)
- Soapmaker Ludwigs Aleksandrs Ungurs (Rīga) and Ida Olga Graude (Odessa)
- Shoemaker Georgs Johans Tottčas (Rīga) and Marija Jonne (Rīga)
- Carpenter Arvīds Jēkabs Podings-Podiņš (Rīga) and Jusefa Ribikovska-Ribekovska (Mošaiķi)
- Wood-sorter Augusts Zvikulis (Rīga) and Alida Friderika Letenvicka (Milgrāvis)
- Clerk Kārlis Kalekaurs (Opekalns) and Emīlija Dūms maiden name Voičkovska (Laši)
- Worker Pēteris Roberts Blūmbergs (Cēsis) and Leontine Salome Vaite (Rīga)
- Painter Fridrichs Wilhelms Kučers (Tirza) and Marija Vernere (Jaunpiebalga)
- Shoemaker Harijs Kandlers (Grobiņa) and Ella Kamele (Smiltene)
- Worker Eduards Ikans (Krāslava) and Marga Leviņa (Nikolaevsk)
June 12, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 13, 1925)
- Glassblower Aleksandrs Ernsts Kaufelds (Rende) and Irena Mitlonoka (Rīga)
- Craftsman Abrams Bers Kagans (Cēsis) and Haja Mellere (Rīga)
- Worker Pēteris Roberts Blūmbergs (Cēsis) and Leontine Salome Vaite (Kursīši) (looks to be the same couple as June 11, but a different birthplace for the bride)
- Painter Kārlis Herberts Celmiņš (Rīga) and Anna Hermine Gottarde (Rīga)
- Officer Johans Krūmiņš (Daugavgrīva) and Alma Matilde Krūmiņa (Buļļi)
- Teacher Pēteris Ramanis (Bērzone) and Jūlija Katrīne Lantenbacha (Jelgava)
- Book manufacturer Aleksandrs Pokornijs (Smolensk) and Skaidrīte Grigora (Cēsis)
- Leather-sorter Rudolfs Karlins (Rīga) and Sterna Vainšteine (Rīga)
- Clerk Augusts Alfreds Alksnis (Lēdurga) and Zelma Lizete Arende (Laudona)
- Machinist Pauls Gustavs Beijers (Germany) and Anna Čerka (Germany)
- Worker Fridrichs Mārtiņš Ozoliņš (Olaine) and Emma Helēne Stobre (Rīga)
- Sailor Wilhelms Augusts Zāraks (Rīga) and Veronika Sīle (Lieljumprava)
- Bookkeeper Andrejs Ādams Linde (Rīga) and Viktorija Lintkeviča (Lithuania)
- Clerk Kārlis Wilhelms Bubeits (Rīga) and Olga Krumovica (origin unspecified)
June 15, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 16, 1925)
- Merchant Bruno Osvalds Jansons (Rīga) and Marija Dagmāra Emke (Rīga)
- Jānis Pudans (Rubeņi) and Marija Klaucāne (Rubeņi)
- Locksmith Oskars Reinholds Grasmanis (Rīga) and Anna Vikstreme (Aizupe)
- Free artist Kārlis Alberts Freidenfelds (Saldus) and Anna Dagmāra Wittenberga (Valtaiķi)
- Scribe Adolfs Ogriņš (Rīga) and Emīlija Puišele (Jelgava)
- Merchant Markus Gesens (Moscow) and Lija Liviņa (Ventspils)
- Locksmith Jēkabs Ludwigs Ašķevičs (Rīga) and Marija Anna Nobreiča (Rīga)
- Sailor Paulis Francis Engelmanis (Steliene) and Anete Kīsis (Jelgava)
- Worker Benedikts Čerkovskis (Rīga) and Berta Darguša (Kaunas)
- Teacher Arturs Zints (Sesava) and Jūlija Olga Kavuša (Kalnmuiža)
- Mechanic Julius Aleksandrs Feldbergs (Vāne) and Agate Viktorija Martinsone (Rīga)
- Shoemaker Heinrichs Ādams Sauers (Warsaw) and Irma Kraukle (Rīga)
June 16, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 18, 1925)
- Butcher Vladimirs Rubans (Borovska) and Anna Čiševska (Borne)
- Merchant Leopolds Osins (Daugavpils) and Elza Saks (Lithuania)
- Worker Josifs Kirilovičs (Posina) and Marija Careva (Rīga)
- Merchant Bernhards Gliksmanis (Rīga) and Cecīlija Pitele (Daugavpils)
- Merchant Indrikis Minkers (Krustpils) and Cecīlija Lībmane (Saint Petersburg)
- Technician Aksels Voldemārs Zariņš (Gaujiena) and Lilija Konstance Rupeks (Liepāja)
- Upholsterer Jerachmils Alpers (Daugavpils) and Minna Osmane (Vitebsk)
- Railway worker Jāzeps Utins (Dagda) and Emīlija Melduča (Brunava)
- Worker Eduards Lencs (Lēdurga) and Emma Elizabete Auns (Valka)
- Doctor Lonis Kopenhagens (Tukums) and Mirjana Rapoporte (Rīga)
- Clerk Eduards Kārkliņš (Rīga) and Anna Milda Skarpinska (Bukaiši)
- Mechanic Gotfrids Zālītis (Minsk) and Vera Millere (Rīga)
- Merchant Ernsts Alfons Šīrs (Rīga) and Vera Valentina Gailīte (Rauna)
- Worker Alfons Paļniks (Rušakova) and Helena Laukša (Skaista)
- Worker Jānis Voldemārs Brūvelis (Liepupe) and Otīlija Rozālija Baunis (Krimulda)
- Lawyer’s assistant Teodors Dobršinskis (Rīga) and Nadežda Bojaruna (Kurzeme)
- Gardener Kārlis Teodors Koše (Bieriņi) and Alma Karlīne Grīnvalde (Bērzmuiža)
June 18, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 19, 1925)
- Conductor Juljans Kusoizs (Vilnius) and Vladislava Sirgune (Kaunas)
- Mason Arnolds Eduards Šteins (Kandava) and Marta Elkone (Mazsalaca)
- Clerk Ernsts Paulis Freibergs (Lieljumprava) and Jūle Lāce-Miška (Talsi)
- Tailor Mārtiņš ALberts Steinbergs (Smārde) and Katrina Ērika Jansone (Mežotne)
- Krišs Tanbers (Vecauce) and Anna Lindberga (Vecauce)
- Dāvids Lazdiņš (Jaunpagasts) and Marija Zaķina (origin unspecified)
- Stanislavs Dillans (Vecgulbene) and Livtja Braše-Brakše (Kuldīga)
- Jānis Bergmanis (Vecgulbene) and Agnese Keier-Reke (Rīga)
June 19, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 20, 1925)
- Caretaker Ignats Černavskis (Latgale) and Anna Krieviņa (Vilnius)
- Lieutenant Andrejs Briedis (Vāne) and Elvīra Karlīna Skurbe (Rīga)
- Conductor Mikolas Lēlis (Janišķi) and Josifata Marcinkeviča (Rīga)
- Conductor Heinrichs Johans Gūtmanis (Rīga) and Paulīne Voronoviča (Kaunas)
- Mariner Indriķis Poga (Kalnciems) and Lavīze Alma Kreicberga (Muižciems)
- Officer Antons Liepiņš (Alūksne) and Aurelija Valentina Brašge-Brāse (Rīga)
- Shipping agent Aleksandrs Bogdans (Daugavpils) and Marija Bogdanoviča (Daugavpils)
- Merchant Rudolfs Titovs (Rīga) and Berta Markova (Saint Petersburg)
- Smith Felicijans Francikus Miškis (Liepāja) and Marija Āboliņa (Ropaži)
- Table-maker Teodors Kazaks (Posina) and Marija Stačovska (Maļinova)
- Worker Paulis Jermaks (Rīga) and Anna Orkis-Urkis (Lithuania)
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June 14, 1941 was the day when thousands of Latvians, Estonians and Lithuanians were deported to Siberia by the occupying Soviet forces. You can see posts I’ve made in other years here, here and here.
I’ll be honest. I struggle with what to say on days like this. Part of me asks “How can something like this happen?” but atrocities like it continue to happen around the world on a daily basis, so it shouldn’t shock me the way it does. Human beings have a frightening capacity and drive for destroying other human beings. Thousands of years of human development, be it in science or ethics or technology, all seem to lead only to finding better ways to destroy one another. I’ve never understood it.
Then I ask a different question – “Why do things like this continue to happen?” I don’t think it is ignorance. We’re bombarded with images of atrocities on a daily basis, be they events that are currently taking place or be they historical events. You’d have to go out of your way to not know what pain and suffering there is in the world.
Perhaps that’s the problem. We see so much of it that we become desensitized to it. Removed from it. We feel helpless, and believe we can’t make a difference because the scale of suffering is so huge.
But you can make a difference. Maybe not to everyone who is suffering. But you can make a difference to one person, or one family. During the Second World War, thousands of people gave shelter to those who were being hunted by one army or another. Protected them from arrest, deportation, or worse. Risked their own lives to save others. Would the people they saved say that their protectors were unable to stop the suffering, because they only helped one person? No. They would say that that person made all the difference in the world.
I believe the same can be done today. Everyone can help one person who is suffering. Everyone can remember one person who suffered under tyranny, but who did not survive. And bit by bit, the world will become a better place.
Who are you going to remember today? And who are you going to help?
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned.
Something a bit different for the next few weeks – these are gravestones from the Swedish section of the Meža kapi cemetery in Rīga, so the inscriptions are in Swedish, not Latvian. This one has the added point of interest of being in Swedish and German.
Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge.
Name: Hilda Teresia Miller, born Askman, born May 29, 1856, died November 14, 1937
Location: Swedish section, Meža kapi, Rīga
This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles that I find in the old Latvian newspapers available through Periodika. Most of the articles I post are in some way related to migration, wars or other events that are of particular genealogical note.
Today’s article makes reference to people referred to as “optanti” – people who have opted for Latvian citizenship as opposed to Soviet citizenship in the 1920s. The rules governing this process were complex, and not always observed, but it did mean that thousands of people of Latvian descent were able to make their way out of Soviet Russia and into Latvian territory in the early 1920s.
Source: Latvijas Vēstnesis (Latvian Herald), June 6, 1921.
“The First Who Opted for Citizenship”
Eight families with 36 good horses and cows, having come approximately 200 versts [NB: approximately 213 kilometres] to the border on foot, arrived in Rēzekne on June 2, by way of Zilupe. They are on their way to the Liepāja, Nereta and Jelgava districts.
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned.
Something a bit different for the next few weeks – these are gravestones from the Swedish section of the Meža kapi cemetery in Rīga, so the inscriptions are in Swedish, not Latvian.
Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge.
Top inscription: “Här vilar motorman” (“Here lies motorman”)
Name: Erik Johannes Holmberg, born October 17, 1910, died September 2, 1943
Location: Swedish section, Meža kapi, Rīga
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details.
June 3, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 4, 1925)
- Student Arvīds Borga-Vepris (Sātiņi) and Elza Leontine Lausteine (Celmenieki)
- Shoemaker Krišjānis Priede (Nereta) and Anna Galveniece (Sauka)
- Technician Arturs Veide (Valmiera) and Eleonora Trīne Kuvalde (Jelgava)
- Student Kārlis Roberts Grots (Dobele) and Milda Alide Tomsone (Palsmane)
- Worker Jānis Voldemārs Rubens (Sēlpils) and Marija Matilda Straupmane (Irlava)
- Cabman Aleksandrs Mārtiņš Jansons (Rīga) and Olga Emīlija Sitere (Rīga)
- Student Žanis Arvīds Satenfelds (Vircava) and Paulīne Landsmane (Valmiera)
- Engineer Teodors Arturs Pegedings (Tallinn) and Lucija Lilas (Kaunas)
- Farmer Pēteris Vaivodis (Pridruiska) and Ieva Pelnite (Pridruiska)
- Locksmith Eduards Voldemārs Peršs (Rīga) and Zelma Elizabete Šveijere (Vitkiška)
- Dāvids Legzdiņš (Jaunpagasts) and Marija Sokina (Rīga)
- Engineer Otto Holte (Võru) and Helene Gulbe (Rīga)
- Soldier Juris Jankovskis (Daugavpils) and Agnija Titova (Rīga)
- Locksmith Alberts Ludwigs Rozentāls (Rīga) and Lizete Milda Purva (Salgale)
- Worker Sigismunds Korčenevskis (Lithuania) and Helena Ursula Jureviča (Rīga)
- Clerk Isajs Meijersons (Liepāja) and Judīte Gramm (Daugavpils)
- Fisherman Kārlis Wilhelms Kristevičs (Ķengarags) and Leontīne Aleksandra Blīve (Rīga)
- Bookkeeper Žanis Roberts Banis (Glenči) and Marta Lilija Ozoliņa (Rīga)
- Mechanic Eduards Upenieks (Preiļi) and Leida Benita Oinas (Tallinn)
- Teacher Arnolds Gustavs Polis (Ēvele) and Marija Olga Cīrule (Liezere)
- Railway worker Stanislavs Pudons (Rīga) and Olga Elizabete Berga (Rīga)
- Vendor Leopolds Kagans (Daugavpils) and Marija Glesere (Mangaļi)
- Benjamiņš Feldmanis (Poland) and Doroteja Lešišinska (Kiev)
- Worker Sigfrids Wilhelms Janelats (Rīga) and Vilma Puriņa (Rīga)
- Vice-Lieutenant Johans Augusts Veinerts (Jelgava) and Lina Singberga (Šlibe)
- Worker Mikolas Karaliunas (Lithuania) and Kazimira Šoigite (Lithuania)
- Merchant Oskars Sermus (Nurmuiža) and Marta Marija Vītola (Braslava)
- Actor Jānis Priede (Vecpiebalga) and Lilija Wilhelmine Bērziņa (Rīga)
- Locksmith Žanis Voldemārs Ozols (Kursīši) and Emma Jansone (Palsmane)
- Musician Voldemārs Ozols (Liepkalne) and Vālija Alise Alberte (Smiltene)
- sorter Ansis Krigers (Rīga) and Amālija Gerbere (Ķemeri)
June 4, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 5, 1925)
- Merchant Kārlis Šreibers (Estonia) and Otilija Bachmane maiden name Evalde (Rīga)
- Engineer Leopolds Kamenkovičs (Rīga) and Marta Matliņa (Rīga)
- Worker Alfreds Piekus (Rundāle) and Amālija Alide Kaupe (Milgrāvis)
- Butcher Indriķis Bogdans (Krustpils) and Doroteja Kaite (Russia)
- Tailor Mārtiņš Odiņš (Iecava) and Alīde Pavuline (Valmiera)
- Photographer Nikolājs Amdurs (Braslava) and Nanija Sprukte (Daugavpils)
- Pēteris Znots (Valmiera) and Zelma Leimane (Līve)
- Merchant Benjamiņš Naumovs (Rīga) and Marija Neimane (Rīga)
- Industrialist Georgs Augusts Ritterbergs (Kurzeme) and Julija Eleonora Lindenberg (Germany)
- Farmer Jānis Avotiņš (Liezere) and Emma Kristīna Skuja (Pēterupe)
- Engineer Edgars Maksis Valters (Salaca) and Hildegarde Koste (Moscow)
- Worker Augusts Pudans (Rubina) and Marija Bicane (Jasmuiža)
- Agent Jānis Krauklis (Leja) and Henriete Bruškinska (Rīga)
- Worker Kārlis Millers (Stalbe) and Anna Marija Sakne (Rīga)
- Sailor Johans Eduards Dangerts (Rīga) and Hedwiga Vanadze (Birži)
- Missionary Jāzeps Gilbriks (England) and Mabel Tomas (London)
- Merchant Eduards Šulcs (Burtnieki) and Milda Kalniņa (Veselauska)
- Farmer Dāvis Ozers (Omuļi) and Zelma Siliņa (Kārkļi)
- Clerk Andrejs Voldemārs Jinksts (Valka) and Herta Mende (Rīga)
- Clerk Žanis Rudolfs Millers (Mežmuiža) and Olga Jākobsone (Rīga)
- Erichs Brauners (Rīga) and Helena Žemeklis (Rīga)
- Chauffeur Eduards Freibergs (Talsi) and Jūle Krūmiņa (Aloja)
June 6, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 8, 1925)
- Actor Valerians Hibšmans (Rīga) and Anna Bormane (Burtnieki)
- Merchant Leopolds Rozenbergs (Lithuania) and Rozālija Silna (Rēzekne)
- Declarant Hermans Žanis Šefels (Liepāja) and Irma Emma Krauze (Liepāja)
- Clerk Arnolds Aleksandrs Kaktiņš (Limbaži) and Grieta Emīlija Freija (Rīga)
- Farmer Jēkabs Gustavs Daklers (Zeltiņi) and Emma Rozālija Apsīte (Kaugari)
- Landlord Jānis Skuja (Limbaži) and Emma Vilemsone maiden name Loris (Vijciems)
- Worker Krišjānis Škensbergs (Iecava) and Minna Margarieta Tīrumniece maiden name Valtere (Rīga)
- Chauffeur Jēkabs Sīpols (Rīga) and Leontine Lumberga (Rīga)
- Fitter Kārlis Baranovskis (Dundaga) and Anna Šarolte Urbanovica (Tukums)
- Locksmith Wilhelms Heinrichs Hartwigs (Germany) and Šarlote Eichlere (Kuldīga)
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Twenty-fifth installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to flee with her husband and two young daughters to her family’s house near Limbaži as the war moves even closer. Her third child, a son, was born there in February 1916. The family has now relocated to a home near Valmiera. For more background, see here, and click on the tag “diary entries” to see all of the entries that I have posted.
June 1, 1916
Third day of Summer Festival
The weather is very warm and bountiful, the sun is shining, the rain is raining. We have settled in quite well in our new home. We live, we work, we are happy with our life, which has again become so good. Yes – no. We still pray to our old God for nothing. Days go by without noticing, many of our acquaintances visit us, we even got nice cakes for salt and bread. A day doesn’t go by when someone isn’t knocking at our door. It appears that we are very noteworthy, loving people, and we definitely do not say anything against visitors, because we feel happiest in our own home amongst ourselves. The children aren’t wanting for everything, there is freedom, fresh good milk, we also have a girl who takes care of them and watches them. This give time to myself and to go to the town to play a bit of piano. I think about it and compare, and I think now I have the best living conditions as I ever have in my life. If only that war would finally have an end…
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned.
Something a bit different for the next few weeks – these are gravestones from the Swedish section of the Meža kapi cemetery in Rīga, so the inscriptions are in Swedish, not Latvian.
Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge.
Top inscription: “Här vilar maskinisten” (“Here lies machinist”)
Name: Carl Magnus Carlsson, born August 19, 1909, died September 2, 1943
Location: Swedish section, Meža kapi, Rīga
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details.
May 25, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], May 26, 1925)
- Consul Otto Alberts Waklens (Sweden) and Regina Alise Johanson (Sweden)
- Worker Konstantins Jankovskis (Grīva) and Lūcija Staškeviča (Posine)
- Merchant Janis Briedis (Madliena) and Marija Pētersone (Vestiena)
- Lawyer Aleksandrs Hanochs (Šiauliai) and Irena Garbele (Moscow)
- Merchant Indriķis Žargorskis (Istanbul) and Fannija Pilmika (Tartu)
- Table-maker Kārlis Balodis (Kocēni) and Hermine Rozenberga (Valmiera)
- Glassblower Jāzeps Ostrovskis (Daugavpils) and Bronislava Sprice (Domopole)
- Railway worker Jānis Feltings (Džūkste) and Lida Seilerte (Zemīte)
- Servant Jānis Švārters (Rīga) and Olga Logoska (Rīga)
- Merchant Osvalds Moks (Rīga) and Elizabete Restas (Rīga)
- Miller Alfreds Platacis (Rauna) and Elvīra Rechtprečere (Ropaži)
- Worker Fricis Ērmanis (Rīga) and Elza Grasberga (Lucēni)
May 26, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], May 27, 1925)
- Worker Aleksejs Dedmans-Gedmins (Rīga) and Barbara Ališanska-Oliševska (Lithuania)
- Machinist Eduards Alfreds Slavietis (Ādaži) and Anna Marija Upmale (Rīga)
- Table-maker Vilis Baledis (Vircava) and Emīlija Milda Freimane (Džūkste)
- Railway worker Donats Rinkevičs (Līksna) and Helena Borisenoka (Rīga)
- Jānis Lācums (Rīga) and Olga Smailoviča (Krustpils)
- Photographer Mārtiņš Fridemanis (Rīga) and Zelma Boručšteine (Rīga)
- Electrotechnician Johans Kārlis Prenclaus (Rīga) and Luiza Irmgarde Millere (Rīga)
- Top-maker Sigfrids Leibovičs (Panevežys) and Marta Getrovska-Ostrovska (Rīga)
- Student Jēkabs Hotimskis (Orla) and Roza Drasniņa (Kaunas)
- Locksmith Antons Rusins (Lithuania) and Leokadija Sokolovska (Rīga)
- Typesetter Edgars Alfreds Zollenkopfs (Valka) and Marija Milda Bindere (Sala parish)
- Clerk Heinrichs Kornelijs Fogels (Rīga) and Anita Merzeda Bradina (Rīga)
- Farmer Jānis Medens (Kraukļi) and Marta Garance (Kraukļi)
- Shoemaker Antons Seliško (Svente) and Marija Helena Bonsinska (Rīga)
- Clerk Vilis Emsiņš (Jaunpils) and Marija Līvene (Valka)
May 27, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], May 28, 1925)
- Clerk Fridrichs Ernests Langbeins (Tukums) and Vera Losberga maiden name Romanovska (Rīga)
- Merchant Kārlis Kļaviņš (Kastrāne) and Elizabete Natālija Gotlibe Dišlere maiden name Beikmane (Jelgava)
- Soldier Jānis Arnolds Skudra (Alūksne) and clerk Julianna Miške (Alūksne)
- Merchant Arvīds Ernests Kandidus Francis (Rīga) and Emīlija Wilhelmine Vanda Jegere maiden name Grimm (Dobele)
- Sergeant Jānis Voldemārs Gailītis (Trikāta) and Irma Leontine Ērika Purgaile (Rīga)
- Technician Krišjānis Smilškalns (Terneja) and Frida Rozālija Bērziņa (Liezere)
- Scribe Oskars Roberts Veinbergs (Rīga) and clerk Marija Milda Aizpure (Rīga)
- Worker Aleksejs Dedmans-Gedmins (Rīga) and Barbara Olševska (Lithuania) (repeat of previous day)
- Merchant Kārlis Kargasts (Lugaži) and Zelma Līce (Valmiera)
- Sergeant Jānis Ozols-Ozoliņš (Vecmuiža) and Margarete Marija Dižgane-Pētersone (Valtaiķi)
- Surveyor Pēteris Grīve (Lēdurga) and Anna Kačova (Vitebsk)
- Locksmith Arnolds Voldemārs (Rīga) and Marija Elizabete Bērziņa (Rīga)
- Actor Erichs Maksmilians Rolands Semers (Vecsalaca) and dancer Lilija Emīlija Steina (Rīga)
- Gardener Kārlis Kāriņš (Anciems) and Alvīna Zālīte (Aumeisteri)
- Cabman Antons Višnevskis (Atašiene) and Marija Leitane (Kārsava)
- Machinist Eduards Alfreds Slavietis (Ādaži) and Alina Legzdiņa (Lēdurga)
May 28, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], May 29, 1925)
- Clerk Rudolfs Zvaigzne (Pabaži) and Jete Zelma Rozenbilde (Ādaži)
- Hatmaker Jānis Ozols and Lizabete Sljamše (Rīga)
- Vendor Arvīds Sauerblats (Rīga) and Frida Rozensteine (Rīga)
- Dāvids Kārkliņš (Jaunpils) and Melanija Šmite (Rīga)
- Worker Alberts Plāms (Rīga) and Emma Anete Kožkule (Sarkanmuiža)
- Lawyer Feliks Krečmanis (Rīga) and Marija Sofija Malčina (Rīga)
- Merchant Kārlis Adolfs Hornungs (Jelgava) and Leopoldina Marta Kramere (Rīga)
- Clerk Jānis Teodors Bērziņš (Rīga) and Hilda Leontine Sislere (Rīga)
- Merchant Eduards Wilhelms Sloka (Rīga) and Lizete Visiņa maiden name Didže (Jelgava)
- Soldier Jānis Maksimovs (Rīga) and Alvīne Paulīne Krītiņa (Jelgava)
- Vendor Jāzeps Drujans (Vitebsk) and Frida Rubina (Vitebsk)
- Musician Jāzeps Janeklis (Rīga) and Sofija Sotnika (Rīga)
- Clerk Viliberts Lauce (Ogre) and Olga Ozola (Kroņi)
- Farmer Paulis Žanis Puriņš (Zemīte) and Laura Veronika Krūze-Bemiņa (Rīga)
- Student Maksis Kradziņš (Liepāja) and Anna Palkovoi (Rīga)
- Printer Arturs Wilhelms Elksne (Rīga) and Vilma Ida Libau (Rīga)
May 29, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], May 30, 1925)
- Telephone operator Peter Traics (Rīga) and Olga Marija Ziedīte (Domopole)
- Oskars Jēkabsons (Jelgava) and Agnese Konstance Grundsteine (Jelgava)
- Clerk Jānis Lugavins (Eleja) and Julianna Bulgakova (Rīga)
- Baker Jānis Dāvids Jankevičs (Mežmuiža) and Ede Jurševiča (Talsi)
- Typesetter Boļeslavs Grabovskis (Rīga) and Anna Endčejeva (Rīga)
- Worker Jānis Kuze (Rīga) and Otilija Zandere (Nereta)
- Cabman Vilis Krūmvēvers (Šlokenbeka) and Alma Rozentāle (Imanta parish)
- Merchant Jānis Gerhards Klapers (Gulbene) and Luiza Minna Pedelmalniece (Palsmane)
- Fireman Ādams Bartoševičs (Kaunas) and Anna Romanovska (Kaunas)
- Farmer Juris Ernsts Renķis (Dobele) and Līze Drapše (Jūdžu parish)
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