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Nathan Herzenberg

Male 1889 - 1946  (59 years)

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  • Name Nathan Herzenberg
    Birth From 15 May 1887 to 14 Dec 1889  Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Death 21 May 1946  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 22 May 1946  Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4171  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2026

    Father Aaron Leib Herzenberg,   b. From 1817 to 1818, of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1892, Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Mother Fannie Stein   d. of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Finkel,   b. 3 May 1891, of Odessa, Cherson, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1943, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    Marriage 30 Dec 1910  Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Irving Herzenberg,   b. 20 Dec 1913, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1974, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     2. Ruth Herzenberg,   b. 9 Jun 1917, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1919, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     3. Aaron Herzenberg,   b. 8 Nov 1919, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1998, Miami, Dade, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     4. Anna Herzenberg,   b. 30 Sep 1923, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 2004, Fort Lee, Bergen, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F2040  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

    Family 2 Fannie Weise,   b. Aft 1889
    Marriage 28 Sep 1943  New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • 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. 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:
      HM shows Nathan b. abt. 1880, d. in Warsaw, md. to Finkel.
      Peter also notes: "Nathan - Robert H's branch. Possible link. More info required..."
      Tinsmith.

      2. Censuses:
      1910 US: Manhattan Ward 13, New York, New York, p. 3 of 61, 15 Apr 1910, family 22:
      Abraham Herzenberg, 31, md. 8 years, Rus Rus Rus, yiddish, imm. 1904, pocket book maker.
      Clara, wife, 30, imm. 1904, no children, Rus Rus Rus, yiddish.
      Nathan, brother, 21, single, imm. 1905, Rus Rus Rus, yiddish, cutter in leather factory.

      1930 US: Brooklyn, Kings, NY, p. 26 of 38, 9 Apr, 2856 20th St., dwelling 101, family 240:
      Nathan Hertzenberg, rents, $58, 42, md. at age 22, Poland, Poland, Poland, Yiddish, imm. 1907, naturalized, paperback cutter.
      Sarah, 39, md. at age 20, Rus Rus Rus, imm. 1909, naturalized,
      Anna, dau., 6-6/12, NY Pol Rus.
      Aaron, son, 10-6/12, NY Pol Rus.
      Irving, son, 16, NY Pol Rus.
      Israel Einhorn, lodger, 50, md. at age 18, Rus Rus Rus.

      1940 US: New York City, Kings, New York, 2856 W. 20th St., family 93, rents at $45/mo, lived at same place in 1935:
      Nathan Herzenberg, head, 50, Poland, leather cutter.
      Sarah, wife, 49, Russia
      Aaron, son, 20, NY, leather cutter helper.
      Hannah, dau., 16, NY

      3. Ancestry.com's "WWI Draft Registrations": Nathan Herzenberg, residing Long Island, NY, b. 15 May 1887 in Warsaw, Russia, works for Herzenberg Bros, 114 Spring St., NY, supports wife and child, married, med. ht, stout, hazel eyes, black hair, no defects, 5 Jun 1917 in Kings Co. NY.

      4. Ancestry.com's "WWII Draft Registrations," 1941: Nathan Herzenberg, residing 1658 Dahile Rd, Brooklyn, Kings, NY, b. 14 Dec 1889 in Warsaw, Russia, works for Companion Bag. Co., 27 West 33rd St., Brooklyn, NY, age 52, wife is Sarah Herzenberg.

      5. Ancestry.com's "New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1940":
      Nathan Herzenberg, pocket book maker.
      Declaration Age: 22
      5'-5" height, white, brown hair and eyes, 120 lbs.
      Birth Date: 15 Aug 1887
      Birth Place: Warsaw, Russia
      Last foreign place of residence; Warsaw, Russia
      Arrival Date: 27 Aug 1905 on the ship "St. Paul" from Southampton, England
      Arrival Place: New York, New York
      Declaration Date: 12 May 1910
      Declaration Place: New York, USA
      Declaration Number: 38358

      BIRTH:
      1. Two dates are reported in official documents: 15 May 1887 and 14 Dec 1889.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937:
      Nathan Herzenberg and Sarah Finkel, 30 Dec 1910, Manhattan, New York, USA. Certificate Number: 179.

      2. New York Marriage Certificate, no. 179, Nathan Herzenberg, age 23, white, single, pocketbook maker, b. Russia, son of Haimy Herzenberg and Hainy Gutstat, married Dec. 30, 1910 in Manhattan Sarah Finkel, age 20, white, single, b. Russia, dau. of Isarael Finkel and Rosie Kaminsky. First marriage for both. Witnessed be Herman Margulis and Max Nusbaum. (Image on Family Search)

      DEATH:
      1. Peter Herzenberg had death location as Warsaw, Poland. This was the birth place of Nathan and not his death place.

      2. Death Certificate (image attached on Family Search). Certificate 10866 of Brooklyn Borough for Nathan Herzenberg, death reported by son Irving Herzenberg, died at 3008 W. 22nd St,, Brooklyn, where he had been living for the last 3 years. Died May 21, 1946 at 6:45 am from coronary Thrombosis which began 1/20/46 and hypertension which began 9/15/45, No autopsy performed. Buried May 22, 1946 at Beth Israel Cemetery. Funeral home was Zion Memorial Chapel. Wife Fannie Herzenberg, parents Aaron Herzenberg and Fanny Stein both of which were born in Poland. Born Dec. 14, 1889 in Poland, age 56 y., 5 m., 7 d. Cutter of leather goods. Has lived in NYC for 43 years.