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Cemetery Identification
Cemetery ID: USA-02954
Cemetery Name: B'nai Israel Cemetery
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Cemetery Location
Country: USA
State:California
City: Petaluma
Street: 430 Magnolia Avenue
Cemetery Details
Number of Burials: 389
Number of Photographs: 0
Cemetery Description:

B'nai Israel Cemetery, Petaluma, CA, USA. 389 burials total.

The B'nai Israel Cemetery was established in 1871 by the Jewish population of Petaluma in Sonoma County. The cemetery entrance is located on Magnolia Avenue, but the wrought-iron gates are usually locked. To enter the cemetery continue down Magnolia Avenue a short distance until you reach the entrance to Cypress Hills Memorial Park. Drive to the office and chapel and on the right will be the B'nai Israel Cemetery. Tombstone readings were taken in January 1997 by Julian H. Preisler of Falling Waters, Berkeley County, West Virginia. For more information and photographs, please see: http://jpreisler.com/cemeteryindexes.htm.

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Data last updated: 06/06/2010

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