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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 108/044 shows Harry b. Mitau, d. Vienna, Austria, md. to Mimi.
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:
" When Uncle Abraham died the eldest son, Leo, was married in Petersburg. Also the daughter Fanny. Laura and Alice were married in Moscow, and Sophie in Mitau. At home were Ludwig, [44] in the firm, Harry who was still in the gymnasium, and the two girls, Roberta, of my age, and Klara, a little older. Ludwig, whom the mother worshipped, took over running the business. Harry entered the business as an apprentice. Ludwig decided on moving the business to Riga, why I don't know. The beautiful old house in Mitau was sold. Everything in Mitau was liquidated. Instead of the princely living in Mitau, aunt Therese moved into an old dark rental house on the Schwimmstrasse in Riga. I believe she had no happy time there. I don't know how Ludwig ruined the business so quickly. It ended when I was on a vacation trip to Germany in the summer of 1904, when I received the news from my father that I should visit aunt Therese in Berlin. [45] I met her, with Klara and Roberta, in a shabby room of a pitiful pension near the Elsasser gate. They had just had lunch, which consisted of a can of sardines with bread. The firm Abraham Herzenberg in Riga had failed. They had lost everything, and had fled to Germany, and were totally dependent on the support of children and siblings...
HARRY Herzenberg, the youngest, and to me dearest of the brothers was not much older than I. he then entered the business. When I think back to Riga I see him in the bookstore on the Shwimmstrasse, only him and the old owner Bitterlich. After the collapse he got around a lot, lived in Germany as a representative of English textile firms, lastly in Vienna where he married an Arian [50] woman, and has a son and a daughter. I don't know what happened to them after the annexation of Austria in 1938."
2.Email from Anne Herzenberg [mailto:anne@herzenberg.com] 508-341-9715 August 06, 2007.
"...My grandmother, Harry's wife, was Wilhelmina Maria Pfeiffer, born on February 4, 1898 in Nuremberg, Germany. My father has a sister, Ingeborg... She now lives in Wales, but spent most of her adult life in Northern Ireland. Inge, my father and her parents fled from Vienna in 1939 and settled in England. Inga has 4 children, two of whom are now grandparents. My parents, my siblings and I came to the US in 1970. My sister Catherine moved back to England shortly thereafter and still lives there. The Herzenberg name in my line of the family will end with my brother, Stephen, unless his daughters follow through on their idea to name their kids Herzenberg..."
3. Business records from the St. Petersburg, Russia, Archives per hired researcher of Konnor Petersen. Research dated Oct. 2022.
Records group 586, inventory 1, volume 4. Contract between A.Z. Werblowsky and G.A. Gertsenberg with Yu.A. and M.A. Lyandau about organization of trade partnership
Pages 1, 1 back of the page, 2.
Contract of 1909 between St. Petersburg merchant of the 1st guild Werblowsky and pharmacist Gertsenberg on the one hand and PhD in Commercial Sciences Yulian Adolfovich Layandau and Max Adolfovich Lyandau on the other hand. Werblowsky and Gertsenberg within “A.Z. Werblowsky” company owning commercial and industrial enterprise in mineral mill plant in St. Petersburg and spar exploitation in Olonets province according to the rent conditions with local peasants accept brothers Lyandau as investors and participants and grant them one fifth of the enterprise. Gertsenberg is still in charge of the plant management and receives a salary of 4,000 rubles per year, his vice manager is Werblowsky with the salary of 1,200 annually.
Page 3.
Report from Werblowsky on the plant`s paper that he accepted three investors who wish to stay anonymous with the capital of 11,679 rubles.
Листы 4 back of the page, 5, 5 back of the page.
Agreement between Werblowsky, Gertsenberg and brothers Lyandau about starting a mutual enterprise.
Pages 6, 7.
Notary papers (confirming identity).
Page 8.
Blank.
Pages 9, 9 back of the page, 10, 10 back of the page.
Contract from 15 January 1911 between Werblowsky and Luga bourgeois Harry Abramovich Gertsenberg. Werblowsky invites long-term employee Gertsenberg to become a partner in agency commission office with a storehouse of manufactured goods inside of Gostiny Dvor #32, 33.
Pages 11, 12.
Notary papers (confirming identity).
Pages 13, 13 back of the page.
Documents in German (conditions of cooperation).
Page 14.
Blank.
Pages 15, 15 back of the page.
Agreement between Werblowsky and Harry Gertsenberg.
Page 16.
Blank.
Pages 17, 17 back of the page, 18.
17 May 1913. Werblowsky, Gertsenberg, Lyandau transfer plant to a newly organized “Severnoye Gornopromyshlennoye Joint Stock Company” for 450,000 rubles in stock of the mentioned Joint Stock Company.
- From the total stock 20,000 is for Dutchman Peter Heinrich Wan-Winen for his labors of organizing the company.
- 140,000 to persons invited to participate in the company.
- The remainder of 290.00 is divided the following way: 35% to Werblowsky. 35% to Gertsenberg. And 15% to each of Lyandau brothers.
BIRTH:
1. Per William Wood's daughter Ruth Allen, per email dated 7 Sep 2010 of Mountain Ash, South Wales. She notes the information is from "actual birth, death, and marriage certificates my mother had kept in a little locked box, and also from things she had written down."
MARRIAGE:
1. Per William Wood's daughter Ruth Allen, per email dated 7 Sep 2010 of Mountain Ash, South Wales. She notes the information is from "actual birth, death, and marriage certificates my mother had kept in a little locked box, and also from things she had written down."
DEATH:
1. Anne Herzenberg per email dated 27 Aug 2010 notes that her grandfather died in England (not Vienna, Austria) in approximately 1942.
BURIAL:
1. Per FindaGrave: The inscription says:
In loving memory of
HARRY HERZENBERG
Who was suddenly called
To rest December 24th 1940
Aged 59 years
Deeply mourned by his wife
Son and daughter
Always in our thoughts
SOURCES_MISC:
1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1881 - 1940 (59 years)
