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Mission and Bible school in Latvia 1925/26.

30 Names: Antmans, Blūmits, Brachmans (Brahmanis), Brauers, Bukstiņš, Dambergs, Fetlers, Galens (Gallens), Jurka, Kāpostiņš, Kaufmans, Klaupiks, Kovalevskis, Lācis, Landmans, Lasmans, Leja, Lejasmeijers, Maloff, Odiņš, Peterkops, Redlichs (Redlihs), Ronis, Rozenbergs, Siņačevskijs, Švarcs, Vagars, Vecmans, Vegners, Zaltiņš

 

This photograph of the school graduates was printed and distributed evidently by the Baptist organizations in Latvia. It is always very difficult to scan printed pictures in normal quality, and I do not usually do that. In this case the list of the school graduates was printed on the backside of the photograph that makes it valuable for family history research.

I tried to gather additional information on some people in the book about American Latvian Association (ALA) - B.Albats, V.Klīve. ALA Amerikas Latviešu apvienība 1951-1986. ALA 1986.

 

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First line (sitting):
Eduards Vecmans
Kārlis Lasmans
Jēkabs Vagars

Director V.Fetlers
Additional information: Fetlers Viljams. b. in Talsi, Jul.28, 1883. Father - Andrejs, a Pastor. Mother Barbara b. Kovalevska. V.Fetlers was a Baptist preacher. He studied theology in London, worked in the USA, returned to Latvia in 1924; founded a printing house of religious literature, built the central Baptist church in Riga - The Salvation temple at Lāčplēša str. 117. He has published theological studies, religious verse in Latvian, English and Russian. Living in Riga, he managed Baptist missions in the USA and in England till 1939. Later he went to the USA; he was active in Los Angeles under the name B.Maloff, later in Berkeley, where he died.

Adolfs Klaupiks
Jazeps Švarcs
Fricis Ronis
Second line:
Alesandrs Antmans
Eduards Kāpostiņš
Ansis Vegners
Pauls Odiņš. He took part as a delegate from the 1st Latvian Baptist church in Philadelphia in 1950 in the organization conference of ALA (American Latvian association)
Kārlis Lācis
Kārlis Peterkops
Fricis Lācis
Arturs Blūmits
Jānis Zaltiņš
Third line:
Jānis Kaufmans
Jūlijs Brauers
Paladijs Siņačevskijs
Kārlis Rozenbergs
Valdis Landmans. He led the divine service in ALA congress May 7, 1977 in Chicago.
Eduards Galens. Eduards Gallens is mentioned as an active member of ALA at the end of the 1950s
Eduards Dambergs
Jānis Rozenbergs
Fourth line:
Andrejs Redlichs
Fricis Bukstiņš
Andrejs Brachmans
Ādams Leja
Kārlis Lejasmeijers. Mentioned as a member of the organization conference of ALA in 1950.
Julijs Jurka

 

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