Tūja (estate)
From Latvian Surname Project
Tūja (German: Taubenhof) was an estate in northern Latvia, located in Tūja parish. The estate was created prior to 1564, and the manor house still stands today. It was converted into a school in 1919. Some of the subsidiary peasant farms still survive as well.
The surnames found in the 1826 revision list for Tūja, written as they appear in the document:
- Andelmann
- Andreisohn
- Berkan
- Berke
- Bersing
- Bomberk
- Brukmann
- Fuhlmann
- Greewe
- Grising
- Jahnsohn
- Jehkobsohn
- Kaupmann
- Kirsch
- Klemberg
- Krasting
- Leeping
- Legsding
- Lindenberg
- Lohrenz
- Meebold
- Martinsohn
- Ohsoling
- Petersohn
- Puttning
- Rosenstrauch
- Rumph
- Stintmann
- Taupe
- Weide
- Werner
The 1826 revision list is one of the earliest sources for the surnames of Tūja.