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Fanny Herzenberg

Female Abt 1870 - Aft 1940  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Fanny Herzenberg 
    Born Abt 1870  Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 1940  Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4040  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Naphtali Herzenberg,   b. 1827, of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1907, of Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 81 years) 
    Mother Agnes Brenner,   b. of Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1920, Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1856  of Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1910  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nathan Lowenstein,   b. Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1940, of Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. He indicates references by codes, which pertain to the original source and file held in his database, which I have not seen. I have no key to the sources except HL is Leonardo Herzenberg, HG is Gail Herzenberg, PC is probably Piltene Cemetery records, LA is probably Latvian Archives, FA is probably Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes), and YL is Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes); however, he lists the main researchers and their contributions in a lengthy report which I include in full in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg of this database. In regards to this individual:
      HL 106/109 shows b. in Goldingen, d. in Libua, md. to Lowenstein.

      2. Courland (Kurzeme in Latvian, Kurland in German) is the historically distinct area of modern day Latvia bounded by the Baltic Sea to the west, Lithuania to the south, and the Dvina River (now Daugava) to the North. Its historic capital was Mitau (now Jelgava). It had ice-free Baltic ports with commercial and strategic importance. At its height Courland was a prosperous and cultured German-speaking Duchy. Courland was a separate Gubernia (Province) of the Russian Empire from 1797-1918. 50-60% of the Jews living in Riga just north of Courland had family roots in Courland. The names of the various towns have changed now that the area is part of Latvia (new-old as of early 1900s):
      Aizpute-Hasenpoth
      Jelgava-Mitau
      Kuldiga-Goldingen
      Liepaja-Libau
      Piltene-Pilten
      Talsi-Talsen
      Ventspils-Windau

      3. Len Yodaiken notes Lowenstein children Marie, Mischa, and Adolph in his "The Herzenbergs of Piltene and Liepeja Latvia," 1 Jan 2000, copy in my possession - KP.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg:
      "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's." Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family:
      "The Generation of My Parents
      [78] My grandparents Naftali and Nese had four sons and six daughters: Leonhard, Joseph, Ignatz, Leopold, Sarah, Ernestine, Sophie, Fanny, Dora, and Lina...
      Of the aunts I know even less, except for Fanny, of whom I write later...
      Aunt FANNY, who took over my care after the deaths of my mother and aunt Sophie Gerson (of whom I will say more), married Nathan Lowenstein, who died in 1940. They had a bargain shop [kramladen] and a cartage business [fuhrbetrieb]. They were well off. They had three sons. Since my parents did not get along with her, we rarely came together with the children, especially since they suffered from outspoken inferiority complexes [besonders da diese an ausgeschprochenen minderwertigkeitskomplexen litten]. The oldest son, Marie, lived in Riga; the second, Mischa in Libau [88]; the youngest, Adolph is a doctor who last lived in Paulshafen. Aunt Fanny still lives in Libau, but did not stay in touch with the children."

      BIRTH:
      1. Date and place are unsubstantiated guesses only by Kenny Petersen.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/