Jacob Blumberg

'SS Birma-Brink-Anna-1911' Picture Notes Jacob Bloomberg lived in Mitau, Kurland, Latvia.  Ref. SS Birma passenger list showing Anna Brink arriving in New York, New York June 21, 1911.

Jacob is no longer alive.

• General Notes

  Ellen (Gorham) Brink contends that Charles Brink and Anna Blumberg were cousins.  Hope to verify via DNA tests.
  
  Jacob Blumberg lived in Mitau, Kurland, Latvia.  Ref. SS Birma passenger list showing Anna Brink arriving in New York, New York June 21, 1911.
  
  He was probably Jewish.  Refer to the following excerpt taken from Dr. S. Lipschitz
  "The Jews in Latvia". Editorial board: M. Bobe, S. Levenberg, I. Maor, Z. Michaeli. © 1971
  Association of Latvian and Esthonian Jews in Israel. Used with permission.  This information was found on the internet.
  
  "JEWS
  
  JEWS settled in Kurland earlier than in other parts of Latvia.
  According to the historian Reuven Wunderbar, Jewish settlement there began in the 16th
  century. The first-comers originated from East Prussia. They came by sea as merchants,
  and eventually established their home in Hasenpot and Pilten. The Bishop of Pilten
  encouraged Jews to stay, realizing the usefulness of their trading between Prussia and his
  district. The greater part of Jewish immigration into Kurland, however, came across the
  southem border, namely from Lithuania.
  Kurland was incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1795. Its Jewish population at that
  time amounted to less than 5000 souls. It is interesting to note that only 20% lived in
  towns, while 80% found a livelihood in the countryside, on the large estates of the German
  Barons, as petty artisans, innkeepers, land tenants and peddlars. In 1850, fifty-five years
  later, the Jewish population in Kurland had grown to 22,000; and by the end of the
  century, in 1897, it reached the impressive number of 51,000."

Details of Jacob's family with  Brink  (Brinke)