Samuel Goldenberg and his wife Nella (née Wiggins) lived in Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York, they moved to Paris in 1905. They were well known as dog fanciers, with their kennel name being "Nellcote".

In April 1912 the couple were travelling from Berlin, Germany to New York City. They boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as first class passengers (Ticket No. 17453, £89, 2s 1d), they occupied cabin C-92.

Mr and Mrs Goldenberg were rescued in lifeboat 5.

Nella and Sam Goldenberg divorced in France. He remained in France the rest of his life. His second wife, Edwiga, died in France in 1935. When Sam died on 11 October 1936 he left his estate to nieces and nephews in the United States.

Notes
Anne Hier, of the American Kennel Club writes: They raised English Toy Spaniels (called King Charles Spaniels in the UK) and French Bulldogs. Mrs Goldenberg was active in the Toy Spaniel Club of America and had served as secretary. In 1904, a Toy Spaniel they had imported from England, Ch. Darnall Kitty, was Best in Show at Westminster Kennel Club. Mr Goldenberg was an international dog show judge and discovered a dog in France in 1902 which he named Nellcote Gamin who became the modern progenitor of the French Bulldog breed. Mr Goldenberg was also the principal founder of the French Bulldog Club in Paris. A picture of Mrs Goldenberg is available in a 1905 issue of "Field and Fancy" magazine. Pictures of Mr Goldenberg are available in a magazine entitled, "The French Bulldog" published in 1913.
 An article in the "Kennel Gazette" from May, 1912 stated that Mr Goldenberg refused to board the lifeboat with his wife but when the boat was launched she cried out to him to say good-bye and since there were apparently no women passengers near by and the boat wasn't full, Bruce Ismay and one of the officers seized Goldenberg and threw him overboard.
 The Goldenberg's were on their way to attend the French Bull Dog Club of America's show on the 20th of April in NYC to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria. Goldenberg had agreed to be one of the judges in a $500 match at the end of the show and he kept his commitment. "The American Field" of April 27 states this fact and his choice in the balloting, but no mention of his experience on the Titanic.