Riga Ancestors


Josiph and sons. Benjamin, Josiph.Liew, Emmanuel. Beinus not in photo		Emmanuel,Liew,Beinus,Benjamin,Hanna


Prussak family in 1912. Benjamin, Liew, Freda, Hanna, Josiph, Emmanuel, Beinus. Contact Jo Prussak

Brennsohn Family (Brenson) These are the relatives of Nina Kossman

(left) Isidor Brenson (aka Issidorus Brennsohn, b. 15 September 1854, d. 1927), an orthopaedic doctor and a historian of medicine, had a private practice in Riga. He compiled and published a biographical dictionary of the doctors of Courland; his other works included dictionaries of the doctors of Livland and of Estland (Estonia). Klara Hertzenberg (right, d. 1939) was his wife. Great grandparents of Nina.


Isidor and Clara Brenson's four children, left to right: my great-aunt Ellen Brenson, grandmother Ruth Brenson, great-uncle Theo Brenson, and great-uncle Robby Brenson. They were born and raised in Mitau/Jelgava. Only Theo survived the war, as he was not living in Latvia at the time. Robby Brenson (b. 7 March 1889) graduated from law school and worked in Riga for a law firm. He had two sons, Erik and Enar. Robby and Enar and Eric were all taken away and killed by Latvians during July, 1941 Ruth and Ellen were taken to the Riga ghetto and perished there.


left to right: my great-aunt Ellen Brenson Melzer(b. 23 December 1895 d. 1941), an orthopaedic physician; her husband, Yakov Melzer, a pianist; and their son Anatol (6 years old). All three were killed by the Germans in Nazi-occupied Latvia.


Two photos of my paternal grandmother Ruth Brenson Kossman (b. 28 March 1885 d. 1941). Contact Nina Kossman

2nd Row Ida Moishe Lazer (great grandfather of Helen Colby) Malka Edelstein Jacobsen(great grandmother of Helen) Sonya

L-R Top row: Jean Watkins Schienvar, Morris Goldfarb, Samuel Watkins, Joseph Watkins

Samuel Watkins was great great grandfather of Jake and was born on July 20th, 1882 in Riga.

Aronson	Dorfman	Hirshberg
Hirshman	Keilmann	Kviatkowski
Lijinsky	Prussak	Sher
Treskonof/Trefkonov	Brennsohn Family (Brenson)	Waldstein
Jacobsen	Bock Watkins Goldfarb


Mowscha Dorfman my great- grandfather from Riga born 1820 and died 1883 in Riga. His father came from Birzai Lithuania to Riga. The family lived at Moscow street 25 in 1870 and in the house of Dreyling at 163 Moscow Street in 1879.		Dveire Behrman my great-grandmother and third wife of Mowscha born circa 1844 and died 1897 Riga. Her father Judah Orel was from Lygumai(Ligem) Lithuania near Birzai. Dveire was living in Jekabpils when Mowscha married her.


Aaron Dorfman my grandfather b Jekabpils 1878 and grew up in Riga. He died 1937 in Johannesburg South Africa. The family lived at Neurosiche Street 25 in 1881.		Rebecca Sher my grandmother born Pandelys Lith circa 1879 and died in Johannesburg South Africa 1961. She grew up in Riga.The baby is Firstborn daughter Dora b 1902.
Aaron and Rebecca married in Manchester December 1901.


Robert's mother Doris and her sister Ingeborg Keilmann johanna Berlin 1938		Hanna(Johanna Olga) Keilmann Riga 1873/4 great grand aunt


L to R Henriette,Alexander,Isidor,Victori Henriette and Philipp Isaak Philipp Keilmann family Riga 1872 gg grandmother Henrietteand gg grandfather Philipp Isaak , great grand uncle Alexander ggrandfather Isidor and great grand aunt Victori Henriette		Nikolai Alexander Keilmann and wife Anna Johanna(Hirn) Heidelberg 1919 Nikolai medical student

Dr Philipp and Henriette Hode Keilmann Riga 1855/60 gg grandparents (Henriette nee Kretschmann)

Top Row L to R
Willie Hirshman,Albert Segal (holding Lottie Hirshman)	John Aronson. Rebecca Aronson(Hirshman)

Middle Row L to R
Phil Hirshman, Clara Hirshman, Becky Hirshman Lijinsky, Yetta Segal. Ella Aronson,(holding Lillian Aronson) Adolph Hirshman,twin brother of Rebecca Aronson

Front Row L to R
Edith Hirshman	Rose Aronson


Zlata Hirshberg(neeJoel,1873-1941) Son Leo/Leib(1905-1941) on L Son Michael/Moses(1906-1941) on R	Michael Hirschberg and his horse 23rd May,1939
The Hirschberg sons were both lawyers and the family lived at 43 Marienstrasse in Riga.


Nikolai Alexander,Paul Otto and Harriet Ellen Keilmann Children of Isidor and Eugenie Keilmann Riga 1901		Family Hermann(Hirsch) Jacobovitsch Mendelsohn 1907 Rabbi Hermann b 1835/36 Mitau Brother-in -law of gg grandparents Philipp and Henriette


Presumably Lubja and Esther	In ca.1933 Gutha Rescue Kviatkovsk from Copenhagen visited her cousin Vera in Riga. Gutha far left and Vera in garden in Riga.	Vera in Riga with a Danish Relative


Freda Prussak nee Gittleson. Killed in Holocaust in Riga probably 1941.		Liew, Benjamin, Emmanuel and Beinus (in that order). Benjamin and Emmanuel also died in the holocaust in Riga at the same time as Freda. Photo taken early 1920's, in Riga


David Jacobsen killed in Riga according to his descendants	Mary or Sonya Jacobsen	Ida Jacobsen Jackson Kruglikoff Lived in New York then California