Photos of Ancestors from Riga
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This page is dedicated to our ancestors who
lived in Riga.
It is my earnest wish that as many photos as possible should be
displayed in this gallery. In this way their memory will live
on. I will try to keep the photos indexed by surnames.
Click on a surname to go to ancestors photos. Double click on a
photo to enlarge it.
Please contact me by E-mail with details before sending any
photos as attachments. Arlene
Beare
Aronson | Dorfman | Hirshberg |
Hirshman | Keilmann | Kviatkowski |
Lijinsky | Prussak | Sher |
Treskonof/Trefkonov | Brennsohn Family (Brenson) | Waldstein |
Jacobsen |
Bock Watkins Goldfarb |
These are photos of my ancestors from Riga -Arlene Beare. UK
Enquiries to Arlene Beare
These are the Keilmann relatives of Robert Alexander René Dupuis
Enquiries to Robert Alexander René Dupuis
Boris Treskonof/Trefkonov (exact spelling unknown!) owned a tobacco company in Riga before World War II. He was married to Vera Kviatkowski, daughter of Chaim Isaac Kviatkowski from St. Petersborg. They had two known (perhaps three?) daughters, Lubja and Esther This photo does not enlarge.
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In ca.1933 Gutha Rescue Kviatkovsk from Copenhagen visited her cousin Vera in Riga. Gutha far left and Vera in garden in Riga. |
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Boris and Vera Treskonof at their departure for Riga after their visit to Copenhagen. That was the last goodbye. Nothing is known of the fate of Boris and Vera after World War II. Nothing was heard from them after the beginning of World War II, and they are presumed to have perished in the Holocaust. The last surviving cousin in Copenhagen, Abraham (now 91 years old), would be very, very grateful to receive any information about them or their daughters.
enquiries to Elsebeth Paikin
These are the relatives of Michael Lijinsky UK
Wedding Picture of John Aronson and Rebecca Hirshman Aronson
Cork Ireland circa 1900
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Willie Hirshman,Albert Segal (holding Lottie Hirshman) | John Aronson. Rebecca Aronson(Hirshman) |
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Ella Aronson,(holding Lillian Aronson) Adolph Hirshman,twin brother of Rebecca Aronson |
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Selik is an Ancestor of Marjorie Short, Jacqueline Waldstein Schwab and Evelyn Waldstein all collaborators of the Waldstein Family genealogy. Selik was the youngest son of Behr Nachman Waldstein (1833-1866) son of Hersh (1795-1875) son of Wulff ben Jossel Waldstein c. 1763 -1816 all from Latvia.
The photos
were sent to me by Jo May-Prussak of St Austell Cornwall. The
members of this family were all born in Riga.
Josiph and sons. Benjamin, Josiph.Liew, Emmanuel. Beinus not in photo |
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Prussak family in 1912. Benjamin, Liew, Freda, Hanna, Josiph, Emmanuel, Beinus. Contact Jo Prussak |
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Brennsohn
Family (Brenson) |
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(left) Isidor Brenson (aka
Issidorus Brennsohn, b. 15 September 1854, d.
1927), an orthopaedic doctor and a historian of
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Isidor and Clara
Brenson's four children, left to right: my great-aunt
Ellen Brenson, grandmother Ruth Brenson,
great-uncle Theo Brenson, and great-uncle Robby
Brenson. They were born and raised in Mitau/Jelgava.
Only Theo survived the war, as he was not living in |
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left to right: my great-aunt
Ellen Brenson Melzer(b. 23 December 1895 d. 1941),
an orthopaedic physician; her husband, Yakov Melzer,
a pianist; and their son Anatol (6 years old).
All three were killed by the Germans in
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Two photos of my paternal
grandmother Ruth Brenson Kossman (b. 28 March 1885
d. 1941). |
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Jacobsen
Family photos sent to me by Helen Colby
Left to Right back row all surname Jacobsen
Joseph David Harry
2nd Row Ida Moishe
Lazer (great grandfather of Helen Colby) Malka
Edelstein Jacobsen(great grandmother of Helen) Sonya
Front Row
David Jacobsen killed in Riga according to
his descendants |
Mary or Sonya Jacobsen |
Ida Jacobsen Jackson Kruglikoff Lived in New York then California |
L-R Top row: Jean Watkins Schienvar, Morris
Goldfarb, Samuel Watkins, Joseph Watkins
L-R bottom row: Yetta Watkins Goldfarb, Lena
Bueller Watkins
Samuel Watkins was great great
grandfather of Jake and
was born on July 20th, 1882 in Riga.
He came to America in 1889 with his
parents and siblings.
Copyright©1999 Arlene Beare
Updated 2nd March 2022