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Levin Herzenberg

Male Abt 1800 - 1867  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name Levin Herzenberg 
    Born Abt 1800  Ventspils (Windau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1867  Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3953  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Lemchen or Lämmchen Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1779/80, of Ventspils (Windau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1840, of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Mother Schore,   b. Abt 1778, of Ventspils (Windau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1842, Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married Bef 1798  of Ventspils (Windau), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1887  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dwaure,   b. Abt 1798, Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1871, Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Children 
     1. Abraham Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1816, of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1872, of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
     2. Jossel or Joseph Herzenberg,   b. Abt 1831, Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Dvorah or Dveire Herzenberg,   d. 26 Jul 1864, of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Kerry Petersen 28 Feb 2011 and is report no. Nr. 3-P-272, 2816, 1927 N, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007. Complete transcript is in the notes of Edouard/Elias Ocipovitch Herzenberg and the following is but a partial transcript:
      "The recruits' enlistment registers of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten for 1842, 1848, 1854, 1871, the revision lists of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten, set up on August 15 of 1851, the merchant's lists of Goldingen for 1868, 1874, 1875 contain the following information about Herzenberg family (we would like to draw your attention to the fact that very often the age of person was determined by their outward appearance and was stated in some documents rather approximately):
      1. Joseph Herzenberg, his sons...
      1.3. Lemchen, son of Joseph Herzenberg, born in ca 1779/1780 (aged 54 in 1834), died 1840. His wife Schore (the age is not stated). Their sons:
      1.3.1. Levin, son of Lemchen Herzenberg, born in ca 1800 (aged 42 in 1842), died in 1867. His wife Dwaure, born in ca 1798 (aged 44 in 1842). They had children..."

      2. Data from a copy captured of Peter Bruce Herzenberg's website of London, England, since relocated to South Africa (website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007). See more on his research and data in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg in this database. Sources for this individual are LA for Latvian Archives and YL for Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to this individual:
      Name variations: Levin, Levin b. Lemchen.
      YL017 shows b. 1798, d. 1867 at Piltene.
      LA018.

      3. Jewishgen.org's "Courland Enlistment Registers and Family Lists 1845-1874: Levin Herzenberg, age 58 in 1858, son of Lämmchen, town of Piltene, Recruits' Enlistment register, 1871, Fond 630, family no. 54, Oklad (tax) no. 228.

      4. Could be same individual as the following from Jewishgen.org's "Jewish Religious Personnel in the Russian Empire, 1853-54": Leven Gertzenberg, town of Pilta, guberniya krl019.

      5. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen lists the following from Piltene with the same father Lammchen. They are certainly sons of our Lammchen. Apparently they all have their own homes since they do not share a family or tax number:
      A. Levin Herzenberg, age 58 in 1858, b. abt 1800, registration town Piltene, death date 1867, father Lämmchen, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 228.
      B. Elias Herzenberg, age 67 in 1871, b. abt 1804, registration town Piltene, father Lämmchen, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 11, Oklad (tax reference) # 50.
      C. Laser Herzenberg, age 50 in 1871, b. abt 1821, registration town Piltene, father Lämmchen, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 9, Oklad (tax reference) # 40.

      6. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen lists the following from Piltene. Since they have the same family and tax number, they are related. From the Latvian archival report in note above, we know them to be husband and wife.
      A. Levin Herzenberg, age 58 in 1858, b. abt 1800, registration town Piltene, death date 1867, father Lämmchen, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 228.
      B. Dwaure Herzenberg, 1871, registration town Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 228.

      7. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen lists the following from Piltene. The information tentatively would indicate Levin had a son Joseph whose wife was Jette from the two entries below, which has a shared family and tax number:
      A. Jossel Herzenberg, age 40 in 1871, b. abt 1831, registration town Piltene, father Levin, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 232.
      B. Jette Herzenberg, 1871, registration town Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 232.

      8. 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 his data from website in my possession:
      "In the case of the Herzenbergs the starting point is the family information that Alexandrs Feigmanis found in the Censuses from 1811 and 1815. From 1811 we have Eliahu the son of Joseph b. 1771, from 1815 we have Lemchen the son of Joseph b. 1772. Also from 1815 we have Levin (Leib) son of Lemchen b. 1798. As a generation is usually considered to be between 25 and 30 years on average the latter Lemchen (the father) would have been born around 1768 - 1773..."

      9. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family:
      A. http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/en/menu/lv/13/ig/13/ie/5507/book/30313.html
      -Image 47: "Lemchen Joseph Herzenberg" is title of an entire return page at Pilten 22 Sep 1811 containing:
      -Lemgen Joseph Herzenberg, 33 (Side comment: Lemgen [Lemchen] Joseph [son of Joseph] Herzenberg was registered under oklad Number 38 in Windau in September of 1811, lived in the house Nr. 9.)
      -his wife Sorre, 33
      -their sons:
      -Lewin, 9
      -Elias, 6
      -Leyser Abraham, (no age). (Comment on side: Father-in-law of Lemchen [father of Sorre, in German – Schwiegervate])- Leiser Abraham, aged 80, blind, see the lists of invalids.)
      -Chasse, (female) 16 (maid)
      Residents in the same home:
      -Zoddach Abraham Pabst, 29
      -Beile (female), 36
      -Sorre (female), 1
      -Behr Josell Schwalbe, 28
      -Reÿline (female), 18
      -Moses Marcus, 19
      B. <http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/en/menu/lv/13/ig/13/ie/5507/book/30316.html>
      -Image 32. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842. Family #103:
      -6, Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 34, 42
      -his wife Dwaure, 44
      -7 his son Abraham, 19, 27 (In different handwriting ages are lightly crossed out and "18, 26" is added.)
      -8 his son Jossel, 3, 11
      -Image 82. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848. List # 95, Family #2:
      -6, Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 34, 48
      -his wife Dwaure, 44
      -7 his son Abraham, 18, 32
      -8 his son Jossel, 3, 17
      -Image 169. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 111, Family #59:
      -239 Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 50, 54 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 1853 in comment.]
      -his wife Dwaure
      -240 son Jossel, 19, 23
      -241 son Abraham, 34, 38 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 13 Oct 1852 in comment.]
      -242 his son Leme, 7, 11
      -243 his son Elias, ½, - , Elias died in 1850
      -Image 224. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #44, Family #54:
      -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) [Has other comments needing translation.]
      -his wife D'baure
      -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 [Has comments needing translation.]
      -his wife [Giele?]
      -230 his son Lämme, 15, 28
      -231 his son Hirsch, 5, 18
      -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 [Has comments needing translation.]
      -his wife Jette
      -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15
      -234 his son Elias, 1, 14. (14 crossed out. Comment that Elias died 1861.)
      -Image 252. Note this appears to be a duplicate entry to the one above with some changes. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #162, Family #54:
      -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.)
      -his wife Dbaure
      -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 (Comment that Abraham died 1872.)
      -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40
      -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15
      -234 his son Elias, 1, - (Comment that Elias died 1861.)
      -Image 262. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871. List #228, Family #54 (see above for family 59 – Abraham Herzenberg – for whom these are sons):
      -230 Lämme Herzenberg, 15, 28 [Both have extensive notes needing translation.]
      -231 Hirsch Herzenberg, 5, 18"

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