The Danenberg Family

Vitolds Balks 1921–1984

Husband of Peter's great-aunt Biruta Zeltīte Sirlaka.

Vitolds Balks was born on 16 Jun 1921 in Vecpiebalga, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia1,2. He married Biruta Zeltīte Sirlaka between Mar 1945 and May 1945 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany1,7. He arrived at United States in 1950 (according to an online family tree)5. He died in Sep 1984 (according to an online family tree)6.

Family

Wife
Biruta Zeltīte Sirlaka 1919–2002 · married between Mar 1945 and May 1945 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Children

Life events

EventDatePlace and details
Born16 Jun 1921Vecpiebalga, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia1,2
Arrived1950United States
According to an online family tree5
DiedSep 1984According to an online family tree6
OriginLatvia
According to the family's 2015 tree3
LivedUnited States
According to an online family tree4
Work'Office clerk', 'Food supplies department' (DP-2, 1945); 'farm-worker' (1950 roll)1
Noteparents: father: Žanis Balks; mother: Elza, née Brauns [?]1

Sources

  1. AEF DP Registration Record, Balks Vitolds, Reg. No. 902673011, DE ITS 3.1.1.1, folder DP0173, DocID 66492247.
    Balks Vitolds | M | Married | 16.6.21 Vec-Piebalga Vidzeme Latvia | Luth. | Žanis Balks | Elza Brauns [?] | Riga Latvia | Office clerk | Food supplies department | 23.7.45

    'Vec-Piebalga' (DP-2); 'Veekiebalga' (Kelheim list)

  2. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I144 (person-6000144), GEDCOM lines 4252–4294.
    BIRT · 16 JUN 1921 · Latvia

    [DNA evidence (private)] Jūn 1921 | Miršana: Sep 1984 | Pēdēja dzīves vieta: 48010, USA | SSN izsniegusī pavalsts: Kentucky'. [DNA evidence (private)] Records of the Immigration and Naturalizati | on Service, Record Group 85.'.

  3. Peter's tree, danenberg.sql, 2007–2015, personae 19, provenance.
  4. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I144 (person-6000144), GEDCOM lines 4252–4294.
    RESI · 48010, USA

    [DNA evidence (private)] Jūn 1921 | Miršana: Sep 1984 | Pēdēja dzīves vieta: 48010, USA | SSN izsniegusī pavalsts: Kentucky'.

  5. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I144 (person-6000144), GEDCOM lines 4252–4294.
    IMMI · 1950 · New York, New York, United States · AGE 28-29

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

  6. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I144 (person-6000144), GEDCOM lines 4252–4294.
    DEAT · SEP 1984 · AGE 63

    [DNA evidence (private)] Jūn 1921 | Miršana: Sep 1984 | Pēdēja dzīves vieta: 48010, USA | SSN izsniegusī pavalsts: Kentucky'.

  7. My Life and Times (1912–1949), ¶41.
    In the spring, we managed to borrow a horse and wagon from the farmer to go to Regensburg so that Vitolds and Rūta could get married.

See in the family tree