The Danenberg Family

Alberts Jurciņš 1916–1953

Husband of Peter's first cousin twice removed Aina Modrīte Sirlaka.

Also recorded as Alberts Jēkabs Jurciņš.

Alberts Jurciņš was born on 14 Dec 1916 in Zvirgzdiņi, Jaungulbene, Vidzeme, Latvia2,3. He married Aina Modrīte Sirlaka in 1942 in Zvirgzdiņi, Jaungulbene, Vidzeme, Latvia9,10. He died between Nov 1953 and Dec 19533,7 and was buried at Gulbene, Vidzeme, Latvia (according to an online family tree)8.

Family

Wife
Aina Modrīte Sirlaka 1920–2003 · married in 1942 in Zvirgzdiņi, Jaungulbene, Vidzeme, Latvia9,10
Children

Life events

EventDatePlace and details
Born14 Dec 1916Zvirgzdiņi, Jaungulbene, Vidzeme, Latvia
Preferred version: Automatic: the best-supported value (primary records count most; the 2015 tree least). Not yet reviewed; add a preference in data/curation/structure.yaml.2,3
Born14 Dec 1916Russia
According to an online family tree4
Livedbet 1918 and Dec 1953Jaungulbene, Vidzeme, Latvia5
Married1942with Aina Modrīte Sirlaka
Zvirgzdiņi, Jaungulbene, Vidzeme, Latvia9,10
Banns readApr 1942with Aina Modrīte Sirlaka
St Anne's church, Jelgava, Kurzeme (Courland), Latvia11
Died26 Oct 1953According to an online family tree6
Diedbet Nov 1953 and Dec 1953Preferred version: Aina's memoir and Timenote: died late 1953. Raimonds's MyHeritage tree (2026) gives 26 Oct 1953, no record cited.3,7
BuriedGulbene, Vidzeme, Latvia
According to an online family tree8

Possible records (not confirmed)

Records that may concern him, but don't settle it: an initial and a surname only, a family recollection, or a reading that needs a second look. Each links to the record.

  • Other: LEAD (M): Alberts Jurciņš's death in 1953 (aged 37, so probably after 14 Dec 1953) and burial. Exact date missing from our data.12 Would be settled by: Gulbene cemetery; civil death register 1953 (registry office, restricted). (Lead from the alternate draft, research/aina-memoir/alt/.)

Records

Scan of the record: Aina Jurciņa
Aina Jurciņa. .

Open questions

Sources

  1. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I61 (person-6000061), GEDCOM lines 2564–2584.
    NAME Alberts Jēkabs /Jurciņš/
  2. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 35, section "DĀVJA UN ALMAS OZOLS ZAROJAS".
    Alberts Jurciņš, dz. 1916. 14. decembrī
    Translation: Alberts Jurciņš, born 14 December 1916

    Son of the owner of "Zvirgzdiņi" (Aina's harsh father-in-law, p. 28; unnamed). Place not stated.

  3. Aina Jurciņa, timenote person id 11610902.
    Dzimšanas datums: 00.00.1920 Miršanas datums: 18.03.2003 … Pirmslaulību (cits) uzvārds: Sirlaka … Kapsēta: Gulbene, Vecie kapi … Dāvis Sirlaks — Tēvs — 1886–1952; Alma Sirlaka — Māte — 1887–1959; Valdis Jurciņš — Dēls — 04.03.1947–04.09.2019; Alberts Jurciņš — Vīrs — 14.12.1916–1953
    Translation: Born 1920, died 18 Mar 2003; maiden name Sirlaka; cemetery Gulbene Old Cemetery; father Dāvis Sirlaks (1886–1952), mother Alma Sirlaka (1887–1959), son Valdis Jurciņš (1947–2019), husband Alberts Jurciņš (1916–1953)

    Identity of the memoirist. Timenote (nekropole.info) memorial pages give Aina Jurciņa, maiden name Sirlaka, born 1920, died 18 March 2003, buried in the Gulbene Old Cemetery. They name her father Dāvis Sirlaks (1886–1952) and mother Alma (1887–1959); her husband Alberts Jurciņš (b. 14 Dec 1916, d. 1953); her son Valdis Jurciņš (4 Mar 1947 – 4 Sep 2019, also Gulbene); her sisters Velta Grīslis (1918–2015) and Ilga Stangaine (1922–2011); and her brothers Valdis Sirlaks (1924–1995) and Jānis (1916–1918). So Aina is Elvīra's first cousin through Dāvis of Vīstuči, exactly as Raimonds said ('Elvīras māsīca'). Her married name JURCIŅA is the name to search in catalogues; the memoir is probably an unpublished family typescript held by her descendants (Jurciņš family, Gulbene) or by Raimonds.

  4. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I61 (person-6000061), GEDCOM lines 2564–2584.
    BIRT · 14 DEC 1916 · Krievija

    Date: a Gregorian date: the same day as ours. His record match: Latvia, Riga Internal Passport Holders Index, 1918-1940, https://www.myheritage.lv/research/collection-10756/latvia-riga-internal-passport-holders-index-1918-1940?itemId=181080&action=showRecord: 'Alberts Jēkabs Jurciņš | Dzimšana: 1916.gada 14. Dec - Krievija'.

  5. Alberts Jurciņš of Zvirgzdiņi, Jaungulbene parish.
    1942.gadā ieprecējās skolas prakses saimniecībā Gulbenes rajona “Zvirgzdiņos”. … Un Ainu reizē bildina divi godavīri: Vladimirs Kuģenieks, Alberts Jurciņš. Liktens zīme piepildās. 1953.gadā abi reizē mirst, viens novembrī, otrs- decembrī. … Alberts Jurciņš, dz. 1916. 14. decembrī

    Grew up and farmed at his father's model farm 'Zvirgzdiņi' in Jaungulbene parish, where he lived with his wife Aina Sirlaka from 1942 until his death in November/December 1953.

  6. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I61 (person-6000061), GEDCOM lines 2564–2584.
    DEAT · 26 OCT 1953 · AGE 36
  7. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, pp. 32, 10, section "DĀVJA UN ALMAS TREŠĀ BĒRNA AINAS DZĪVES GAITA".
    1953.gadā abi reizē mirst, viens novembrī, otrs- decembrī. … Alberts mirst pēc 10 gadiem. … Kad viņas brāļa meitai Ainai nomira 37 gadus jauns vīrs Alberts
    Translation: In 1953 both [suitors] died at the same time, one in November, the other in December. … Alberts died 10 years later. … When her brother's daughter Aina's husband Alberts died, 37 years young

    Died Nov or Dec 1953 (the other suitor, Vladimirs Kuģenieks, died in the other month). If "37" is exact (b. 14 Dec 1916), he died between 14 and 31 Dec 1953. Anna Sirlaka came from Rīga for the funeral.

  8. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I61 (person-6000061), GEDCOM lines 2564–2584.
    BURI · Gulbenes kapos
  9. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, pp. 30, 32, 42, section "NĀKAMĀS VĪSTUČBĒRNU SKOLAS".
    1942.gadā ieprecējās skolas prakses saimniecībā Gulbenes rajona “Zvirgzdiņos”. … Un Ainu reizē bildina divi godavīri: Vladimirs Kuģenieks, Alberts Jurciņš. … Viņi izvada Ainu tautās ar neredzētu pūru 1942.gadā.
    Translation: In 1942 she married into the school's practice farm, "Zvirgzdiņi" in the Gulbene district. … And two honourable men courted Aina at once: Vladimirs Kuģenieks and Alberts Jurciņš. … They gave Aina away in marriage with an unheard-of trousseau in 1942.

    Married Alberts Jurciņš in 1942 and moved to his family's model farm "Zvirgzdiņi" ("one of Latvia's 105 most exemplary farms"), Jaungulbene (p. 42: "Jaungulbenes “Zvirgzdiņos”"). Agrees with the banns at St Anne's, Jelgava (Zemgale, 21 Apr 1942; data/families/F1006.yaml). The wedding itself: groom's party "won" the money contest (p. 40).

  10. Raimonds Voronins, family tree shared on FamilyTreeDNA (Sirlaks / Gibboy lines), Dāvis Sirlaks family.
  11. Jelgava: baznīcas ziņas, Zemgale, Nr.91 (21.04.1942), p. 7.
    Annas draudzē kristīti: … Uzsaukti: Alberts Jurciņš ar Ainu Sirlaku
    Translation: St Anne's congregation, baptised: … Banns: Alberts Jurciņš and Aina Sirlaka

    Banns of Alberts Jurciņš and Aina Sirlaka at Jelgava St Anne's. (Recorded as a marriage until 2026-11-01: banns, not the wedding; they were read where one of the couple was registered, so Alberts or Aina belonged to St Anne's parish, Jelgava, in April 1942; the record does not say which.) This is the same church where Arvīds's banns had been read four months earlier. An 'Aina Sirlaka' also appears in a June 1940 Cēsu Vēstis list of agricultural-school graduates. NOT the Soviet-era philosopher Aina Jurciņa (wife of the poet Pēteris Jurciņš), who is a different person.

  12. S-aina-memoir-ainas-sirlakas-atminas-vistuci-aina-jurcina.

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