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Hoffenberg's In South Africa, 1890's to 1940's
« on: Sunday 02 March 14 07:45 GMT (UK) »
My Grandfather Ben Hoffenberg (b 1891, Erzvilkas, Lithuania, d. 1963, Durban) was a fairly well known Dealer in Skins and Hides based in PE. He had a brother, Jacob Hoffenberg (b 1887) who also made his way to SA  to attend his brothers wedding in 1917, then left for New York (early 1918) to act as an agent for his brother. The only other records I have for Jacob Hoffenberg are - a WW I Draft registration card, and gravestone in Cradock dated 1938 . Other siblings include Minnie Florence / Reiback (lived PE area) and Sarah Margolis (Cape Town), both sisters arrived in SA circa 1924. Their Jewish Names tie in with the Cradock Gravestone ie end in "... Shlomo Gershon Hoffenberg".

I would be very interested to learn anything at all of Jacob Hoffenberg's life - did he have a family of his own? why did he return to South Africa? Of his sisters, I know nothing, that comes next!

My principal resources are Ancestry.com, Myheritage, Fold3, Jewishgen.org NAIIRS, Rootweb SA and Google.

As part of my ongoing research, I have compiled a database of all known Hoffenberg's / Gofenberg's who arrived / resided in South Africa between 1860 and 1930 if anyone is interested in a copy.

Many thanks in advance
Hoffenberg, Gofenberg, Rosenberg, Lazar, Wolff

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Re: Hoffenberg's In South Africa, 1890's to 1940's
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 02 March 14 08:26 GMT (UK) »
I found the following to start you off on one of the sisters  :)  A site that you might also find of interest is chrysalis.its.uct.ac.za which deals with Jewish genealogy in South Africa.

DEPOT     TAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MHG                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 13123/74                                                             
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          REIBACK, MINNIE. (FORMERLY FLORENCE, BORN HOFFENBERG).               
STARTING  19740000                                                             
ENDING    19740000                                                             
REMARKS   SURVIVING SPOUSE ISSY REIBACK. PREDECEASED SPOUSE ISAAC FLORENCE

DEPOT     TAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MHG                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 1935/76                                                               
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          REIBACK, ISSY.                                                       
STARTING  19760000                                                             
ENDING    19760000                                                             
REMARKS   PREDECEASED SPOUSE MINNIE REIBACK. PREDECEASED - DIVORCED SPOUSE     
           ZELDA REIBACK.
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Re: Hoffenberg's In South Africa, 1890's to 1940's
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 02 March 14 09:11 GMT (UK) »
Not sure if you have a picture of Jacobs grave? If not go to this link http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1120810 and
DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 6/9/5109                                                             
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 59859                                                                 
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          HOFFENBERG, JACOB. ESTATE PAPERS.                                     
STARTING  19380000                                                             
ENDING    19380000
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Re: Hoffenberg's In South Africa, 1890's to 1940's
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 02 March 14 10:15 GMT (UK) »
If you go to familysearch, Africa, Cape Province Civil deaths, browse images, 1938, then Cradock image 295 is the death notice for Jacob.  It shows that he was single when he died.
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Re: Hoffenberg's In South Africa, 1890's to 1940's
« Reply #4 on: Monday 03 March 14 00:37 GMT (UK) »
Many thanks for all your helpful advice. Does anyone know if the defunct Ancestry24 site records have been migrated / published in Ancestry.com or elsewhere?
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Re: Hoffenberg's In South Africa, 1890's to 1940's
« Reply #5 on: Monday 03 March 14 05:53 GMT (UK) »
I think that they are now available on the Ancestry.com website
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