Blog Posts - Baltic Lives

Kristaps Rozenvalds & Anna Smiltnieks

Kristaps and Anna are my husband’s great-great grandparents. Both Kristaps and Anna grew up in the Zaļenieki area of south-western […]

Teodors Zekants was the 4th child and third son of Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis. Teodors was born in 1887

Karl Zekants was born in 1882. He was the third child and second son of Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis.

Lizette Emilija Rozentals/Rozenvalds was my husband’s great-grandmother. We don’t think she ever really used the ‘Lizette’ part of her name

Andrejs Zekants was the second child and eldest son of Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis. Andrejs was born in 1879

Andrejs Blezurs was a first cousin to the Zekants children of Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis (Lizette, Andrejs, Karl, Teodors

Žanis Zekants is my husband’s great-grandfather. He was the youngest child of Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis. His older siblings were

If I could have dinner with anyone who ever lived, I would pick Olga Rozentals. Olga is the central character