Kaulins Genealogy Blog

Kaulins and Ancient Greek Terms

2011-01-04T22:16:00.000+01:00

Kaulins and Ancient Greek Terms The source Henry George Liddell & Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon, rev. and augm. throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940, online at Perseus 4.0 (aka Perseus Hopper), Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, Gregory R. Crane, Editor-in-Chief, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?

The Root KAU in KAULINS on the Basis of Bantu Evidence Might Be an Ancient Term for Man Generally

2010-11-11T23:35:00.000+01:00

In the posting below, crossposted from Lingwhizt, one can read that KAU is a Bantu term for "Young Man" and that KU meant "man", so that we need not wonder in Latvian that KUNGS means "Sir, Mr." and KUNDZE "Lady, Mrs.". We are simply dealing in the case of Latvian with a very old stratum of human language. Hence, KAU could be the root term for the origin of the name KAULINS, especially when one

Immigrant Ships - SS Castel Bianco

2010-08-24T00:26:00.001+02:00

In the wake of World War II, much of the Latvian intelligentsia was scattered throughout the world. The website at Immigrant Ships, Transcribers Guild contains a passenger list of the International Refugee Organisation Group Resettlement to Australia for the ship SS Castel Bianco: "SS Castel Bianco Departure Port: Naples, Italy Departure Date: 5 July 1949 Arrival Port: Sydney - Australia Arrival

Latvian Tenor Israel Feigelson Sings Verdi's La Traviata with Riga Opera Soprano Elfrida Pakule (1956), sister of Emma Pakule, later Emma Kaulins

2010-08-24T00:13:00.002+02:00

YouTube - TENOR ISRAEL FEIGELSON SINGS VERDI (uploaded to YouTube by fenterp) Latvian tenor Israel Feigelson (1921-1991) in live excerpts from Verdi's "La Traviata" with Elfrida Pakule (6 February 1912 -- 31 December 1991), in 1956 singer and soloist of the Latvian Opera in Riga (coloratura soprano), plus a recital performance of the Count's Song from "Rigoletto" in 1977. Elfrida Pakule was a

Geni - The Coming Superstar Under the Family Ancestry Genealogy Websites

2010-03-12T17:43:00.000+01:00

In our opinion the popularly designed Geni at Geni.com - free for up to 500 people on the family tree - is the coming superstar under the family ancestry genealogy websites. The design of the website is very intuitive for adding not only new members to family trees but also the requisite information about them - lots of good discussion of Geni and competing sites at I Dream of Genea(logy).

Cik Kauliņi Latvijā? How Many Kaulins (Kauliņš) are there in Latvia? Only 49 Listed Telephone Numbers in All of Latvia

2009-05-04T00:27:00.020+02:00

How many Kaulins (Kauliņš) are there in Latvia? Were the Kaulins originally Livonian Livs, i.e. close relatives of the Estonians and Finns? Have they been almost completely assimilated in Latvia? My father, Arvīds Kauliņš, once said that his grandfather still spoke Livonian. Here is a sound probe of the language at Tulli Lum although the Liv language is nearly extinct.If the root kaul- in Kaulins

Edgars Kauliņš (1903-1979) and Lielvārde : For His Valor the Most Famous Kolkhoz Director in Latvia During the Period of Soviet Occupation

2009-05-03T01:08:00.004+02:00

Taken from the Wikipedia article on Lielvārde:"Lielvārde ... population 6328, is a town and rural district in Vidzeme, Latvia, on the right bank of the Daugava river, 52 km southeast of Riga. The area was a contact zone between the Finnic Livonians and the Balts, and many prehistoric artifacts have been uncovered there. A Baltic hill-fort named Lennewarden being taken in fief by Albert of

Jānis Kauliņš - Minister of the Interior, Minister of Agriculture, and Head of the Land Bank of Latvia in the 1930's

2009-05-02T23:52:00.009+02:00

Jānis Kauliņš (Kaulins), born July 10, 1889, died April 30, 1942, was Minister of the Interior of Latvia from December 6, 1931 to March 23, 1933, Minister of Agriculture 1934-1935 and head of the Land Bank of Latvia from 1935 until 1938. In the photograph below (from Latvijas Akadēmiskā bibliotēka un Rakstniecības, teātra un mūzikas muzejs) he is the fourth from the left in the back row.1935

The Kaulins Private Library in Gulbene, Latvia prior to World War II was larger than the City Library

2009-05-02T23:02:00.003+02:00

As written at the website of the Library of Gulbene, which is the largest city in the area of Lejasciems, where my father, Arvīds Kauliņš, was born, the Kaulins Private Library in Gulbene was larger than the Town Library prior to World War II:"In 1935, the Gulbene Town Library was located in Town Administration building on Pils Street 2. The stock consisted of 935 volumes. The head of the Library

Where Does the Kaulins Clan Come From? No Kurienes Naca Kaulini und Kaulinu Cilts? : The City of Lejasciems : Lejasciema Pilseta Latvija un Apkartne

2009-04-03T15:57:00.008+02:00

Mans tevs, Arvids Kaulins, bija dzimis un uzauga Lejasciema, Latvija, tuvu Gulbenei, teva und vecteva majas. Skolas iela 9. [Es nelietoju seit diakritiskas zimes jo vinas ir musu digitala laikmeta lielako kart liekas.]My father, Arvids Kaulins, was born on October 1, 1914 (old style) and grew up in Lejasciems (German Aahof, Livland, Livonia), Vidzeme, Latvia, about 20 km northwest of the larger

Kaulins (Kauliņš) is a Latvian Surname comparable to English Collins and the historical name Ceawlin, King of the West Saxons

2009-02-13T18:11:00.013+01:00

The surname Kaulins (Kauliņš) in Latvia probably has about the same distribution within the Latvian population as the comparable surname Collins in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and perhaps the United States. The Wikipedia writes at Collins (surname):"The surname Collins has a variety of likely origins in Britain and Ireland: 1. Anglo-Saxon: A patronymic surname based on the name Colin, an

Kaul and Cowl

2004-03-06T19:23:00.000+01:00

The head garment worn by the ancient priests, e.g. the Egyptian Monks, is a COWL and this too continues the similar etymology we have found for KAUL generally as involving the head. I. Marc Carlson has compiled a "Glossary of some medieval clothing terms" from which the following entry is taken: Cowl [The derivation and form-history present difficulties. OE. renders L. cuculla by cuele, cule,

KAUL KAUR as indicating Wisdom Experience Noble Ancestry Old Bones

2004-02-27T14:36:00.000+01:00

The Lapps, i.e. Saami, use the term Kauli for their skilled dogs (so I am told by Tapio Honkanen in my e-mail correspondence with him about the origin of words similar to Kaulins). This indicates that my analysis of "old bones", as meaning "knowledgeable due to experience" is a likely etymology, fitting also with the Celtic language, for, as written at ceantar.org (search all dictionaries) "

Origin of the Name Kaulins

2003-10-26T20:14:00.000+01:00

The Origin of the family name KAULINS is unknown. It is a Baltic name from Latvia. It is generally accepted that the root word for the surname "KAULINS" is the word "KAUL" and that the ending -INS is simply diminutive form. However, this simplistic assumption ignores the fact that the surname KAUL is common in Germany and is rare in Latvia, so why would there be a diminutive form of an