Zelma Āboltiņa 1883–1960

Sister of Alma Leontīne Āboltiņa, wife of Peter's great-great-uncle Dāvis Sirlaks.

Also recorded as Zelma Martinsone; 'Tante' (memoir); Zelma Karolīna Āboltiņš (married name Mārtinsons).

Zelma Āboltiņa was born on 14 Oct 1883 in Salaca parish, Vidzeme, Latvia (according to an online family tree)², the daughter of Ancis Āboltiņš and Dārta Āboltiņa⁷. She married Aleksandrs Martinsons⁸. She died about 1960^4,5 and was buried at Salacgrīva cemetery, Salacgrīva, Vidzeme, Latvia⁶.

Family

Parents: Ancis Āboltiņš b. 1839 and Dārta Āboltiņa b. 1855 documented
Husband: Aleksandrs Martinsons · married ⁸

Life events

Event	Date	Place and details
Born	14 Oct 1883	Salaca parish, Vidzeme, Latvia Old Style (Julian) date: 2 Oct 1883 According to an online family tree²
Lived	bet 1929 and 1960	Vīstuči farm, Jaunrauna, Rauna, Cēsis district, Vidzeme, Latvia³
Died	abt 1960	^4,5
Buried	abt 1960	Salacgrīva cemetery, Salacgrīva, Vidzeme, Latvia⁶
Married		with Aleksandrs Martinsons⁸

Possible records (not confirmed)

Records that may concern her, 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): 'Ļekunkas' farm, Salaca (the Āboltiņš home, bought out with Alma's savings); Zelma Martinsone's grave at Salacgrīva seaside cemetery (d. c. 1960); the black marble monument at Salaca. The family grave probably names Ancis, Dārta and Zelma.⁹ Would be settled by: Salacgrīva cemetery register; BillionGraves/timenote; Salaca land records. (Lead from the alternate draft, research/aina-memoir/alt/.)
Other: LEAD (W): Zelma Āboltiņa × widower Aleksandrs Martinsons (drowned); his children Austra and Roberts. Completes Alma's sister's line.⁹ Would be settled by: Salaca marriages and deaths (1920s); civil registers. (Lead from the alternate draft, research/aina-memoir/alt/.)

Photographs

Sirlaku dzimta. MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026.
Alīda Āboltiņa · Zelma Āboltiņa · Dārta Āboltiņa · Alma Leontīne Āboltiņa · Ancis Āboltiņš · Alfrēds Āboltiņš

Sources

MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I69 (person-6000069), GEDCOM lines 2741–2776.
NAME Zelma Karolīna /Āboltiņš/ · _MARNM Mārtinsons
MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I69 (person-6000069), GEDCOM lines 2741–2776.
BIRT · 2 OCT 1883 · Salacas pagasts
Date: read as Julian (Old Style), like his other church-book dates before 1918: = 14 Oct 1883 (Gregorian); he does not say which calendar. His note: https://www.raduraksti.arhivi.lv/objects/1:4:11:2055:2487:24479#&gid=1&pid=23 ('dzimusi Apiņos, Vecsalacā': born at Apiņi, Vecsalaca).
Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, pp. 24, 25, 38, section "MŪSU MAMMA-VĪSTUČU SAIMNIECE".
Viņas māsa atnāca tikai tad, kad es jau gāju 3.klasē. … 30 VĪSTUČIEM ZIEDOTI GADI … Tante kļuva mums kā otrā māte. … Tante vēl nedzīvoja pie mums.
Translation: Her sister came only when I was already in the 3rd class. … 30 YEARS GIVEN TO VĪSTUČI … Auntie became like a second mother to us. … Auntie did not live with us yet [when I was about 8].
Lived at Vīstuči from c. 1929–30 for about 30 years. She is the "Tante"/"Tanta" of the memoir (p. 42 "Zelmas Tante"); struck off the Vīstuči register in the Soviet period, she lived at the end of her life at "Kalna Gāles" (p. 3); died in Ilga's care (p. 51). Knew Estonian. Wove Aina's trousseau.
Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 25, section "30 VĪSTUČIEM ZIEDOTI GADI".
Tante nomira 1 gadu pēc mammas.
Translation: Auntie died one year after mamma.
About 1960 (Alma d. 1959). Died in Ilga's care (p. 51: "Un Tanta ar Mammu nomira Ilgas gādīgajās un līdzjūtīgajās rokās").
MyHeritage family tree 'Dzimta' of Peter's third cousin (his family site), member GEDCOM export of 26 Oct 2026, I69 (person-6000069), GEDCOM lines 2741–2776.
DEAT · 1960 · AGE 76-77
Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 25, section "30 VĪSTUČIEM ZIEDOTI GADI".
Izvadījām no “Vīstuču” klēts uz Salacu. “Ļekunkās” bēru mielasts. … Kapsēta Salacgrīvas jūras krastā.
Translation: We carried her out from the Vīstuči granary to Salaca. Funeral meal at "Ļekunkas". … The cemetery on the seashore at Salacgrīva.
Buried at Salacgrīva; funeral meal at the Āboltiņš farm "Ļekunkas". She had earlier ordered a large black marble monument in Cēsis, carried to Salaca by the Vīstuči horses (p. 28) — presumably for the Āboltiņš family grave.
Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 23, section "MŪSU MAMMA, DĀRTAS UN ANČA MEITA".
Viņiem bija šādi bērni: Voldemārs, Zelma, Alīda, Alfrēds un Alma (dvīņi).
Translation: They had these children: Voldemārs, Zelma, Alīda, Alfrēds and Alma (twins).
Siblings: Voldemārs, Zelma, Alīda, Alfrēds. "(dvīņi)" = twins, most naturally Alfrēds and Alma (so Alfrēds b. 16 Mar 1887 too).
Ainas Sirlakas atmiņas ("Vīstuči"), Aina Jurciņa née Sirlaka, Priekuļi, 1998, p. 25, section "30 VĪSTUČIEM ZIEDOTI GADI".
Mūsu mammas māsa Zelma apprecēja atraitni ar bērniem Aleksandru Martinsonu. Saša ļoti dzēra. … Tajā brīdī saša iekritis upē un noslīcis. Zelma nekļuva par pamāti Austrai un Robertam, bet atnāca uz “Vīstučiem”.
Translation: Our mamma's sister Zelma married a widower with children, Aleksandrs Martinsons. Saša drank heavily. … At that moment Saša had fallen into the river and drowned. Zelma did not become stepmother to Austra and Roberts but came to Vīstuči.
Husband Aleksandrs ("Saša") Martinsons, a widower, drowned in a river (date unknown). His children by his first marriage: Austra and Roberts. Married name presumably Martinsone.
S-aina-memoir-ainas-sirlakas-atminas-vistuci-aina-jurcina.

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