| Notes |
- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Various emails from my hired researcher Vilius Boytrius in Vilnius [], mail address: Jonazoliu 10-18, Vilnius 2043, Lithuania. I was not happy with his research and judgment:
A. 25 Apr 2009 - using the $150 I sent, he reported only the following non-pertinent information: "Regarding another Verblovsky who may or may not have some relationship:
"Aizik Geshel VERBLOVSKI was born 5th. December, circumstated [circumscribed] by Kushel Hofman in 12th. December 1861 in Vilnius town community. Father mentioned: Ov?sey(?) Leiba son of Azriel, Mother's name: Rasha Ita daughter of Hirsh.(Ink spot happened on father's name writing on Russian page but it's clear on Hebrew side, but I can not read it). Record line #596. Local Historian archive File 708-2-300. [Images of this record, both side pages, attached to email.]
B. 25 Apr 2009: Regarding the above message. I think this is perhaps a stretch since Aizik would normally be Isaac. I don't see the relationship in the second paragraph since the family name SOBEL makes no sense. Mr. Boytrius responded:
"Adolphe is absolutely non Yidish, local Jewish language name. I never saw that name in Jewish records before. So if we talk about a boy, Aizik could be changed later to Adolphe as the First Guild merchants usually changed Yidish names to Russian names. Aizik's grandfather "Azriel" also sounds similar like Zacharie. But it would be contradiction of one generation.
Also I check the date 8th. June in 1862 too. Nobody. But in 7th. June in 1862 in Vilnius the girl Chaya-Sore SOBEL was born. Father: Zachariy son of Leiba, Mother: Freida."
C. I did not agree to Mr. Boytrius' response especially in light of the following census I found on Jewish.gen dated 30 Sep 1874 for Vilnius, (page 414v, publication and fond: Merchant List LVIA/515/26/178) supports my determination that Ovsey is not the right family for Zachary. We don't see either Adolph (or Abraham/Aaron) in the census nor Genrikh his brother. It looks as if Aizik is now Georgy in this census):
"VERBLOVSKY Ovsey; Azriel; Head of Household, 34,merchant of 2nd guild, arrived from Jurbarkas
VERBLOVSKY Roza Girhsa Wife, 33
VERBLOVSKY Georgy Ovsey Son, 13
VERBLOVSKY Elena Ovsey Daughter, 12
VERBLOVSKY Maks; Ovsey; Son, 11
VERBLOVSKY Masha; Ovsey; Daughter, 10
VERBLOVSKY Flioza; Ovsey; Daughter, 9
VERBLOVSKY Azriel; Ovsey; Son, 8
VERBLOVSKY German; Ovsey; Son, 4
VERBLOVSKY Rozaliya; Ovsey; Daughter, 1
D. Mr. Boytrius responded saying that he agreed that the census I found is for the same family he found with Aizik in 1868. He notes that there are some archival files known as the "Additional Revision List" issued after 1858 when the Main List was created. He wanted to charge $500 to search it, but I felt the price was not reasonable and I did not proceed. He also recommended looking at military draft records which were made for each young man even if he did not become active army service. These records usually include the names of the father and brothers, ages, etc. Mr. Boytrius wanted $175 for this potential service, which I declined thinking it would be better to contact the actual Archives for their research services.
2. Received the following and currently I do not see any direct connection. Flora's father appears to be Ossip (Joseph?) whereas Adolphe's is Zacharie. Email dated 11 Feb 2009 from Mark Rybak. "I am looking for some info regarding Flora Verblovsky (fathers name Ossip). "Mine" Flora was married for a short time? to Leopold Feitelsohn (they divorced in 1885). I know that the person with the same name was mother of the famous Russian poet Mandelstam. She married at age of 23 in year 1890. Could it be the same person? If something here rings the bell, please let me know at mrybak@012.net.il"
3. From Jewishgen "A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames in Russian Empire": Verblovskij can also be seen in the Lithuanian form: Verzhbolovskij.
4. A compelling source, yet with problems, was found by Konnor Petersen. Here is our exchange of emails in January 2021:
Konnor Petersen wrote: I may have just found Adolf Werblowsky's family, including his father's, mother's and several siblings' names. I was looking through JewishGen at all of the Werblowsky last names and I found the following records.
Kerry: I had seen the St. Petersburg connection and Merchant's Guild as well and it is quite compelling. I think we need to broaden the Zundel research for all listed to see if we can find some periphery records somehow tying Zundel and Zachary together as one or at the least perhaps as brothers. It would be nice to find a descendant of that family for a DNA comparison. It is still a very significant find considering the paucity of Verblovsky records in both Vilnius and St. Petersburg. We may have the right man, but it is better to be absolutely sure before climbing that ladder to the top of a wall, which could end up be the wrong wall to begin with.
I have had a chance to look harder at this and I don't believe we have the right Adolf. As you pointed out, the birth date is close, but does not match our Adolf's death certificate, which was reported by his wife Elizabeth Herzenberg. Some variance can sometimes be expected on the revision (taxation) lists, but I think the name of the father is the biggest problem. We know that both Adolf and Genrich/Henrich had a father named Zakh or Zachary. As I look at Jewish derivatives and nicknames for your Zundel, there is no variant close to Zakhar/Zachary per the attached screen shot. The third element is the age of parents when Genrich/Henrich is born in 1874, which could of course be explained away with a second marriage. We also do not see Rabbi Meir on the list, unless he is a product of a potential second marriage. (To access the following, go to the Lithuanian Given Names Index once signed on to Jewishgen.) In short, I think the father's name in the new material is a deal breaker unless other compelling evidence is found. I will make a detailed note of the new find, but I think it is better relegated to a footnote at the moment.
Konnor: There is a record for Adolf son of Zundel and Tsyvya. It has his grandfather's names listed as well. Along with this is a record from the revision lists which includes 5 siblings that are older than Adolf. I think that there is some connection here. On the records, it lists Adolf Zundelovich Verblowski as living in St. Petersburg with his father and registered as a member of the Merchant's guild. In all the research that I've done regarding the Merchant's Guild in St. Petersburg, I've only found records for Adolf Zakharevich Werblowsky who lives in St. Petersburg with his father as part of the Merchant's Guild. I believe them to be the same person. However, I think that due to the inconsistencies that are found, as you mentioned Kerry, until we find more solid evidence linking the two, we can't be sure of the relationship between the two Adolfs. I'll remove the added information from Family Search and search for a connection - if there is any - between the two.
Follow-up #1: Konnor created the new family in FamilySearch as Zundel Werblowsky (GHHX-FSD) and Tzivya Nosel (GHHX-8C6), with their children and his father. On their site, one can see the documents attached upon which this discussion is based.
It may be that Zachary and Zundel are brothers each with a son named Adolf.
Follow-up #2 (4 Oct 2022): It now appears that Zundel and Zacker are the same person per new information from Konnor:
"I had the researcher Dennis look at some merchant lists from Vilnius. One from 1861 and the other from 1874. I believe previous researchers have only looked at the 1861 merchant list. Jewish Gen has the 1861 merchant list. (I'll forward a previous conversation that we had on that find)
"The researcher noted Adolph's birthday as 8 July 1861. But I thought it said June. I sent it over to our cousin Vera and she believes it says June as well.
"So this is our Adolf.
"The father's names don't match. Zundel and Zakhar. I asked Dennis about it before I know l knew the birthdates matched perfectly. He said that it is most probably our Adolf and that if the birth years matched then he was our Adolf. That didn't give me much confidence. Now, with Vera confirming that the birthdate is a match with Adolf's, that it says June instead of July, I am confident that this is our Adolf."
BIOGRAPHY:
1. Owned and managed a restaurant in Nice by the name of "Tiptop" as well as a separately located hotel on Ave. Shakespeare in Nice (now destroyed) by the name of "Pension Provencale".
2. Last name: Werblovsky (French spelling).
3 Random memories of Irene Petersen:
A. As a young girl recalls many arguments between Catherine and her mother Elizabeth. The arguments were frequent and always in German so that Irene could not understand them.
B. Catherine became pregnant at one point out of wedlock and had an abortion, which her mother convinced her to do. She always deeply regretted for the rest of her life having the abortion.
C. Arik was always upset with his mother Catherine for having left him in the care of nannies and Catherine's parents as a six-month infant as his parents left on their diplomatic travels that took the young couple across Russia to Japan, then Canada and Washington DC. Irene felt that it was in retrospect a good thing because of all the Revolutionary uprisings in Russia. Arik apparently left with his grandparents through Finland to Germany.
D. Irene remembers talk that her grandfather Werblovsky had a mistress.
E. Irene remembers her mother telling her as a young girl that the parents of Adolf Werblowsky would entertain Price Radziwill. There were many Radziwills in Lithuania and Poland; which Radziwill this may be is unknown.
4. Letter received in Russian and translated by John Slatter as follows addressed to Irene Petersen:
"Dear Irena!
At your request (you and I spoke together at Anchorage in August 1991) I report that until 1917 merchant of the first guild, hereditary honorary citizen, member of the management board of the Northern Mining Company Adolf Zakharovich Verblovskii and his wife Elizaveta Eduardovna Verblovskaia resided in St Petersburg at No. 16 Chernyshev Pereulok [pereulok = lane, side street - JS]. The street name remains to this day.
Forgive a certain delay with this letter. I am sending it with someone. Receive my Christmas and New Year greetings. I wish you good health and happiness.
Tatiana S. Fedorova,
Central State Navy Archive
36 Millionnaia ul.
St Petersburg 191065"
[Note: When I traveled to St. Petersburg in June 2009 as part of a tour, I tried to find this address. It is in the area near the Kirov ballet, but the area is now quite rundown and a warren of small alleys and unmarked streets. I had limited time and ultimately could not find the exact address in the few minutes I had.]
5. From Oct. 7 to Oct 10, 2016, I and my mother Irene visited Lithuania by car. We entered from Latvia on the west coast along the Baltic Sea traveling from Kuldiga in Latvia. We passed through the Lithuanian port city of Klaipeda before turning inland to Jurbarkas. According to my research on Jewish.gen, there was a presence of some Verblovskys in Jurbarkas. This locality is a rural farming and small industry area with no real town center. It is mainly surburban housing and there was no place for local history nor historical buildings of any interest. No time was spent here except to view the area.
From Jurbarkas, we drove down south along the Russian border of KalinIngrad. Kaliningrad is what used to be Prussia of Germany and it remains in Russian hands since WWII. From the border gate about 7 kilometers east is the small village of Virbalis, which is believed to be the source village for the name Verblovsky (see separate discussion on this). This area was under Polish administration for many years which explains the -sky ending in our name, which means from such and such a place. the Jewish people here most likely spoke German. There are a few old buildings among the both the older and modern suburban homes, but there is no Jewish presence here nor much more than a small city hall and a library. We were here on a Saturday and nothing was open nor does there appear to be any research opportunities there.
From Virbalis, we traveled to Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania. There is a synagogue that is about 140 years old still remaining and well worth the visit. Nazi Germany used the building as a warehouse and it survived that time period. There was a caretaker couple there who also confirmed that the previous small village of Virbalis is most likely the source for our surname. They were will-informed and knew no on with our surname. They did provide us a contact by the name of Galina Baranova at the Lithuanian State Historical Archives, Gerosios Vilties 10, LT-03134, Vilnius. She is a Director in the facility and the Jewish expert.
We then traveled to Vilnius and spent two days. We first visited the Jewish Gaion Museum, which was a disappointment for research purposes. It was more of an art museum with some history as well, but certainly not a research resource. I did learn in one exhibit that at in the very earliest 1800s, the authorities required the Jews to take on surnames since they were instituting excessive taxes on them and needed to better account for them. This would mean that the Verblovsky name probably only came into existence a generation before Zacharie. Also it was interesting to learn that at one point in history, Lithuania had the hightest per capita of Jews which amount to almost 20% of the population.
Our next stop in Vilnius was to the actual Archives where we were able to meet with Galina Baranova. From our short visit I learned the following:
1. She confirmed that Virbalis could very well be the source of the Verblovsky name. It doesn't necessarily mean that our family came directly from there, but it could very well be the source of the name.
2. She did not feel that our Verblovskys were of Vilnius even though they may briefly lived there.
3. She was able to locate the streat name Bolshaha where Genrikh Verblovsky lived in 1915. It is now called Didzioji and is one of the most prestigious streets in the old city. It fronts the City Hall and the Philharmonic Hall. Today it is the most fashionable street for international fashion houses. It would indicate that Genrikh was probably well off financially.
4. She confirmed that until the early 1900s, there was no civil registration of vital events. Each religious group kept track of these events; i.e. the Catholic Church, the Russian Orthodox, and the Jewish shetls. The only source of births for our family would be Jewish records. She also used and recommended the same site I do which is the Lithuanian history site https://www.litvaksig.org/. She said that there are occasional updates, but unfortunately some areas have good records and others have none -- so it is hit and miss.
5. She also confirmed that if the family was financially well off, then they could have easily paid a poorer family for their sons to render military service in their behalf.
6. She indicated that Virbalis records, if any, could perhaps be in Polish archives since this area was under their dominion at certain parts in their history.
7. Since Adolphe achieved First Guild status in his lifetime according other sources we have, she indicated that Russian Archives may have more information on our family.
8. The Lithuanian Archives does not do research, but they do offer a reading room. The documents are mainly Russian, who had dominion over Lithunia from 1795 to the modern era. She did not think a search would be to fruitful unless there was a specific village we could prove we are from. Their cataloging is mainly by locality. She was not very hopeful about this approach, but she says there may be some government document that mentions our family in passing.
6. Research work done from Russian sources in St. Petersburg, January 2021, by Konnor Petersen:
A. Z. VERBLOVSKY'S MINERAL-MINING PLANT. PETROGRAD. 1903-1918.
Central Government Historical Archive - Saint Petersburg. Fund 586
FUND DESCRIPTION
FUND INFORMATION
Shortened name: A. Z. VERBLOVSKY'S MINERAL-MINING PLANT. PETROGRAD.
1903-1918.
Date ranges for documents: 1903-1913
Summarization of Documents:
The predecessor of the Northern Mining Joint Stock Company was the Partnership "AZ Verblovsky and Co.," founded on April 15, 1903 by the Petersburg merchant of the 1st guild AZ Verblovsky and the pharmacist L.Ya. Herzenberg (I'm not confident on who this is. It could be an unknown son of Jacob Herzenberg - brother of Edouard/Elias - or it could be Leonhard Herzenberg - son of Eleazer brother of Edouard/Elias - but I'm not sure that Eleazer's name in Russian would start with a Я) for the construction of a mineral grinding plant. The enterprise planned to produce artificial cryolite under a patent acquired by A.Z. Verblovsky from the Hertigswalde chemical plant in Saxony (Germany).
On May 19, 1904, A.Z. Verblovsky rented from the owner of the machine-building plant I.A. Goldmer the premises of the copper boiler room and part of the forge to accommodate the mineral-grinding plant, where cryolite, ground heavy spar, gypsum, putty chalk, concrete sand, gravel and crushed stone were produced.
In 1907, the Partnership entered into an agreement with the Sindikat firm for exploration of deposits of heavy spar on the Yuzhno-Oleny Island of the Petrozavodsk region (Olonets province), and since 1908 it has been engaged in exploration of mineral deposits in the Arkhangelsk and Vologda provinces, as well as the exploitation of sand and gravel deposits in the St. Petersburg province.
On February 17, 1909, the composition of the Partnership was expanded to include Yu.A. (most likely Julian Von Landau) and M.A. Landau (Maximilien Landau). On February 5, 1910, to manage his own enterprises, A.Z. Verblovsky established the Northern Mining Joint-Stock Company. In this regard, the Partnership actually turned into an agent-commission office, which consisted of, on January 15, 1911, A.Z. Verblovsky and his employee, the Luga tradesman G.A. Herzenberg (I'm not sure who this would be).
On March 17, 1913, the Partnership was liquidated, and all its assets were transferred to the Northern Mining Joint-Stock Company. Former representatives of the Association were introduced to the board of the Society.
In August 1913, A.Z. Verblovsky, together with the new owners of the Society, railway engineer G.A. Martirosyants, G.A. Herzenberg and Yu.A. Landau, concluded an agreement with the chairman of the Special Commission for the Construction of the Marine and Main Artillery
Ranges for the construction of earthworks for the Priyutino-Ladoga Lake highway.
The joint-stock company was liquidated, and the plant was nationalized on the basis of the Council of People's Commissars' decree on June 28, 1918.
Composition of documents:
Agreements on the establishment and transformation of the Partnership (1903; 1909–1911); on the lease of the premises of the machine-building plant of I.A.Goldmer (1904) and land in the Olonets province. for the development of fossil deposits (1907-1916). Contracts and correspondence on orders for the production of works by the Northern Mining Society (1913–1916).
Permanent link: https://spbarchives.ru/infres/-/archive/cgia/586
At the corner of 1st Murinsky Prospect and Mezhevaya Street, a land plot with a house was owned by a merchant of the first guild, hereditary honorary citizen Adolf Zakharovich Verblovsky. He owned an broker's office for the sale of silk, cloth and manufactured goods in Gostiny Dvor, and also owned a mineral-milling plant on the Stroganovskaya embankment. https://thelib.ru/books/sergey_glezerov/severnye_okrainy_peterburga_lesnoy_grazhdanka_ruchi_udelnaya-read-8.html
7. Business records from the St. Petersburg, Russia, Archives per hired researcher of Konnor Petersen. Research dated Oct. 2022. It shows a business tie with Pakschwer, Adolf Werblowsky, and the Offenbacher, all relatives of ours:
Records group 586, inventory 1, volume 3.
Volume about rent by A.Z. Werblowsky and L.Ya. Gertsenberg of a land plot on Yuzhnyy-Oleniy Ostrov (Southern Deer Island) in Petrozavodsk uezd of Olonets province for exploitation of [gipot] deposits
Pages 1, 1 back of the page, 2.
Contract with Partnership of mineral mill plant “A.Z. Werblowsky and Co.” on the one hand and A.A. Davidov, M.S. Pakshver, S.I. Littauer – hereinafter “Syndicate”.
- Partnership grants Syndicate the right for exploration and examination of heavy spar (berite) on Yuzhnyy Oleniy Ostrov of Petrozavodsk uezd of Olonetsk province before 31 December 1911.
Pages 3, 3 back of the page, 4, 4 back of the page, 5.
1913. Journal of Olonetsk Province Administration.
Case at the request of the peasants of Kurgenits and Lakhty villages of Kizhnsky society of Velikogubsky volost about giving for rent a part of a land plot at the southern part of Olenyy Ostrov to Bavarian subject F.D. Offenbacher for the purpose of limestone development for the period of 12 years.
Page 6.
Is blank.
Pages 7, 8.
Power of attorney from Flora Offenbacher Werblowsky and Gertsenberg for the right to buy and rent land.
November 1, 2017 [sic 1917] Page 2
Pages 9, 9 back of the page, 10, 10 back of the page.
1907. Conditions of contract between peasants and Offenbacher.
Pages 11, 11 back of the page, 12, 12 back of the page, 13.
Contract between Werblowsky and Gertsenberg on the one hand and Ioakinf Trok, Alexandr Ivanovich Timofeev and Vladimir Ivanovich Timofeev that the latter mentioned would rent mineral deposits for them in Arkhangelsk, Vologda and Olonets provinces.
Pages 14-35 (back of the pages included).
Contract of Offenbacher and peasants.
Page 36.
Power of attorney for the name of Werblowsky from the wife of hereditary noble woman Ekaterina Adolfovna Gudzko (Kudzko).
8. Business records from the St. Petersburg, Russia, Archives per hired researcher of Konnor Petersen. Research dated Oct. 2022.
Records group 586, inventory 1, volume 1. Contract between A.Z. Werblowsky and L.Ya. Gertsenberg about setup of chemical plant in St. Petersburg
Pages 1, 1 back of the page, 2, 2 back of the page.
Contract between St. Petersburg merchant of the 1st guild Adolf Zakharovich Werblowsky and pharmacist Leongard Yakovlevich Gertsenberg from 15 April 1903 about setup of a chemical plant for production of artificial cryolite and production of other chemical products and metal processing. Werblowsky agrees to buy production technology from Gertigowald in Zebitsa, Saxony and invites Gertsenberg as an investor on the following conditions:
1) Werblowsky is in charge of organization of the plant and buying of technology, he receives 6% of year income.
2) Gertsenberg is in charge of the plant and trade management as well as hiring employees, accepting and delivering orders.
Pages 3, 3 back of the page, 4, 4 back of the page, 5, 5 back of the page, 6, 6 back of the page, 7.
Vertag – contract with Saxony plant in German.
Gertsenberg address is stated: St. Petersburg, Millionny lane, 11.
9. 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.
10. Manuscript in possession of Michael Landau of Monte Carlo as of 18 Sep 2023. Family history memories of Alice Landau also known as “Nikitina,” who was the sister of Vladimir Landau and the daughter of Anna Herzenberg. Translation is from French from two handwritten pages on one sheet of paper. Patrick Landau, Nikitina’s nephew, had asked her to write down what she recalled of the family history and descendants. The description is written after January 1970 because she writes that Constantin-Pierre died in January 1970. Editorial comments are [bracketed].
“[Page 1] My father’s side:
The father of my father was called Adolphe and he was born I think at Czenstohova (Poland) in 1830; he married around 1953 [misstated for 1853] my grandmother, who was named Régine. They had 4 sons and one daughter. The eldest son (1855) was Julien (Julian) born in Czenstohova who married Fanny Schaskolski, born in Riga in 1863 [handwriting garbled, may be 1865]. They had 2 sons: The youngest one Constantin-Pierre, born in Petersburg in 1893, married in 1912 with Miss Banzer had a son Youri (George) born in 1914 who is married and lives in Toulouse [France]. He had 2 sons. Constantin-Pierre remarried to Miss Tronsevitch and again another time [his third]. He died in Belgium in January 1970. The first son of Julien, Theodor was born in 1890. He married a woman from Vienna in 1943 and had a daughter. Theodor died in 1965. The second son of Adolph, Gustave was born in Czenstohova and went to the USA before the war in
1914. He had 7 sons and one daughter. I know 3 sons: Adam was born in Warsaw in 1892, Rom[?] born in Warsaw in 1894 and Walter born in New York in 1906. I don’t know the others. The third son, my father Maximilian was born April 1st 1870 in Czenstohova and died in Odessa in 1919 (added in between lines). He married Anne Herzenberg in 1899, born in 1978 [miswritten, 1878] in Moscow and had a daughter Alice-Régine [Nikitina] born in 1900 February 21st and Vladimir born in 1902 March 29 both in St. Petersburg. Vladimir, your father, married in 1945 with Miss Janine Regnard born in 1916 in Paris and you were born at Boulogne s/Seine [Boulogne-sur-Seine] September 5, 1945. The 4th son of Adolph – Stanislas was born in 1876 at Lodz. He was married to Miss Lidia ? and had 3 sons: John born in 1905, Bronislav born in 1907 and Anton born in 1914. Stanislas and Lidia were killed in Poland. Their sons were living in France.
The daughter of Adolph: Evelyn was born in 1878 at Lodz (Poland) and married a Russian general Avinovitzki in 1903. Both are dead, I don’t know where or when.
The only living parent [relative] that I know of is Nicolas Landau, antiquary in Paris who is the son of my father’s cousin. He is 80 years old and I think he can give more information on the Landau family!
My mother’s side:
The father of my mother was named Edouard Herzenberg. He was born around 1845 and died in 1910 in Moscow. He was married, but I think the name of my grandmother was Herzenberg too. She died in 1904 in Moscow. They had 7 daughters and 2 sons:
1) Sophie, the eldest born in 1863, married had 2 daughters Marie and Nadia. Nadia is dead and Marie lives in Moscow. She is married and has a married daughter, who has a daughter.
[Page 2]
2nd daughter Elizabeth born in 1865 in Moscow, married Adolph Werblovsky and had a daughter Catherine who married in 1913 Victor Buzkoy who died in England in 1945. Their son Arik was born in St. Petersburg in 1914, he is married to Julie and has a son and a daughter and lives in Malta. Catherine lives in Nice. Elisabeth died in Nice in 1950 and Adolph in 1938.
3rd daughter Hélène born in 1867 Moscow, married Ossip Offenbacher and had a son Lothar born in 1896. Hélène died in 1919 in Berlin and Ossip later. Lothar disappeared in Germany.
4th daughter Egenie [Eugenia] married Leon Taube from Riga and was born in 1876 in Moscow and died in 1930 in Moscow. No children.
5th daughter Lilia: born in 1877, died in 1897 in Davos.
6th daughter Anne: my mother born in 1878 married Maximillian Landau in 1898 and had 2 children Alice born on Feb. 21, 1900, and Vladimir March 29, 1902. Maximillian Landau died in Odessa in 1919 (January) and Anne died in 1961 in Monte-Carlo.
7th daughter Antoinette: born in 1885 and died in 1905.
1st son Ivan: born in 1870 married Lidia (French) in 1898 and had 3 children: Michel born in 1900, André born in 1901 and Susan born in 1903. Michel died in 1935, André lives in Moscow. Susan lives in Menton. Ivan died in Siberia in 1930 and Lidia too. André had a son and Susan married a Volant, a daughter Lidia married in Canada to an Austrian man. She has a son and daughter.
2nd son Paul: born in 1872 married to Natalie, one daughter. Lives in Moscow.”
DEATH:
1. Transcription from French of death certificate in the possession of Irene Petersen, his granddaughter: "The 2nd of December 1934 at 15:30 hours [3:30 pm] died in his apartment at 46, Blvd. Gambetta in Nice, France: Adolphe Werblovsky born in Vilnus (Russia) [added in "Latvia"] the 8th of June 1861. Unemployed. Son of Zacharie Werblovsky and of (last name and first name) not known by person declaring his death. Spouse of Elisabeth Herzenberg without further information." Photo accompanies death certificate.
PHOTOS:
1. One photo attached to Family Search and in the possession of Irene Petersen is a postcard addressed from Catherine to her father Adolphe Werblowsky in Russian. The following is the translation:
In English:
"To A.Z. Verblovski
Petrograd, Chernyshev per. 16
Dear Dad!
We ask you please to come here tomorrow, on Saturday, since we leave for X. on Tuesday. If we depart later on, it will be hotter, and we won't be there for long time. Nikolai Ivanovich also says that you should come ащк that business now, it is more convenient. Big trouble with train tickets as well. We look forward to seeing you the day after tomorrow. Maybe I should have a … power of attorney? Please inquire and arrange for it if necessary.
In the meantime I kiss you warmly,
Your loving daughter Katyusha
May 15th 1915"
In Russian:
"А.З. Вербловскому
Петроград, Чернышев пер. д. 16
Дорогой папа!
Мы очень просим тебя приехать сюда завтра в субботу, так как во вторник мы уедем в Х. Если уехать позже, будет жарче, поедем наверное не на очень долгий срок. Николай Иванович говорит, чтобы ты для дела приехал теперь же - это тоже удобнее. Большое затруднение с билетами. Ждём тебя послезавтра. М.б. мне лучше иметь доверенность … узнай пожалуйста и если надо устрой.
Пока целую крепко,
любящая дочь Катюша.
15 мая 1915 г."
SOURCES_MISC:
1. City of Nice civil registration for wife.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1861 - 1934 (73 years)
