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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 3/4/2026 8:33 PM
Family Surname: Hari/Cherry
Country: USA
Town: Philadelphia
Date of Image: 1923

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I would appreciate a full transcript in Hebrew of the tombstone's Hebrew text. The name of the deceased (who is my maternal g-grandmother) is written in the English version of the tombstone as Jennie Cherry, and there are no details regarding her father's name. Thank you very much

Response

3/4/2026 10:24 PM

Do you have any other images of this stone? The text is extremely difficult to make out, and inverting the colors does not help at all.

A lot of squinting leads me to believe that her name was Tsharna Leah

טשארנע לאה

and her father's name was Zanvil

זאנוויל

If you want a full transcription, I would need a clearer image and/or younger eyes, or you would need a different helper.

3/6/2026 7:12 AM

Very tough.

Here lies
Our beloved and modest mother Ms
Charna Leah
Daughter of Mr Zanvil
Died 16 Sivan
(5)685 may her soul be bound in the bonds of (eternal) life

Year may be 5683 or 5684 but I think the rest is accurate.

David Dubin
Teaneck NJ

3/6/2026 5:08 PM

Just an FYI regarding the father's name that might be more relevant to your research:
"Zeinvel (or Zanvel/Zeivel) is primarily a Yiddish diminutive cognate of the Hebrew name Shmuel (Samuel)"
Does that help?
Regards,
Madeleine Isenberg

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