Samuel or Shmuel Herzenberg

1867 - 1934  (67 years)

• Name	Samuel or Shmuel Herzenberg
  Birth	1867	Liepaja (Libau), Courland, Latvia
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Dec 1934	Klerksdorp, South Africa
  Person ID	I4030	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Eleazer Herzenberg,   b. , , Latvia
  Family ID	F1708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Celia Glaser,   b. From 1875 to 1879, , Courland, Latvia d. 21 Jan 1961, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1898	, Courland, Latvia
  Children	1. Leo or Arye-Leib Herzenberg,   b. 24 Aug 1898, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa d. 17 Jun 1982, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (Age 83 years)   2. Herman Herzenberg,   b. 21 Jan 1903, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa d. 19 Aug 1962, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 59 years)   3. Eileen Herzenberg   d. From 1970 to 1990, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Family ID	F1980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Information from Peter Bruce Herzenberg from his website: Wife is Margaret Renee Ellen Longshaw, b. 5 Apr 1950 who he married 1 Oct 1970 in Salisbury, Rhodesia. They have two children: Collette Geniene, b. 1 Jun 1973, and Jaysen, b. 1 Sep 1976. Parents are Herman Herzenberg and Marjorie Yeend Mitchell. Grandfather is Samuel (ben Eleazer) [Yiddish: Leiser]. Peter was b. 17 Jul 1946 in Klerksdorp, South Africa. 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 HL for Leonardo Herzenberg, HG is Gail Herzenberg, and YL is Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to this individual: Names Samuel or Shmuel bar Eleazar. HL016 shows b. 1867 in Libava, Latvia, d. 5 Dec 1934 in Klerksdorp, South Africa, m. Glaser. YL. HW. HG017. Peter also notes: "Samuel - He seems correctly placed, except he is mentioned in Gabriel William's records as having left for South Africa in 1880 and a close relative. This is consistent with his descendants recollections. Samuel's name on his grave stone in South Africa reads: 'Shmuel Bar Eleazer'. This suggests that Zvi Hirsh may also have been known as Eleazar and Samuel was his son. While Gabriel's records say the names are in age order which appears to throw Samuel 'out'. Still, he is shown and therefore as a son, he would have been the eldest brother, born in 1867. Since 30 years would have passed between Gabriel's, first recollections, say aged 10, and Samuel having left Latvia in 1880, it is not inconceivable he would not have had any recollections other than a name, and then unsure where to place him." Trader. Left Latvia for the USA in 1881, aged 14. In 1884 he went to South Africa where he opened the largest trading store on the gold reef, supplying the mines. Bad luck plagued him; a fire putting paid to his fortunes, and an early onset of Parkinson's disease made work impossible. The Glaser family supported his wife and three children. 3. Len Yodaiken in his paid research report "The Herzenbergs of Piltene and Liepaja Latvia," 1 Jan 2000, shows name as Samuel Solomon Herzenberg. MARRIAGE: 1. Date and place are unsubstantiated guesses only by Kerry Petersen. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/