The Dizgalvis Family
	Home	Even though both my parents were born in Latvia, this site will concentrate mainly on the Dizgalvis side of my family and relies heavily on an old photo album that my mother has treasured over the years.
	About this site
	Family Farm
	Kaucminde
	Westward Ho!
	My Father
Zina Dizgalvis	Raimonds Dizgalvis	Janis Dizgalvis	Anna Dizgalvis	Maija Dizgalvis
My mother	Zina's brother	My Grandfather	My Grandmother	Janis' Sister
	Ieva Dizgalvis		Margereta Brundzats
	Janis' Mother		Anna's mother

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Zina Dizgalvis was born on 02/07/23 on the family farm in Dunika.She was educated locally in Dunika and Barta before spending a year at Kaucminde followed by three years at the Liepaja valsts gimnasija. She left Latvia at the age of 21 before finishing her studies.

Born on 31/03/29, Raimonds Dizgalvis was also born on the family farm and educated locally. He left Latvia at the age of 15 before commencing his studies at the Liepaja Komercskola.

Born in 1887, the eldest of three children,Janis Dizgalvis had a brother Miris Mikelis (died in 1896, aged 6) and a sister Maija. After serving in the armed forces during WWI he returned to the family farm near Dunika where he married Anna Brundzats and became a magistrate and much respected figure within the local community.He left Latvia at the age of 57.

Anna Dizgalvis, nee Brundzats, was born in 1900.She had a sister Maiga who, coincidentaly, also had a husband called Janis Dizgalvis (no relation).Anna left Latvia at the age of 44.

Maija Dizgalvis, younger sister of Janis, left Dunika for Riga where she married Mikelis Kjude (Misha), a ship's captain of the Grauda shipping line.To compensate for his long periods at sea she qualified as a telegrapher (the first female in Europe to hold this position) and was then able,whenever she wished, to accompany him in a working capacity.Aboard the SS Everene, and later the SS Everanne, they visited most European countries and made frequent crossings of the Atlantic.Maija and Misha remained in Latvia when the Russians invaded a second time in 1944. Misha's fate is unknown, but Maija was still in Riga in 1955, though, sadly, wheelchair-bound.

Ieva Dizgalvis, nee Burgelis, was born in 1862. She married Jekabs Dizgalvis (born 1864) and bore him three children, Janis, Maris Mikelis & Maija, as mentioned previously.She was widowed at a young age and lived on the Dizgalvji family farm. She died some time in the early 1940's at Riga Hospital during a visit to see Maija.

Not much is known about Margareta Brundzats,Anna's mother..

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