Leah Herzenberg

1802 - 1871  (69 years)

• Name	Leah Herzenberg
  Born	1802	Ventspils (Windau), Courland, Latvia
  Gender	Female
  Died	1871	of Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia
  Buried	1871	Piltene Cemetery, Pilten (Piltene), Courland, Latvia
  Person ID	I3954	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

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

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 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: Name variations: Leah. PC shows b. 1802, d. 1871, Piltene Cemetery. BURIAL: 1. Nina Kossman [nina@ninakossman.com] reports that the cemetery in Piltene could be called 'the Herzenberg' cemetery because there are so many Herzenberg headstones. The Piltene cemetery is in a better condition than most although she can't really vouch for that as she saw it in winter and a lot of it was covered with snow. It would still be a huge amount of work to inventory and restore. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/