The Genealogy and History of the Benjaminson Family

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1		Abraham Jacob Benjaminson in the 1930s.		Abraham Jacob Benjaminson
2		Beila Benjaminson and her grandchildren.	Beila Benjaminson came to South Africa from Latvia at the turn of the century. Here she is with her grandchildren, children of Bernhard and Betty Benjaminson.	Abigail Benjaminson Annie Benjaminson Dorothy Benjaminson Fanny Benjaminson Morris Benjaminson Nellie Benjaminson Philip Benjaminson Samuel Benjaminson Beila Nurick
3		Bernhard Benjaminson with his Police Band in South Africa.	Bernhard is the mustachioed man with the trombone seated in the middle. His son (my grandfather) Morris is the little boy seated at the left of the photograph.	Bernhard (Benjamin) Benjaminson Morris Benjaminson
4		Bernhard Benjaminson, his wife Betty (nee Nurick) and my father Albert in Staten Island, New York.		Bernhard (Benjamin) Benjaminson Betty Benjaminson
5		Bernhard Benjaminson, my great-grandfather	Taken in Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Bernhard (Benjamin) Benjaminson
6		Betty Benjaminson, née Basha Nurick, my great-grandmother.	This photo has been in widely-separated households of current-day Benjaminson families.	Basse (Betty) Nurick
7		Former synagogue in Aizpute (Hasenpoth), Latvia.	This is the pre-war synagogue in Aizpute, where a number of Benjaminson family members worshipped in the early 20th century. The building is now the town's community center.	Itzig Benjamin Benjaminson Joseph Benjaminson Michel David Benjaminson Wulf Benjaminson
8		Itzig-Benjamin Benjaminson, son of Wulf Benjaminson and Gitel Gavronsky, born 1889 in Aizpute (Hasenpoth).	Itzig-Benjamin was a pharmacist who worked for many years in Daugavpils, Latvia. He was killed by the Nazis either in Daugavpils or in Riga in 1941.	Itzig Benjamin Benjaminson
9		Jeva Benjaminson, nee Berenstein.	Jeva was born in Gaisin, on the Latvian/Russian border in 1899. She was killed in Latvia during the Holocaust.	Jeva Berenstein
10		Joseph (Jasep) Benjaminsohn, born in Hasenpoth, Latvia and killed by the Nazis in the Riga Ghetto.	Joseph fought in the Latvia War of Independence in 1919-1920 against German and White Russian forces. He later became an interior designer in Riga. In 1941, he and his family were sent to the Ghetto of Riga, where they were murdered by the Nazis.	Joseph Benjaminson Esther Esfir- Lea Stein
11		Lea Benjaminson, daughter of Wulf. Killed during the Holocaust in Libau, Latvia.	It is believed that Lea was shot on the beach of Libau in the executions carried out by the Nazis in December 1941.	Lea Benjaminson
12		Lipe Benjaminson - daughter of Wulf. Killed during Holocaust in Libau, Latvia.	It is believed that Lipe was shot on the beach of Libau in the executions carried out by the Nazis in December 1941.	Lipe Benjaminson
13		Michel-David Benjaminson	Born in Goldingen and died in 1939 in Libau.	Michel David Benjaminson
14		Minna, Fanny and Leah Nurick outside their family shop in Goldingen.	I found this photo in the Archives of the Jewish Museum in Riga.	Fanny Nurick Leah Nurick Minna Nurick
15		S.S. New York	This is the ship that carried my great-grandmother Betty and her nine(!) children from England to New York. Betty and the children left South Africa and travelled via England to meet Bernhard in New York.	Betty Benjaminson
16		S.S. Sardinian	This is the ship that brought my great-grandfather Bernhard from England to Canada after he left South Africa in 1906. Bernhard subsequently crossed the Canadian border into the U.S. by rail via Boston to New York.	Bernhard (Benjamin) Benjaminson
17		The bridge over the Venta River at Goldingen.		Abraham Jacob Benjaminson Israel Benesh Benjaminson Moses Benjaminson
18		The former synagogue in Goldingen, built in the early 19th century. It is now a cinema.		Wulff Jankel Benjaminson
19		The main market square in Goldingen, Courland Province, Latvia.	Most of the Benjaminson family can trace its roots back to this town as early as 1777. The town is now known as Kuldiga.	Jankel Benjaminson
20		The Nurick family house in Goldingen.	This was the house in which Gronom Elias Nurick's family and possibly the family of Fabian Nurick lived.	Fabian Feiwe Perutz-Philip Nurick Gronem Elias Nurick
21		The original Jewish community cheder, the elementary school in Goldingen.	This school was built in the late 19th century, and is now a music school. A commemorative plaque indicates its origins as the cheder.	Abraham Jacob Benjaminson Bernhard (Benjamin) Benjaminson Moses Benjaminson
22		The wedding of Abraham Jacob Benjaminson and Anna Schwarz in New York.		Abraham Jacob Benjaminson Anna Schwartz
23		Wulf Benjaminson, son of Itzik Benjamin Benjaminson.	Wulf Benjaminson, born on July 21, 1854 in Goldingen, died in 1928.	Wulf Benjaminson