The Danenberg Family

Kārlis Sirlaks 1881–1957

Peter's great-great-uncle.

Kārlis Sirlaks was born on 5 Mar 1881 in Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia1,2, the son of Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboja1,9. He married Alvīne Sirlaka10. He died on 6 Feb 1957 in Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia (according to an online family tree)5 and was buried at Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia6,7.

Family

Parents
Pēteris Sirlaks 1847–1896 and Marija Gibboja 1853–1925 documented
Wife
Alvīne Sirlaka 1886–1968 · married
Children

Life events

EventDatePlace and details
Born5 Mar 1881Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia
Old Style (Julian) date: 21 Feb 18811,2
Baptised8 Mar 1881Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia
Old Style (Julian) date: 24 Feb 18813
Died6 Feb 1957Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia
According to an online family tree5
WorkCēsis, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia
Lived in Cēsis in a flat in the courtyard house on Pils iela ("Mūsu tēva brālis Kārlis dzīvoja Cēsīs Pils ielas sētas mājas jaukā dzīvoklī").4
BuriedRauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia6,7
NoteLEAD (S): Four NEW children of Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboy (aunts/uncles of Elvīra). Find their baptisms.8

Photographs

Marija Sirlaka with her sons Kārlis, Mārtiņš, Dāvis and Augusts and Mārtiņš's wife Emma, c. 1911–1913
Marija Sirlaka with her sons Kārlis, Mārtiņš, Dāvis and Augusts and Mārtiņš's wife Emma, c. 1911–1913. Seated, left: 'her eldest son Kārlis'. Family photograph, Peter Danenberg's collection.
The same portrait in the family album, with its handwritten Latvian caption
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.

Open questions

Sources

  1. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 7, section "PĒTERA MĀRČA DĒLA ĢIMENE".
    Kārlis 1881.21.II … Visi dzimuši “Vīstučos”.
    Translation: Kārlis, 21 February 1881 … All born at "Vīstuči".

    parents: Pēteris Sirlaks and Marija Gibboy (3rd child). = 5 March 1881 Gregorian. NEW PERSON. As printed in the memoir; a 19th-century church-book date, so almost certainly Julian (Old Style).

  2. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I66 (person-6000066), GEDCOM lines 2637–2677.
    BIRT · 21 FEB 1881 · Jaunrauna

    Date: Julian (Old Style), as in the church books: = 5 Mar 1881 (Gregorian), as we have it.

  3. 1881 baptism no. 53, Kahrl Sirlak, LVVA f. 235, apr. 7, l. 517, image 143 (right page), LVVA f. 235, apr. 7, l. 517, image 143.
    Kahrl … geb. 21. Febr., get. 24. Febr. … Kahrl Weidenbaum [godparent column]
    Translation: Kahrl … born 21 Feb, baptised 24 Feb … [godparent] Kahrl Weidenbaum

    born 1881-02-21; father Peter Sirlak [?]; godfather incl. Jahn [?] Kahrl Weidenbaum; register no. 53 of 1881

  4. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 8, section "PAR PĒTERA UN MARIJAS TREŠO BĒRNU KĀRLI".
    Kārļa specialitāte- mūrnieks. Būvējis arī Raunas biedrības māju.
    Translation: Kārlis’s trade: bricklayer/mason. He also built the Rauna Society house.

    Lived in Cēsis in a flat in the courtyard house on Pils iela ("Mūsu tēva brālis Kārlis dzīvoja Cēsīs Pils ielas sētas mājas jaukā dzīvoklī").

  5. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I66 (person-6000066), GEDCOM lines 2637–2677.
    DEAT · 6 FEB 1957 · Rauna · AGE 75
  6. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 6, section "PA SENČU PĒDĀM".
    Kādēļ turpat vēlāk Dāvja brālis Kārlis?
    Translation: Why later Dāvis’s brother Kārlis in the same place [Rauna cemetery]?

    Buried at Rauna cemetery, near his sister Natālija; date not given.

  7. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I66 (person-6000066), GEDCOM lines 2637–2677.
    BURI · Raunas kapi
  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.
    seated left: 'her eldest son Kārlis'
  10. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 8, section "PAR PĒTERA UN MARIJAS TREŠO BĒRNU KĀRLI".
    Viņa sieva tante Alvīne bija apaļa, vienkārša un patīkama.
    Translation: His wife, aunt Alvīne, was plump, simple and pleasant.

    spouse: Alvīne (maiden name not given). Daughters Ausma and Skaidrīte.

See in the family tree