The Danenberg Family

Ilze Balka b. 1945

Peter's first cousin once removed.

Living. As for every living relative on this site, the birth date is given by year only, and no current address is shown.

Also recorded as Ilze Bērziņa; Ilze Balka (married name Augenbergs).

Ilze Balka was born in 1945 in Haunstetten DP camp, Augsburg, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany3,4, the daughter of Vitolds Balks and Biruta Zeltīte Sirlaka10. She arrived at United States in 1950 (according to an online family tree)9.

Family

Parents
Vitolds Balks 1921–1984 and Biruta Zeltīte Sirlaka 1919–2002 tradition
Partner
Uģis Augenbergs 1938–2019
Children

Life events

EventDatePlace and details
Born1945Haunstetten DP camp, Augsburg, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Preferred version: Her DP record: born at the Haunstetten DP camp. [DNA evidence (private)]3,4
Born1945Latvia
According to an online family tree5
Arrived1950United States
According to an online family tree9
Lived1 Sep 1973Michigan, United States
According to an online family tree7
Lived1 Oct 1992Michigan, United States
According to an online family tree8
OriginLatvia
According to the family's 2015 tree6

Sources

  1. Pēc auto sadursmes miris agr. Arvīds Danenbergs, Laiks, Nr.26 (06.04.1996), p. 7.
    meitas: Līga Šūbacha (Schubach) un Ilze Bērziņa
    Translation: daughters: Līga Šūbacha (Schubach) and Ilze Bērziņa

    Married name Bērziņa. She is described as a 'daughter' at Arvīds's memorial, but she is the daughter of Rūta and Vitolds Balks (memoir). She was probably raised partly in the household, or the reporter conflated.

  2. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I145 (person-6000145), GEDCOM lines 4295–4347.
    NAME Ilze /Balka/ · _MARNM Augenbergs
  3. Standesamt Augsburg, Kategorie III Form 7 (births), 25 Aug 1948, DE ITS 2.1.1.3 BY 011 7 LET ZM, DocID 85921857.
    12. Balks Ilse [date] w. Haunstetten

    LIVING. Standesamt Augsburg births list, 25 Aug 1948 (DocID 85921857), row 12; 1950 roll: country of birth GER.

  4. My Life and Times (1912–1949), ¶42.
    Here Ilze was born in 1945 and one year later, the twins Līga and Kalvis.
  5. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I145 (person-6000145), GEDCOM lines 4295–4347.
    BIRT · 1945 · Latvia

    [DNA evidence (private)] Records of the Immigration and Naturalizati | on Service, Record Group 85.'. [DNA evidence (private)] Nov 1945 | Pazīstams arī kā: Berzins Ilze, Derzins Ilze'.

  6. Peter's tree, danenberg.sql, 2007–2015, personae 22, provenance.
  7. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I145 (person-6000145), GEDCOM lines 4295–4347.
    RESI · 1 SEP 1973 · [address omitted], Beverly Hills, Michigan 48025-2720, USA
  8. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I145 (person-6000145), GEDCOM lines 4295–4347.
    RESI · 1 OCT 1992 · [address omitted], Unit 57, Farmington, Michigan 48336-4147, USA
  9. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I145 (person-6000145), GEDCOM lines 4295–4347.
    IMMI · 1950 · New York, New York, United States

    [DNA evidence (private)] Records of the Immigration and Naturalizati | on Service, Record Group 85.'.

  10. Peter's tree, danenberg.sql, 2007–2015, parentages 36.

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