Augusts Sirlaks b. 1895

Peter's great-great-uncle.

Augusts Sirlaks was born on 11 Jun 1895 in Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia^1,2, the son of Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboja^1,7. He has died (according to an online family tree)⁴, but the date of death is not yet documented.

Family

Parents: Pēteris Sirlaks 1847–1896 and Marija Gibboja 1853–1925 documented

Life events

Event	Date	Place and details
Baptised	1895	Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia³
Born	11 Jun 1895	Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia Old Style (Julian) date: 30 May 1895^1,2
Note	12 Aug 1922	listed among Latvian citizens held in Russian prisons, to be exchanged: Petrograd, 2nd house of correction According to an online family tree⁵
Died	not yet documented	According to an online family tree⁴
Note		LEAD (S): Four NEW children of Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboy (aunts/uncles of Elvīra). Find their baptisms.⁶

Photographs

Marija Sirlaka with her sons Kārlis, Mārtiņš, Dāvis and Augusts and Mārtiņš's wife Emma, c. 1911–1913. Standing, left (the youngest, by the plant stand): 'son Augusts'. Family photograph, Peter Danenberg's collection.

The same portrait in the family album, with its handwritten Latvian caption. “Mana tēva māte Marija Sirlaks, pa kr. viņas vecākais dēls Kārlis, pa labi dēls Mārtiņš ar sievu Emmu, stāv no kr. dēls Augusts un dēls Dāvis. Trūkst meitas Anna un Erna.” (My father's mother, Marija Sirlaks; on the left her eldest son Kārlis; on the right son Mārtiņš with his wife Emma; standing, from the left, son Augusts and son Dāvis. Missing are the daughters Anna and Erna.). Family photograph, Peter Danenberg's collection.

Sources

Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 7, section "PĒTERA MĀRČA DĒLA ĢIMENE".
Augusts 1895.30.V … Visi dzimuši “Vīstučos”.
Translation: Augusts, 30 May 1895 … All born at "Vīstuči".
parents: Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboy (8th, youngest child). = 11 June 1895 Gregorian. NEW PERSON. As printed in the memoir; a 19th-century church-book date, so almost certainly Julian (Old Style).
MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I63 (person-6000063), GEDCOM lines 2600–2612.
BIRT · 30 MAY 1895
Date: Julian (Old Style), as in the church books: = 11 Jun 1895 (Gregorian), as we have it.
1895 baptism no. 135, August Sirlak, LVVA f. 235, apr. 12, l. 678, image 116 (right page), LVVA f. 235, apr. 12, l. 678, image 116.
[pending transcription]
register no. 135 of 1895; exact birth and baptism days not yet transcribed from the crop
MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I63 (person-6000063), GEDCOM lines 2600–2612.
DEAT · Y (marked deceased; no date or place)
MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I63 (person-6000063), GEDCOM lines 2600–2612.
12.08.1922. Latvijas Vēstnesis Nr. 178 … Latvijas pilsoņi Krievijas cietumos. Apmaināmo arestēto saraksts. Minēts arī Augusts Pētera dēls Sirlaks - Pēterpils 2.pārmācības namā.
His note on Latvijas Vēstnesis no. 178, 12 Aug 1922: 'Augusts, son of Pēteris, Sirlaks', in the Petrograd 2nd house of correction.
Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 7, section "PĒTERA MĀRČA DĒLA ĢIMENE".
Ernestīne 1879.9.III … Kārlis 1881.21.II … Kristīne 1888.9.IV … Augusts 1895.30.V
Translation: Ernestīne 9.III.1879 … Kārlis 21.II.1881 … Kristīne 9.IV.1888 … Augusts 30.V.1895
LEAD (S): Four NEW children of Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboy (aunts/uncles of Elvīra). Find their baptisms.
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.
standing left: 'son Augusts'

See in the family tree