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Church Members

List of people who were members of the Latvian Martin Luther congregation in Lincoln County, with birth years. ARDER, Dorothea (OSOLIN) (1873) ARDER, Eduard (1873) ARDER, Lilly Pauline Selma (1902) ARDER, Wihelm Rudolph (1899) BAUMAN, Emilija (SELKMANN) (1879) BAUMAN, Pauline (1898) BEHTING, Jule (STRAUSS) (1864) BEHTING, Johan BEHTING, Peter (1844) …

Land Maps

Lincoln County land maps. Known Latvian farmsteads are marked in green, it is possible that some remain unmarked. If your family’s is unmarked, let us know!

Origins

Origins of Lincoln’s Latvians in the Baltic countries.

1910 US Census

Latvian party in Lincoln.Linkolnas latviešu svinības.

Census entries with residents marked “Latvian” in 1910 Census for Lincoln County townships of Russel and Schley. Date in third column refers to year of entry to the United States. Abroy Mike 1908 Lincoln Schley Appas Matilda 1908 Lincoln Russel Arder Dora 1892 Lincoln Schley Arder Eduard 1892 Lincoln Schley …

Thanks

Thank you to the American Latvian Association’s Culture Fund for funding this project.

Biggest thanks to the descendants of the Lincoln Latvians: Chuck and Rick Bolder, Shirley (Pike) Forte, Bonnie and Michael Galkin, Eugene Graf, Dolores and Rudy Gustin, Shirely Anne Krahn, Judy (Bolder) Koller, Christine Malone, Barbara and Jeff Mondeik, Jessica Newman, Alfred and Jean Pike, Dorothy (Pike) Richardson, Cynthia Wachsmuth; as well as Lincoln local history specialist Holly Lange and Latvian exchange student in Lincoln Tālis Tjarve.

Thank you also to the Immigation History Research Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Aina Rozenbergs for her hospitality and Andris Straumanis for taking part in the trip to Lincoln.

Thank you as well to Latvians Abroad – Museum and Research Centre colleagues Marianna Auliciema, Maija Hinkle, Jeremy Smedes, Brigita Tamuža and Ieva Vītola.

Text: Antra Celmiņa and Brigita Tamuža
Editor: Ieva Leijasmeijere

Photographs:

Lincoln area photographs from 2013: Antra Celmiņa.

Historical photos from the family archives of the Kanapka, Krauklis and Pike (Piķis) families and the Immigration History Research Center. Used with permmission.

Sources:

Akmentiņš, Osvalds, “Amerikas latvieši” (Boston, 1958)

Krasnais, Vilberts, “Latviešu kolonijas” (Rīga, 1938)

Akmentiņš, Osvalds, “Sapņotāji un nemiernieki” (unpublished manuscript, Immigration History Research Center)

Maps: Adapted from Wikimedia Commons.

Periodicals: Amerikas Vēstnesis, Daugavas Vanagu Mēnešraksts, Laiks, Latvijas Sargs, Liepājas Atbalss, Tilts, Tēvija.

Interviews (Lincoln, 2013): Bolder, Galkin, Mondeik and Pike families, Eugene Graf.

Email interviews and exchanges (2016): Jeff Krauklis, Christine Malone, Jessica Norton, Cindy Wachsmuth.

Straumanis, Andris. “Cornerstone” http://pedas.lapamuzejs.lv