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I was looking through old blog posts recently, and realized that I started a series of posts on my great-grandfathers (almost four years ago now), but that I never finished the series. I only talked about one of my great-grandfathers! So I’m going to finish this series now, and I will start by expanding on the [...] 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, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Name: Mārtiņš, son of Brežs, Gutmans, born March 2, 1869, died March 26, 1923 Bottom Inscription: “Dusi!… Tavu bālo [...] In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. In this case I do have some more information on this person. For the Latvian Wikipedia entry, click here. Short background, in English: Born in Tirza parish in central Latvia, studied medicine at the University of [...] 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, September 2012. Click to enlarge. Names: Alexius Theodors Kuznecovs, born July 18, 1882, died May 15, 1912; Julius Kuznecovs, born December 30, 1855, [...] 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, September 2012. Click to enlarge. Names: Hans Waldmann, born January 22, 1825, died July 20, 1903; Katharine Waldmann (maiden name Ligger), born September [...] 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, September 2012. Click to enlarge. Name: Robert Herrmuth, born April 1, 1847, died April 5, 1908. Location: Mārtiņa kapi, Rīga The design of this indicates [...] 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, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Top Name: Kārlis Voldemārs Lūsis, born September 10, 1914, died September 23, 1933 Middle Inscription: “Vēj kam tu elsodams [...] 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, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Name: Ernests Eglītis, born August 12, 1881, died February 25, 1940 Bottom Inscription: “Bet dziesma pēc dziesmas vēl dvēselē [...] 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, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Names: Marija Krūmiņa (maiden name Krievs), born August 13, 1870, died August 1, 1925; Pēteris Krūmiņš, born December [...] Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 20, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 26, 1925) Eižens Nikolājs Pillings (Jelgava) and Marija Anna Feldt (Rīga) |
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