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Grandparents
VILIS PŪTELIS (Putelis)
and BERTA PŪTELIS,
nee Spole,
in Riga, Latvia, 1935.
(both deceased in Lincoln, Nebraska)
photographed together
with their daughters
LUCIJA PŪTELIS (deceased,
Lincoln, Nebraska)
and VALDA ANTONIJA
PŪTELIS,
my mother, at age 11
(right middle, deceased,
Lincoln, Nebraska)
The Date and
Location of this photograph are certain
since these are written clearly
on the back of the photo.
My mother
VALDA KAULINS,
maiden name VALDA ANTONIJA PŪTELIS,
was born in Kārsava
(Karsava), Latvia.
My aunt, LUCIJA ("Lucy") PŪTELIS, was born in
Ikšķile
(Ikskile, German Üxküll), Latvia (see below).
BERTA PŪTELIS,
maiden
name Berta SPOLE,
my mother's mother,
was born in Ikšķile (Ikskile, German Üxküll), Latvia,
District of Riga, across the Daugava River from Daugmale.
Üxküll
is described in the Wikipedia as follows:
"Ikšķile German: Uexküll;
Livonian: Ikškilā) is a town in Latvia,
the administrative centre of Ikšķile municipality. It was the
first capital of the catholic bishopric of Livonia,
known by the German name of
Üxküll. Saint Meinhard, known from the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia,
was the first bishop of Üxküll. In
1197 Berthold of Hanover, a Cistercian
abbot of Loccum, was
made the second bishop of Üxküll. Those days the town was the center of
the upcoming crusading activities in the Livonian area. Bishop Berthold
moved the episcopal see to Riga, but was killed by the Livs in battle. Ikšķile is one of the
oldest Latvian populated counties, which can be seen by an ancient
burial ground in today's rural areas of Ikšķile. The coast by the
Daugava river has held a Livonian village on this site as far back as
the 9th - 12th century. The word Ikšķile (or the German Uexküll)
comes from the meaning of (Finno-Ugrian) Livonian word ükskül (üksküla
in Estonian). Ükskül (üks = one,
kül = village) means simply just "village number one", or "the first
[German] village"."
VILIS PŪTELIS, my
mother's father,
was born in Daugmale,
Latvia,
earlier integrated into the District of Riga,
but modernly integrated into into Ķekava municipality.
Daugmale is
significant for the study of Latvian prehistory
See e.g. See Jēkabs Ozols, Daugmales
pilskalna vikinga attēls,
Latvijas senatnei (Stockholm, 1979), pp. 9-19.
[Summary, pp. 18-19:
Die Wikingerfigur von Daugmale (Dünhof),
The Viking Figure of Daugmale.]
Daugmale also serves as evidence
of an early megalithic culture also in Latvia
because of Daugmales Pilskalns (Daugmale Castle Mound),
which was called "Burgberg" in German in the modern era.
Archaeological evidence at Daugmale
goes back at least into the 2nd millennium B.C.
and, according to my analysis,
the Daugmale Castle Mound dates back to ca. 3000 B.C.
See my astronomical decipherment
of the Daugmale Castle Mound.
From 1817 to
1917 Daugmale was part of a larger parish
that included the private manors of
Brambergshof ("the = Old Liv Manor")
and Dünhof (Duenhof), ("the new Liv Manor"),
at that time assigned
administratively to Bauska District,
Province of Courland (viz. Kurland, Latvian Kurzeme).
See Entry 865,
Daugmales pagasta valde (Rīgas apriņķis)
where it is written:
"Līves-Bramberģes (Djungof-Brambergskoje,
Dünhof-Brambergshof)
pagasta valde (Bauskas apriņķis, Kurzemes guberņa)"].
Brambergshof is easy to find in records,
but not so the other half of the appellation Līves-Bramberģes,
where we found Līves includes
"The Old Liv Manor" and the "New Liv Manor",
and where German Bixtensee = Veclīves muiža
i.e. "the Old Liv Manor".
See in this regard the Baltisches Historisches Ortslexikon 2.: Lettland
edited by Hand Feldmann, Heinz von Zurfühlen, where it is written:
"Daugmales pag.
[see] Gem.
Brambergshof"
Brambergshof, l. [Latvian] Bramberģe
K/Bk
A. Krg 40 km nö Mitau, an der Düna. 182 ha Hofld, 891 ha Bauerl; 6 Ges.
-- 1) Gesch.: Von Hzg. Gotthard dem S. Roemer verlehnt. 1753 fürstl.
Gut. -- 2) Bes.: Seit 1795 Krone. -- 3) Pol.: b. 1753 pKsp Baldohn, c.
1912 Gem. Brambergshof, 1938 Gem. Dünhof, Kr. Riga. -- 4) Kirche:
Ev.-luth. Baldohn 11 km. -- 6) Name: 1753 Brambergshoff, früher auch
Masseldorf; 1912 l. Pakasmuischa. B. Gem. (1942), l. Daugmales pag.,
mit den Gütern Brambergshof und Dünhof u. Bixtensee. 1938 Kr. Riga.
ABl. 42; Bnst. 406/82; Gernet V, 33; HupK 42/133.
Bixtensee, l. [Latvian] Veclīve
K/Bk
Bg zum Rg Dünhof und Bixtensee, 2,5 km sw (1912). Gem. Dünhof (1938 Kr.
Riga). -- Gesch.: 1638 Pixtensee mit Dünhof, soll bei Erbteilung der
Fam. Bolschwing im Gesamthandrecht bleiben. Bixtensee ist zunächst
Hauptgut, 1826 Bh. Bes.: 1638-1714 Fam. v. Bolschwing, 1714 Andr.
Reinh. v. Krummes. Lit. vgl. Dünhof und Bixtensee.
Dünhof und Bixtensee, l. [Latvian] Jaunlīve
u. Veclīve
K/Bk
Rg 3 km sw Bhf Uexküll, an der Düna. 1313 ha Hofld; 1 Bg, 27 Ges. - 1)
Gesch.: 1630 ist Dünhof im Bes. der Fam. Bolschwing, vermutl. ident.
mit einem 1560 erwähnten Hof an der Düna, den Balthasar v. Neuhoff gen.
v. d. Ley von einem Blomberg erwirbt. Bixtensee ist schon im 16. Jh.
mit Dünhof in einer Hand. -- 1700 wird D. von Kosaken geplündert. -- 2)
Bes.: Anf. der 17. Jhs. bis ca. 1710 Fam. v. Bolschwing. Zuletzt Fam.
Gericke. -- 3) Pol.: a. OM-Geb. Rodenpois, b. 1753 pKsp Baldohn, 1912
Eckau, c. 1912 Gem. Dünhof, 1942 Gem. Brambergshof, Kr. Riga. -- 4)
Kirche: Ev.-luth. Baldohn 13 km. -- 5) Aptz: Bg Bixtensee. -- 6) Name:
1912 Jaun- und Wez-Lihwe.
BAD; Bnst. 406/83; DsdK 147; Gernet V, 33; HupK -/134; KGC II, 94 ff.;
Pir. III, 45; Schr. I, 33, 35 f.; Sl."
See also generally Daugmales
pagasts (Daugmale parish).
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