Bernstamm on the All-Latvia Database

16 Jul 2004

Riga Tax Administration List, Fond 1394

This list contains 36 people with the surname Bernstamm and 5 others whose maiden name was Bernstamm or Berenstamm. As best as I can tell, here is how they are related to each other:

FIRST THREAD

Avraam Bernstamm

1. Peisak Bernstamm [1801/2 – 1868]

m Rebecca Ton [1807/8 – 1868] – since two grandchildren of Peisak born just after 1868 have her name

A. Adolf Bernstamm [1826/7

1. Isaak Bernstamm [Oct 1851

2. Israil (Isidor) Bernstamm [Apr 1854

a. Adolf (Arthur) Bernstamm [Apr 1881

b, Josiph Bernstamm [Jan 1890

3. David Bernstamm [Dec 1855

4. Herman (Hirsch) Bernstamm [Aug 1857

5. Leopold (Bernhard) Bernstamm [Apr 1859

6. Samuil (Solomon) Bernstamm [Oct 1860

7?. Sara Bernstamm [1862 – all children have birthdates in the same form except Sara

B. Israel Hirsch Bernstamm [1834/5

1. Scherkel Bernstamm [1864

2.? Chaja Lena [1866/7 – not in same form as other children

3.? Raphail Bernstamm [Dec 1867 – not in same form as other children

4. Rebecca Bernstamm [1870

5. Peisak (Pavel) Bernstamm [1871 – 1896]

6. Jacha Jacobina Bernstamm [1874

7.? Hana (Anna) Bernstamm [1885 – too late?

C. Behr (Bernhard) Bernstamm [1839/40

1. Rebecca Bernstamm [1873

2. Pavel Bernstamm [Apr 1875

D. Schenny Bernstamm [1842/3

SECOND THREAD

Samuil Bernstamm

A. Wulf Bernstamm [1851/2

m Lina Kreizer [1855/6

1. Rosa Bernstamm [1881/2

2. Etta Bernstamm [1882/3

3. Samuil Laser Bernstamm [Dec 1885

4. Pavel Bernstamm [Aug 1887

See the Riga Passport and Travel Documents Registration List below for different dates on this family.

INDIVIDUALS NOT LISTED ABOVE

Annetta (Enta) Lewenstein [1830/1

m ? Bernstamm – could be Adolf (1A above)

Bassa R?sle [1833/4

m ? Bernstamm – could be Israel Hirsch

Dorothea Schifer [1862/3 – no other Bernstamms recorded in 1889

m ? Bernstamm

Ernestina (Esfir) Kronberg [1846/7 – almost surely the mother of Chaja Lena (1B2 above)

m ? Bernstamm

Mina Rosenstein, daughter of Peter

m ? Bernstamm

Gotliba Berenstamm [? - <1904]

m ? Davidoff

Hanna Berenstamm

m ? Davidoff

Fanny/Freida Bernstamm [1842/3

m ? Levy

Sara Berenstam [1828/9

m ? Jacobsohn – She married Moses Wulf Jacobsohn - THIS IS MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER AND WE KNOW HER DESCENDANTS.

All-Russia 1897 Census

Joseph Berenstamm

1. Hanna Berenstamm [1861/2, Mitau

m Jankel Kurlandtschik, a tailor, son of Itzik, from Ponewjez in Kovno province [1853/4

couple living at Kluchevaya 11-69, Riga

Riga Passport and Travel Documents Registration List 1900

Ruben Josel Bernstamm

1. Benz Ezichiol Bernstamm, a tailor, from Jelgava, living at Romanovskaya 72, Riga

Samuel Bernstamm

1. Wulff Bernstamm [1854/5

m Lina ? [1858/9

a. Rosa Bernstamm [1884/5

b. Jetta Bernstamm [1885/6

c. Samuel Laser Bernstamm [1887/8

d. Paula Bernstamm [1889/90

all living at Alexandrovskaya 85, Riga

This is clearly the same family as detailed in the Riga Tax Administration Lists, but the dates here are consistently 3 years later than the dates there. Furthermore, here the fourth child is Paula (ostensibly a daughter), while there the fourth child is Pavel (a son). I think that these dates, which are gotten by working back from ages given in 1900, may represent a 3-year wait for registration – that is, the forms may have been completed in 1897, which would then make the dates agree.

Courland Enlistment Registers and Family Lists 1845-1874

FROM JELGAVA

Family 269

Levin Bernstam

1. Benjamin Bernstam [1797/8 – oklad 923

Family 542

Schlaum Bernstamm

1. Levin Bernstamm [1788/9 – oklad 1683

A. Samuel Bernstamm [1814/5 – oklad 1684

B. Joseph Bernstamm - oklad 1685

C. Wilhelm Bernstamm - oklad 1686

Family 181

Jankel Bernstamm [1894/5 – oklad 671

1. Abraham Bernstamm [1818/9 – oklad 672

2. Chatzkel Bernstamm [1828/9 – oklad 673

Family 585

Elias Bernstamm

1. Joseph Bernstamm – oklad 1779

Family 110

Josua Bernstamm - THIS IS MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER

1. Wulff Bernstamm [? – 1840] – oklad 390

A. Moses Bernstamm [1815/6 – oklad 393

B. Solomon Laser Bernstamm [1821/2 – oklad 391

C. Meyer Abraham [1826/7 – oklad 392

2. Moses Iser Bernstamm – oklad 389

3. Levin Bernstamm – oklad 394 – Levin's family is the family number 133 from Tuckums below.

Family 47

Behr Bernstamm

1. Levin Bernstamm – This might be the same person as 1A in Family 133

FROM TUCKUMS

Family 133

Levin Bernstamm

1. Behr Bernstamm [1821/2 – oklad 395

m Beile

A. Levin Bernstamm [1853/4 – oklad 396

B. Feiowe Bernstamm [1856/7 – oklad 397

2. Jankel Bernstamm [1823/4 – oklad 398

m Gitte

FROM BAUSKA (no family numbers given)

Basse Bernstamm [1814/5

Behr Bernstamm [? - <1874]

Ette Bernstamm [1851/2

Lewin Scheps Bernstamm [? - <1874]

1. Itzig Bernstamm [1842/3 – 1871]

Judel Bernstamm [1836/7

Keile Glücke Bernstamm

Meyer Bernstamm [1848/9

Moses Chaim Bernstamm [1825/6 – 29 Mar 1900, Bauska]

Selde Bernstamm [? - 9 Jun 1859]

FROM LIEPAJA

Family 97

Diene Bernstamm – oklad 238

m Goldbrg

Courland Voters Lists 1907 Duma, including 1905 Windau/Ventpils

FROM BAUSKA

Sholomo Bernshtam

1. Peres Bernshtam

Girsh/Hirsch Bernshtam

1. Peysach Bernshtam

Courland Passlosen – Jews without Lawful Permit

IN BAUSKA, 29 June 1855

Schachne Scheps Bernstamm (Bernstam)

1. Moses Heim (Chaim) Bernstamm (Bernstam)

these two are also on Courland Vedomosti list on 13 Dec 1858 for owing a light tax.

Together with the Enlistment registers list above, this means that Schachne and Lewin were two sons of a Scheps Bernstamm in Bauska.

Courland Vedomosti

Lina Bernstamm – travels to interior of Empire 22 Jun 1860

JewishGen Online Burial Registry

Rebecca Bernstam [? – 1938, Jekabpils]

Jewish Inhabitants of Riga 1885/6

Haje Leje Bernstamm [1824/6, Mitau

Idel Bernstamm, a retired soldier [1854/6, Riga

Henne Bernstamm [1868/70, Bauska

Male Jews Entitled to Reside in Hasenpoth/Aizpute 1834

Jakob Berenstamm

1. Markus Berenstamm [1815/6

2. Simon Berenstamm [1820/1

3. Behr Berenstamm [1827/8

This list compiled by Zalman Usiskin, z-usiskin@uchicago.edu