For the sake of brief entries, I am
not footnoting the facts in this ongoing memorial. Sources have been
noted either in other blog posts or in my family history books.
25 March
1937 Hector Fraser Dougall married Clara Helen Freiberg at St.
Paul's United Church, Port Arthur, Ontario. The United Church of
Canada was not very old at that time; it amalgamated previous
Methodist, a large proportion of Presbyterian, and Congregational
denominations. The ecumenical choice for the ceremony is of interest
to me because although the groom's family background was solidly
Presbyterian, the bride's parents came from Lutheran and Russian
Orthodox backgrounds. Hector and Clare were my parents and lived in
Port Arthur, Ontario.
21 Mar
2007 Brenda's blog was born. Under the Zodiac sign of Aries (not
my personal sign). Whatever can I deduce from that? The traditional
5th anniversary symbol is wood. That's representative of
my head sometimes. Oh, BUT ... Now we have modern guidelines.
The 5th seems to be silverware now. Not just any old
silver … silverware. I guess that's for anyone who wants to
send me some Wallace sterling Rosepoint salad forks.
26 March
[Julian calendar] 1872 Marija Jurikas was born at Krūmiņi
farm, Lāde
parish, Limbaži
region, Latvia. She was the third of seven children born to Janis
Jurikas and Katrina Tukums. Like many Latvians, the family had
converted to Russian Orthodoxy in the 1840s. Later in the nineteenth
century came a “Russification” period in Latvia and so the
Jurikas children were comparatively well-educated. Marija, my
grandmother, was a seamstress who headed for the bright lights of St.
Petersburg.
More
at: http://brendadougallmerriman.blogspot.com/2007/11/marija.html
26 March
1913 Clara Helen Freiberg was born in Port Arthur, Ontario (now
Thunder Bay), daughter and only child of Latvian immigrants Victor
Freiberg and Maria Jurikas--sharing a birthday with her mother. Clare
became a journalist with the local newspaper, and in later life
became involved with various creative arts.
3 comments:
Busy month! So your mother got married the day before her 24th birthday ... that seems so young.
The end of March is the time for Latvian birthdays - mine is at the end of March, my parents' birthdays are also at the end of March (on the same day as each other, no less), at least half a dozen other Latvians I know have birthdays at the end of March, and I have a number of ancestors with end of March birthdays as well (though in the earlier generations, September and November birthdays are more common). I attribute the glut of end-of-March birthdays to the fact that Midsummer is precisely nine months earlier, which is a big Latvian celebration :)
Cathy, yes ... quite a Latvian month ...
Antra reminds me of the kind of detail that makes family history more interesting! I have more to learn about the traditional Midsummer festival :)
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