Ceres

Ceres Jewish Cemetery

A Chevra Kadisha was formed by 1907 as part of the Hebrew congregation. In 1911 the Ceres Chevra Kadisha was established as a separate society under the chairmanship of Mr G Epstein. On his committee were M Katzeff, G Kling, M Polusky and M Mints.

In 1925 a cemetery was established in Owen Street. The first burial was that of Bertha Clare, who was buried on 1 July that year. By 1963, there were 45 graves, one without a tombstone. The cemetery has been kept in good condition over the years and in 2002 Jos Kahn supervised its restoration.

By clicking each surname in the table below, you will bring up a photograph of the gravestone. The table can be sorted in different ways by clicking on different column headings.

Surname	First Names	Maiden Name	Hebrew Name	Date of death	Age	Spouse
BALKIN	Charles		Cherel b Yeshayahu	1993-05-27	83
BARIS	Jennie			1958-10-06
BATTEN	Gershon		Gershon Avraham b Shlomo HaCohen	1978-10-27	69
BATTEN	Simon		Shimon Pinchus b Shlomo HaCohen	1973-09-03	66
BAUM	Isaac		Yitzchak b Shmuel	1951-02-04	59
BAUM	Rachel Leah		Rachel Leah b Yitzchak	1948-10-04	53
CLARE	Bertha		Beila b Chanoch HaCohen	1925-07-01	62	Nathan (Naphtali) Clare of Liverpool
COHEN	Losky		Eliezer b David Yacov HaCohen	1960-05-24
COHEN	Rose		Rosa b Tzvi	1975-05-09	74
COHEN	Sarah Fena		Sarah Feiga b Dov	1932-02-09
ESTERMAN	Fredah Sulamith		Frieda Shulamit b Moshe	1928-09-20	6
ETTMANN	Roselle Bloeme		Rasha Blooma	1925-08-29	76
FISH	Frank		Feitl b Yacov Zeev	1936-12-16	56
FISH	Jacob Wolfe		Yacov Zeev b Shraga Feitl	1986-08-15	66
FISH	Sam		Shmariyahu b Aharon Iser	1960-10-02	87
FRANK	Meyer		Meir b Dov Ber	1926-12-02	58
FRIEDMAN	Morris		Moshe Zeev b Avraham Yitzchak	1937-12-26
FRIEDMAN	Sarah		Sarah Batya b David	1954-06-21
GOLDMAN	David		David b Pinchas	1973-06-19	86
HURWITZ	Herman		Tzvi b Nachum Yehuda Leib	1941-11-27	66
KAPLAN	Charles		Yechezkel b Yacov HaCohen	1961-02-12	68
KAPLAN	Julius		Yehuda b Yechezkel HaCohen	1991-02-03	65
KAPLAN	Junkle (Jack)		Yacov b Yechezkel HaCohen	1979-10-24	57
KAPLAN	Oscar		Yehoshua b Yechezkel HaCohen	1993-03-15	69
KAPLAN	Sorke		Sara Fruma b Yehoshua Mordechai	1975-02-02	81
KATZ	Chana		Chana b Yitzchak	1984-12-30	68
KATZ	Louis		Avraham Yehuda Leib b Yisrael Ariye HaCohen	1970-09-09	55
KATZENELLENBOGEN	Charles		Yechezkel Eliyahu b Izaak	1931-06-27	52
KATZENELLENBOGEN	Eda		Ega b Zundel HaCohen	1962-05-04	78
KIRSCH	Augusta		Gisa b Pinchas	1964-04-28	73	Max Kirsch
KIRSCH	Joseph		Yoef b Tzvi	1938-07-20
KIRSCH	Lena		Leah b Shabtai	1954-05-05	69	Raphael Avraham Kirsch
KIRSCH	Max		Matityahu b Tzvi	1954-07-01	74	Augusta Kirsch
KIRSCH	Raphael Abraham		Raphael Avraham b Tzvi Hirsh	1934-09-02	58
LANG	Janie	TRAKMAN	Chana b Benzion	1949-07-09	72
LANG	Solomon		Shlomo Zalman b Yehuda Meir	1941-08-15	69
LEVIN	Jacob Shabty		Yacov Shabtai b Avraham	1969-04-27	83	Emma Levin
METTER	Israel Wolf Garzen Gibor		Yisrael Zeev b Yitzchak	1976-01-22	76
METTER	Seina		Sheina b Moshe	1991-06-08	87
PODLASHUK (form. SAREMBOCK)	Jane	CLARE	Shaina b Natan	1942-09-07	54
RASKIN	Bertha		Sara Beila b Tzvi	1946-03-26
RASKIN	Isaac		Yitzchak Izaak b Yehuda Leib	1957-03-13
SAREMBOCK	Joseph		Josef b Aharon	1933-09-09	59
SAREMBOCK	Louis		Leib Elchanan b Aharon	1929-09-03	47
SAREMBOCK	Nathan			1942-05-10
SOLSKY	Faye		Feiga Rivka b Ephraim	1943-11-10
WEST	Hannah	SAREMBOCK	Chana b Yosef	1994-08-19	80	Fred West
YAMEY	Issie		Yitzchak b Moshe HaLevi	1946-11-15	43
YAMEY	Vitty	FELDMAN	Vita b Yosef	1949-09-22	41

Adapted with permission from the records of the SA Jewish Rootsbank at the Kaplan Centre, University of Cape Town. Photographs kindly provided by Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft of the Small Jewish Communities Association of South Africa (SJCA-SA). Table assembled by Bramie Lenhoff.