Four of them, the daughters Anna and Fernanda and sons Robert and Edmond, were born within a period of just four and a half years.

In 1865, Henriques and Hirschsprung purchased the property at Tordenskjoldsgade 1 in the fashionable new Gammelholm neighbourhood.

Henriques was also the owner of the country house Petershøj in Klampenborg, north of Copenhagen.

The family was particularly fond of music and their guests included the ballet master August Bournonville and the composers Niels W. Gade, J. P. E. Hartmann and Edvard Grieg.

The painter Carl Bloch was another frequent guest and many of his paintings hang on the walls.