Amsberg family

Four, or possibly three, two or one, Amsberg families occur in the City of Adelaide during the 19th century:

Benjamin Amsberg family
Julius Michael Amsberg family
Gabriel Gustavus Marcus Amsberg
Bernhard Amsberg family

Benjamin and Julius Michael are related at least by marriage, with Julius Michael marrying Frederica Amsberg, the daughter of Benjamin. Benjamin also had a brother Julius in Hamburg so it is possible that Julius Michael was a nephew or cousin of Benjamin. Bernhard may be a son of Benjamin. There is a level of confusion between Benjamin and Bernhard as both list themselves in business and personally as B. Amsberg. A B. Amsberg left for London in 1851 with his sister, but returned almost immediately. Benjamin Amsberg appears in news reports until 1854. All were members of the Adelaide Hebrew Congregation, with Bernhard, Julius Michael, Frederica and Gabriel Gustavus Marcus buried in the Jewish Section of Adelaide's West Terrace Cemetery. Both Gabriel Gustavus Marcus and Bernard list Malchin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin as their place of origin on their naturalisations, while Benjamin and Julius Michael do not have naturalisation records.

Benjamin Amsberg - arrived with Rose and Frederica aboard the Victoria in 1848.

m. Rose

__1. Frederica (1824-1853)

____m. Julius Michael Amsberg (1819-1888)

______1. No children

Julius Michael Amsberg (1819-1888) - arrived aboard the San Francisco in 1850.

m.(1) Frederica Amsberg (1824-1853)

_____1. No children

m.(2) Alice Maud Barnard (1839-1924)

_____1. Caroline Mary (1861-1942)

_____2. Frederick George Julius Solomon (1863-1949)

_____3. Louis Michael (1865-1875)