Emīlis Sirlaks 1900–1981

Peter's second cousin three times removed.

Also recorded as Emīls (Emīlis) Sirlaks.

Emīlis Sirlaks was born in 1900^2,3, the son of Reinholds Sirlaks and Mīle². He married Elza in 1930^7,8. He died in 1981 (according to an online family tree)⁴.

Family

Parents

Reinholds Sirlaks 1862–1949 and Mīle 1869–1958 documented

Wife

Elza 1908–1988 · married in 1930

Children

Harijs Sirlaks 1932–2004 probable

Life events

Event	Date	Place and details
Born	1900	^2,3
Note	25 Mar 1949	deported 25 Mar 1949 to Tomsk oblast, Chaya district; released 2 Jul 1956 (case no. 12349) According to an online family tree⁵
Died	1981	According to an online family tree⁴
Note		Deported to Siberia (probably 25 March 1949, with his father Reinholds) and later returned. Also p. 39.⁶

Open questions

Olga Zirne of Lejas Gāles: Emīlis Sirlaks's sister, or his wife Elza's? Open

Sources

MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I92 (person-6000092), GEDCOM lines 3237–3264.
NAME Emīls (Emīlis) /Sirlaks/
Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 38, section "VĪSTUČU VĪRI".
Emīlis- 1900. brālēnu dēli
Translation: [Dāvis 1886 ----] Emīlis 1900, sons of first cousins
parents: Reinholds Sirlaks and Mīle (p. 8, 38). Of Kalna Vīstuči ("Emīļmāja"). The memoir’s informant on the early family.
MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I92 (person-6000092), GEDCOM lines 3237–3264.
BIRT · 1900
His note: the 1949 deportation list gives born 1900 at Vīstuči. [DNA evidence (private)]
MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I92 (person-6000092), GEDCOM lines 3237–3264.
DEAT · 1981 · AGE 80-81
[DNA evidence (private)]
MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I92 (person-6000092), GEDCOM lines 3237–3264.
Sirlaks Emīlis Reinholda d., dz. 1900, Vīstuči; izsūt. 25.03.49, Tomskas apg. Čajas raj., atbrīv.02.07.56. Lieta Nr. 12349.
His note quotes the 1949 deportation list (case no. 12349; the published lists 'Aizvestie. 1949. gada 25. marts'). The same case number covers Reinholds, Mīle, Emīlis, Elza and Harijs Sirlaks of Vīstuči. The list gives him as son of Reinholds, born 1900 at Vīstuči.
Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 41, section "PAEGĻU MĀJIŅA, KURA VAIRS NAV".
Emīlis no Sibīrijas rakstīja Ķiksītim
Translation: Emīlis wrote from Siberia to Ķiksītis
Deported to Siberia (probably 25 March 1949, with his father Reinholds) and later returned. Also p. 39.
Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 22, section "KALNA VĪSTUČOS SAVU DZIMTASKOKU IESTĀDA JĀŅA MAZDĒLS EMĪLIS".
Emīlis savu dzimtas koku iestādīja 15 gadus vēlāk nekā Davids- 1930.gadā. … Emīlis savu sievu lūkot brauca gulbeniešos- Bēniņu dzimtā.
Translation: Emīlis planted his family tree 15 years later than Davids, in 1930. … Emīlis went courting among the Gulbene people, to the Bēniņš family.
spouse: Elza of the Bēniņš family (Gulbene). Her siblings: Alma, Olga, Zelma, Mildiņa, Jānis (p. 22). Dāvis’s children attended the wedding. Elza was a seamstress who later sewed Alma Sirlaka’s burial dress.
MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, family F31 (I92 Emīlis Sirlaks × I93 Elza).
MARR (no date or place)

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