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Zippa or Zippe Herzenberg

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  • Name Zippa or Zippe Herzenberg 
    Born Abt 1821  of Piltene, Ventspils Rajons, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I3989  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Elias or Eliahu Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1804, Ventspils (Windau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1888, Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Mother Blume Brenner,   b. From 1801 to 1805, of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1898/9, Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 98 years) 
    Family ID F1630  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. 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 102/021.

      3. Sibling order within this family for Zippe, Hinde, and Chaie are total guesses. I assume though that they are arranged from oldest to youngest assuming Robert in his memoirs listed them by age.

      4. The following may be for our Zippe - Ancestry.com's "Latvia, Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874," in association with JewishGen, accessed 28 Nov 2013: Zippe Herzenberg, record year 1871, registration town of Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, fond no. 630, family no. 9, okland (tax reference) no. 11.

      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:
      "...Of the great aunts, the sisters of my grandfather Naftali I have no memory...
      Of the sisters of my grandfather Naftali, Zippe, Hinde-Leye, Chaie Gutte, I remember nothing. When I was at the wedding of my uncle Edward in January 1895 in Talsen, I may have seen them, but I am not sure..."

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