Max Simons (Mark Symonds) – Plot D37
Not much is visible at on this monument. The only part of the text that was pulled of this stone was a tentative June date. According to the database put together by Dr. Kool (date unknown), he was 16 years 3 months old at death. His birth date is listed not listed, though the year would have been approximately between late March and early April of 1871.
Born: San Francisco, approximately 1871.
Died:Vancouver BC, June 6th, 1888. Aged 17.
Historical Records:
The BC death index lists his death is as an accidental drowning. Ancestry.ca lists Max Simon as having been born in 1872, New York New York, and being 16 years and 3 months at death. The obituary confirming this has not been found, therefor this cannot be confirmed.
Monument:
Marble, unreadable. Placed face up, possibly for preservation.
Notes:
His parents are listed as parents are listed as Bernard I. Simon and Franny (nee Davis) Simon. Siblings are listed as Jacob, Louis, Harry, Isaac, Robert, William, Abe and Max D. Simon, Esther RAPHAEL and Amelia SIMON SANDLER. Max is also listed under the name Mark Symonds.
Bibliography:
Family Search British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939. September 30, 2015. “Mark Symonds”. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-12J.
Accessed March 19, 2017.
Jack and Sam Levy – Plot E23
Inscription:
In Loving Memory of
Jack Levy Sam Levy
Sons of Esther Levy
1848-1913 1845-1921
This stone was chosen for photogrammetry due to the beginnings of vegetal growth on the stone. The reason to include it in the project, while for the most part legible, to add a record to the database before any additional damage or degradation can occur.
Born:Jack Levy – February 28th, 1848, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sam Levy – Unknown, 1845
Died:Jack Levy – April 29th, 1913, approximately 1 AM.
Sam Levy – Unknown, 1921.
Historical Records:
- Jack Levy’s death certificate provides birth dates, place of birth, occupation, age at death, parents names, and medical information. Jack Levy was a single, retired Hotel keeper. He suffered from ‘double irreductible (?) hernia’, and died of ‘Ureamia’ after just over a month long stay at the Jubilee hospital. He was buried May 1st, 1913, at approximately 3 PM.
- Sam Levy is listed through Ancestry.com as having been 76 years old at death. This listing states that the obituaty in the Daily Times confirms the his birth year, however this has yet to be confirmed. The JewGen database also has a listing for Sam Levy with the same basic information.
Monument:
Marble, unreadable. Placed face up, possibly for preservation.
Notes:
Jack’s legal name is Jacob.
Brothers Jack and Sam Levy had two more siblings, Henry Emanuel, and Phoebe.
The siblings parents, Benjamin Levy and Esther Levy (nee Solomons) were from London, England and Dover, England respectively.
Bibliography:
Royal BC Museum Genealogy (b). 2017. “Jacob Jack Levy”.
http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/cbfa6291-ee79-4630-a512-748997d44a9c.
Accessed March 18, 2017.
Family Search British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939.
September 30, 2015. “Samuel Levy”. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLKJ-LQ3.
Accessed March 19, 2017.
Ike Davis – Plot E50
Born:Seattle, Washington. December 29, 1873
Died:March 30, 1876.
Historical Records:
Coming Soon
Monument:
Marble, cracked with polution deposits, weathering and moss growth. Lamb motif at top of monument, Hebrew unknown.
Notes:
Brother to Rosa Davis, plot E52, also burried in Emanu-el Cemetery.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2017.
Rosa Davis – Plot E52
Born: Seattle, Washington. November 1, 1874.
Died: July 28, 1876.
Historical Records:Coming Soon
Monument:
Marble, plution damage and weathering. Moss growth. Lamb motif at top of monument, Hebrew unknown.
Notes:
Sister to Ike Davis, plot E50, also burried in Emanu-el Cemetery.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2017.
Herman Schultz – Plot D34
Born: 1831?
Died: March 9, 1878.
Historical Records:
Coming Soon
Monument:
Marble with polution deposits, and weathering. Photogrammetry to be performed on this monument.
Notes:
Thought to be aged 47 at death, to be confirmed.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2017.
James Cohen – Plot F37
Born: 1847? 1848?
Died: June 6, 1895 at approximatley 2:30 pm
Historical Records:
Coming Soon
Monument:
Marble with polution deposits, moss and lichen growth, and weathering. Photogrammetry to be performed on this monument.
Notes:
Thought to be aged 47 or 48 at death, to be confirmed.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2017.
Julius Mitchel – Plot E32
Born: 1833
Died: June 26, 1869 in Seattle, Washington.
Historical Records:
Coming Soon
Monument:
Marble with cracks,polution deposits, moss and lichen growth, and weathering. RTI (reflectance transformation imaging) performed on this monument.
Notes:
Aged 36 years at death.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2017.
RTI by Zoë Denault, Melanie Heizer and Kim Kuffner. June 2015.
Samuel Solomen Hyams and Solomen Samuel Hyams – Plot E11
Born:Samuel S. Hyams - 1841.
Solomon S. Hyams - 1970.
Died:
Samuel S. Hyams - October 9, 1894.
Solomen Hyams - November 11, 1980.
Historical Records:
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Monument:
Upright marble with polution deposits, moss and lichen growth, and weathering.
Notes:
Aged 36 years at death.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2016-2017
Kate Isaacs – Plot F27
Born: 1838
Died: Seattle, Washington October 20, 1886.
Historical Records:
Coming Soon
Monument:
Marble, with polution deposits, and weathering. Placed upright in a conservation effort.
Notes:
Burried in a family plot.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2017.
Gustav Leiser – Plot Q02
Born: Kerpen, Germany 1856
Died: December 5, 1896.
Historical Records:
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Monument:
Marble, with polution deposits, weathering, moss and lichen growth. The base of the monument is endangered due to the Pine tree next to it with it's roots growing underneath the monument and cracking the base, upsetting the stability.
Notes:
Monument to the Leiser family.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2015-2017.
Grace Meiss – Plot E46
Born: Victoria, B.C. May 19, 1876.
Died: Victoria, B.C. March(?) 1979.
Historical Records:
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Monument:
Marble, with polution deposits, weathering, moss and lichen growth. Sister to Adele Meiss, also buried in the Emanu-el Cemetery, plot E45.
Notes:
Listed as Gabriella Meiss in the RBCM archives, and was 2 years, 10 months at death. .
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2017.
Search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. (2017). Search Our Collection - Royal BC Museum. [online] Available at: http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy [Accessed 25 Oct. 2017].
Adele Meiss – Plot E45
Born: Victoria B.C. November 14, 1872.
Died: Victoria, B.C. May 1873
Historical Records:
Listed as Adelaide Meiss in the RBCM archives. She died at 6 months old..
Monument:
Marble, with polution deposits, weathering, moss and lichen growth. The base of the monument is endangered due to the Pine tree next to it with it's roots growing underneath the monument and cracking the base, upsetting the stability.
Notes:
Sister to Grace Meiss, also buried in the EManu-el Cemetery, plot E46.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2015-2017.
Search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. (2017). Search Our Collection - Royal BC Museum. [online] Available at: http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy [Accessed 25 Oct. 2017].
Rebecca Harris – Plot E44
Inscription:
*Hebrew Unknown*
Sacred
To The Memory
Of
Rebecca
Infant Daughter
Of
Samuel & J(ane) Harris
Died March (11th) 186(7)
Aged (6) Months
Born: Victoria B.C. September/October 1866.
Died: Victoria, B.C. March 11, 1867
Historical Records:
Coming soon.
Monument:
Marble, with polution deposits, weathering, moss and lichen growth.
Notes:
Rebecca Harris was 6 months old at the time of her death. The majority of the inscription has been recovered, the portions in brackets is confirmed by the Congregation Emanu-El burial register. Both RTI and photogrammetry were performed on this monument. Images one and three were taken and rendered in June of 2015.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2015-2017.
Search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. (2017). Search Our Collection - Royal BC Museum. [online] Available at: http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy [Accessed 25 Oct. 2017].
Henry Morris – Plot D39
Born: Filene, Germany 1845.
Died: Victoria, B.C. April 14, 1887
Historical Records:
Coming soon.
Monument:
Marble, with polution deposits, weathering, moss and lichen growth. Inscription is illedgible, and therefore cannot confirm dates yet.
Notes:
Morris is listed as having died at aged 42.
Bibliography:
Monument Records and Field Notes, University of Victoria. ANTH 367, June 2015-2017.