Maitland Jewish Cemetery

The Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, Vol. IV, Part IV, August 1956 contained an article titled 'Three Country Cemeteries of New South Wales.' The article included a list of those buried at Maitland Cemetery. The list is set out below. The sequence numbers refer to a plan of the cemetery, reproduced below, which gives the situation of the various graves. Following the 44 graves detailed in the AJHS article is a list of other persons believed to be buried in the cemetery.

GRAVE SURNAME       OTHER NAMES     DATE OF DEATH  AGE        COMMENTS

1     ILLFIELD      Caroline        11/04/1905     72
1     ILLFIELD      Myer            27/06/1924     73
2     MANDELSON     Hyam Elias      16/12/1919     58
3     MARTIN        Isaac           24/3/1879      32
4     HARRIS        Solomon         13/9/1878      67
5     HARRIS        Henry           26/11/1859     55
6                                                             fallen stones-1862-probably GOULSTON
7                                                             fallen stones-1862-probably GOULSTON
8     FRIEDMAN      Henry Nathaniel 1/1/1877       15
9                                                             fallen stones
10    FRIEDMAN      Nathaniel Jacob 16/1/1877      2mths
11    LEVIEN        George          28/6/1852      4yrs       (son of Alfred)
11    LEVIEN        Myalla          21/11/1854     4yrs       (sister of the above)
12    ISRAEL        Charles Lewis   16/12/1868     17½yrs     (son of Isaac Israel)
13    SAMUELS       John            6/11/1873      79
14    COHEN         George Judah    15/1/1889      69         (He was the father of Sir Samuel Cohen and Alroy Cohen)
15    DAVIS         Harry Septimus  15/1/1897      35         (son of Rev. A.B. Davis)
16    FRISCH        Daniel          17/9/1897      63
17    BENJAMIN      Morris          3/10/1897      61         (Buried by Rev. S. Levi.
                                                              He had two sons, Henry and Alfred, living at the time in Sydney. He was born in Hobart)
18    LIPMAN        Robert          28/05/1902     66
19    LEWIS         Samuel W        23/05/1903     68
20    LIPMAN        Sarah           17/08/1903     50         (wife of Robert Lipman)
21    BARNETT       Michael         5/06/1905      69
22    LEWIS         Rachel          24/03/1908     73         (wife of Sam Lewis)
23    HART          Henry           27/08/1931     79
24    HART          Benjamin        3/10/1905      84
25    LIPMAN        Lena Rebecca    25/01/1882     6mths      (daughter of Robert and Sarah)
26    LEVY (LEVI?)  Lydia Isabella  23/01/1898     1yr10mths  (daughter of Rev. S. and Abbie Levy)
27    ISRAEL        Elizabeth       19/06/1865     57         (wife of Isaac Israel)
28    COHEN         Barnett L       30/12/1880     36         (of Murrurundi, son of Lewis and Sarah)
29    LEVY                                                    fallen and broken-probably Julia Levy
30    LEVY          Celia            7/12/1854     2yrs       (daughter of L.W. Levy)
31    COHEN         Hannah          25/07/1849     16mths
32    COHEN         Jane            29/06/1849     11
33    REUBEN        Morris          1/02/1905      12mths     (died Mudgee)
34    COHEN         Henry           6/01/1860      45
35    COHEN         Celia           19/10/1860     21mths     (daughter of Morris)
36    COHEN         David           14/10/1861     7yrs       (son of Lewis Cohen of Murrurundi)
37    COHEN         Henry Samuel    6/05/1862      1yr 3 mths (son of Willian and Sarah Cohen of Tamworth)
38    HART          Elizabeth       26/01/1869     36         (wife of Samuel Hart)
39    MARKS         Harriet         8/06/1869      11weeks    daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Marks
40    COHEN         Ethel           14/02/1905     9mths      (daughter of George and Rose Cohen)
41    COHEN         Leah            30/07/1874     5yrs       (daughter of George and Rose Cohen, of Tamworth)
42    MARKS         Elizabeth       18/07/1875     30         (A daughter of Samuel Benjamin, wife of Joseph Marks.
                                                              She died in childbirth, and the baby also died and was buried with her.
                                                              She left a husband and three children)
43    HART          Samuel          7/07/1877      47
44    COHEN         Morris          22/08/1878     51         (Member of  David Cohen's family. He had five brothers living.)

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      LEVIE         George          24/01/1905                (son of Wilfred and Rebecca)
      FRIEDMAN      Isabella        1/02/1924      76         (wife of Joseph)
      FRIEDMAN      Joseph          11/11/1906     68
29?   LEVY          Julia Alpha     27/08/1880     19mths     daughter of Benn W. and Zara Levy
6?    GOULSTON      Rosina          27/05/1862     2yrs       daughter of Joseph Goulston
      IRWIN         Ruby Violet     1897?          14weeks    (granddaughter of Isabella Friedman)
7?    GOULSTON      Solomon         4/02/1905      3yrs       son of Joseph Goulston

      LEVI          Moses           13-05-1857) These burials do not have tombstones. They were taken from
      LIPMAN        Isaac           26-03-1934) Maitland court records by the local family history group.
      MOSES         Joseph          04-08-1867) Refer to http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
      PYKE          Moses Louis     17-08-1894) where further information may possibly be obtained.