Elmar Heinrich Koik’s birth and baptism entry, Karksi, 1925
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The record of Elmar’s birth, his parents and his godparents.
What the record says
- Entry No. 58, Karksi Lutheran register of births for 1925, page 91; handwritten in Estonian on a printed Russian form.
- Born 30 December 1925 at 2 a.m., at Karksi manor (Karksi-mõis).
- Baptized 5 April 1926 by Pastor Benedikt Masing, apparently at the family’s home on the manor.
- Parents: Johann Koik, laborer (tööline), and his wife Marie, née Purtsak, both Lutheran.
- Godparents: Johann Tuvi, gardener; Peter Wirk(?), gardener; Miss Anna Pork(?); Liide Willemson.
Key entries as read in the family history; a full transcription has not yet been made.
What it supports
The register does not name Juhan’s employer. That two godparents were gardeners does not establish that he worked in the manor gardens.
Uncertain
Some godparents’ surnames are uncertain readings.
- Code
- K05
- Collection
- Koik family · Church records: Karksi
- Catalog description
- Karksi births 1925: no. 58 Elmar Heinrich Koik baptism (EAA.1276.1.335)
- Repository
- National Archives of Estonia (Saaga)
- Reference
- Archive reference not yet recorded
- Reuse
- Cite the National Archives of Estonia reference.
- People
- Juhan (Johann, Johan) Koik b. 1881
- Marie Karoline Koik, née Purtsak b. 1884
- Elmar Heinrich Koik b. 1925 · deceased
- In the family history
- The Koiks of Karksi
How to cite this page
The Leoke and Koik Families, “Elmar Heinrich Koik’s birth and baptism entry, Karksi, 1925” (K05), compiled by the Koik family, https://koikleoke.dckoiks.com/records/k05.html, accessed [date].