The Danenberg Family

Anna Sirlaka 1890–1963

Peter's great-great-aunt.

Also recorded as Anna Sirlaks.

Anna Sirlaka was born on 4 Apr 1890 in Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia2,3, the daughter of Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboja3,12,13. She married Tīlmanis14. She died on 29 Dec 1963 in Rīga, Vidzeme, Latvia8,9 and was buried at Rīga, Vidzeme, Latvia10,11.

Family

Parents
Pēteris Sirlaks 1847–1896 and Marija Gibboja 1853–1925 documented
Husband
Tīlmanis · married

Life events

EventDatePlace and details
Born4 Apr 1890Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia
Old Style (Julian) date: 23 Mar 1890
Preferred version: The Rauna register and Aina's memoir: 23 Mar 1890 (Julian) = 4 Apr 1890. Raimonds's MyHeritage tree (2026) gives 14 Apr 1890 (read as Julian here; 10 days after ours if it is Gregorian).2,3
Born26 Apr 1890Old Style (Julian) date: 14 Apr 1890
According to an online family tree4
Livedbet 1918 and 1940Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia5
Died29 Dec 1963Rīga, Vidzeme, Latvia8,9
Buriedabt Jan 1964Rīga, Vidzeme, Latvia10,11
LivedRīga, Vidzeme, Latvia6,7

Open questions

Sources

  1. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I64 (person-6000064), GEDCOM lines 2613–2625.
    NAME Anna /Sirlaks/
  2. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 7, section "PĒTERA MĀRČA DĒLA ĢIMENE".
    Anna 1890.23.III-1963.29.XII … Visi dzimuši “Vīstučos”.
    Translation: Anna, 23 March 1890 – 29 December 1963 … All born at "Vīstuči".

    parents: Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboy (7th child). = 4 April 1890 Gregorian (the 1918–40 passport index has 14 Apr 1890, f. Pēteris). As printed in the memoir; a 19th-century church-book date, so almost certainly Julian (Old Style).

  3. Raunas latviešu draudzes 1877.–1891. gada augusta dzimušo un kristīto reģistrs, 1890 no. 96, LVVA f. 235, apr. 7, l. 517, image 451 (register p. 54), LVVA f. 235, apr. 7, l. 517, image 451.
    1890 | Maerz, drei u. zwanzigsten, nachmitt.[?] 3 U. | April, neun u. zwanzigsten. | 96. Ronneb. Neuhof, Lj.[?] Wihstuz. Anna Sirlak. Elt. Wth Peter Sirlak u. d. Fr. Mari geb. Gibboy. beide lutherisch. Pth. Mdf[?] Anna Dutzmann[?] Kn.[?] Jahn Karnicht[?] u. d. Fr. Kristine. Get. v. Pastor Sirne[?] in der Kirche.
    Translation: 1890. Born 23 March, 3 p.m.[?]; baptised 29 April. No. 96. Ronneburg-Neuhof, Vīstuči farm: Anna Sirlak. Parents: farmer Peter Sirlak and his wife Mari née Gibboy, both Lutheran. Godparents: [maid?] Anna Dutzmann[?]; [farmhand?] Jahn Karnicht[?] and his wife Kristine. Baptised by Pastor Sirne[?] in the church.

    Born 23 March 1890 (Julian; = 4 April Gregorian), ~3 p.m.[?]; baptised 29 April 1890 in Rauna church by Pastor Sirne[?]. Parents: farmer (Wirth) Peter Sirlak and his wife Mari née Gibboy, both Lutheran. Godparents: Mdf.[?] Anna Dutzmann[?]; Kn.[?] Jahn Karnicht[?] and his wife Kristine. Rauna Latvian baptisms 1890, no. 96.

  4. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I64 (person-6000064), GEDCOM lines 2613–2625.
    BIRT · 14 APR 1890

    Date: read as Julian (Old Style), like his other church-book dates before 1918: = 26 Apr 1890 (Gregorian); he does not say which calendar.

  5. Index row: Sirlaka, Anna, Pēteris, 1890-04-14, Jaunraunas pag., Jaunraunas pag., none given by the index.
    Sirlaka | Anna | Pēteris | 1890-04-14 | Jaunraunas pag. | Jaunraunas pag.
    Translation: surname | given name | father's name | birth date | birthplace | domicile

    Passport index row: birth 1890-04-14, birthplace Jaunraunas pag., piederības vieta (legal domicile) Jaunraunas pag. The index has no image and no reference. The church record gives 23 Mar 1890 (Julian) = 4 Apr 1890 (Gregorian); the index's '04-14' is probably a slip for 04-04.

  6. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 10, section "PAR PĒTERA UN MARIJAS SEPTĪTO BĒRNU ANNU".
    Viņai piederēja ērts trīsistabu dzīvoklis Stabu ielā 46/48.
    Translation: She owned a comfortable three-room flat at Stabu iela 46/48.

    "Rīgas tante" (the aunt in Rīga). Elvīra lodged with "aunt Anna in Rīga" (our data), which fits.

  7. My Life and Times (1912–1949), ¶29.
    In the first year, I lived with father’s sister Anna.
  8. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 10, section "PAR PĒTERA UN MARIJAS SEPTĪTO BĒRNU ANNU".
    Mira 73 gadu vecumā ar leikēmiju. Guļ Ziepniekkalna kapsētā.
    Translation: She died aged 73 of leukaemia. She lies in Ziepniekkalns cemetery.

    Date from the p. 7 register ("1963.29.XII"). Cause: leukaemia. Burial: Ziepniekkalns cemetery, Rīga. Funeral meal at Stabu iela.

  9. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I64 (person-6000064), GEDCOM lines 2613–2625.
    DEAT · Y (marked deceased; no date or place)
  10. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 10.
    Guļ Ziepniekkalna kapsētā. … Rīgas tantu apstāvēja trīs mācītāji.
    Translation: She lies in Ziepniekkalns cemetery. … Three pastors stood around the Rīga aunt.

    Buried in Ziepniekkalns cemetery, Rīga; three pastors at the funeral; funeral meal at Stabu iela.

  11. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I64 (person-6000064), GEDCOM lines 2613–2625.
    BURI · Ziepniekkalna kapsēta
  12. My Life and Times (1912–1949), ¶29.
    I lived with father’s sister Anna
  13. Studio portrait of Marija Sirlaka (née Gibboja) with her sons Kārlis, Mārtiņš, Dāvis and Augusts and Mārtiņš's wife Emma, c. 1911–1913; mounted in a family album with a handwritten Latvian caption.
    'missing are the daughters Anna and Erna'
  14. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 10, section "PAR PĒTERA UN MARIJAS SEPTĪTO BĒRNU ANNU".
    Pusmūžā aprecējās ar ugunsdzēsēju Tīlmani.
    Translation: In middle age she married a fireman, Tīlmanis.

    spouse: Tīlmanis (given name not stated), a fireman. No children; raised her sister Erna’s daughter Irma.

See in the family tree