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Tombstone Inscriptions
compiled by Michael Adler in 1940 [with Hebrew transcriptions and notes by Rabbi Dr B. Susser 1963]
Against the wall - next to mortuary
1. 1827
Isaac (?)
Front Row
2. No name. Surface illegible: all Hebrew. 12 lines
(?) 1807 (?)
15. Dec. 5602/1842
Aged 55
1911
Against Left Wall
5. Indistinct. Sunk in earth. No date
Hannah relict of Moses Ancona
and daughter of the late Moses Vita
Montefiore. April 25. 5599. aged 71
[W. S. S. thinks that Hannah is the daughter of the centenarian's uncle, and thus his first cousin]
Row 2
21st. Nov. 5615
aged 99 years and 7 months
1855
3 lines Hebrew poem...
5612/1852
9. Betsy relict of Henry Ezekiel
Sept 16 5611/1851
aged 68
10. Priscilla Ellen Myers aged 17
1852
11. Elizabeth Levy, wife of late Emanuel Levy
aged 91 and 9 months
Sept. 28 1852
[died 22 June 5614 aged 82 years
5614/1854
(Apart)
Samuel Levy
1824
(Design of ewer and Basin)
Row 3
14. Betsey wife of David Lazarus
12th July, 1848
aged 44
15. Esther Jacobs sister of Jacob Jacob of this City
aged 60
April 9th 5608/1848
16 Mr Hyman Cohen of this City
April 14 5607/1847
aged 78
(hands of cohen)
17. Phoebe Cohen
Jan 1848
aged 80
18. Elizabeth Davis
Jan 20 5608-1848
aged 48
26 heshvan 5605
4th Nov. 1845
aged 56
Row 4
20. Catherine Lazarus Cohen
1840
aged 69
Nov. 1838
aged 52
22. Amelia daughter of Abraham Ezekiel
13th Sivan 1839
[death certificate says 6th June - 23rd-24th Sivan]
aged 60
(enormous letters)
23. Catherine daughter of Abraham Ezekiel
3rd July 1837
aged 69
24. Judith Phillips
died 28 dec. 559[?]
aged 89[?]
(Indistinct)
25. (Small, indistinct)
Hebrew poem. No date
Row 5
26. Rachel Davis
10 Eyor 5597/1835
aged 84
1836
Erected by lamenting parents.
14 Tishri Motzei Shabbos aged 71
5595/1836
Another photograph of tombstone
29. Julia Lazarus wife of Eleazar Lazarus
of this City
died 2nd Av 5596/1835
died 17 Dec. 1836
aged 57
Poem on last word
Nov. 10 5596/1836
Jan. 10 1837
aged 73 years
(2 grave spaces)
33. Samuel son of Joseph Marks
1870
aged 12
Row 6
34. Moses Johnson
died 26 August 5592/1832 aged 76
35. Sarah Solomon [died 29th May 5592/1832 aged 82]
Minister of this Congregation 42 years. Died 5594 corresponding with 1834 aged 80.
[In Gentleman's Magazine, 1837, p. 99. 44 years in office and 1837, aged 83!]
37. Catherine wife of Moses Levy
died 7 Oct. 1834
aged 59[?] years
Row 7
David Cohen son of Andrew and Lavinia Cohen [no date]
aged 8 months
40. (No English) 1829
41. (40 and 41 have exactly same gravestone shape) (No English)
1832 (Mother of Baruch Jonas. See EHC Minute Book I, p. 38 and Ex. 1811BS)
42. 1831, aged 68. (No English) [probably Abraham Cohen brother of Lazarus Cohen. BS]
Row 8
Mrs Dorothy Lyons
aged 52
5585/1825
44. (No English)
5587/1827
45. Juliet the beloved wife of Gershon Levy
(of Guernsey) Aged 72 13 August 5586/1826
46. (Altar Tomb) (Very indistinct. The marble top chipped off) (Text of inscription supplied by Sir T. Colyer Fergusson and printed in his brother's (Isaac's) book of poems, called "Devon."
Barent Gompertz
Died Sept. 9th 5584/1824
Row 9
47. Lazarus Moses Johnson
5581/1821
aged 86
48. Samuel Benedict
5581/1821
aged 81
49. Gershon Levy of Guernsey
5582/1822
(Indistinct. In Gentleman's magazine, 1822, p. 285)
50. Israel Myers
1827
aged 14
Row 10
51. (Indistinct) 1816
52. Nancy Lazarus wife of Moses Lazarus
1810
Sunday 2[0?] Shevat
53. Moses Lazarus of this City
1811
died 2nd Adar 5571
54. (Indistinct) 1816
[Five further tombstones indecipherable]
[apart: 15 Hebrew lines indistinct]
Row 11
[From back]
55.Rosina Elsner beloved wife of Solomon Elsner 1861
56. Harriet Jacobs 1862
57. David Lazarus 1862
58. Solomon Aarons aged 102 1864 [No H.]
59. Fanny Aarons 1861 [No H.]
60. 1861
d. Nov 1859 Aged 56
15th March 5618/1858 85 years
Oct. 31st 5617/1857 aged 80 years
64. Fogel beloved infant of Myers and Deborah Solomon
May 3rd 1859
3 weeks and 13 days
65. Louisa Schultz 1866 aged 74
66. Catherine Aarons 1864
aged 60[?] years
Row 12
aged 55 1937
69. Harriet Gabrielson aged 78 1924
July 25 1919 aged 78
71. Eugene Joel died 14 Feb 1918 aged 85
From Back
Row 8
72. Fanny Milcah daughter of Myers and Deborah Solomon
aged 11 years and 4 months Tamuz 27 1871
aged 55 [?] 29 May 1871
74. David Franklin 1869 aged 84
Row [?]
76. Mr Jonas Walter
1888 aged 65
Brother of Catherine and Henry Walter and Ann Cohen of Lyme Regis and New Oxford Street, London
77. Gustave son of Charlotte and Samuel Gittleson aged 8 months 1893
79. Emanuel Jacobs aged 83 6 June 1903
80. Alexander Alexander 22 Feb 1887 aged 83
Another photograph of tombstone
Row 3
81. Aaron Joshua Nunez (Indistinct) 1846[?]
82. (Indistinct)
1897 aged 34
84. Harriet Aarons Jan 22 1897 aged 64
85. Priscilla Zamoisky April 1908 aged 87
86. Everetta Glynn aged 34 Adar 1910
Row 2
87. 1850
88. Elizabeth Abraham 1823 24 Oct 1843[?]
Row 7
Sept. 20 1874
91. Louis Schultz aged 90 Dec 19 1873 aged 94 1874
92. Katherine wife of Joseph Abrahams Sept. 23rd 1873
aged 84
Row 6
93. Lawrence A. Alexander 13 Sept 1881 aged 43
94. Abraham Solomon Palmer March 13 1879 aged 85
95. Betsey Jonas Nov 25 1878 aged 85
96. Esther widow of Jacob Jacob Oct 21st 1874 aged 85
Row 5
97. Barnet Jonas Jan 23 1885 aged 79
98. Jonas Levy Feb 19 1884 aged 85
99. Alfred Kennard Dec 17 1883 aged 36
100. aged 83 (No English) Sunday 27 Shevat 1883 [aged 82. BS]
101. Andrew George Jacob
Born at Falmouth, Cornwall
Died at Exeter March 1900
102. Golda wife of Aaron Raphael
Aug 11 1915
RIP
Minister of the Hebrew Congregation of Exeter
aged 61
May 12 1913
Row 1
Jan 12 1918 aged 42
Apart-side
105. Charlotte Hannah wife of Charles Samuels Aged 67 1933
106. Charles Samuels 20 Nov 1944 aged 82
107. Isidore Samuels (wife Marie and daughters Jane and Susan) Sep 27 1947
108. Julius Samuels aged 59 Sep 27 1947
(wife Josephine and daughters Barbara and Pamela)
109. Conrad Samuels aged 73 May 25 1952
110. Edgar Samuels (husband of Joyce and father of Felicity and Amanda) May 23 1958
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