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Helene Herzenberg

Female Abt 1872 - Bef 1940  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Helene Herzenberg 
    Born Abt 1872  RÄ«ga, RÄ«ga, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Bef 1940 
    Person ID I4018  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Robert or Ruben or Reuven Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1826, Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1884, Jelgava (Mitau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Emilie or Amalie Kahn or Cahn,   b. Abt 1830,   d. 1903, Jelgava (Mitau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married Bef 1854  of Jelgava (Mitau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jeannot Taube 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1925  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. 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

      2. This individual shows up with Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ but not with Nina Kossman www.ninakossman.com .

      3. 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:
      YL 014 shows Helene b. Riga, m. Taube.

      4. Len Yodaiken notes children from the marriage of Jennot Taube and Helene Herzenberg as Harry (md. Molly ___ and had child Sorel Taube), Alice, and Ema (md. ___ Nathanson and had children Serina and Nadia Nathanson in Riga) per his "The Herzenbergs of Piltene and Liepeja Latvia," 1 Jan 2001, copy in my possession. He also indicates that the Nathansons had four children: Nadia, Irene, Nicolai, and Michala (m. ___ Clein).

      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:
      "Great Uncles on Mother's Side
      [60] Of the great uncles, the siblings of my grandmother on my mothers side, I can report very little. The oldest, Robert, after whom I was named, I could not know, because he died on my parents' wedding day, but I knew most of his children.
      Great Uncle Robert lived in Mitau, neighbor of his brother in law, great uncle Abraham. He was married to Emilie Cahn. The firm continued still long after the world war. I knew the children David, Alexander, Leo, Clara and Helene; Fanny, Seba, Sara died early from smallpox. of David I wrote already on p 54-55. Leo was a lawyer in Russia. I met him in Germany after the war. He was already quite white-haired when he married the piano virtuoso Jenja Rappaport. He then lived [61] as a lawyer in Riga and died there a few years ago. There the sisters Clara and Helene also lived and died before the second world war.
      Clara was married to Isidor Brensohn, and had children Ruth, Ellen, Robert, and Theo. Theo has a pretty good calling as a painter and etcher, having exhibited in Paris and Rome.
      Helene was married to Jeannot Taube, with children Harry, Alice and Erna. Harry Taube I still knew as a student."