Daugavpils Prison “The White Swan”
An imposing white brick building rises four stories high in the center of Daugavpils City. It is surrounded by an […]
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Valdemārs Sailing Schools / Valdemāra jūrskola
In 1864, the famous Latvian scholar and nationalist, Krišjānis Valdemārs, founded a school in the northern coastal town of Ainaži.
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St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Riga
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church is one of the most prominent churches in Riga. Until the middle of the 1800s, there
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Iļģuciems – Industrial Riga in the Early 20th Century
The neighbourhood of Iļģuciems on the west bank of the Daugava River in Riga was an important industrial centre as
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Žanis (John) Zekants
Žanis (John) Zekants is the link between all the family lines in this story. All of this history in some
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Jekob Zekants & Magreete Latīnis
Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis are the parents of the five Zekants siblings that are at the heart of this family
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Indriks Zekants (Seekant)
Indriks Zekants (or Seekant as it was first written) was the first man to use the ‘Zekants’ surname in Latvia.
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Lizette Pudze (born Zekants)
Lizette was the eldest child of Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis. She was born in 1876 near the town of
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Teodors Zekants
Teodors Zekants was the 4th child and third son of Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis. Teodors was born in 1887
Karl Zekants
Karl Zekants was born in 1882. He was the third child and second son of Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis.
Lizette Emilija Zekants (born Rozentals / Rozenvalds)
Lizette Emilija Rozentals/Rozenvalds was my husband’s great-grandmother. We don’t think she ever really used the ‘Lizette’ part of her name
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Andrejs Zekants
Andrejs Zekants was the second child and eldest son of Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis. Andrejs was born in 1879
Žanis Zekants
Žanis Zekants is my husband’s great-grandfather. He was the youngest child of Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis. His older siblings were