Love, sex and births in Livland

54 Names: Ābols, Amsons, Auge, Bērtulsons, Bērziņš, Bricis, Bubergs (Bubberg), Cīrulis, Dadzis, Dzirkalis, Eglītis, Eliass, Endzelins, Engelharts (Engelhardt), Ērmanis, Gaisma, Galaktionovs, Grants, Grūbe, Hērvāgens (Heerwagen), Inšs, Johansons, Kaģe, Kalniņš, Kalvītis, Kazaks, Keislers (Keussler), Ķepītis, Knūts, Liepa, Lībietis, Liepiņš, Markuss (Markus), Mežīts, Mežulis, Moltrecht, Neimanis (Neumann), Pjatņickis, Priedītis, Ramšs, Sārs (Saar), Simsons, Spunde, Stryk (Striks), Tilcēns, Vārna, Vaiders, Vardermanis, Veģers, Veidemanis, Veiklis, Zemītis, Zieds

Real documents mainly from the Trikata church archive give insight in the relations between young people and show what happened if a child was born out of marriage or just a seduction case occurred.

The documents are ordered by the date of issue.

Sexual scandal of teacher Fridrik Warderman 6 Names: Veiklis, Dzirkalis, Cīrulis, Bērziņš, Vardermanis, Liepa	The Drustu pagasts court decided in 1830 that the schoolmaster Fridrik Warderman should kick out his housemaid Lata Liepa, because she is unchaste, which everybody in the pagasts knows.

Jēkabs Eglītis - a love child 2 Names: Eglītis, Moltrecht	A birth certificate of Jēkabs Eglītis issued in 1850 by Matīši Pastor informs that the father of J.Eglītis is not known.

Malania's child 3 Names: Galaktionov, Engelhardt, Neumann	This is the letter of the Order Court in Valmiera [Wolmar] in 1852 to an Orthodox Priest with permission to bury the corpse of a child born out of marriage and evidently killed by the mother right after the birth.

Anna Mežulis versus Fricis Veidemanis 4 Names: Mežulis, Veidemanis, Ramšs, Stryk (Striks)	The decision of the Ev.-Luth. Consistory of Livland in the case of Anna Mežulis versus Fricis Veidemanis. This was a case of seduction during the betrothal period in 1862. The case was solved only in 1865, when the Consistory decided that A.Mežulis had not enough proofs of seduction.
Ādams Gaisma can not be married 4 Names: Bubergs (Bubberg), Gaisma, Heerwagen, Pjatņickis	The Pastor L.Heerwagen from Gaujiena [Adsel] informed in 1864 his Orthodox collegue Pjatņickis that Ā.Gaisma can not be married before the case of M.Bubergs' seduction is solved. A kind of discussion between both Priests arose.

Jūla Bricis versus Viļums Kalniņš 4 Names: Bricis, Draule, Kalniņš, Amsons, Zemītis	A soldier Viļums Kalniņš had a love affair with a widow Jūla Bricis in 1870 in Vec-Brenguļi pagasts, and as the result a child was born, but then he suddenly wished to marry another women. So he came in agreement with Jūla Bricis about the money he would pay for the subsistence of the child.

Pēteris Vaiders is allowed to marry 3 Names: Vaiders, Eliass, Ērmanis	The Vec-Brenguļu pagasts court in 1874 permitted Pēteris Vaiders to marry, as he promised to obey all that would be decided by higher courts which were examining his seduction of Marija Eliass.

Māriņa Vārna versus Kārlis Liepiņš 5 Names: Liepiņš, Pauliņš, Simsons, Spunde, Vārna, Zieds	Vijciema pagasts court decided in 1881 that a soldier Kārlis Liepiņš should pay means of subsistance for the illegitimate child of Māriņa Vārna in amount of 10 roubles per year for 10 years.

Anna Bērziņš versus Jānis Grants. 7 Names: Kaģe, Mežīts, Lībietis, Bērziņš, Grants, Grūbe, Auge	The case was solved in 1882 by Lubu pagasts court. Anna Bērziņš accused Jānis Grants of promissing to marry her and of sleeping with her and as the result she became pregnant. Jānis Grants at the contrary completely denied all the assertions and declared that he even did not know Anna Bērziņš at all. However she had a witness...

Jūle Priedītis versus Jēkabs Eglītis 3 Names: Eglītis, Endzelins, Priedītis	This is a document that just certifies that a seduction case was solved by a pagasts court in 1882.

Kača Knūts versus Dāvis Markus 5 Names: Vārna, Simsons, Zieds, Knūts, Markuss	Vijciema pagasts court in 1882 decided that Dāvis Markus being only 16 years old can not be the bread-winner of a child born to Kača Knūts 26 years old.

Zane Ērmanis versus Mīle Ķepītis and Jānis Dadzis 12 Names: Ērmanis, Ķepītis, Dadzis, Veģers, Ābols, Grants, Keislers (Keussler), Bērtulsons, Markus, Tilcēns, Kazaks, Johansons	In 1884 Zane Ērmanis was laying in the same bed when Mīle Ķepītis and Jānis Dadzis had a sexual event. As the both were not married, Z.Ērmanis complained to the Pastor about the immoral behaviour of them. The Pastor ordered the Trikata pils pagasts court to investigate the case and to decide how to punish for the deprivacy. The court was faced with serious problems, because Jānis Dadzis declared that he really had had sexual contacts, but with Zane Ērmanis not with Mīle Ķepītis. Nevertheless, Z.Ērmanis could prove he was lying...

Jūle Inšs versus Dāvis Kalvītis 3 Names: Inšs, Kalvītis, Sārs (Saar)	Just information for a Pastor that the case is solved. The time when the document was issued is unknown