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Created by [[Benjamin Hollister]] and made available under [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0]]. | Created by [[Benjamin Hollister]] and made available under [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0]]. | ||
Bernhard was one of five members of the Amsbergs to migrate to South | Bernhard was one of five members of the [[Amsberg family name|Amsbergs]] to migrate to South Australia. During his time in South Australia he created the successful B. Amsberg and Co company, acting as freight and passage agents as well as importing and exporting directly, and was appointed the firstly the consul for Hamburg and the for the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg, positions he held until German unification in 1871. | ||
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Little is know of the the Amsbergs in Hamburg or Mecklenburg. Bernhard was born in about 1827 to a Jewish family in Malchin in Mecklenburg, but by the mid 1840s was living in Hamburg | |||
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Bernhard Amsberg (c. 1827 - 19 October 1902) was a merchant from Hamburg who ran a successful import/export business in Adelaide and was the Consul in South Australia for both the Free City of Hamburg and the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg.
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| Born | c. 1827 Malchin, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg |
| Died | 19 October 1902 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Resting place | Jewish Section, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia |
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Biography
Created by Benjamin Hollister and made available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0.
Bernhard was one of five members of the Amsbergs to migrate to South Australia. During his time in South Australia he created the successful B. Amsberg and Co company, acting as freight and passage agents as well as importing and exporting directly, and was appointed the firstly the consul for Hamburg and the for the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg, positions he held until German unification in 1871.
In Germany
Little is know of the the Amsbergs in Hamburg or Mecklenburg. Bernhard was born in about 1827 to a Jewish family in Malchin in Mecklenburg, but by the mid 1840s was living in Hamburg
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