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Sheina or Chana or Hanna Herzenberg

Female 1857 -


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  • Name Sheina or Chana or Hanna Herzenberg 
    Born 31 Aug 1857  Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I3975  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 1 Moses or Moshe Elkishik,   b. 20 Feb 1856, of Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1888  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 20 Feb 1876  of Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1906  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Levitan 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1907  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: Sheine (Sheina), Chana, Gana, Hanna.
      LA 009 shows b. 31 Aug 1857 in Libau, md. 1. Elkishik and 2. Levitan.

      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]"

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