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Edward or Elias or Elkan Herzenberg

Male 1845 - Aft 1900  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Edward or Elias or Elkan Herzenberg 
    Born Feb 1845  Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft 1900  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3974  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Joseph or Jossel Elias Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1816, of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1881, Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Dine Iddelson,   b. Bef 1817, of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1881, Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 64 years) 
    Married Bef 1836  of Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Doris or Dora Dreyer,   b. Mar 1850, Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1936, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Married Bef 1870  of Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Herman Herzenberg,   b. 1871, Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1919, Bronx, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     2. Manne or Menachem Aaron Herzenberg,   b. 10 Dec 1872, of Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1896  (Age 23 years)
     3. Joanna or Johanna Herzenberg,   b. 1873, of Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1875  (Age 2 years)
     4. Rosa Herzenberg,   b. 1877, of Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Robert or Ruven Herzenberg,   b. 15 Apr 1881, Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1942, of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 62 years)
     6. Sophia or Sara or Sofia Herzenberg,   b. 23 Aug 1888, Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1930, of Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 43 years)
     7. Joseph or Jossel Herzenberg,   b. 26 Jun 1889, Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1940, of Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 52 years)
     8. Rebecca or Dina Herzenberg,   b. 1 Feb 1891, of Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Henrietta or Yetta Herzenberg,   b. 10 Jun 1878, Libau, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1973, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     10. Lina Herzenberg,   b. Mar 1892, Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1905  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. Source is LA for Latvian Archives. In regards to this individual:
      Name variations: Elkan, Elchanan b. Jossel, Elkann, Elhanan.
      LA 009 shows b. 1850, md. Dreyer.
      LA 014.

      2. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Harold Hodes 23 Mar 1999 and is report no. Nr. 3-H-2962, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007, copy of only page 1 in my possession but evidently other pages exist:
      "In reply to your application please be informed that the recruits enlistment registers of the Jewish families belonging to the Jewish community in Pilten for the years 1842, 1848, 1854, 1871 (see app. No. 1-4), census lists of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten for the years 1898, 1899 as well as the birth records of the Jewish community in Libau (now Liepaja) for the years 1836-1853, 1854, 1857-1905, marriage and death recods of the same community for years 1854-1905, as available at our archives, contain the following information:
      Rabbi Jossel (or Josiph) Herzenberg was a son of Elias Herzenberg from Pilten. He was born in ca 1815-1816, possible in Pilten. Since our archives keep birth, marriage and death records of the Jewish communites for the time period from 1854, when they started to be kept officially, it is impossible to confirm the dates fevore 1854.
      Jossel's father - a Rabbi Elias - son of Joseph Herzenberg, born in ca 1774, died in 1842.
      Jossel's mother - Chiene Herzenberg (maiden name not stated), born in ca 1780.
      Jossel's wife - Dine (Dinne, Diene) née Iddelson (birth date is unknown).
      They had children:
      -son Hirsh, born in ca 1836,
      -son Lämmchen, born in ca 1843,
      -son Elkan (Elkann), born in ca 1850,
      -daughter Sheine, born on August 31 of 1857 in Libau (see App. No. 6),
      -daughter Meriam, born on June 15 of 1859 in Libau (see App. No. 7).
      Elkan - son of Jossel Herzenberg married Doris (Dobra, Doba) daughter of Aizik Dreyer, born in ca 1852. The marriage records of the Jewish community in Libau for the years 1870-1875 do not contain information on their marriage. The... [end of 1st page and my copy]"

      3. Censuses:
      1900 US: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, p. 6 of 62, 128 Harrison Ave., family 59:
      Edward Herzenberg, Feb 1845, 55, md. 30 years, Rus Rus Rus, imm. 1899.
      Dora, wife, Mar 1850, 50, md. 30 yrs., 6 total children all living, Rus Rus Rus, imm. 1899.
      Yetta, dau., Aug 1878, 21, single, Rus Rus Rus, milliner, imm. 1899.
      Robert, son, Apr 1881, 19, single, Rus Rus Rus, imm. 1899.
      Joseph, son, Jul 1888, 11, Rus Rus Rus., imm. 1899.
      Linn, dau., 1892, 8, Rus Rus Rus, imm. 1899.
      Edward, nephew, Apr 1870, 30, single, Rus Rus Rus, imm. 1890, salesman.

      BIRTH:
      1. Latvia was considered part of Russian at the time of the 1900 census.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Date and place are estimates only by Kerry Petersen.

      BURIAL:
      1. Website for "Liepaja Jewish Cemetery Book, 1909-1941," accessed 4 Aug 2010 shows a Elkanan Izik (Janis) Herzenberg, d. 1 Mar 1933 (3 Adar 5693). Not enough information to determine if this is the same person or not. No burial record for anyone resembling his wife.

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