Hasenpoth- Aizpute
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Wulf- Hirsh Benjaminsohn was born in Goldingen in 1791. He died in Goldingen.
He had at least three sons:
* Feivesh, born on June 16, 1834 in Goldingen.
On August 26, 1864, Feivesh, also Feive married Hinka, also Hinka- Hanna born in 1842 to Daniel Danneman.
He had at least three sons:
* Feivesh, born on June 16, 1834 in Goldingen.
On August 26, 1864, Feivesh, also Feive married Hinka, also Hinka- Hanna born in 1842 to Daniel Danneman.
Feivesh and Hinka- Hanna had at least children:
- Tauba- Etta Benjaminsohn, born on December 26 1874 in Liepaja.
- Rocha- Riva Benjaminsohn, born in 1875
- Chana Benjaminsohn, born in 1877
- Mina- Asna Benjaminsohn
- Wulf- Behr Benjaminsohn, born on August 7, 1896
* Zalle Benjaminsohn, born in 1835 in Goldingen, married to Rebecca Michelson and died in Sabile.
Zalle and Rebecca had at least children:
- Wulf Benjaminsohn, born in 1870.
- Markus Benjaminsohn, born in 1876.
* Itzik- Benjamin Benjaminsohn, born in 1827 in Goldingen.
Itzik- Benjamin Benjaminsohn had at least two sons:
- Michel- David Benjaminsohn, born in 1857
Michel- David and his wife Jetta had, at least daughters:
° Gitel Benjaminsohn, born on December 8, 1893, born on December 8, 1893 in Hasenpoth.
Gitel Benjaminsohn birth record
- Wulf Benjaminsohn.
Itzik- Benjamisohn was married to Jetta, also Ita, born in 1822. She died on August 23, 1900 in Hasenpoth of heart disease at the age of 78.
Jetta Benjaminsohn death record
Wulf Benjaminsohn birth record in Russian, Hebrew and German
- Tauba- Etta Benjaminsohn, born on December 26 1874 in Liepaja.
- Rocha- Riva Benjaminsohn, born in 1875
- Chana Benjaminsohn, born in 1877
- Mina- Asna Benjaminsohn
- Wulf- Behr Benjaminsohn, born on August 7, 1896
* Zalle Benjaminsohn, born in 1835 in Goldingen, married to Rebecca Michelson and died in Sabile.
Zalle and Rebecca had at least children:
- Wulf Benjaminsohn, born in 1870.
- Markus Benjaminsohn, born in 1876.
* Itzik- Benjamin Benjaminsohn, born in 1827 in Goldingen.
Itzik- Benjamin Benjaminsohn had at least two sons:
- Michel- David Benjaminsohn, born in 1857
Michel- David and his wife Jetta had, at least daughters:
° Gitel Benjaminsohn, born on December 8, 1893, born on December 8, 1893 in Hasenpoth.
Gitel Benjaminsohn birth record
Itzik- Benjamisohn was married to Jetta, also Ita, born in 1822. She died on August 23, 1900 in Hasenpoth of heart disease at the age of 78.
Jetta Benjaminsohn death record
Wulf Benjaminsohn
Wulf Benjaminsohn was born to Itzik-
Benjamin Benjaminsohn in Goldingen and Jetta on July 22, 1854. Itzik-
Benjamin was born in Goldingen in 1827, Jetta, in 1822.
Wulf Benjaminsohn birth record in Russian, Hebrew and German
But on his marriage record
Wulf Benjaminsohn was born in 1864 to Itzik. On August 4, 1887 he
married Gitel, born in 1865( December7, 1860, according to her birth
record) to Jankel Kavronski( Gavronsky) in Warsaw, Poland. The
witnesses were Rabbi Hirsh Nurock and Kalman Shlosberg, the dowry of
3000 rubles. Wulf was a peddler in 1887 according to the marriage record and a trader in the 1900 record.
Wulf Benjaminsohn marriage record in Russian and Hebrew
Wulf Benjaminsohn
Gitel Benjaminsohn
In 1900, 1901 Wulf Benjaminsohn was a treasurer at the synagogue of Hasenpoth.
Wulf Benjaminsohn died on March 2, 1928 in Libau. His wife Gitel, died died on July 4, 1940 in Libau.
Wulf and Gitel Benjaminsohn had at least eight children:
Jeheskiel Benjaminsohn
In 1900, 1901 Wulf Benjaminsohn was a treasurer at the synagogue of Hasenpoth.
Translation: " Done on February 1, 1900.
Rabbi: Doctor Leopold Levenshtern
Synagoguewarden: Zhanno Feinberg
Treasurer: Wulf Benjaminsohn and Itzik Beinitz"
Rabbi: Doctor Leopold Levenshtern
Synagoguewarden: Zhanno Feinberg
Treasurer: Wulf Benjaminsohn and Itzik Beinitz"
Wulf and Gitel Benjaminsohn had at least eight children:
Jeheskiel Benjaminsohn
Jeheskiel Benjaminsohn was born in
Hasenpoth on July 5, 1890. Circumcized on July 12 by Movsha- Leib
Mikhelsohn and the shochet Itzik- Leib Grinberg.
Jeheskiel Benjaminsohn birth record
Jeheskiel Benjaminsohn birth record
Jeheskiel Benjaminsohn served in Kurzemes Engineers Battalion as Senior Sergeant in the pharmacy branch.
Sheina- Roza Benjaminsohn
Sheina- Roza Benjaminsohn was born on September 23, 1891 in Hasenpoth.
Sheina- Roza Benjaminsohn birth record in Russian and Hebrew
Sheina- Roza Benjaminsohn birth record in Russian and Hebrew
Sheina- Roza was a housewife and killed in the holocaust in Liepaja.
Lipa Benjaminsohn
Lina Benjaminsohn was born in Hasenpoth on January 6, 1893.
Lipa Benjaminsohn birth record
Lipa Benjaminsohn
Lipa Benjaminsohn
It is believed that Lipe was shot on the beach of Libau in the executions carried out by the Nazis in December 1941.
Lea Benjaminsohn
Lea Benjaminsohn was born on July 13, 1894.
Lea Benjaminsohn birth record in Russian and Hebrew
Lea Benjaminsohn
Lea Benjaminsohn birth record in Russian and Hebrew
Lea Benjaminsohn
It is believed that Lea was shot on the beach of Libau in the executions carried out by the Nazis in December 1941.
Itzik- Benjamin Benjaminsohn
Itzik- Benjamin Benjaminsohn birth record in Russian and Hebrew
Itzik- Benjamin Benjaminsohn was born on
January 2, 1889 in Hazenpoth. Circumcized on January 10 by the shochet
Itzik- Leib Grinberg.
Itzik- Benjamin Benjaminsohn birth record in Russian and Hebrew
Itzik
was married in 1924 in Libau to Jeva Berenstein, born on February16, 1899 in Gaisin, Russia.
Itzik- Benjamin Benjaminsohn
Jeva Benjaminsohn
They had a daughter named Esther, born in Aizpute on July 12, 1926, and Jeva and Esther are presumed to
have been killed in the aktions in Libau in December 1940.
Itzik-Benjamin was killed by the Nazis in Daugavpils where he was working as a pharmacist.
Itzik-Benjamin was killed by the Nazis in Daugavpils where he was working as a pharmacist.
Joseph Benjaminsohn
Joseph Benjaminsohn was born in Aizpute on April 15, 1900 and circumcized on April 22 by Movsha- Leib Mikhelovich.
Joseph Benjaminsohn birth record in Russian and Hebrew
Joseph Benjaminsohn married Esfir- Lea, born Stein on May 7, 1910..
Joseph Benjaminsohn Esfir- Lea Benjaminsohn
They lived on Zala st 3 in Riga, according to the 1940 Latvia Telephone Directory :
Joseph Benjaminsohn birth record in Russian and Hebrew
Joseph Benjaminsohn married Esfir- Lea, born Stein on May 7, 1910..
Joseph Benjaminsohn Esfir- Lea Benjaminsohn
They lived on Zala st 3 in Riga, according to the 1940 Latvia Telephone Directory :
Joseph fought in the War of Latvian
Liberation in the 11th Aizpute Infantry Regiment, became an interior
designer in Riga, and was shot in the Central Prison or in the
Bikernieki Forest in Riga in July 1941. His wife Esfir-Lea and daughter Ruth, born on May 15, 1932, died in the Rumbuli
massacres in Riga later that year.
Joseph Benjaminsohn page of Testimony
Joseph Benjaminsoh death record from the Central Prison in Riga from the summer of 1940 which listed
all his personal possessions that were taken from him when he was "arrested".
The line drawn through his name means that he was executed.
According to the relevant histories, most of the Jewish males picked up during July-August
1940 were either shot in the prison or in the Bikernieki Forest in Riga.
all his personal possessions that were taken from him when he was "arrested".
The line drawn through his name means that he was executed.
According to the relevant histories, most of the Jewish males picked up during July-August
1940 were either shot in the prison or in the Bikernieki Forest in Riga.
Joseph Benjaminsohn page of Testimony
The descendants of Moses Benjaminsohn
Moses Benjaminsohn was born in 1846 in Goldingen to Benjamin- Jankel Benjaminsohn, born in 1804 in Neuhausen and Feiga, born in 1803 in Goldingen.( Benjamin-Jankel Benjaminsohn was the first cousin of Wulf-Hirsch Benjaminsohn) His wife was Beila Nurick, born in 1846 to Abraham Nurick, born in 1804 in Goldingen to Itchke "Shkedder" Nurick, born in abt 1770 in Schkeiden, Latvia. Moses' wife, Beila Nurick, was actually the cousin of Bernhard's wife Bassa( see below). Moses is the biggest mystery as it has been impossible to find out where or when he died? As an adult he lived in Libau, and supposedly he was the leader of a Russian military band. Unfotunately, there is no death record for him there. In about 1900, Moses' widow Beila came to South Africa to live with Bernhard, so Moses dies before then.
They had children:
- Annie Benjaminsohn, born in 1871 in Goldingen. Died in Boston, MA, USA.
- Lily Benjaminsohn, born in 1879 in Libau( birth not registered, as for many girls then). Died in Port Elisabeth, South Africa on October 17, 1955
- Masha, born in 1889 in Libau( birth not registered). Died in Port Elisabeth, South Africa on October 3, 1955.
- and Benjamin ( Bernhard) Benjaminsohn, born on March 28, 1870 in Goldingen.
Moses Benjaminsohn was born in 1846 in Goldingen to Benjamin- Jankel Benjaminsohn, born in 1804 in Neuhausen and Feiga, born in 1803 in Goldingen.( Benjamin-Jankel Benjaminsohn was the first cousin of Wulf-Hirsch Benjaminsohn) His wife was Beila Nurick, born in 1846 to Abraham Nurick, born in 1804 in Goldingen to Itchke "Shkedder" Nurick, born in abt 1770 in Schkeiden, Latvia. Moses' wife, Beila Nurick, was actually the cousin of Bernhard's wife Bassa( see below). Moses is the biggest mystery as it has been impossible to find out where or when he died? As an adult he lived in Libau, and supposedly he was the leader of a Russian military band. Unfotunately, there is no death record for him there. In about 1900, Moses' widow Beila came to South Africa to live with Bernhard, so Moses dies before then.
They had children:
- Annie Benjaminsohn, born in 1871 in Goldingen. Died in Boston, MA, USA.
- Lily Benjaminsohn, born in 1879 in Libau( birth not registered, as for many girls then). Died in Port Elisabeth, South Africa on October 17, 1955
- Masha, born in 1889 in Libau( birth not registered). Died in Port Elisabeth, South Africa on October 3, 1955.
- and Benjamin ( Bernhard) Benjaminsohn, born on March 28, 1870 in Goldingen.
Benjamin( Bernhard) Benjaminsohn
Bernhard and Betty emigrated to Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1893, where he
worked as a violinist and the leader of the Port Elizabeth Police Band. Betty
worked with a number of her sisters managing general stores and hotels in Port
Elizabeth, Alexandria and Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. They and their children
emigrated again to New York in 1907, and Bernhard worked as a bandmaster in the
vaudeville industry in New York until he died in 1923. Betty lived until 1937.
Their eldest son Morris (Moses) was a plumbing
contractor in New York, and his son was Albert who served as a radar
specialist in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War and then worked as an
electronics engineer for Hewlett-Packard. Albert is still living at the age of
92!In Libava( Liepaja) on November 1, 1891
Benjamin Benjaminsohn married Basha, born in 1870 to Fabian
Nurick( Nurock on the record) from Goldingen. The rabbi was Rabbi
Kantor and the witnesses: Abram Rabinovich and Behr Gakel. Dowry: 500
rubles
Benjamin( Bernhard) and Basha( Betty) Benjaminsohn marriage record
Bernhard Benjaminsohn
Betty Benjaminsohn
Bernhard Benjaminsohn and his police band, taken in Port Elizabeth, South Africa circa 1900.
Bernhard is sitting in the middle with the large mustache and the trombone.
His son (Eric Benjaminsohn' s grandfather) Morris Benjaminsohn
is the little boy sitting on the ground holding the violin.
Bernhard is sitting in the middle with the large mustache and the trombone.
His son (Eric Benjaminsohn' s grandfather) Morris Benjaminsohn
is the little boy sitting on the ground holding the violin.
Photos and info submitted by Eric Benjaminsohn, Benjamin, Mozes Benjaminsohn's Grandson and Albert Benjaminsohn's son.
In memory of Bernhard, Joseph, Esfir, and Ruth Benjaminsohn (Kuldiga, Aizpute, Riga) by Eric Benjaminsohn
In memory of Bernhard, Joseph, Esfir, and Ruth Benjaminsohn (Kuldiga, Aizpute, Riga) by Eric Benjaminsohn