Herzberg, Amalie

Plot Location	1H13
Surname	Herzberg
Given Name(s)	Amalie
Place of Birth	Chemulpo, Korea
Date of Birth (Eng)	February 6, 1890
Date of Birth (Heb)	7 Adar 5651
Date of Death (Eng)	October 28, 1890
Date of Death (Heb)	3 Cheshvan 5652
Age at Death	8 months and 22 days
Hebrew Name	ברכה בת שרה
Father's Name	Carl Herzberg
Mother's Name	Sarah Kammerling
Sex	F
Marital Status	S
Other Family Data	She had one brother, August Herzberg (b. August 3, 1885, Yokohama; d. February 17, 1947, SF). Three sisters, Mary Herzberg Staber (September 22, 1891, HK; d. March 9, 1956, Connecticut), Minna Herzberg Nantz (b. April 14, 1898, Shanghai; d. March 2, 1993, CA) and Anne Virginia Herzberg Hoffmann (b. March 29, 1901, Shanghai; d. April 13, 1977, CA), and a brother, Max Herzberg (b. May 3, 1905, Shanghai; d. December 13, 1983, SF), were born after she died. August was married to Bertha Lazarevitch of Kherson, Russia. They married in Shanghai and had three children — Dorothea Wilhelmina “Dolly” (b. October 14, 1908, Shanghai; July 19, 2005, Cupertino, CA), Hans (b. March 20, 1910, Shanghai; October 6, 2009, SF) and Bernard (b. 1910, Shanghai; d. 1928, Shanghai). Dorothea married J. John Mokrejs of Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the American Consulate in Shanghai on June 5, 1937.
Inscription (Eng)	IN MEMORY OF AMALIE HERZBERG BORN 6TH FEBRUARY 1890 AT CHEMULPO KOREA DIED 28TH OCTOBER 1890 IN HONG-KONG AGED 8 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS.
Inscription (Heb)	פנ נקבר ילדה ברכה בת שרה הערשבערג שנלדה ז אדר תרנא ונפתרה ביום ג לירח חשיון- שנת תרנב תנצבה
Inscription (Other)	“39” on the side
Historical	Chemulpo was an international port city, 25 miles southwest of Seoul, where Incheon is now. A “C. Herzberg” (most likely her father) was the second machinist on the Korean steamer “Hai Riong” in 1889 and 1890. In 1904, he is listed in a Shanghai directory as working for Arnhold, Karberg & Co. out of Hankow. Carl (b. March 9, 1857, Swidnica, Poland); Sarah (b. Germany)