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Jacob Herzenberg

Male Abt 1831 - Aft 1906  (~ 76 years)


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  • Name Jacob Herzenberg 
    Born Abt 1831  Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft 1906  Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3961  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Joseph or Yosef or Jossel Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1809, Ventspils (Windau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1877, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Zippe,   b. Abt 1808, , Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1868, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Married Bef 1825  of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Abraham Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1859, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Fanny Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1860, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Ida Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1862, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Lemchen or Leonard Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1864, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1627  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Dorothea,   b. Abt 1845, , Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1902, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Children 
     1. Charlotte Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1865, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Rebecka Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1867, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Robert Herzenberg,   b. Aft 1868, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1914  (Age > 46 years)
     4. Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1869, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1871, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1873, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1875, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Herzenberg,   b. Aft 1877, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1879, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1881, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1883, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1885, Kuldiga (Goldingen), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F662  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Partial excerpt per formal report of the Latvian Archives prepared 28 Feb 2011 for Kerry Petersen; report includes photo copy of the original of the attached with the following interpretation by the researcher:
      "The lists of merchant of Goldingen for 1868:
      2nd guild merchants.
      - Joseph, son of Lemchen Herzenberg, aged 59,
      - his wife Zippe, aged 60,
      - 1st son Laser, son of Joseph, aged 39, [KP. Lists wife and 9 children - see his notes.]
      - 2nd son Jacob, aged 37,
      - his wife Dorothea, aged 23, [KP: Report summary says she is second wife and marriage date is unknown. I estimate the two youngest children are hers and the older four are from the first marriage to an unknown wife.]
      - son Abraham, aged 9,
      - son Lemchen Leonhard, aged 4,
      - dau. Fanny, aged 8,
      - dau. Ida, aged 6,
      - dau. Charlotte, aged 2-3/4,
      - dau. Rebecka, aged 1,
      - 3rd son Elias Eduard, aged 30 (?), [KP. Lists wife and 3 children - see his notes.]
      - daughter of Joseph - Hanna, aged 25, married to Abraham Herzenberg from Pilten. [KP. Summary report indicates the name Hanna is an obvious error for Theresa as shown on other documents.]"

      2. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Kerry Petersen 28 Feb 2011 and is report no. Nr. 3-P-272, 2816, 1927 N, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007. Complete transcript is in the notes of Edouard/Elias Ocipovitch Herzenberg and the following is but a partial transcript:
      "The recruits' enlistment registers of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten for 1842, 1848, 1854, 1871, the revision lists of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten, set up on August 15 of 1851, the merchant's lists of Goldingen for 1868, 1874, 1875 contain the following information about Herzenberg family (we would like to draw your attention to the fact that very often the age of person was determined by their outward appearance and was stated in some documents rather approximately)...
      1.3.4. Jossel (Joseph), son of Lemchen Herzenberg, born in ca 1809 (aged 33 in 1842, aged 59 in 1868). His wife Zippe was horn in ca 1808 (aged 60 in 1868). The family of Jossel Herzenberg was registered in the petty bourgeois oklad in Pilten till 1851. In 1851 he with his family was registered as a merchant of 3rd guild in Piltene. Since 1862 and at least till 1877 Joseph, son of Lemchen Herzenberg and his family was registered in the merchant oklad of Goldingen (see merchants list of Goldingen for 1868). His sons...
      1.3.4.3. son Jacob, born in ca 1830. His 2nd wife Dorothea, born in ca 1845 (aged 23 in 1868), died in 1902. In 1899 he was transferred from the membership of merchant of Goldingen to the petty bourgeois oklad of Goldingen. In 1901-1906 he was registered as a 2nd guild merchant of Goldingen. Jacob had at least eleven children…
      KP Note: Attachments: Image of revision list of Jewish families belonging to Pilten as of Aug. 15, 1851, showing oklad (tax) numbers: #362 Jossel Lemchen Herzenberg, his sons: #363 Ruben, #364 Laser, #365 Jacob, #366 Levin, and #367 Elias. Researcher includes interpretation comment: "They were transferred from the membership of petty bourgeois oklad of Pilten to the 3rd guild merchant of Pilten in 1851."

      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. His source HL is Leonardo Herzenberg. In regards to this individual:
      Name variations: Jacob (Yaaqov)
      HL 103/011 shows b. Goldingen, Latvia.

      4. Received 30 Apr 2009 a copy of the following from Irene Gottleib Slatter entitled "Archival Reference about Brenson Family. It was prepared for Nina Kossman Dec 2006 and is report no. 3-K-7622; 7794N by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007. The following is only a partial transcript concerning this individual; please see the notes of Isidor Brenson within this database to see full and complete transcript including sources and documentation:
      "The records of the archival fonds "Collection of Passports of Riga Prefecture," "Riga City House Registers," the birth records of the Jewish community in Mitau for 1854-1855, 1857-1858, 1862, 1864-1883,1886-1889, 1892, 1895, 1900, 1902-1904, the marriage records of the same community for 1854, 1856-1868, 1872-1873, 1875, 1884, 1886-1887, 1889-1891, 1893, 1895-1897, as available at our archives (the birth marriage and death records for other years have not survived), the birth marriage and death records of the Jewish communities in Riga for 1854-1905, the revision lists of the Jewish families belonging to Mitau for 1834, 1858, 1887, the recruits' enlistment register of the Jewish families belonging to Mitau for 1845, 1875, for Pilten for 1848 contain the following information:
      "..We suppose that Klara's father was Robert (Ruben), son of Joseph (Jossel) Herzenberg a merchant from Pilten, born in ca 1826 (aged 22 in 1848, see Appendix No. 4) and mother Emilie (Amalie), daughter of David Kahn, born in ca 1830, died in 1903. Robert Herzenberg lived in Mitau and had his firm 'Robert Herzenberg,' he died before 1887 (the death records of the Jewish community in Mitau, as available at our archives do not contain information on his death).
      Ruben had at least two brothers Laser and Jacob (unfortunately, females (daughters) were not registered in the recruits's enlistment registers of Pilten). His parents: father Joseph (Jossel), son of Lemchen Herzenberg was born in ca 1809 (aged 39 in 1848), mother Zippe (the age is not stated). His grandparents: Lemchen, son of Joseph Herzenberg, born ca 1780, died in 1840. He belonged to the Jewish community in Pilten at least since 1834, his wife Schore (the age is not stated)...
      REFERENCE:
      fond 5024, inventory 2, files 331, 351, 375, inventory 1, file 88.
      fond 2942, inventory 1, files 4109, 2130.
      fond 630, inventory 2, files 220, 221.
      fond 4349, inventory 2, file 6.
      fond 445, inventory 1, files 2035, 2038.
      fond 2996, inventory 9, file 520, inventory 12, field 14498, inventory 7, files 25343, 25280, inventory 2, files 41162, 41163, 41164, 41171, 41175, 41185, 41186, inventory 15, file 4449, fond 472, inventory 5, files 628, 826, 1574.
      Enclosure: genealogical table - 1 table, copies of the documents - 26 sheets.
      Director: N. Rizovs, Head of Department: I. Veinberga., Researcher: J. Polovceva."

      5. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family:
      "<http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/en/menu/lv/13/ig/13/ie/5507/book/30316.html>
      -Image 17. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. Family #38:
      -31 Lemchen Joseph Herzenberg, 54, - (Died in 1840 at age 61.)
      -his wife Schore (no ages)
      -32 his son Leiser, 13, 21
      -33 his son Joseph, 25, 33
      -34 his son Ruben, 8, 16
      -35 his son Laser, 5, 13
      -36 his son Jacob, 4, 12
      -Image 73. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List # 33, Family #10:
      -31 Lemchen Joseph Herzenberg, 54, - (Died in 1840.) [Also additional comment needing translation with the year 1846 in it.]
      -32 son Laser, 13, 27
      -33 son Joseph, 25, 33
      -his wife Zippe
      -34 his son Ruben, 8, 22
      -35 son Laser, 5, 19
      -36 son Jacob, 4, 18

      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...
      Great Uncle Jacob I saw a few times in Goldingen. He had several sons, of whom I knew only the youngest - Robert. He was a pharmacist, but we lost touch still before the first world war. He also had 11 daughters, known as the "elves" (eleven and elf are the same word in German). From the time I was with him in Goldingen I only remember the dinner table with the many, many girls; oddly enough they all became dentists. One of them married a dentist Friedman from Tashkent, the son of a [?] [Kantonisten] (Dubnow, Weltgeshichte odes Judishen Volks IX, p 191 ff.) I never heard anything more from the others."

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