Of all the members of the Berggrün family, the life of Maria Frederika Berggrün touches us on a deeper level. Born in 1818 as the daughter of JP Anna Christina Gerhardt and JP Johann Daniel Berggrün, she was baptized on April 15, 1818, at the evangelical reformed church in Birzai/ Lithuania.
Maria Frederika's godparents:
1st pair: Simon Otto with JP Maria Piecuch
2nd pair: JP Daniel Berggrün with JP Ludowika Schuper ( unmarried)
3rd pair: JP Z. Marjzaw with JP Karolina Rantor
4th pair: JP Jozef Cezarski with JP Katarzzyna Cesarska
Pastor Jozef Ceraski
She was only sixteen when she married Kazimieras Kristupas Daukša ( teacher, linguist and translator) on June 15, 1834.
Maria Frederika gave birth to two sons Vladislav Stanislovas and Edvardas Jokūbas Daukša, born May 13, 1836 in Birzai.
Edvardas was named after her beloved brother Mateus Eduard Berggrün. In return Mateus Eduard and his wife Amalie Caroline choose Maria Frederika and K.K. Dauksa to be godparents of their twins Adolf and Karl, born Dec. 20, 1838 in Velikionys / Lithuania. Sadly, Maria Frederika did not see her sons or godsons grow and flourish. She passed away in 1941 at the age of 23 years old.
Her son Edvardas Jokūbas Daukša became a Lithuanian poet and translator
( translating numerous works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, George Gordon Byron, and others ). He studied in the local gymnasium, later in Slutsk. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, then moved to the University of Tartu, until 1860 he studied philology at the University of Königsberg. His critical mind, the love for his country and the rebel at heart urged him to participate in the 1863 uprise. In May 1863 he joined the group of Elisha Liutkevičius, he was his adjutant, edited letters and orders. Edvardas Jakubas was arrested on Nov. 27, 1963 and sentenced to 16 years of penal labor in Russia. Later the punishment was reduced to 12 years. 1884 After returning to Lithuania, he traveled around the villages, instigated the mood of resistance to the Russian government. In the winter of 1890 he was found on the roadside near Birzai.
Edvardas Jokūbas Daukša wrote poems in Lithuanian and Polish. Lithuanian poetry is lyrical, beautiful intonations, close to folk songs, in the Polish pronounced anti-Japanese provisions. Translated by A. Mickiewicz's "Konrado Valenoro" fragments, JV Gauti , F. Schiller , J. Byron works. [2] The poems are printed in the collection "On the river valley grows blind" ( 1987 ).
Edvardas Jokūbas Daukša - Wikipedia
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