The Danenberg Family

Reinholds Sirlaks 1862–1949

Peter's first cousin 4 times removed.

Reinholds Sirlaks was born on 20 Sep 1862 in Jāņmuiža, Priekuļi, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia2,3,4, the son of Jānis Sirlaks and Līze Veidenbauma2,3. He married Mīle9. He died on 20 Apr 1949 in Tomsk oblast, Russia6.

Family

Parents
Jānis Sirlaks 1829–1901 and Līze Veidenbauma 1836–1902 documented
Wife
Mīle 1869–1958 · married 9
Children

Life events

EventDatePlace and details
Born20 Sep 1862Jāņmuiža, Priekuļi, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia
Old Style (Julian) date: 8 Sep 18622,3,4
Livedbet 1869 and 25 Mar 1949Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia5
Note25 Mar 1949deported 25 Mar 1949 to Tomsk oblast, Chaya district, where he died 22 Apr 1949 (case no. 12349)
According to an online family tree8
Died20 Apr 1949Tomsk oblast, Russia
Preferred version: Ours: 20 Apr 1949. Raimonds's MyHeritage tree (2026) gives 22 Apr 1949, as the 1949 deportation list he quotes does ('miris 22.04.49'): open, the list may well be right.6
Died22 Apr 1949Chainsky district (Čaja), Tomsk oblast, Russia
According to an online family tree7
Marriedwith Mīle9

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): Reinholds and Emīlis Sirlaks in the March 1949 deportation.10 Would be settled by: LVA f. 1894 deportation files; "Aizvestie: 1949. gada 25. marts" volumes.
  • Other: LEAD (W): Reinholds’s children: Emīlis (1900) and, per the 1918–40 passport index, Jānis Sirlaks f. Reinholds b. 14 Mar 1894 Jaunrauna. P. 40 calls Olga (wife of Jānis Zirnis of Lejas Gāles) "Emīlis’s sister", but p. 22 makes Olga a sister of Emīlis’s wife Elza.10 Would be settled by: Rauna baptisms 1890–1905 for children of Reinholds and Mīle; passport index entry for Jānis f. Reinholds.
  • Other: LEAD (M): Reinholds Sirlaks d. 20.IV.1949 in a Tomsk camp; Emīlis Sirlaks deported to Siberia; the Lejas Gāles (Zirnis) family deported; Alma Ozola d. in Siberia; Kārlis Ozols killed 1941. Deportation files give birth dates, family composition and fate; Reinholds would have been c. 86. Extends lead (M) on the 1949 deportation: also the Lejas Gāles (Zirnis) family, Alma Ozola née Strube (d.…10 Would be settled by: LVA deportee database and the books 'Aizvestie. 1949. gada 25. marts' / '1941. gada 14. jūnijs'; Memorial (Russia) victim lists (Tomsk oblast). (Lead from the alternate draft, research/aina-memoir/alt/.)

Records

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Open questions

Sources

  1. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I91 (person-6000091), GEDCOM lines 3213–3236.
    NAME Reinholds /Sirlaks/

    His confirmed Smart Match with another tree: Voroņinu dzimtas lapa, https://www.myheritage.lv/person-1527228_OYYV6GBPG4CM5LFSTTVZUJF4R3XV7FQ_OYYV6GBPG4CM5LFSTTVZUJF4R3XV7FQ/reinholds-sil%C4%81rs (added by confirming the match).

  2. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 8, section "MĀRČA BRĀĻA JĀŅA GAITAS".
    Reinholds dzim. Jāņmuižas dzirnavās 1862.
    Translation: Reinholds, born at Jāņmuiža mill 1862

    parents: Jānis Sirlaks and Līze née Veidenbaums. Table p. 38: "Pēteris- 1847. ---- Reinholds-1862. brālēni" (first cousin of Pēteris).

  3. S-sweep-sirlaks-frontier-https-www-raduraksti-arhivi-lv-objects-1-4-1, LVVA f. 235, apr. 7, l. 104, image 227, right page, 1862 no. 156, LVVA f. 235, apr. 4, l. 588, image 5.
    achte Morg. 3 U. | dreyzwanzig | 156. Johannenhof Mühle. Reinhold Sirlak. Elt. Müller Jahnis Sirlak u. d. [?] Lihse, luth. Pth: [?] Jahn Massing[?], Glahsneek [Jehkab?] Weidenbaum, [?] Lotte Massing
    Translation: Born the 8th, 3 a.m.; baptised the 23rd [September 1862]. No. 156. Johannenhof mill: Reinhold Sirlak. Parents: the miller Jānis Sirlak and wife Līze, Lutheran. Godparents: … Jānis Massing[?], Jēkabs[?] Weidenbaum of Glāznieki, Lotte Massing.

    Cēsis rural baptisms 1862 no. 156. Born on the 8th, 3 a.m., baptised on the 23rd, in the September run (no. 154 was born 5 Sept). Father: Jahnis Sirlak, MILLER (Müller) at Johannenhof mill; mother Lihse. Godparents include Jahn Massing[?], Glahsneek [Jehkab?] Weidenbaum and Lotte Massing. This is the memoir's 'Reinholds b. Jāņmuižas dzirnavās 1862', who died in a Tomsk camp, 20 Apr 1949.

  4. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I91 (person-6000091), GEDCOM lines 3213–3236.
    BIRT · 8 SEP 1862 · Jāņmuižas dzirnavas

    Date: Julian (Old Style), as in the church books: = 20 Sep 1862 (Gregorian), as we have it.

  5. Kalna Vīstuči (Emīļmāja) household of Reinholds Sirlaks (1869–1949).
    | Reinholds | dzim. Jāņmuižas dzirnavās 1862. | … Reinholds (Emīļa Sirlaka, dzīv. “Kalna Vīstučos”, tēvs, Harija Sirlaka, dzīv. Priekuļos, vectēvs) miris izsūtījumā Tomskas lēģerī 1949.gada 20.aprīlī.

    Grew up at Kalna Vīstuči on the Jaunrauna estate from age 6 (when his father Jānis Sirlaks bought the farm in 1869; stood godfather as 'Jg Reinwald Sirlak' at Lejas Vīstuči in May 1888) and farmed Kalna Vīstuči (Emīļmāja) with his wife Mīle and son Emīlis until the family was deported to Siberia on 25 March 1949.

  6. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 8, section "MĀRČA BRĀĻA JĀŅA GAITAS".
    Reinholds (Emīļa Sirlaka, dzīv. “Kalna Vīstučos”, tēvs, Harija Sirlaka, dzīv. Priekuļos, vectēvs) miris izsūtījumā Tomskas lēģerī 1949.gada 20.aprīlī.
    Translation: Reinholds (father of Emīlis Sirlaks of "Kalna Vīstuči", grandfather of Harijs Sirlaks of Priekuļi) died in deportation in a Tomsk camp on 20 April 1949.

    Died in deportation aged c. 86, a month after the deportation of 25 March 1949. Father of Emīlis (b. 1900).

  7. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I91 (person-6000091), GEDCOM lines 3213–3236.
    DEAT · 22 APR 1949 · Tomskas apg. Čajas raj · AGE 86

    His note: the 1949 deportation list (case 12349) gives 'miris 22.04.49' (died 22 Apr 1949) in Tomsk oblast.

  8. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I91 (person-6000091), GEDCOM lines 3213–3236.
    Sirlaks Reinholds Jāņa d., dz. 1862, Vīstuči; izsūt. 25.03.49, Tomskas apg. Čajas raj., miris 22.04.49.Lieta Nr. 12349.

    His note quotes the 1949 deportation list (case no. 12349; the published lists 'Aizvestie. 1949. gada 25. marts'). The same case number covers Reinholds, Mīle, Emīlis, Elza and Harijs Sirlaks of Vīstuči. The list gives him as son of Jānis, born 1862 at Vīstuči, died 22 Apr 1949.

  9. Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 38, section "VĪSTUČU SIEVAS".
    Marija ---- Mīle
    Translation: [Wives of Vīstuči:] Marija ---- Mīle

    spouse: Mīle ("Emīļmāte", mother of Emīlis). Her maiden name is not given.

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

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