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Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago
The following inscriptions were taken by Ada Green from the burial plot of the “Kadaner Unterstitsung Verein” (Keidan Mutual-Aid Society), Gate #233 Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. ENGLISH NAME HEBREW NAME DATES NOTES Etta Bernstein Aaron Yacha bat Artzik … Continue reading
‘Anshe Kadan’ Mt. Hebron
The following inscriptions were taken by Ada Green from the burial plot of the “Chevra Bnei Israel Anshe Keidan” Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Queens, NY: Block 57, Path 2. ENGLISH NAME HEBREW NAME DATES NOTES Rose Bassell Ruchel bat Yehuda … Continue reading
Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY
Inscriptions from tombstones in the Keidaner Association burial plot, (Plot 379/S), Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, N.Y. Compiled by Ada Green. ENGLISH NAME HEBREW NAME DATES NOTES Anna Aguler (Agler) Chana daughter of Tzvi Hirsch Dec. 5, 1947, age 83 mother, … Continue reading
‘Bnei Israel Anshe Kadan’
The following information was taken by Ada Green from the burial plot of the Cong. Bnei Israel Anshe Kadan at Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn. (Section 1, Post 144) Organized: 1885 Founder and First President: Abraham Meryash Ex-Presidents: Goodman Telzer, Max Horowitz, Jacob Volk, Sussman Volk, Wolf … Continue reading
Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Gravestone inscriptions from the Keidaner Association plot (Section 5, Post 509) at Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Compiled by Ada Green. ENGLISH NAME HEBREW NAME DATES NOTES Goldie Adler Golda bat Moshe March 25, 1900 – Oct. 18, 1965 beloved … Continue reading
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Keidan’s Old Jewish Cemetery
Inscriptions on the tombstones in the old Jewish cemetery in Keidan / Kedainiai (located here), compiled in 1997 by Ada Green and Regina Kopilevich. LOCATION NAME DATE NOTES A-1 Shmuel Henoch son of Avraham ALTMONER 6 Adar II 1937 A-2 … Continue reading
Keidaner Cemeteries: A Database and Guide
Thanks to genealogist Ada Green for compiling this list of names and other inscriptions from the tombstones in Keidaner cemeteries in Keidan and elsewhere. Links take you to gravestones in these Keidaner cemeteries: The Old Jewish Cemetery in Keidan / … Continue reading
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