My great-uncle JÄnis, my great-aunt Marta and my grandfather Aleks about to get up to some winter hijinks during what I believe is their first winter in Canada, c. 1949. Pay attention to the snowball in my grandfather’s hands! See
Wordless Wednesday – Winter Wonderland, c. 1946
My great-aunt Marta JakstÄne (born LÄ«cÄ«te) in a winter storm in Copenhagen, Denmark, c. 1946.
Wordless Wednesday – Christmas, c. 1955
My mother’s family at Christmas, c. 1955. My grandmother is seated on the left, my great-aunt Marta seated on the right. Great-uncle JÄnis is holding my mother, who looks to be three or four in this photo. Grandfather Aleks would
Wordless Wednesday – Last Looks, c. 1945-1955
The last photo I have of my great-grandparents Brencis and JÅ«le (b. Å telmÄhere) LÄ«cÄ«tis. I believe it was sent to their daughters in Canada sometime in the late 1940s, since Brencis died somewhere around that time, and JÅ«le died in
Wordless Wednesday – Two Martas, 1911
My great-grandmother Jūle Līcīte (b. Štelmahere) with her daughter Marta Līcīte (the baby) and her half-niece Marta Šmits (the older girl) , c. 1911. Marta Līcīte is my great-aunt, who passed away one year and one week ago. See my
Wordless Wednesday – School Play, 1925
Photograph of what is probably a school play or skit of some kind at the primary school in Krustpils, c. 1925. My grandmother is the girl in the middle of the first row.
Wordless Wednesday – Fishwife Statue, Copenhagen
My grandfather Aleksandrs Francis with the Fishwife Statue in Copenhagen, Denmark, c. 1945-1948. Fishwife Statue. Taken by me, November 2009.
Wordless Wednesday – Where is This?
Can anyone help identify the building in this photograph? I’m pretty sure it is in Denmark, since it is a photo of my grandmother from her collection of Displaced Persons camp photographs, c. 1945-1949. However, I haven’t been able to