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In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. Usually I don’t have any more information on the people, but this time I do! Photo taken by me, April 2012. Click to enlarge. Top Inscription: “Savam mīļam mācītājam” (“For our dear minister”) Name: Jānis Opsis, born February 7, [...] 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. Photo taken by me, April 2012. Click to enlarge. Name: Marija Stirna (born Fabricina), born December 1, 1883; died September 27, 1930. Inscription: “Klāt mūža nakts, Vairs nenāks [...] 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. Photo taken by me, April 2012. Click to enlarge. Top Inscription: “Ģimenes kaps” (Family Grave) Name: Jēkabs (Jānis’ son) Dravnieks, born October 21, 1869, died September 29, 1926. Bottom [...] This week’s Tombstone Tuesday is a bit different – this tombstone in Meža kapi (“Forest Cemetery”) in Rīga commemorates thousands of people – in this case, the roughly 3560 World War One refugees from Kurzeme (at the time, western and southern Latvia) who died between 1914 and 1919. I’m not sure if this figure refers [...] 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. Top Inscription: “Še dus Dieva mierā mūsu mīļais dēliņš” (Here rests our dear son in God’s peace) Name: Ivars Steimars, born March 31, 1938, died April 29, [...] 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. Top Inscription: “Še dus” (Here rests) Name: Voldemārs Bērziņš, born May 7, 1914, died August 3, 1925. Bottom Inscription: “Ja mīlestība spētu darīt brīnumus, un asaras mirušos modināt, [...] 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. Inscription: “Še dus izdzisusi zvaigznīte” (Here sleeps an extinguished star – though poetically speaking, probably “fallen star” works better) Name: Lilija Margareta Bērziņa, born May 6, 1917, [...] (click image to enlarge) Monument to Latvian composers at Viesturdārzs (“Viesturs Park”) in northern Rīga, also the oldest park in the city (1711). It was the site of the first Latvian Song Festival, at the end of June, 1873. The monument was built in 1973, at the 100th anniversary of the song festival, and modified in [...] In this series, I am sharing photographs that I took of graves while I was in Latvia. All have death dates prior to 1945, and I have no further information on the people mentioned. Names: Mārtiņš Strazdiņš, born September 9, 1841, died May 4, 1896; Matilda Daugan born Strazdiņš, born October 24, 1870, died October 24, [...] In the coming weeks, Tombstone Tuesday will be featuring Latvian tombstones that I photographed while in Latvia. I only photographed tombstones with death dates prior to 1945, to maintain privacy. I have no further information on these people besides what is found on the tombstone.
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