Historic Jewish Cemeteries

Prepared by Helen Bersten, Gary Luke and Colin Choat
from information held by the
Australian Jewish Historical Society

(List current as at 1 March 2009)


There are a number of Jewish Cemeteries in Australia which are now disused or which no longer exist. This page lists four of them, together with the names of those who are known to be buried there.

The contribution of George Bergman, Louise Rosenberg and Terry Newman for providing details regarding many of the people people buried in these cemeteries is acknowledged.


Devonshire Street Cemetery

Devonshire St Cemetery was located between Eddy Ave, Elizabeth, Chalmers and Devonshire Streets, Sydney. It was consecrated in 1820. The Jewish section was used from 1832. By 1860 the cemetery was full, and it was closed in 1867.

In 1901 the cemetery was resumed to allow for the development of Central Railway Station. Representatives of those buried in the cemetery were given 2 months to arrange for exhumation and removal of remains from the cemetery. All reasonable costs were to be borne by the Government.

The list below details those persons whose remains were transferred from the Jewish section to other cemeteries. The cemetery to which the remains and headstone were moved is also shown, together with details of the applicant for the removal. The list also contains names of persons who are known, from newspaper notices, to have been buried in the cemetery up to 1844, but in respect of whom no application for removal may have been made.

The information comes from a number of lists held by the Society, as well as from the work by Johnson and Sainty, detailed below. There were some inconsistencies in the lists used. Notes and alternate spelling of names have been included where it has been thought necessary.

"Devonshire Street Cemetery re-interment register and index" ("microform" format) was produced by the Library of Australian History, North Sydney, 1999. However that document has not been consulted. A copy is held by the State Library of New South Wales.

Other publications covering transfers from the cemetery include:--

[The Australian Jewish Genealogical Society
PO Box 42 Lane Cove
NSW 1595 Australia
AJGS Web Site
Email: society@ajgs.org.au]

The State Records Authority of New South Wales has an internet page devoted to cemetery records.

Where it is indicated that the transfer was to "Raphaels", there may be more details below

DEVONSHIRE STREET CEMETERY JEWISH SECTION

Surname           Other Names          Date of Death    Transferred to        Age      Applicant for Transfer [and/or Note]
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AARONS.           Joseph               04.12.1865       Rookwood [Raphaels]            Isaac Aarons, 12 Cavendish St, Stanmore
AARONS.           Rachel               20.07.1866       Rookwood [Raphaels]            Isaac Aarons, 12 Cavendish St, Stanmore
ABRAHAMS.         Joseph               20.05.1875       Bunnerong             67       [See Joseph A Colliss]
ABRAHAM.          Mordechai            01.12.1856       Rookwood [Raphaels?]           H N Collins, 43 Elizabeth St, Sydney
ABRAHAM.          Samuel               25.12.1846
ABRAHAMS.         Abraham              09.11.1856                             75       alias of William William
ABRAHAMS.         Abraham              15.05.1851       Bunnerong             30
ABRAHAMS.         Alexander            09.10.1857                             4        son of Joseph
ABRAHAMS.         Julia                20.07.1854       Bunnerong             48       wife of Woolf
ABRAHAMS.         Samuel               14.07.1853                                      son of J. Abrahams
ABRAHAMS.         Sarah                15.05.1861       Rookwood                       Michael Abrahams, 310 Devonshire St, Surry Hills
ABRAHAMS.         Una                  08.07.1858                                      d.at Benevolent Asylum
ALEXANDER.        Isabella Dinah       27.10.1885       Rookwood              55       Mr G Alexander, Box 445 GPO, Sydney
ALEXANDER.        Maurice              27.01.1874       Rookwood                       Mr G Alexander, Box 445 GPO, Sydney
ALEXANDER.        Samuel               14.04.1859       La Perouse Jewish              By Dept.
ALEXANDER         Samuel               17.03.1865                             89       d.Syd.Infirmary
ANDERSON.         Aaron Henry          19.04.1853                             4        Bunnerong
ANDERSON.         Gertrude Alma        14.10.1857                             10 mths  dau. of John A. Anderson
ARNSTEIN.         Adolph               29.09.1856       Rookwood              60       Mrs David Austin, 30 Botany Rd, Alexandria
ARNSTEIN (AUSTIN) Eve                  08.10.1864       Rookwood              16       Mrs David Austin, 30 Botany Rd, Alexandria
ASHER.            Henry Joel           10.12.1851       Bunnerong             10 mths
ASHER.            Joel                 11.03.1847                             48       native of Poland
ASHER.            Miriam               06.12.1863                             5mths    dau. of Morris
ASSER.            Abigail              31.05.1866       La Perouse Jewish              By Dept.
BARNETT.          Aaron                23.05.1843
BARNETT.          Abraham              31.10.1847       Bunnerong                      son of Lewis
BARNETT.          Henry Samuel         13.07.1852       Rookwood [Raphaels]   16       Son of Samuel. Drowned. Mr M M Solomon 64 1/2 Fitzroy St, Surry Hills
BARNETT.          Joseph               28.08.1865       Bunnerong             42
BARNETT.          Lewis                26.04.1841       Bunnerong
BARNETT.          Margaret             01.01.1844       Rookwood [Raphaels?]           Mr M M Solomon 64 1/2 Fitzroy St, Surry Hills
BARNETT.          Mathilda             06.08.1853       Rookwood [Raphaels]            Mr M M Solomon 64 1/2 Fitzroy St, Surry Hills
BARNETT.          Moses                16.05.1841       Bunnerong
BARNETT           Mrs                  01.06.1850                                      d. Benevolent Asylum
BARNET(T).        Samuel               16.11.1864       Rookwood              63       Mr M M Solomon 64 1/2 Fitzroy St, Surry Hills
BARNETT.          Sarah                07.02.1853                             63       dau.of Samuel
BEIBER.           Emil                 11.02.1859       Bunnerong             25
BEITZ.            Martin               14.08.1862       Bunnerong
BENJAMIN.         Abraham Elias        25.01.1838       Rookwood
BENJAMIN.         David Hobart         08.02.1849       Rookwood
BENJAMIN          Elias                                                                son of Samuel
BENJAMIN.         Fanny                07.07.1841       Rookwood                       dau.of Samuel
BENJAMIN.         Ferotcha             21.09.1842
BENJAMIN.         Joseph               26.12.1835       Bunnerong
BENJAMIN.         Julia                16.01.1835       Bunnerong
BENJAMIN.         Mary                 15.03.1849       Rookwood                       dau.of Samuel
BENJAMIN          Miriam                                                               dau.of Samuel
BENJAMIN.         Rachel               15.06.1862       Rookwood              54
BENJAMIN.         Rachel               16.04.1849       Rookwood
BENJAMIN          Rachel               18.11.1849                             5        dau. of Sam and Rachel
BENJAMIN          Rachel                     1865
BENJAMIN.         Reuben               29.10.1856                             40
BENJAMIN.         Samuel               04.12.1854       Rookwood                       son of Lewis
BENSHAW.          Percy Julius         21.01.1863       Bunnerong
BENSUSAN.         Julius Percy         12.01.1863                             6 mths   son of S L
BIGGS.            Esther               27.10.1855       Bunnerong             79
BROCKSTA(E)YNE.   Esther D.            11.10.1855       Rookwood [Raphaels?]           Louis Cohen, O'Connell St, Newtown. wife of George
BRODZIAK.         Isaac                15.01.1865       Rookwood              55       A M Brodziak, Bond Street, Sydney
CANTOR.           Hyam                 30.08.1865       Rookwood [Raphaels]            George Myers, Edward St, Brisbane
CARDOZA.          Isaac                21.07.1840
CASPER            Esther (nee Shannon)                                        42
COHEN.            Adolphus John        02.04.1865       Rookwood              15 mths  son of Joseph. J L Cohen, Stanley Ave, Mosman Bay
COHEN.            Barnett              16.11.1861                             79
COHEN.            Dan Akeba            05.05.1859
COHEN.            Edward Daniel        05.10.1847       Rookwood [Raphaels]            Lewis Cohen, O'Connell St, Newtown
COHEN.            Edith Esther         24.02.1858       Bunnerong                      dau. of P.J.
COHEN.            Eleazar Keeba        05.05.1849       Rookwood [Raphaels]            Louis Cohen, O'Connell St, Newtown. son of Daniel
COHEN.            Elizabeth            13.02.1866       Rookwood              74       Louis Cohen, 94 Pitt St, Sydney
COHEN.            Henry                14.05.1855       Bunnerong
COHEN.            Henry                18.09.1863                             2        son of Enoch
COHEN.            Hester               12.09.????       Bunnerong
COHEN.            Jacob                06.06.1846                             66       Barbary man
COHEN.            Jane                 --               Bunnerong
COHEN.            John Joel            12.06.1853       La Perouse Jewish              By Dept.
COHEN.            Lewis (Louis)        31.03.1857       Rookwood                       son of Samuel. Samuel Cohen, Luciana, Bayswater Rd, Darlinghurst
COHEN             Marcus?              18.11.1848                             2 days   son of Abraham
COHEN.            Michael              27.01.1865       Rookwood              58       Mrs J E Levy, Clifton, Glenview St, Paddington
COHEN.            Nathan               25.12.1852       Rookwood                       son of Joseph. J L Cohen, Stanley Ave, Mosman Bay [altered to 25.01.1853]
COHEN.            Phillip Joseph       13.11.1864       Rookwood                       Frank Cohen, 77 Pitt St, Sydney
COHEN.            Jessie  Phoebe       13.09.1848[7]    Bunnerong                      dau.of P.J.
COHEN             Samuel               04.11.1861
COHEN.            Sarah                23.11.1838       Rookwood                       Louis Cohen, O'Connell St, Newtown
COHEN.            Sarah                28.11.1856       [Raphaels?]           51
COLLIS.           Joseph A             20.05.1875       Bunnerong                     [See Joseph Abraham]
CRABB             Son of E             23.05.1833                                      Interred before the ground was laid out
CRABB.            Emanuel              10.12.1846
CRABB.            Frances              10.12.1846       Rookwood [Raphaels?]
CRABB.            George               07.06.1848                             9        son of E.
CRABB.            Isaac                09.08.1848
CRABB.            John                 24.05.1848                             6        son of E.
CRABB.            Newton               19.08.1848
CRACKNELL.        Sophia               24.05.1866       Rookwood [Raphaels]            G L Davies, St George Advocate Office, Rockdale
DAVI(E)S          Charles Moss         17.08.1853       Rookwood[Raphaels?]            G L Davies, St George Advocate Office, Rockdale
DAVIS.            Hannah               13.04.1866       Bunnerong? [Raphaels?]
DAVIES            Rosannah White       25.10.1854       Rookwood              27       D E Davis, 134 Flinders St, Moore Park. wife of Hyam
DAVIS.            A (male)             27.01.1857                             c.60     drowned
DAVIS.            Abraham              22.05.1864       Bunnerong             65
DAVIS.                                 16.06.1839                                      Daughter of M J
DAVIS.            Edward               16.03.1841                                      bushranger
DAVIS.            Elizabeth            30.05.1866       Bunnerong
DAVIS.            Fanny                28.11.1856                             2 mths.  dau. of David
DAVIS.            Hannah               22.05.1856       Rookwood Jewish                G L Davies, St George Advocate Office, Rockdale
DAVIS.            Isaac                11.01.1856       Bunnerong             69
DAVIS.            Isaac Lissa          21.10.1866       Rookwood              3 mths   Rev Davis, Macdonald St, Potts Point
DAVIS.            John                 22.02.1854       Bunnerong             3
DAVIS.            Maria                09.05.1848       Bunnerong             78
DAVIS.            Mat(t)hew            17.08.1862                             30
DAVIS.            Michael              12.08.1858                             4 mths   son of Joseph
DAVIS             Rosina               25.11.1854       Rookwood?                      child. D E Davis, 134 Flinders St, Moore Park
DAVIS.            Solomon              13.05.1861       Bunnerong
DeLISSA.          Arthur               ??.02.1854       Rookwood                       Alfred DeLissa, Equitable Buildings, George St, Sydney
DeLISSA.          Florence Sophia      30.03.1860       Bunnerong             87
DeLISSA.          Joseph               24.01.1854       Rookwood              1
DeLISSA.          Rosetta              15.02.1854       Rookwood              38       Alfred DeLissa, Equitable Buildings, George St, Sydney
DeMETZ            Andrew Lewis         08.02.1852       Rookwood [Raphaels]            F G Brown, Woodleigh, Barry St, Neutral Bay
DeMETZ.           Isabella             21.03.1844       Rookwood [Raphaels]            F G Brown, Woodleigh, Barry St, Neutral Bay
DeMETZ.           Anne                 25.02.1860       Rookwood [Raphaels]            F G Brown, Woodleigh, Barry St, Neutral Bay
DYERS.            Rebecca              ??.??.1857       Rookwood [Raphaels?]  84       Louis Cohen, O'Connell St, Newtown
ELIAS.            Abraham              18.08.1856       Rookwood              68       Nathan Mandelson, 200 Pitt St, Sydney. son of Mordecai
ELIAS.            Hyam                 28.01.1856       Rookwood              58       Nathan Mandelson, 200 Pitt St, Sydney
ELLIS.            Francis              25.12.1832       Bunnerong                      Interred before the ground was laid out
ELLIS.            Isaac Octavius       23.04.1841       Bunnerong
EMANUEL.          Alfred               20.08.1856       Bunnerong                      son of John
EMANUEL.          Barnett              28.02.1843       Bunnerong                      d. Bathurst
EMANUEL.          Caroline             05.12.1855       Rookwood              29         wife of John. A Emanuel, 472 George St, Sydney
EMANUEL.          Moses                23.10.1858       Rookwood              86       Mr J Emanuel, 30 PO Chambers, Pitt St, Sydney
EMANUEL.          Levi Sydney          10.05.1863       Rookwood              28       Mr Arnold Weinrath, 49 Upper William St, Sydney
FOLK.             Samuel               25.06.1860       Rookwood              62       Henry Folk, Paul St, Waverley
FRANCES.          S Augusta            28.02.1832       Bunnerong                      [aka Sidorianna Phillips]
FRANKEL.          Sarah                28.08.1847       Rookwood              28       Simeon Frankel, 94 Pitt St, Sydney
FRANKLIN.         Moses                03.02.1859       Bunnerong
FRANKS.           Gabriel              13.07.1834                                      died Parramatta
FRANKS.           Hyam                 22.10.1860       Bunnerong             65
FREEDMAN.         Son of               24.06.1835
FREEDMAN.         Wife of              26.08.1835
FRIESLANDER(S)    Gershon              19.08.1856       Bunnerong             21
GIBBS.            George               28.11.1847       Bunnerong                      s.of Abraham
GINSBURG          Emanuel              23.5.1866                              24       Syd. Infirmary
GOHMAN.           Gilda                08.06.1864                             15 mths
GOLDMAN.          Julius               21.04.1861                             2        son of Morris
GOLDRING.         Leopold              16.06.1864       Rookwood              13 1/2   son of Louis. R A Goldring, 7 Arcadia Rd, Glebe Point
GOLDSMITH.        Isaac Solomon        14.08.1864       Rookwood              54       Miss Julia Allen, Hathalie,Drummond St, Carlton, Vic
GOODMAN.          Moses Aaron          23.01.1864                             10 weeks son of Simon
GOODMAN.          Simon                15.06.1864       Rookwood              26       M Goulston, 7 Wynyard St, Sydney. drowned Maitland
GOODMAN.          Sophia Levy          13.03.1856       Rookwood                       wife of Simon. Mrs Rebecca Isaacs, Nebraska, Potts Point
GROSSBERGER.      Emanual Barnett      23.05.1866       Bunnerong
HARRIS.           Abigail              31.05.1866                             81
HARRIS.           Henry                30.09.1843
HARRIS.           Henry                02.04.1858       Bunnerong             55
HARRIS.           John                 08.11.1849                             40       Cockatoo Island
HARRIS.           Moses                07.12.1849
HARRIS.           Barnett              01.06.1850
HARRIS.           Solomon              23.05.1864       Bunnerong
HARRIS            Solomon              12.10.1864                             76       d.Syd.Infirmary
HART.             Asher                06.02.1860       Rookwood              74       Mr R P V Hart, 50 Surry St, Darlinghurst
HART.             Asher H              15.10.1842
HART.             Hyam (Hyman?)        05.02.1842       Bunnerong
HART.             Phoebe               02.03.1864       Rookwood [Raphaels]   76       Mr R P V Hart, 50 Surry St, Darlinghurst
HART.                                  18.11.1841
HART              Isabella             02.07.1866                             3 mths   dau. of Isaac
HART              Rose                 19.07.1866                             14 mths  dau. of Isaac
HATFIELD                               07.09.1855                                      son of Isaac. accident
HATFIELD          Isaac                5.11.1855
HENDRIKS          John Herman          18.11.1859       Rookwood [Raphaels]   37       Miss Hannah Hendriks, 15 Mary St, Newtown
HORT.             Abraham              07.06.1862       Rookwood              42       died Fiji. J M Emanuel, 30 PO Chambers, Sydney
HYAM.             Charlotte Rebecca    12.04.1849       Rookwood              35
HYAM.             Daniel               27.03.1858       Rookwood              8 mths   Messrs D and J Hyam, c/- S Frankel, 94 Pitt St, Sydney
HYAM.             Deborah              21.03.1865       Rookwood              37       Rebecca Rosenthal, Cavendish St, Enmore
HYAM.             Henry                02.04.1858
HYAM.             Solomon              25.05.185?       Bunnerong
HYAM. (HYMAN?)    Hyam                 18.06.1860       Rookwood [Raphaels?]           B H Hyman, 16 Rockwell Cr, Potts Point
HYAMS.            John                 17.08.1838                                      aka Groggy
ISAACS                                 09.08.1848                                      stillborn son of Jacob
ISAACS.           Daughter of ?        07.01.1843
ISAACS                                 04.12.1847                                      infant son of Leon
ISAACS.           Aaron                27.10.1866       Rookwood              68       Louis Isaacs, 407 Kent St, Sydney
ISAACS            Esther               09.06.1856                             75       Benevolent Asylum
ISAACS            Fanny                04.03.1856                             40       wife of Leon
ISAACS            Frances              05.03.1856
ISAACS.           Jacob                08.07.1836
ISAACS.           Lewis                10.05.1857       La Perouse Jewish     42       By Dept.
ISAACS.           Michael (Myer)       13.03.1852                             13       son of Isaac
ISAACS.           Myer                 12.03.1852       Bunnerong
ISAACS            Rebecca Miriam       19.12.1855                             9 mths   dau. of John
ISAACS.           Rosa (Rosetta)       18.10.1854       Bunnerong                      wife of John. Mrs Sarah De Groen, 104 Glenmore Rd, Paddington
ISAACS            Rose                 28.12.1848                             4 mths   dau. of Aaron
ISAACS.           Rosetta Jane         25.11.1859       Bunnerong                      dau of E.
ISADORE.          Jacob Gilbert        10.01.1860       Bunnerong
ISRAEL.           Henry                17.05.1865       Rookwood              53        Mr Joseph Israel, Doncaster Ave, Kensington
ISRAEL.           Jane                 08.04.1862       Bunnerong
JACOB             Samuel               12.02.1847                             4
JACOBS.                                29.03.1843                                      son of Ephraim
JACOBS.           Ephraim              28.07.1837       Bunnerong                      son of Jacob. Died in Liverpool Hosp.
JACOBS            Fanny                31.07.1864                             4 1/2    dau. of Moses
JACOBS.           Hannah               13.02.184?       Bunnerong
JACOBS.           John                 ??.??.1858       Rookwood                       Abraham Jacobs, 4 Chelsea St, Redfern
JACOBS.           John [Herman]        22.09.1859       [Raphaels]            45
JACOBS.           Lazarus              31.08.1855       Bunnerong
JACOBS            Michael              23.09.1852                             52       Syd. Infirmary
JACOBS.           Michel (Michael?)    22.12.1853       Bunnerong
JACOBS.           Myer                 --
JACOBS            Moses                05.12.1853                             67
JACOBS.           Rebecca (Sarah)      29.12.1847       Bunnerong             28?
JACOBS.           Rebecca Julia        26.10.1856       Rookwood [Raphaels?]           Abraham Jacobs, 4 Chelsea St, Redfern. wife of John
JACOBS.           S                    22.09.1841
JACOBS.           Sarah                16.05.1865       Rookwood              45       Sydney Jacobs, Romsey, Victoria St, Randwick
JACOBSON.         Levi Simon           14.03.1863       Bunnerong
JAFFA.            Phillip Julius       06.11.1861       Bunnerong                      son of H S
JOEL.             Elizah               21.02.1842       Bunnerong
JOEL              Elijah               22.10.1849                             40       Cockatoo Is.
JOEL.             Ellia                10.10.1850
JONAS.            Jacob                25.??.1833                                      Died at Parramatta
JONES.            Isaac                02.09.1842       Bunnerong
JOSEPH                                 10.11.1847                             4 mths   son of Nathan
JOSEPH            Abraham              10.11.1847
JOSEPH            Alfred Julius        17.01.1864                             6 weeks  son of Samuel
JOSEPH.           Alger Leopold        17.01.1864       Rookwood                       Victor Cohen, Dept Lands, Sydney
JOSEPH.           Amelia               01.06.1857       Rookwood              76       Joseph Joseph, 13 Kellett St, Darlinghurst
JOSEPH            Fanny                02.01.1847                                       dau. of Nathan
JOSEPH.           Frances              01.01.1847       Rookwood              41?      Joseph Joseph, 13 Kellett St, Darlinghurst
JOSEPH.           Israel               12.03.1853       Rookwood Jewish                Joseph Joseph, 13 Kellett St, Darlinghurst
JOSEPH.           Jacob                25.01.1837       Bunnerong
JOSEPH.           Joseph               12.06.1850       Rookwood              87       Joseph Joseph, 13 Kellett St, Darlinghurst
JOSEPH.           Louis                08.10.1848       Rookwood                       Joseph Joseph, 13 Kellett St, Darlinghurst
JOSEPH.           Lewis                01.04.1840                             5        son of Moses
JOSEPH.           Miriam               10.10.1862       Bunnerong             2
JOSEPH.           Nathan               23.03.1859       Rookwood              44       Joseph Joseph, 13 Kellett St, Darlinghurst
JUDE.             Abigail              08.07.1857       Bunnerong
JUDE              Priscilla            15.12.1858                             4        dau. of Asher
KEESING                                04.08.1855                                      son of Henry
KOSTERLITZ.       Louis                05.11.1864       Bunnerong             26       See MILLER
KRON              Emma                 08.07.1857                             2 mths   dau.of Ellis
KRON.             Judith (Inda)        02.06.1860       Bunnerong             5
LABER.            Solomon Sydney       19.07.1860
LARRA.            James                11.02.1839
LAZAR.            Sydney               28.03.1838       Bunnerong
LAZARUS.          Benjamin             07.10.1857       Bunnerong             38
LAZARUS.          Eleazar              05.07.1857                             5        son of Benjamin
LAZARUS.          Rosetta              19.08.1863       Rookwood              36       wife of Jacob. Mrs Louisa Harris, 18 Henrietta St, Waverley
LEAR.             Simeon               19.09.1847       Rookwood [Raphaels]   61       Simeon Frankel, Great Synagogue, Sydney    from Holland
LEE.              Belinda              25.12.1832       Bunnerong                      Interred before the ground was laid out
LEE.              Benjamin Woolf       10.01.1864       Rookwood [Raphaels]   17 mths  J Rose Lee, Leeholme, Chesterfield Pde, Waverley
LEE.              Frederica Henrya M   09.11.1834       Bunnerong
LEE.              Henrya Nicholls      10.11.1835
LEON.             Rebecca              18.05.1845       Rookwood                        Simeon Frankel, Great Synagogue, Sydney
LEVEY.            Barnett              20.10.1837       Bunnerong
LEVEY             Barnett              20.09.1848                                      d. Tarban Creek
LEVEY             Blumer?              24.04.1853                             3 mths?
LEVEY.            Dinah                22.05.1860       Rookwood              75       wife of Isaac. Montague Levy, Rosegarland, Moran St, Mosman Bay
LEVEY             Eleanor              24.04.1855                             3 mths   dau. of G.
LEVEY             Fanny                23.11.1856                             30       dau. of Phillip
LEVEY.            Isaac                27.06.1863       Rookwood              6 mths   s.of Montague. Montague Levy, Rosegarland, Moran St, Mosman Bay
LEVEY.            Isaac                30.05.1860       Rookwood              62       Montague Levy, Rosegarland, Moran St, Mosman Bay
LEVEY.            Lazarus              18.08.1838
LEVEY.            Phillip Joseph       13.05.1862       Rookwood              63       Mrs Rosetta Davis, 6 Upper William St, Darlinghurst
LEVEY.            Rosa                 27.09.1843
LEVEY.            Son of S H           07.02.1844
LEVI.             Eva                  20.08.????       Bunnerong
LEVI.             Sim(e)on Mordechai   23.11.1865       Rookwood              44       Mrs Minnie Cohen, 32 Sydney Arcade, Sydney
LEVI.             Walter Jacob         01.08.1828
LEVI.             Theodore             12.12.1865       Bunnerong             10
LEVIEN.           Harriet              10.08.1862       Rookwood              84       Sir Edward Samuel, Bart, 6 Post Office Chambers, Sydney
LEVIEN.           Henrietta Matilda                                                    Same plot number as SALAMON (Solomon), Edward
LEVIEN.           Solomon              09.11.1851       Rookwood              75       Victor Cohen, Dept Lands, Sydney
LEVY                                   18.02.1849                                      prisoner Cockatoo Is.
LEVY              Abraham              11.09.1854
LEVY.             Abraham              13.03.1858       Bunnerong             66
LEVY.             Barnett              21.06.1857       La Perouse            19 mths
LEVY.             Elizabeth Briana?    09.03.1858       Bunnerong             26
LEVY.             Esther               30.10.1853       Bunnerong
LEVY.             Eve                  19.08.1854                             34       wife of David
LEVY.             Fanny Abigail        23.11.1857       Rookwood                       Mrs Rosetta Davis, 6 Upper William St, Darlinghurst
LEVY              Flora                26.11.1858                             6 mths   dau.of Jacob
LEVY.             Jacob                21.08.1860
LEVY              Israel               30.03.1864                             75       Benev.Asylum
LEVY              Joseph               20.06.1853                             50
LEVY              Joseph               20.08.1853                             65
LEVY.             Joseph               25.09.1862       Rookwood              63       Mrs M Solomon, 2 Portland Villas, Penkivil St, Bondi
LEVY.             (Nathan) Jonas       14.02.1850       Bunnerong                      s. of Jonas
LEVY.             Phillip              01.06.1837       Rookwood                       Solomon Levy, 126 Glenmore Rd, Paddington
LEVY              Samuel              08.04.1849                                       known as Long levy
LIPMAN.           Albert               ??.??.1861       Rookwood                       A Lipman, Grafton, Clarence River
LIPMAN.           Phillip              19.11.1854       Rookwood                       A Lipman, Grafton, Clarence River
LIPMAN.           Sarah                08.04.1865       Rookwood [Raphaels]            A Lipman, Grafton, Clarence River
LUNDO. (LINDO?)   Mathilda             08.04.1837       Bunnerong
LYONS.            Abraham              07.05.1857       La Perouse            75       By Dept.
LYONS             Moss                 18.01.1856
LYONS.            Samuel               03.08.1851       La Perouse            60
MAGNISSON.        Maurice Israel       05.08.1853       Rookwood                       Mrs Deborah H Solomon, 21 Onslow Ave, Elizabeth Bay
MAGNUS.           Miriam               27.05.1855       Bunnerong             39
MAGNUSSON.        Myer                 05.02.1853                             65
MANDELSON.        Phoebe               01.09.1856       Rookwood                       w.of Nathan. (Same plot as Samuel SOLOMON) J. Mandelson, 101 Victoria St, Potts Point
MARCUS.           Cohen                18.11.1848                             2 days?  s.of Abraham? See COHEN, Marcus
MARCUS.           Jane                 01.11.1848                             2        dau.of Abraham
MARCUS.           Joseph               26.02.1828       Bunnerong
MARCUS.           Rachel               --               Bunnerong
MARKS.            Blanche              21.07.1846                             48       from Austria
MARKS.            Eve Sarah            03.01.1858       Rookwood              31       w.of Lewis, dau.of Elias Solomon. Lewis Solomon, 17 Hill St, Surry Hills
MARKS.            Henrietta            05.01.1866                             14 mths. dau.of Lewis
MARKS.            John                 08.12.1856       Bunnerong             6 mths
MARKS.            Joseph Lewis         21.02.1859                             18       son of Hyam
MARKS.            Sarah Miriam         28.04.1850       Bunnerong
MARKS.            Solomon              18.10.1852       Rookwood              34       L Cohen, 94 Pitt St, Sydney
MAYER.            Samuel               20.12.1858                             37
MAYERS.           Henry                16.02.1863                             45
MENDELSOHN.       Jacob L.             03.04.1843       Bunnerong
MENDOZA.          Abraham              26.12.1839                                      d. at Sydney Hospital
MILLINGEN.        Annie                24.03.1858       Rookwood              4        A M Brodziak, Bond Street, Sydney
MILLINGEN.        Louisa               10.09.1861       Rookwood              2 1/2    A M Brodziak, Bond Street, Sydney
MILLINGEN.        Rachel               30.01.1862       Rookwood              34       A M Brodziak, Bond Street, Sydney
MILLER            Louis                15.11.1864                             26       d. Sydney Infirmary. see KOSTERLITZ
MILLWAY.          James                09.11.1860                             29       d. on ship
MITCHELL.         Michael              15.07.1856                             9        son of John
MITCHELL          Joseph               26.05.1847                             42
MOSES.            Abigail              06.07.1841       Rookwood                       A B Pyke, Kinkora, The Crescent, Bondi Rd
MOSES.            Abraham              30.06.1858       Rookwood [Raphaels]   58       A Lipman, Grafton, Clarence River
MOSES.            Hanna Rachel         07.07.1857       Rookwood              38       George Lewis, Elim, Hyde Park        wife of Isaac
MOSES.            Isaac                23.05.1846       Rookwood [Raphaels]            George Lewis, Elim, Hyde Park    died in Asylum
MOSES             Joseph snr                 1845                                      Miss Hart, informant
MOSES.            Joseph               ??.??.1853       Rookwood                       George Lewis, Elim, Hyde Park
MOSES.            Joseph               10.04.1865       Rookwood                       S B Moses, 38 Macleay St, Sydney
MOSES.            Louisa Alexandra     15.04.1865       Rookwood                       S B Moses, 38 Macleay St, Sydney
MOSES.            Mordecai             07.10.1860       Rookwood              85       A B Pyke, Kinkora, The Crescent, Bondi Rd
MOSES.            Morris               07.07.1858                             6 mths   son of Charles
MOSES.            Rebecca              --               Bunnerong
MOSS                                   07.12.1849                                      stillborn son of Eli
MOSS              Abraham Alfred       25.10.1843                                      rel of Montefiore Moss
MOSS.             Alfred Edward        20.09.1863       Rookwood                       Montefiore Moss, 34 Napier St, Paddington
MOSS.             Deborah              26.10.1851                             2        dau of Isaac
MOSS.             Edward Lionel        01.01.1853       Bunnerong
MOSS              George               19.11.1854                             44       son of Mordecai Moses, Secretary of Synagogue. died at Tarban Creek
MOSS.             George M.            10.11.1853       Rookwood                       Montefiore Moss, 34 Napier St, Paddington
MOSS.             Hyam Alfred          25.10.1843
MOSS.             Lionel Nathan        15.01.1853                             15 mths
MOSS              Louis [sic]           15.04.1865                            11 mths  dau. of Moses
MOSS.             Louisa Leah          08.05.1850       Rookwood                       w.of George. Montefiore Moss, 34 Napier St, Paddington
MOSS.             Miriam               21.04.1854       Rookwood              16       dau. of George. Montefiore Moss, 34 Napier St, Paddington
MOSS.             Phillip              17.05.1862       Bunnerong             7        s.of Isaac
MOSS.             Rachel               16.11.1865                             94
MOSS.             Simeon               29.05.1858                             46       d.Sydney Hosp.
MOSS.                                  19.06.1855                                      dau. of Henry
MURRAY.           Phoebe Moses         --               La Perouse                     By Dept.
MURRY.            Mrs Daniel           --               Rookwood                       Mrs Raphael Rosenthal, Mariola, Stanmore
MYER. (MYERS?)    Mitchell             05.10.1867       Rookwood                       Isaac Myers, Havestock, Bondi Rd, Bondi
MYERS.            Abraham              04.11.1866                             50
MYERS.            Abraham              27.06.1858                                      alias Abraham ALLEN
MYERS.            Betsy                08.12.1859                             5 wks    dau. of Mark
MYERS.            E                    06.11.1832                                      Interred before the ground was laid out
MYERS.            Elizabeth            27.05.1834
MYERS.            Eve                  03.07.1860       Rookwood                       dau.of Israel. David M Myers, Norwich Chambers, Hunter St, Sydney
MYERS.            Henry                25.12.1853       Bunnerong             23
MYERS.            John Michael         21.06.1863       Rookwood              26       David M Myers, Norwich Chambers, Hunter St, Sydney
MYERS             Michael (Mitchell?)  05.10.1862                             6 1/2    son of George
MYERS.            Lipman               04.12.1858                             6 wks    son of Mark
MYERS.            Phillip              02.10.1865       Rookwood              62       George Myers, Edward St, Brisbane
MYERS.            Rebecca              22.03.1861                             4 mths   dau. of Mark
MYERS.            Samuel               10.03.1846                             43       pension fund
MYERS.            Sarah                02.11.1858                             10 mths  dau.of Priscilla
MYERS.                                 05.03.1841
MYERS. (MEYERS)   Julia                20.08.1857       Rookwood              38       wife of Abraham. died on Dunbar. Mrs R P V Hart, 56 Surry St, Darlinghurst
MYERS. (MEYERS)   Lewis                20.08.1857       Rookwood              4        son of Abraham. died on Dunbar. Mrs R P V Hart, 56 Surry St, Darlinghurst
MYERS. (MEYERS)   Maurice              20.08.1857       Rookwood              11       son of Abraham. died on Dunbar. Mrs R P V Hart, 56 Surry St, Darlinghurst
MYERS. (MEYERS)   Rachel               20.08.1857       Rookwood              6        dau. of Abraham. died on Dunbar. Mrs R P V Hart, 56 Surry St, Darlinghurst
NAPTHALI.         Michael              21.09.1847       Rookwood                       A A Napthali, 27 Cromwell St, Ashfield
NATHAN.           Edward               22.01.1860       Bunnerong             21
NATHAN.           Hannah               15.09.1857                             28
NATHAN.           Jane                 01.05.1851       Bunnerong                      wife of Nathan
NATHAN.           Joseph               21.03.1859
NEWTON.                                25.08.1843                                      son of David
NEWTON                                 19.08.1848                                      stillborn son of David
PARIS.            Sarah Raphaela       14.02.1861       Rookwood [Raphaels]            Mrs Raphael Rosenthal, Mariola, Stanmore
PEREIRA.(PAREIRA) Joseph               15.12.1847                             38       drowned
PHILLIPS.         Abraham              02.04.1853                             42
PHILLIPS.         Alexander            03.02.1832       Bunnerong                      Interred before the ground was laid out
PHILLIPS.         Caroline             --               Bunnerong
PHILLIPS.         Caroline             05.03.1832                                      Interred before the ground was laid out
PHILLIPS.         Clara                20.06.1861       Rookwood              57       wife of B.A. Mrs H Hollander 36 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst
PHILLIPS.         Daniel               19.03.1838       Bunnerong                      Twin son of Solomon Phillips of Parramatta
PHILLIPS.         Ephraim              06.03.1838       Bunnerong                      Twin son of Solomon Phillips of Parramatta
PHILLIPS.         George               ??.01.1859       Bunnerong
PHILLIPS.         George               30.01.1831       Bunnerong                      Interred before the ground was laid out
PHILLIPS.         Jane                 13.06.1841       Bunnerong
PHILLIPS.         Lawrence             21.06.1848       Bunnerong
PHILLIPS.         Leah                 17.02.1862       Rookwood              19       Mrs H Hollander 36 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst
PHILLIPS.         Mrs A                10.03.1842
PHILLIPS.         Rebecca              15.03.1837       Bunnerong                      Died from scalding
PHILLIPS.         Rosetta              03.03.1844       Rookwood                       Solomon Levy, 126 Glenmore Rd, Paddington
PHILLIPS.         Sidoniana            28.02.1832       Bunnerong                      [see S Augusta FRANCES] Interred before the ground was laid out
PHILLIPS.         Wellington           02.04.1841       Bunnerong
POLACK.           Asher                24.09.1834                                      d. Sydney Hospital
RIGBY             Rebecca              19.12.1857                             64       Benevolent Asylum
ROCKETTE.         Moses                24.01.1841       Bunnerong
RODGERS.          Aaron Isaac          12.11.1866       Bunnerong
RODGERS           Barnett              14.11.1865                             1        son of Abraham
RODGERS.          Joseph               17.02.1866       Bunnerong             5
SABER             Solomon Sidney       19.07.1860                             13 mths  son of Woolf
SALAMON.          John Benson          21.03.1859       Rookwood              27 mths  son of Edward. Victor Cohen, Dept Lands, Sydney
SALOMON(SALAMONS) Edward               27.10.1860       Rookwood              50       same plot as Levien. Sir Edward Samuel, Bart, 6 Post Office Chambers, Sydney
SALOMON(SALAMON)  Florence Mathilda     09.10.1850      Rookwood              19 mths  dau.of Edward. Victor Cohen, Dept Lands, Sydney
SALOMON (SALAMON) Montague             28.09.1850       Rookwood              5        son of Edward. Victor Cohen, Dept Lands, Sydney
SAMUEL            Henriette Mathilda   05.06.1854                                      dau.of Sir Edw. Samuel
SAMUEL               Henrietta Matilda                                        26       wife of Saul
SAMUEL.           Horatio              20.11.1832       Bunnerong                      Interred before the ground was laid out
SAMUEL.           Moss                 12.07.1840
SAMUELS           Abraham              25.12.1846                                      native of Poland
SAMUELS           Flora                                                       10 mths  dau. of Henry
SAMUELS           George               26.12.1855       Bunnerong             24       Son of Isaac Samuels, London. Found dead in cabin on ship Yassa Yassa
SAMUELS.          (Sarah) Deborah      14.02.1850                             14 1/2   dau. H. Samuels, NZ. Nathan Mandelson, 200 Pitt St, Sydney
SAUNDERS                               21.07.1839
SELIG                                  14.11.1855                                      son of Abraham
SHANNON                                13.12.1847                                      infant dau. of Samuel
SHANNON.          Esther?              03.06.1849       Bunnerong             1
SILKMAN           Miriam                                                      4 1/2    dau. of Elijah
SIMMONS           Charlotte            21.10.1866                             42
SIMMONS.          David                12.06.1850       [Raphaels?]           17
SIMMONS.          David                20.05.1836       Bunnerong
SIMMONS.          Henry                25.09.1850       Rookwood                       Mrs Julie Orr, 24 Elizabeth St, Paddington
SIMMONS           Henry                12.11(12?)1852                         4        son of Isaac. Relation of Mrs. Julie Orr
SIMMONS.          Isaac                20.08.1857       [Raphaels]            21       son of James. Died on Dunbar
SIMMONS.          James                02.05.1849       [Raphaels]                     father of Isaac
SIMMONS.          Jane                 23.04.1841
SIMMONS.          Joseph               20.05.1842       Bunnerong
SIMMONS.          Morris Harris        10.04.1861       Rookwood              19       Mrs Julie Orr, 24 Elizabeth St, Paddington
SIMMONS.          Sarah                26.11.1842
SIMMONS. (or BULL)Isaac                29.10.1833
SLEIFSTEIN        Lewis                02.04.1863                             4 mths   son of S.S.
SLOMAN            Phillis              05.10.1863                             67       Relation of Mrs. Rosetta Emanuel. see also SOLOMON
SOLOMON.          [Benjamin] Henry     30.09.1854       Bunnerong
SOLOMON.          Abraham              17.04.1861       Rookwood              42       Mrs Sara Lipman, Narellan, Glebe Point
SOLOMON           Abraham              17.01.1864                                      Relation of Mrs. Sarah Lipman
SOLOMON.          Ada                  16.01.1866                             11 mths  dau. of Henry
SOLOMON.          Barnett              18.02.1835       Bunnerong
SOLOMON.          Caroline             07.05.1857       Rookwood              26       w.of Henry. Deborah H Solomon, 21 Onslow Ave, Elizabeth Bay [with Magnisson]
SOLOMON.          Caroline             11.06.1842       Bunnerong
SOLOMON.          Caroline             16.01.1853       Bunnerong
SOLOMON.          Catherine            16.01.1853                             13       dau.of Solomon
SOLOMON.          Dinah                22.06.1858       Bunnerong             4        dau.of J.S.
SOLOMON.          Edward               20.08.1841       Bunnerong
SOLOMON.          Elias                07.01.1863       Rookwood [Raphaels]   74         Lewis Solomon, 17 Hill St, Surry Hills.
SOLOMON.          Elizabeth            02.11.1852       Rookwood              43       Myer Solomon, 448 1/2 Bourke St, Surry Hills
SOLOMON           Elizabeth            19.12.1859                             5 wks    dau. of Myer
SOLOMON.          Ernest Sidney Jaffa  18.08.1866       Bunnerong
SOLOMON.          Fanny Deborah        12.09.1864       Rookwood              8         dau. of John. Mrs Rosetta Davis, 6 Upper William St, Darlinghurst
SOLOMON.          Henriette M.         05.06.1865       Rookwood                       Sir Edward Samuel, Bart, 6 Post Office Chambers, Sydney
SOLOMON.          John   senior        13.01.1853       Bunnerong             69
SOLOMON.          John (Torano)        12.01.1853       Bunnerong             11       son of P.
SOLOMON.          Joseph               18.05.1832       Bunnerong
SOLOMON.          Joseph               20.08.1841
SOLOMON.          Moss                 03.02.1849       Bunnerong             53
SOLOMON?          Phillis              05.10.1864?      Rookwood                       Mrs Rosetta Emanuel, 24 Queen St, Woollahra. see SLOMAN
SOLOMON           Phoebe Esther        17.11.1864                             5 mths   dau.of Rachel
SOLOMON.          Rachel               13.12.1839
SOLOMON           Rachel               07.01.1858                                      died at Tarban Creek
SOLOMON.          Rebecca              21.08.1864       Rookwood                       George J Cohen, 10 Spring St, Sydney
SOLOMON           Reuben               22.08.1849                             40
SOLOMON           S                    18.02.1848                             60       alias Covely?
SOLOMON.          Samuel               04.07.1853                             97
SOLOMON.          Samuel               05.07.1827
SOLOMON.          Samuel               24.10.1856       Rookwood                       son of Moses. George J Cohen, 10 Spring St, Sydney [same plot as Mandelson]
SOLOMON[S]        Samuel               08.04.1831       [Raphaels]                     Interred before the ground was laid out
SOLOMON.          Samuel Moses         12.05.1842       Bunnerong
SOLOMON.          Sarah                08.09.1864       Rookwood              10       dau.of John. Mrs Rosetta Davis, 6 Upper William St, Darlinghurst
SOLOMON.          Sarah (Adele)        26.01.1853       Bunnerong             8        dau. of P.
SOLOMON                                ??.??.1832                                      son of Vaiben. Interred before the ground was laid out
SOLOMON.          Vaiben               20.06.1860       Rookwood [Raphaels]   62       S V Solomon, 31 Bent St, Paddington
SPYER.            Joseph               01.03.1841       Rookwood [Raphaels]            F G Brown, Woodleigh, Barry St, Neutral Bay. son of Lawrence
SPYER.            Rosetta              22.02.1841       Rookwood [Raphaels]            F G Brown, Woodleigh, Barry St, Neutral Bay. wife of Stephen
TOLANO            Abraham              05.12.1858                             1        son of Raphael
TOLANO.           Rachel               07.01.1858       Rookwood [Raphaels]            Joseph Tolano, Eastern Market Hotel, Forbes St, Woolloomooloo
UNGER.            Julius               10.05.1862       Rookwood                       Mrs David Austin, 30 Botany Rd, Alexandria
VALENTINE.                             14.02.1840                                      died at Asylum
WAGENHEIM.        Bettina Sarah        19.08.1858       Rookwood              2yr9mths Mr E J Wagenheim, Hunter St, Sydney
WALLACH           David                23.01.1864                             19
WEIGERT.          David                05.07.1859       Bunnerong                      d.Syd.Hosp
WENDRENER.        Marcus               23.10.1857       Bunnerong             70
WINEBORN          Elias                29.09.1862                             27       d. Syd. Hosp.
WITHFIELD         Ann                  03.11.1846                             19       dau.of Caspar Marks
WOLF              Samuel               02 03 1852                                      died at Infirmary
WOOLF             Dr.                  28.03.1854                                      died Sydney Infirmary
WOOLF.            Abraham Lemon        08.09.1860       Bunnerong             5 1/2
YOUEL.            Abraham              02.08.1842                             over 90  Brother of Levey. Navy agent. Arrived on 2nd fleet.
ZADOCK            Ann                  21.10.1850                             45
ZADOC(K).         Coleman              10.09.1852       Rookwood              45       Mrs Sarah Cohen, Great synagogue, Elizabeth St, Sydney
ZADOC.            Elizabeth            16.10.1854       Rookwood              33       Mrs Sarah Cohen, Great synagogue, Elizabeth St, Sydney


Goulburn Jewish Cemetery

In 1848 an area of ground at Towrang, in which 3 burials had already taken place, was conveyed by Samuel Benjamin and Elias Moses as trustees of the Goulburn Hebrew Association and dedicated "for the burial therein of deceased persons of the Jewish faith." A chapel within a substantial stone cottage for the caretaker was erected.

The Census of 1841 recorded that there were 22 Jews living in the town. The Census of 1846 gives a figure of 54 Jews in Goulburn and 59 in County Argyle. At this time Goulburn had the third largest Jewish population in Australia, after Sydney and Melbourne.

The list below draws on a number of lists prepared by members of the AJHS over the years. The year of death has, where possible, been confirmed by referring to the internet page Historical Index Search at the New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages internet site. The work of David Ralph, archivist of the Goulburn Historical Society, in researching the burials at the cemetery, is also gratefully acknowledged.

 

GOULBURN JEWISH CEMETERY

SURNAME           OTHER NAMES          DATE OF DEATH    AGE       OTHER INFORMATION

ABRAHAMS          Ezekial Alfred             1891                 Burial recorded, but in unmarked grave
ABRAHAMS          Henry Alfred               1873                 Burial recorded, but in unmarked grave
ALEXANDER         Rose Una             13/12/1878       2 months  AM 5639
BUSHMAN           Clara                22/02/1880       1 month   Parents Alexander Bushman and Kate Pollock
CARO              Henry Isaac          11/09/1877       45        AM 5639
COLLINS           Elizabeth Esther     05/10/1858       7 weeks
COLLINS           Lydia                15/03/1862       37        Wife of Joseph. Mother of 6 children.
                                                                  Hebrew name: Leah bat Mordecai
COLLINS           stillborn male       15/03/1862
DAVIS             Isaac                09/02/1845       33        Buried before ground consecrated.
                                                                  Hebrew name: Yitzhak ben Yitzhak.
                                                                  Murdered by bushrangers.
                                                                  This is the earliest marked grave. He had lived at Boorowa.
                                                                  His widow, Esther, later married Moss Marks, who lies nearby.
DAVIS             male infant          11/03/1861       13 days
DAVIS             Mark Elgin           21/06/1860       1
EMANUEL           (male)               12/01/1848       10 days   Parents Samuel Emanuel, Dinah Cohen
EMANUEL           Reginald Meyer       21/11/1871
GOLDBERG          Samuel               20/08/1911       38
GOLDBERGER        Hugo                 17/07/1943       65        Doctor.
GOLDSTEIN         A M                                             Burial recorded, but in unmarked grave
HENDRICKS         Aaron Herman Charles 11/10/1867       3
HINDS             Mary                 06/01/1918       54
ISAAC             F                                               Burial recorded, but in unmarked grave
ISAAC             R S                                             Burial recorded, but in unmarked grave
JACOBS            Samuel               22/11/1867       70
LANG              Louis                13/01/1882       21
LEVY              Rosin                 3/03/1869        9 months
MANDELS(H)ON      Louis                12/12/1863       71        Had conducted a "fashionable tailor establishment".
                                                                  He had lived in Goulburn over 50 years at the time
                                                                  of his death and was perhaps the longest Jewish resident of Goulburn at the time.
                                                                  Left a widow, 2 sons and 7 daughters.
MANDELSON         Louis                ??/09/1865(1863?)18 mths.  2nd son of Emanuel and Caroline
MARKS             Moss                 05/08/1869       53        Hon. Sec. of committee set up to organise
                                                                  building of the chapel in the burial ground.
MOSES             Hannah               ??/11/1844                 Buried before ground consecrated in 1848.
                                                                  Daughter of John and Rebecca Moses.
                                                                  Drowned at a flooded crossing.
MOSES             Rebecca              08/01/1854       46        Wife of John.  Earliest known couple to be married by Jewish rites in Australia (1831).
                                                                  AJHS has copy of their marriage document.
MOSES             Sarah                19/11/1844       12        Buried before ground consecrated in 1848.
                                                                  Daughter of John and Rebecca Moses.
                                                                  Drowned at a flooded crossing.
MOSES             Solomon              21/11/1860       6 months
MOSES             Solomon              20/10/1860       33
VOGEL             Siegfried            09/10/1943       56        Together with Dr. Hugo Goldberger, who lies nearby, went to
                                                                  the district as a refugee from Nazi Europe. Purchased a small
                                                                  store at Yarra Yarra near Goulburn
WHITEMAN          Nathan               21/05/1859        3 mths   Parents Samuel and Frances Whiteman
YATES             Lydia
YATES             Saul                 06/07/1867       79        AM5627. Solicitor, late of London. Jewish name Pinchas ben Binyamin.


Maitland Jewish Cemetery

The Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, Vol. IV, Part IV, August 1956 contained an article titled 'Three Country Cemeteries of New South Wales.' The article included a list of those buried at Maitland Cemetery. The list is set out below. The sequence numbers refer to a plan of the cemetery, reproduced below, which gives the situation of the various graves. Following the 44 graves detailed in the AJHS article is a list of other persons believed to be buried in the cemetery.

MAITLAND JEWISH CEMETERY

GRAVE SURNAME       OTHER NAMES     DATE OF DEATH  AGE        COMMENTS

1     ILLFIELD      Caroline        11/04/1905     72
1     ILLFIELD      Myer            27/06/1924     73
2     MANDELSON     Hyam Elias      16/12/1919     58
3     MARTIN        Isaac           24/3/1879      32
4     HARRIS        Solomon         13/9/1878      67
5     HARRIS        Henry           26/11/1859     55
6                                                             fallen stones-1862-probably GOULSTON
7                                                             fallen stones-1862-probably GOULSTON
8     FRIEDMAN      Henry Nathaniel 1/1/1877       15
9                                                             fallen stones
10    FRIEDMAN      Nathaniel Jacob 16/1/1877      2mths
11    LEVIEN        George          28/6/1852      4yrs       (son of Alfred)
11    LEVIEN        Myalla          21/11/1854     4yrs       (sister of the above)
12    ISRAEL        Charles Lewis   16/12/1868     17˝yrs     (son of Isaac Israel)
13    SAMUELS       John            6/11/1873      79
14    COHEN         George Judah    15/1/1889      69         (He was the father of Sir Samuel Cohen and Alroy Cohen)
15    DAVIS         Harry Septimus  15/1/1897      35         (son of Rev. A.B. Davis)
16    FRISCH        Daniel          17/9/1897      63
17    BENJAMIN      Morris          3/10/1897      61         (Buried by Rev. S. Levi.
                                                              He had two sons, Henry and Alfred, living at the time in Sydney. He was born in Hobart)
18    LIPMAN        Robert          28/05/1902     66
19    LEWIS         Samuel W        23/05/1903     68
20    LIPMAN        Sarah           17/08/1903     50         (wife of Robert Lipman)
21    BARNETT       Michael         5/06/1905      69
22    LEWIS         Rachel          24/03/1908     73         (wife of Sam Lewis)
23    HART          Henry           27/08/1931     79
24    HART          Benjamin        3/10/1905      84
25    LIPMAN        Lena Rebecca    25/01/1882     6mths      (daughter of Robert and Sarah)
26    LEVY (LEVI?)  Lydia Isabella  23/01/1898     1yr10mths  (daughter of Rev. S. and Abbie Levy)
27    ISRAEL        Elizabeth       19/06/1865     57         (wife of Isaac Israel)
28    COHEN         Barnett L       30/12/1880     36         (of Murrurundi, son of Lewis and Sarah)
29    LEVY                                                    fallen and broken-probably Julia Levy
30    LEVY          Celia            7/12/1854     2yrs       (daughter of L.W. Levy)
31    COHEN         Hannah          25/07/1849     16mths
32    COHEN         Jane            29/06/1849     11
33    REUBEN        Morris          1/02/1905      12mths     (died Mudgee)
34    COHEN         Henry           6/01/1860      45
35    COHEN         Celia           19/10/1860     21mths     (daughter of Morris)
36    COHEN         David           14/10/1861     7yrs       (son of Lewis Cohen of Murrurundi)
37    COHEN         Henry Samuel    6/05/1862      1yr 3 mths (son of Willian and Sarah Cohen of Tamworth)
38    HART          Elizabeth       26/01/1869     36         (wife of Samuel Hart)
39    MARKS         Harriet         8/06/1869      11weeks    daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Marks
40    COHEN         Ethel           14/02/1905     9mths      (daughter of George and Rose Cohen)
41    COHEN         Leah            30/07/1874     5yrs       (daughter of George and Rose Cohen, of Tamworth)
42    MARKS         Elizabeth       18/07/1875     30         (A daughter of Samuel Benjamin, wife of Joseph Marks.
                                                              She died in childbirth, and the baby also died and was buried with her.
                                                              She left a husband and three children)
43    HART          Samuel          7/07/1877      47
44    COHEN         Morris          22/08/1878     51         (Member of  David Cohen's family. He had five brothers living.)

                                     * * * * *

      LEVIE         George          24/01/1905                (son of Wilfred and Rebecca)
      FRIEDMAN      Isabella        1/02/1924      76         (wife of Joseph)
      FRIEDMAN      Joseph          11/11/1906     68
29?   LEVY          Julia Alpha     27/08/1880     19mths     daughter of Benn W. and Zara Levy
6?    GOULSTON      Rosina          27/05/1862     2yrs       daughter of Joseph Goulston
      IRWIN         Ruby Violet     1897?          14weeks    (granddaughter of Isabella Friedman)
7?    GOULSTON      Solomon         4/02/1905      3yrs       son of Joseph Goulston

      LEVI          Moses           13-05-1857) These burials do not have tombstones. They were taken from
      LIPMAN        Isaac           26-03-1934) Maitland court records by the local family history group.
      MOSES         Joseph          04-08-1867) Refer to http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
      PYKE          Moses Louis     17-08-1894) where further information may possibly be obtained.

Plan of Maitland Jewish Cemetery


Raphael's Cemetery

Raphael's Ground was dedicated in 1867 for Jewish burials. The site was a private burial ground provided by J G Raphael and L W Levy for members of the New Synagogue in Macquarie Street, Sydney. In 1970, the last stones were transferred to a group burial plot in Rookwood Cemetery and the site was converted into a park, named Jewish Reserve, on the corner of Raphael Street and Davey Street, Lidcombe.

A number of lists have been prepared over the years, listing the burials in the cemetery. The burial register of the Great Synagogue notes about twenty who were buried here between 1877 and 1904. In 1901 the sexton of the Jewish cemetery at Rookwood recorded the positions of 51 tombstones relocated from Devonshire Street Cemetery to Raphael's Ground. In 1922 a list of 79 tombstones was compiled, but this list has not been found. In 1949 the sexton of the "Jewish Cemetery, Rookwood" prepared two handwritten lists. One was titled "names of the people buried in the Raphael Cemetery which includes those removed from the Devonshire Street Cemetery." The other list was titled "Headstones in the Raphael Cemetery on which inscriptions are readable." A number of the names appeared on both lists. Seventy tombstones were identified at that time.

Three typed lists compiled between the mid 1960s and early 1970s by members of AJHS , undated but apparently later than the 1949 list, provide a list of names together with further information about the deceased, apparently from headstone inscriptions supplemented by research of related records.

In 1922 and in 1930 a number of tombstones of the Raphael family and relatives are recorded in the minutes of the Jewish Cemetery Trust as being transferred to Rookwood cemetery to the locations noted in the list below. The surnames include Raphael, Paris, Rosenthal, Mandel and Lee. The tombstone of Enid Cohen was another relocated to Rookwood in 1901 when three other children of this family died during an influenza epidemic. These are the only tombstones from Raphael's Ground which still exist. For two of these it is the second relocation, being originally for burials in Devonshire Street Cemetery.

Another list, dated 1973, is a list of names, together with the date of death.

The information set out below contains information from a detailed analysis of all these sources. The year of death has, where possible, been confirmed by referring to the internet page Historical Index Search at the New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages internet site and, in some cases, from newspaper announcements of funerals.

RAPHAEL'S CEMETERY

SURNAME             OTHER NAMES              DATE OF DEATH  HEADSTONE/COMMENT
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AARONS              Joseph                   04/12/1865     Died 6/12/1866. Transfer from Devonshire Street
AARONS              Rachel                   20/07/1866     78 yrs old. Transfer from Devonshire Street
ABRAHAM             Mordecai                [01/12/1856]?   Transfer from Devonshire Street
BARNETT             Abraham                  30/09/1880
BARNETT             Charlotte                01/07/1870     Wife of Henry. Died July 1st (?) 5630, 1870, 51 years.
BARNETT             Henry                    22/12/1871     Died 1870, 63, 2nd Dec (1878?)
BARNETT             Henry Samuel             23/06/1852     16,  who was drowned off Tugen on June 21st
                                                            and whose remains were deposited here July 20th 5612.
                                                            Transfer from Devonshire Street.
BARNETT             Jacob                    05/06/1871     2nd son of Mark and Julia Barnett, died 5/6/1871
BARNETT             Margaret                 01/01/1844     wife of Moss Barnett. Transfer from Devonshire Street.
BARNETT             Matilda                 [06/08/1853]?   Transfer from Devonshire Street
BARNETT             Moses                    27/05/1871     1st son of Mark and Julia Barnett, died 22/5/1871
BROCKSTAYNE         Esther D                [11/10/1855]?   wife of George. Transfer from Devonshire Street
BRODZIAK            Kate                     10/06/1885     Died 10/6/1885, 59 years
BRODZIAK            Meyer                    06/08/1885     Died 6/8/1885, 68 years
CANTOR              Hyam                     30/08/1865     Son of Coleman and Leah Cantor, 2˝.
                                                            Transfer from Devonshire Street.
COHEN               Edward Daniel            05/10/1847     Transfer from Devonshire Street
COHEN               Eleazer Keeba            05/05/1849     4th son of E D and E D Cohen, 3 ˝.
                                                            Transfer from Devonshire Street.
COHEN               Enid                     12/05/1894     18 mths. Now buried at Rookwood
COHEN               Jacob Charles            28/09/1873     died 28/9/1874, 69 years (A.M. 5634)
COHEN               Lewis                    17/04/1894     83 years. Now buried at Rookwood
COHEN               Sarah                    23/11/1838     Wife of Jacob Charles Cohen. Now buried at Rookwood
CRABB               Frances (Francis)        10/12/1846     Mrs Emanuel Crabb? Transfer from Devonshire Street
CRACKNELL           Sophia                   24/05/1866     died 21/5/1866 from Devonshire Street.
DAVIES              Hannah                   15/04/1866     wife of Raphael (or Israel or Samuel) John Davies. Died 13/4/1866, 76.
                                                            Transfer from Devonshire Street
DAVIS               Charles Moses            17/08/1853     child of Michael Davis, 17 years, died 18/8/5613. Transfer from Devonshire Street.
DE METZ             Andrew Lewis             08/02/1852     81 (or 51) years. Transfer from Devonshire Street.
DE METZ             Anne                     25/02/1860     wife of the late Andrew Lewis de Metz. 84. Transfer from Devonshire street.
DE METZ             Isabella                 31/03/1844     Miss. Transfer from Devonshire street.
DYER[S]             Rebecca                       [1857]?   Transfer from Devonshire Street
FERNANDEZ           Rebecca                  15/01/1877     wife of David Fernandez, died 1877
GOLDSMITH           Caroline                 17/09/1872     wife of Leopold Goldsmith, died 18/9/1872 (A.M. 5632), 42 years
GOLDSMITH           Cecilia                  28/12/1897     daughter of Leopold S Goldsmith, died 28/12/1897, 36 years
GOLDSMITH           Leopold Samuel           17/03/1891     67
GOOLEY              Abraham                  20/09/1883     of Poland. "I have no son to keep my name in rememberance"
                                                            (Recorded as Cooley on stone) Correct spelling is Gooley.
HALEVI              Jacob Ben Avroom                        died 23 Ellul (?)
HART                Asher                   [06/02/1860]?   Transfer from Devonshire Street
HART                Phoebe                   02/03/1864     Transfer from Devonshire Street
HEN(D)RIKS          John Herman              18/11/1859     Son of late Aaron and Ann Hendricks of London, resident of Braidwood, Vic.
                                                            Died 17/11/1859 (5670), 37 years. Transfer from Devonshire Street
HERMAN              Edgar Nathan Phillip     15/03/1888     only son of Mark and Fanny Herman of Coonamble, died 15/3/1888. 7 1/2 years.
HYMAN               Hyam                     18/06/1860     died 18/6/1860 (5620), 45 years. Transfer from Devonshire Street
HYMAN               Jane                     18/03/1878     died 18/3/1878, relict of late Hyam Hyman, 62 years. Re-erected in Rookwood?
ISAAC               Joseph Ben                              tombstone all in Hebrew
JACOBS              John Herman              22/09/1859     Transfer from Devonshire Street
JACOBS              Rebecca Julia            26/10/1858     Transfer from Devonshire Street
LEAR                Simeon                   18/09/1847     died 1847. Transfer fron Devonshire Street
LEE                 Benjamin                 12/05/1889     died 12/5/1884 (or 1889), 87 years
LEE                 Benjamin Woolfe          08/01/1864     Now buried at Rookwood. Transfer from Devonshire street
LEE                 Joseph                   27/04/1881     died 27/4/1881, 41 years. Son of Benjamin Lee.
LEE                 Rebecca                  30/09/1878     wife of Benjamin Lee, died 30/9/5639, 72 years
LEE                 Rosetta                  24/10/????     Now buried at Rookwood
LEE                 Simeon Sydney            05/02/1891     Freehold Cemetery Lidcombe. Now buried at Rookwood
LIPMAN              Albert                   24/03/1860     Transfer from Devonshire Street
LIPMAN              Phillip                 [19/11/1854]?   Transfer from Devonshire Street
LIPMAN              Sarah                    08/04/1865     Transfer from Devonshire Street
MANDEL              Elisabeth Dinah          24/07/1882     Freehold cemetery Lidcombe. Now buried at Rookwood
MANDEL              Meyer (Mayer?)           07/09/1897     freehold cemetery Lidcombe. 65years. Now buried at Rookwood
MANDEL [MENDEL]     Samuel                   03/07/1883     Now buried at Rookwood. 12 yrs 8 mths.
MARKS               Eve Sarah               [03/01/1858]?   Transfer from Devonshire Street
MEYER [MYERS]       Julia                    20/08/1857     Transfer from Devonshire Street
MOSES               Abraham                 [30/06/1858]?   Transfer from Devonshire Street
MOSES               Hannah Rachel           [07/07/1857]?   Transfer from Devonshire street
MOSES               Isaac                    22/05/1846     Transfer from Devonshire street
MOSS                Hannah
MYERS               Joseph                   11/04/1875?    Now buried at Rookwood cemetery.
MYERS               Louis                    04/05/1869?    31? May have been transferred to Rookwood. Transfer from Devonshire street
MYERS               Maurice                  20/08/1857?    Transfer from Devonshire Street
MYERS               Phillip                  02/10/1865     A.M. 5626. Transfer from Devonshire Street
MYERS               Rachel                   20/08/1857     Transfer from Devonshire Street
PARIS               (Caroline)Sarah(Raphaela)13/02/1861     Now buried at Rookwood. Transfer from Devonshire Street
PHILLIPS            Hyam  [Block]            14/06/1877     Grandson of Raban Eliasz, syn Salamon z. Wilne. 65 years? 14/6/5637, 60 years.
                                                            May have been re-erected in Rookwood.
RAPHAEL             Joseph George            02/02/1879     Now buried at Rookwood
RAPHAEL             Julius George            03/01/1899     Julius George Raphael Rosenthal 3/1/1899. 27years.
                                                            Son of Jacob Rosenthal and Esther Matilda Raphael Rosenthal. Accidental death.
                                                           Now buried at Rookwood
RAPHAEL             Maria Hannah             24/10/1899     Now buried at Rookwood
ROSENTHAL           Julius George                           See RAPHAEL, Julius George
SAMUEL              Mary                     06/09/1884     wife of Henry Samuel died 11/9/5641? (1881?)
SELIG               Rieke                    01/06/1889     wife of Joseph Selig, died 1/6/1889, 67 years
SIMMONS             David                    04/06/1850     died 18/6/1850, 18 years old at Armidale, son of James Simmons.
                                                            Transfer from Devonshire Street
SIMMONS             Isaac                    20/08/1857     4th son of James and Agnes Simmons, died 20/8/1852. Transfer from Devonshire Street
SIMMONS             James                    02/05/1849     father of Isaac 2/5/1849 (5609), 55 years.Transfer from Devonshire Street
SOLOMON             Deborah                  03/12/1879     died 3/12/1879, 58 years
SOLOMON             Elias                    06/01/1863     died 6/1/5623,, 74 years. Transfer from Devonshire Street
SOLOMON             Samuel                   08/04/1831     Transfer from Devonshire Street
SOLOMON             Simon                    03/04/1900     Jehiel Shlomo ben Zwi, died 3/4/1906 (1900?) 88 years.
                                                            Husband of Deborah, Dora, grandfather of Millie Rosenbaum
SOLOMON             Vaiben (Vabien)(Vabian)  20/06/1860     died 20/6/1860, 62 years. Transfer from Devonshire Street
SPYER               Joseph                   01/03/1841     son of Lawrence Spyer. Transfer from Devonshire Street
SPYER               Rosetta                  22/02/1841     died 22/2/1841, wife of Stephen Spyer. Transfer from Devonshire Street
STONE               Joseph Ernest            07/02/1901
TOLANO              Rachel                   07/01/1858     Transfer from Devonshire Street
VAL(L)ENTINE        Benjamin                 22/04/1876
WA(N)GENHEIM        Bet(t)ina Sarah Agnes   [19.08.1858]?   Transfer from Devonshire Street


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