Rosenberg History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany
Israel

Rosenberg Ranking

In the United States, the name Rosenberg is the 1,489^th most popular surname with an estimated 19,896 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Rosenberg is ranked the 6,603^rd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2

Rosenberg migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rosenberg Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

E. R. Rosenberg went to New Orleans, La. in 1823
Frances Rosenberg, who arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1828 3
Moses F Rosenberg, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1841 3
Henry Rosenberg, who landed in Texas in 1843 3
Johanna Rosenberg, who landed in Texas in 1845 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Rosenberg Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

George Rosenberg, who arrived in Arkansas in 1901 3

Rosenberg migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Rosenberg Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Harris Rosenberg, (b. 1796), aged 46, Scottish silversmith who was convicted in Aberdeen, Scotland for life for arson, transported aboard the "Duchess of Northumberland" on 1st October 1842, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1859 4
Franz Joseph Ehrhard Rosenberg, aged 24, a farmer, who arrived in South Australia in 1847 aboard the ship "Gellert" 5
Henrietta Elisabeth Rosenberg, aged 22, who arrived in South Australia in 1847 aboard the ship "Gellert" 5
Augusta Bertha Rosenberg, aged 20, who arrived in South Australia in 1847 aboard the ship "Gellert" 5
J. Adolph Rosenberg, aged 17, a farmer, who arrived in South Australia in 1847 aboard the ship "Gellert" 5

Rosenberg migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Rosenberg Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Sven Rosenberg, (b. 1852), aged 22, German settler from German y travelling from London aboard the ship "Sussex" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 17th July 1874 6
Mr. Johannes Rosenberg, (b. 1854), aged 20, Swedish settler from Sweden travelling from London aboard the ship "Sussex" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 17th July 1874 6

Contemporary Notables of the name Rosenberg (post 1700) +

Leonard Rosenberg (1920-2004), birth name of Tony Randall, American Golden Globe winning actor, comic, producer and director
Leon Emanuel Rosenberg (1933-2022), American physician-scientist, geneticist, and educator, Dean of the medical school of Yale University
Justus Rosenberg (1921-2021), Polish-born, American professor emeritus of languages and literature at Bard College
Milton J. "Milt" Rosenberg (1925-2018), American psychology professor at the University of Chicago and radio host at WGN
Scott Rosenberg (b. 1963), American actor, screenwriter and film producer
Tina Rosenberg (b. 1960), American journalist and author awarded the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
Howard Rosenberg, American TV critic (retired) awarded the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Leonard Herman Rosenberg (b. 1912), founder and president of the Chesapeake Life Insurance Company
Harold Rosenberg (b. 1906), American writer and art critic
Alex Rosenberg (b. 1926), American mathematician at Cornell University
... (Another 45 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Rosenberg family +

Triangle Waist Company

Miss Jennie Rosenberg (b. 1890), Russian Jewish garment worker who was working at Triangle Waist Company factory at the Asch building in Greenwich Village on the 25th March 1911 when fire broke out; she died in the fire 7

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 20th July 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/duchess-of-northumberland
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) GELLERT 1847. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1847Gellert.htm
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (retrieved on 3rd August 2021.) Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire