Minden Family and Stories: A Hong Kong Connection to the Minden -- the British Royal Navy Ship

Starting from Max and Sophie ...

Something happened that scattered the branches of Max and Sophie Minden's family. It was partly the war, partly the Shoa, partly the urge to emigrate and its counterweight, the urge to stay in one safe place. As of the time when this blog is beginning, November 2014, many of their descendants live in the United States yet have never met in person; some of us have met those in France, in England, in Israel, in Australia ... and Canada, South America, and who knows where else we are. This is a space for sharing who we are and what we know about our past, as well as our present and future as a Global Family.

Sunday, December 21, 2025

A Hong Kong Connection to the Minden -- the British Royal Navy Ship

Public domain image of the HMS Minden.

I haven't forgotten this blog, but have spent a lot of time "head down" in historical research lately. I'll resume bringing information here in early 2026, g-d willing. Meanwhile, did you realize there was significant Royal Navy ship called the Minden? Here's a link to some great information. She was built in Bombay in 1810, served around the globe, and ended her life in 1861 in Bombay after use there as first a hospital and then a stores ship. For additional intrigue, tap the blue "Talk" at the top left of the Wikipedia page and see what's being investigated for this ship.

Image from a painting by George Chambers.

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A Common Language

This is Beth writing from Vermont (USA). I call Max and Sophie Generation A -- and their 11 children, grandparents of many of us who'll write here, are Generation 1. Ernest Minden (1898-1972) is part of Generation 1 and is my grandfather; his younger son Walter Minden (1925-1998) is my father and is part of Generation 2. I am part of Generation 3, and my sons are in Generation 4.

Working backward, Max Jechiel Minden (1859-1914) and Sophie (Feitler) Minden (1867-1949) are Generation A; Max's parents, Hertz Simon Minden and Sophia (Behrens) Minden, are in Generation B. And so on.

The point of using this blog, for now, is that I anticipate that we'll get to know each other through the stories we tell of our family -- and we can index them using the blog's keyword (tagging) functions, so we'll be able to look things up, gather stories together, and such. It's a workspace, intended for enjoyment, and not too formal, but also a research space where it's helpful to know the full names and dates as we go along.

So ... let us meet and share our stories!