Margus Reinsalu's Diary: Chapter. 1878 - My Father’s Parents: Life in Pärnumaa During the Tsarist and Early Estonian Periods
Margus Reinsalu's Diary: Chapter. 1878 - My Father’s Parents: Life in Pärnumaa During the Tsarist and Early Estonian Periods Video: Grandfather Johannes playing his self-made zither with friends My p aternal grandfather, Johannes August Reinsalu (née Reinhold), was born on 21 July 1889 in Taali, Pärnumaa . He grew up in the countryside where life was hard, but the family stayed close. However, at the age of just three, a tragic accident changed the course of his entire life. While playing, he stabbed himself in the eye with a pair of scissors. The medical care of that era was unreliable, the doctor he was taken to was reportedly drunk and prescribed the wrong treatment, which resulted in Johannes becoming completely blind . Despite this, grandfather learned to manage independently and mastered the carpenter’s trade , becoming known in his community as a...