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Category: Translation - Tombstone
Approval Date: 10/18/2026 5:27 PM
Family Surname: Kessler, Buchholz
Country: Poland
Town: Oleszyce (Halshitz), Lubaczów county, Galicia
Date of Image: Photographed September 1987 (death 1920s?)

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Tombstone in the Jewish cemetery of Oleszyce (Halshitz), Poland: PHOTO No. 268, bottom right of this page. Possibly my ancestor.

We read: לאה אסתר בת אשר זעליג, and the year as תרפ״ט (1928/29). Please help with:
1. The year: is the last letter ט (תרפ״ט) or א (תרפ״א)? Also the day and month, if visible.
2. Is the name really לאה אסתר בת אשר זעליג? Any other lines (eulogy, a husband's name)?

Background: Lea Kessler née Buchholz, daughter of Uscher Selig Buchholz, wife of Isak Eisig Kessler of Oleszyce; her death date is unknown and no death register survives for 1925-39.

Source (page shown unchanged): "Karta cmentarza" Oleszyce, P. Mrowca, September 1987, page 49 – Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa, zabytek.pl, document PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_N_18_EN.42380 (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 PL). Project: https://oleszyce-cemetery.vercel.app

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