The Danenberg Family

Alma Leontīne Āboltiņa 1887–1959

Wife of Peter's great-great-uncle Dāvis Sirlaks.

Also recorded as Alma Sirlaka; Alma (Leontina) Āboltiņa (married name Sirlaka).

Alma Leontīne Āboltiņa was born on 28 Mar 1887 in Salaca parish, Vidzeme, Latvia2,3, the daughter of Ancis Āboltiņš and Dārta Āboltiņa10. She married Dāvis Sirlaks about 1915 in Salaca parish, Vidzeme, Latvia11. She died on 26 Jan 1959 in Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia6,7 and was buried at Jaunrauna cemetery, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia (according to an online family tree)8.

Family

Parents
Ancis Āboltiņš b. 1839 and Dārta Āboltiņa b. 1855 documented
Husband
Dāvis Sirlaks 1886–1952 · married about 1915 in Salaca parish, Vidzeme, Latvia
Children

Life events

EventDatePlace and details
Born28 Mar 1887Salaca parish, Vidzeme, Latvia
Old Style (Julian) date: 16 Mar 18872,3
Workbet 1905 and 1915Salaca parish, Vidzeme, Latvia
Domestic servant/housekeeper before marriage; one year in Switzerland (album of Swiss views kept by Ilga). Her savings went to buy out the family farm "Ļekunkas". [DNA evidence (private)]4
Died26 Jan 1959Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia6,7
WorkLauksaimniece
According to an online family tree5
BuriedJaunrauna cemetery, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia
According to an online family tree8
NoteSiblings: Voldemārs, Zelma, Alīda, Alfrēds. "(dvīņi)" = twins, most naturally Alfrēds and Alma (so Alfrēds b. 16 Mar 1887 too).9

Sources

  1. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I17 (person-6000017), GEDCOM lines 735–819.
    NAME Alma (Leontina) /Āboltiņa/ · _MARNM Sirlaka
  2. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, pp. 22, 6, section "LEJAS VĪSTUČOS SAVU DZIMTAS KOKU IESTĀDA MĀRČA MAZDĒLS DAVIDS".
    Alma Leontīne Sirlaka 1887.16.III-1959.26I … Reiz Valdis, Ilga un es stāvējām Salacā pie pirtiņas krāsns drupām, kurā dzimusi mūsu mamma.
    Translation: Alma Leontīne Sirlaka, 16 March 1887 – 26 I 1959 … Once Valdis, Ilga and I stood at Salaca by the ruins of the bathhouse …

    Born 16 Mar 1887 at Salaca, in a bathhouse. Probably Julian if from a church record (= 28 Mar Gregorian), but may be a family date.

  3. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I17 (person-6000017), GEDCOM lines 735–819.
    BIRT · 16 MAR 1887 · Salacas pagasts

    Date: Julian (Old Style), as in the church books: = 28 Mar 1887 (Gregorian), as we have it. [DNA evidence (private)]

  4. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 23, section "MŪSU MAMMA, DĀRTAS UN ANČA MEITA".
    Gāja dienēt pie kungiem. Salacas muižā un Rīgā. Pie miljonāriem. … Šveicē mamma nodzīvoja vienu gadu.
    Translation: She went into service with the gentry: at Salaca manor and in Rīga. With millionaires. … Mamma lived in Switzerland for one year.

    Domestic servant/housekeeper before marriage; one year in Switzerland (album of Swiss views kept by Ilga). Her savings went to buy out the family farm "Ļekunkas". [DNA evidence (private)]

  5. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I17 (person-6000017), GEDCOM lines 735–819.
    OCCU · Lauksaimniece
  6. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, pp. 22, 3, 38, section "LEJAS VĪSTUČOS SAVU DZIMTAS KOKU IESTĀDA MĀRČA MAZDĒLS DAVIDS".
    Alma Leontīne Sirlaka 1887.16.III-1959.26I … Kad nomira, Elza palīdzēja. Saģērbām. Noguldījām uz grīdas. Visus logus vaļā. Tas bija februāris. … [handwritten: Sirlaka] Alma [handwritten: 1887 …
    Translation: Alma Leontīne Sirlaka, 1887 – 26 I 1959 … When she died, Elza helped. We dressed her and laid her on the floor. All the …

    Printed "1959.26I" (26 January 1959, or a dropped stroke of 26.II); Ilga says she died in February (p. 3); a pen note on p. 38 has "1887 - 1952", probably confused with Dāvis's year. Zelma died one year after her, c. 1960 (p. 25). Laid out by Elza Sirlaka, in a white burial dress Elza had sewn.

  7. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I17 (person-6000017), GEDCOM lines 735–819.
    DEAT · 26 JAN 1959 · AGE 71

    [DNA evidence (private)]

  8. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I17 (person-6000017), GEDCOM lines 735–819.
    BURI · Jaunraunas kapi, Latvija

    [DNA evidence (private)]

  9. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 23, section "MŪSU MAMMA, DĀRTAS UN ANČA MEITA".
    Viņiem bija šādi bērni: Voldemārs, Zelma, Alīda, Alfrēds un Alma (dvīņi).
    Translation: They had these children: Voldemārs, Zelma, Alīda, Alfrēds and Alma (twins).

    Siblings: Voldemārs, Zelma, Alīda, Alfrēds. "(dvīņi)" = twins, most naturally Alfrēds and Alma (so Alfrēds b. 16 Mar 1887 too).

  10. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 23, section "MŪSU MAMMA, DĀRTAS UN ANČA MEITA".
    MŪSU MAMMA, DĀRTAS UN ANČA MEITA … Pēc uzvārda Āboltiņi.
    Translation: OUR MAMMA, DAUGHTER OF DĀRTA AND ANCIS … By surname, Āboltiņš.

    Parents: Ancis (Ansis/Jānis) Āboltiņš, tailor, and Dārta. p. 9: "Almu Āboltiņu no Salacas". Mother spelt "Dārta Āboliņa" on p. 26.

  11. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 9, section "PAR PĒTERA UN MARIJAS PIEKTO BĒRNU DĀVIDU".
    Davids apprecēja Almu Āboltiņu no Salacas, iepazīdams Rīgā darba gaitās.
    Translation: Davids married Alma Āboltiņa of Salaca, having met her while working in Rīga.

    spouse: Alma Leontīne Āboltiņa. Wedding in Salaca church (p. 23: "Salacas kāzās baznīcā nobučoja sievas mātei roku"). Year: Emīlis married in 1930, "15 years later than Davids" (p. 22), so c. 1915; first child Jānis b. 1916.

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