Abraham Herzenberg

Abt 1855 -

• Name	Abraham Herzenberg
  Birth	Abt 1855	of, , Latvia
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I3944	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Laser or Leiser Herzenberg,   b. Aft 1821, of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia d. 1907, of Ventspils (Windau), Courland, Latvia (Age < 84 years)
  Mother	Lippe or Zippe,   b. Abt 1822, , Courland, Latvia d. Aft 1875 (Age ~ 54 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1838	, , Latvia
  Family ID	F1889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. There is a discrepancy on the reported children of this individual's father - I currently post both sets of children until more information is found: A. Nina Kossman reports four children: Boruch, Elias, Itzig, and Abraham. B. Leo Herzenberg reports instead the following children: a. Isak, b. Libava, Latvia. b. Bernhard, b. Lodz, Poland. He had one son David. c. Samuel, b. Libava, Latvia. He had a son Leo Herzenberg who was born in South Africa. He in turn had a son Winston who was also born in South Africa but living 1986 to 1996 in North York, Ontario, Canada. The info on this family is per a letter from Winston to Leo dated 26 Feb 1996. d. Eduard. 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. Per email of 17 Jul 2007 from Nina Kossman www.ninakossman.com . Nina is a descendant of Klara/Robert/Joseph/Lemchen/Joseph Herzenberg. Note that Mitau, Courland was part of the tsarist empire, but later it became known as Jelgava, Latvia. Information per a family tree of the Herzenbergs prepared by Nina. She has another tree, a more complete one, which I have not yet seen. Also, she has a very complete tree from Harold Hodes who lives in London, but unfortunately that chart is not computerized; he snail-mailed it to her. This past February she went to Latvia and, besides Riga and Jelgava (where her father and his maternal grandparents were from), she also went to Piltene in Latvia, where our 18th century Herzenbergs lived. The old Jewish cemetery in Piltene is almost all Herzenbergs.