The Danenberg Family

Ernestīne Sirlaka b. 1879

Peter's great-great-aunt.

Also recorded as Ernestīne Piraineņa; Ernestine Sirlak (godmother, 1912); Ernestīne Sirlaks.

Ernestīne Sirlaka was born on 21 Mar 1879 in Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia2,3, the daughter of Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboja2,9. She married Johans Pirainens10. She has died in Siberia, USSR5,6,7, but the date of death is not yet documented.

Family

Parents
Pēteris Sirlaks 1847–1896 and Marija Gibboja 1853–1925 documented
Husband
Johans Pirainens · married
Children

Life events

EventDatePlace and details
Born21 Mar 1879Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia
Old Style (Julian) date: 9 Mar 18792,3
Baptised31 Mar 1879Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia
Old Style (Julian) date: 19 Mar 18794
Diednot yet documentedSiberia, USSR
died of starvation in Siberia (his note)5,6,7
NoteLEAD (S): Four NEW children of Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboy (aunts/uncles of Elvīra). Find their baptisms.8

Sources

  1. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I68 (person-6000068), GEDCOM lines 2728–2740.
    NAME Ernestīne /Sirlaks/
  2. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 7, section "PĒTERA MĀRČA DĒLA ĢIMENE".
    Ernestīne 1879.9.III … Visi dzimuši “Vīstučos”.
    Translation: Ernestīne, 9 March 1879 … All born at "Vīstuči".

    parents: Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboy (2nd child). = 21 March 1879 Gregorian. NEW PERSON. As printed in the memoir; a 19th-century church-book date, so almost certainly Julian (Old Style).

  3. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I68 (person-6000068), GEDCOM lines 2728–2740.
    BIRT · 9 MAR 1879

    Date: Julian (Old Style), as in the church books: = 21 Mar 1879 (Gregorian), as we have it.

  4. 1879 baptism no. 98, Ernestine Sirlak, LVVA f. 235, apr. 7, l. 517, image 83 (right page), LVVA f. 235, apr. 7, l. 517, image 83.
    Ernestine … [Sirlak] … geb. 9. März, get. 19. März [crop; full letter-by-letter transcription pending]
    Translation: Ernestine … born 9 March, baptised 19 March

    born 1879-03-09; child of Peter Sirlak × Marie (Gibboi) [?]; godmother incl. Madame [?] Ernestine Sirlak; register no. 98 of 1879

  5. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 8, section "PAR PĒTERA UN MARIJAS OTRO BĒRNU ERNESTĪNI".
    Ernestīne mirusi bada nāvē Sibirijā.
    Translation: Ernestīne died of starvation in Siberia.

    Victim of Soviet repression; date unknown (1930s–1940s). As Ernestīne Piraineņa / Пирайнен.

  6. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I68 (person-6000068), GEDCOM lines 2728–2740.
    DEAT · Y (marked deceased; no date or place)
  7. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I68 (person-6000068), GEDCOM lines 2728–2740.
    Mirusi bada nāvē Sibīrijā.

    His note (no record named, no date).

  8. 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.

  9. 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' (Erna = Ernestīne)
  10. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 8, section "PAR PĒTERA UN MARIJAS OTRO BĒRNU ERNESTĪNI".
    Ernestīne iepazinās un aprecējās ar somu Johanu Johana dēlu Pirainenu.
    Translation: Ernestīne met and married a Finn, Johans Pirainens, son of Johans.

    spouse: Johans Pirainens (son of Johans), a Finn. Children: Irma, Viktors, Aksels, Rūriks. Aina long kept their wedding photograph (bride in white with a veil) and sent it to Irma; it was lost in the Rīga post. Date and place unknown; probably after Feb 1912, when she still stood godmother to Elvīra as "Ernestīne Sirlak".